I managed to shoot a fine example of stupidity gone wild. Watch this slideshow and watch what could have made the Darwin awards. I'm glad to report that there was no loss of life. I'm pretty sure they left here and then went and played in traffic.

http://laptew.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?swfPop=true&noClickURL=true&url=http://laptew.smugmug.com/Sports/Bird-Brains/12744550_iNJJR#917947781_QF5jn

Really great pictures Mike, as usual. Some people just don't have a clue. It breaks my heart to see kids get hurt or killed because they don't know what they are in for when they go to see the cool waves.
You should send that slideshow to a TV station and have them run it as a warning.
Just a few weeks ago a young girl lost her life playing on a sandbar at Plum Island. So sad.

Young testosterone in action.......

the quality of that camera is awesome.

When I saw the title, I somehow thought there would be a shot of me in there

there are no warning signs

and no Rangers issuing citations either....

not to mention a lack of PARENTAL supervision :doh:

great photography

Wow and they wonder why people get hurt or die, just insane!

Insane is right.... I don't even like to fish on a calm night over there. In my opinion, most dangerous place to fish in RI. Those fellas are extremely lucky.....

I was on that very rock recently and wussed out because I was solo and sliding as the waves washed over still with 2 hours of incoming tide left. Slippery as about anything in RI. You could lather it with Goose Poop and probably improve traction. Still more slippery than some North Shore spots :devil2:

People just don't realize how dangerous it can become in seconds in and around the water. We havn't had a loss of life around hazard ave in a good long time, usually it dosent go 3 years without someone dying off those rocks. This is a good time to remind everyone, including ourselves,
#1 if you are out of your comfort level you shouldn't be there.
#2 If you don't have an "out of your comfort level" I won't mention any names, lol, keep yourself out of harms way at least somewhat. Can ne one say Great White at night, looking like a seal, dragging a bloody fish on a stringer?

a few members here have had some close calls on those rocks....

I will never forget the one night I pulled a scuba dive in the middle of the night. When I went to make my exit from the water I got the assistance from a big wave headed for a shale plateau, I was tossed, rolling like a log, into a cauldron of churning white water that now covered the shelf where we had entered from. After I scrambled up the rock I promptly sat down and waited for my partner to exit. I watched as his lights showed him getting the same rough treatment as me. He did a few log rolls before scurrying out of the surf.

Big fun....ONCE!

Mike

how the heck do you land a fish in that mess? Those shots coulda been of northern California, where more double drownings happen than anywhere in the US. Makes me nervous just looking at those pictures.

one day i was trying to body surf ok...
first time....

and i was a total greenhorn out in CALI

not realizing just how dangerous the under tow was
at this particular spot

suddenly this huge wave toppled over me
and dragged me under water like fifteen feet down
and pinned me there

then proceeded to bowl me up the beach
luckily i new instinctively to just relax and let it happen
and i could hold my breath forever something i practiced for years

the next wave picks me up and i tried to swim then
but it scraped me up the rocks bad
cutting my chest the whole friggan way....

that was ONE Hell of a lesson....i'm telling ya.