“Man Islanders Have Super Powers”: Despite Terrors at Sea, Surfing World Witnesses Deep-Diver’s Strange Attempt

No matter how many waves are conquered, the thrill of surfing and the excitement of watching them will never diminish. Proving the point yet again, a surfer and deep diver that goes by his Instagram handle hungryfaka just attempted a daring jump in the face of a gigantic wave. It was both heart-stopping and spine-chilling as well as exciting and adventurous at the same time. The fans felt the same way when they watched it online and their reactions displayed their emotions.

Isaac Scharsch is a surfer based out of Honolulu, Hawaii, who often posts his surfing adventures over on social media. In this case, he was standing on the edge of a boat and jumped without any care for the world. Surfing fans were beyond impressed.

The Hawaiian surfer enjoyed every moment of it

An Instagram post by hungryfaka aka Isaac Scharsch went, “F**king waves is pumping today!” and then tagged Jenna Vargas, who shot the video attached alongside it. The video was short but sublime. In it, Scharsch stood on the edge of the boat and started balancing himself for take off.

The boat had other members in it, and it was heading straight towards a humongous wave, one that was as tall as the boat itself. Amidst this scary-looking wave coming towards them, Scharsch takes a leap. It was a leap of faith into the ocean, and he came out safe and sound on the other side.

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To add a bit more humor to this, a female voice on the back said, “Be careful you f**ker” followed by smiles. Scharsch was more than careful, and he also added flair to his jump.

Surfing fans were in awe of the Hawaiian surfer

As Isaac Scharsch jumped into the water, turning upside-down, the surfing world was in disbelief he could actually pull it off. Here’s how some of them reacted:

“Man islanders have super powers”, wrote a fan who credited Scharsch’s Hawaiian upbringing behind his courage and strength to jump into an oncoming wave.

“Looks so fun”, wrote a fan who ignored the fear and saw the fun element behind it.

“Damn that looks fun as fu*k”, wrote someone who was also excited by the prospect of it, without comprehending the risk behind it completely.

“No risk no reel”, wrote someone who realized that for a video to be popular on Instagram, it has to have something special almost to the level of being dangerous.

“Da pump is real,” wrote a fan who could almost feel the excitement in his bones.

While the fear of large waves may be a legitimate cause, Hawaiian surfer and deep diver Isaac Scharsch doesn’t mind living his life by the edge and dunking on high levels of adrenaline rush on a daily basis. Surfing will be a major event in the Paris Olympics as well, and footage of waves revealed how huge they can actually get in Teahupo’o, Tahiti.

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