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Originally Posted by Stealhead
I second that opinion I want to right under the epicenter if it is a nuke or a giant meteorite if it is a volcano I want to stand right on the edge as it goes.If it is gonna be a massive tsunami well surfs up baby I'll try to ride the wave but get squashed.
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Originally Posted by August
There's a great scene in the book "Lucifer's Hammer" by Larry Niven of just that situation. When the comet hit this guy was out on the bay on his surfboard and he caught a 1000ft tall tidal wave. As he rode the face he could see houses and trees disappearing beneath him but ahead was the 50 story (crs) building coming at him like a giant flyswatter. 
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Dark Star.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/
A great little indie sci-fi spoof. At the end a guy is about to fall into the Earth's atmosphere, so he grabs a piece of space debris and surfs to his death.