"It ain't the meat, it's the motion..."

When it comes to storm surf, it's not just the size. With waves at 3-5 second intervals and coming from all directions there is no set reef or sandbar to line up at. Add a 30+ knot cross wind and a 5 knot rip and it's just madness. Big fun, however. I bodysurfed Hurricane Felix off Virginia Beach at about 8 foot and got carried about 4 miles along the beach over the 45 minutes I was out. Just swimming in God's wrath was worth the experience but a few top to bottom drop ins were memorable beyond belief. I could not have done it with the windage of a board. I swam in feeling like a bird thru a turbofan.