Mavericks Cam

Looks pretty brutal out there today

http://www.mavsurfer.com/live_cam/

if you look close enough....there's a dude paddling a blue kayak and is trolling on top of the breaks....why? CAUSE HE CAN 

WOW didn't think I would have to defend this. As the intro stated this is a very condensed version of the video, bandwidth issues. We couldn't get every jump and every release in the web.
Most of the fish were released, one died, and tasted great on tacos the next day.
I guess extreme is subjective, but to me having a fish with a three foot spear on the end on his face, about jump in your lap is pretty extreme. The fights with these fish last an hour to 2 and a half hours with a full bend in the rod, it is a very tough fight. We could certainly paddle to where we catch these fish, they are that close to shore, but we do use the boats on our trips for safety reasons also as a better way to hold the bait and get video. Plus it opimizes the fishing time for our clients. Would you rather spend your time fishing or paddling to the spot. All the fish were hooked, fought and landed from the kayaks, and that is what it is really all about. We actually had to rush a guy back to shore to a doctor, via the boat, he got stung buy a man-o-war, he had an allergic reaction to the sting and could of died.
As far as having me as a leader man on the fish, yes you could land these fish solo, but you would have to really wear them out and then no release would be possible. I have landed two hundred pound thresher sharks from my kayak, solo, and I tell you the bill fish are sketchier to deal with.
What is Extreme, I don't know your definition, but for me this is about as extreme as kayak fishing gets. And a hell of a lot of fun.