He should have romped it in - he was moving and it was pretty mushy, not like it was a hollow bomb
We probably should go easy on him. Have a look at the wave height compared to the guy on the wave face at 1:04 sec looks at least logo height... Still recon he would have screamed it in though!
^^^ agreed ken
He also never swam for his gear and just hung around doing nothing.......so I wonder if it was deliberate stack to film himself floating around to show his non - windsurfing mates how 'hardcore and dangerous' it is out there???
The wave was only crumbling at the apex, a few quick pumps, and he would of easily made that one.
Strange how he didn't swim earlier.
Kr
Check out the footage of massive Fuerte. There's some excellent grovelling in that one
It allways easy to be an armchair critic and real life can take on a different perspective to what you see on the video.
I hate it when you get those gusts and lulls...often it's that big lull just before the wave hits you and you stand there helpless just waiting to be smashed.
Don't discount the fact that those wide angle lenses make even big waves look flat.
isn't it always better to hold on and get as far as you can? unless it's huge...? going over holding onto the boom means that when you come up, you still have some kit to sail
Unless it's a mast high shore spec barrel I reckon your are safest taking it on, imo he would have made it easily, as Mark suggested it looks like an obvious setup.
An intentional catapult/forward before the wave...wtf...sounds like a good way to quickly reduce sail area 
There is only 3 options.In order.
1) hit it as fast as you can and jump over it
2) go downwind and avoid it.
3)"chicken gibe" and catch it...
