Malibu, by all accounts, was cranking the past few days. That was thanks to the massive swell that walloped the West Coast, officially kicking off the summer south swell season, with many calling it the “swell of the decade.” When Malibu turns on, strange things start sounding like good ideas. And for Los Angeles surfer Hunter Jones, all that swell, the hype, the excitement meant attempting one of surfing’s most notorious maneuvers — shooting the Malibu Pier. Unfortunately, things didn’t go according to plan. See below: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0PvngiGF0Ik The goal is simple in theory: ride a wave, race toward the iconic structure, and thread the needle through the pilings before the wave closes out. In reality, it's a high-speed gamble with very little margin for error. A mistimed section, a wobble, or a bad line can send a surfer straight into wood, concrete, and decades of Malibu history. Shooting the pier has long been considered one of California surfing’s most dangerous rites of passage.…