Staff Mark Healey decided to ditch on this occasion. His Guide to Heavy Water is also a great resource for those trying to up their big wave decision making skills. Photo: Inspire Courses/Shannon Reporting Earlier this winter, I made the unfortunate decision to try and duck dive an outside set at VFW’s in Ocean Beach, San Francisco on an overhead-plus day. It was my first surf on a brand new 6’6”, 35-liter G Money II from Doc Lausch of Surf Prescriptions and I was under the (misguided) impression that I could duck dive anything that came my way on this narrow, knifey vehicle. I was wrong.