On the Shoulder of Giants: The Cortes Bank Expedition
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2015
- Presented by Nixon www.nixon.com
Go deep inside Project Neptune and the greatest big-wave discovery of the 21st century. Featuring Peter Mel, Evan Slater, Mike Parsons, Brad Gerlach, Ken Skindog Collins and Surfline forecaster Kevin Wallis. For more on the first Cortes Bank adventure check out cortes.surfline.com
Footage from the motion pIcture Step into Liquid. Buy it here: itunes.apple.com/us/movie/ste... - Спорт
Can you imagine sailing near the Cortes bank back in those days at night in the winter, and then all of sudden you just hear this loud whitewater and then look in the dimly moonlit sky and see a 50 ft wave coming over your mast 🤯
I think the most amazing thing about this is how it’s out on the middle of nowhere. Like a void that suddenly manifests these racing monsters and these guys are riding them. Thanks for doing this and bringing it to the rest of us.
I grew up surfing in IB and in the mid 90s the whispers started spreading about this beautiful break 100 miles out in the middle of the ocean. I remember most people would look at who they were being told by like they were crazy, but then the pictures and videos started trickling in that changed the game forever.
I love it when guys at the A game of their sport...legends, icons...admit to being "out of their league". Total respect for nature and how small they really are compared to this force. Wish more pro athletes shared this humble nature! Well done guys!
That's ok this ole girl will enjoy from the shore, got to give it to sufers male and female y'all all must have a death wish..just kidding AWESOME ×100😦😧😂💯💯
I totally agree Joshua!!!
I've got to surf ,never at a level of even the good groms , but just seeing intelligent experienced surfers get together as a collective group and be humble to these experiences ,and hear them talk.....I do remember getting those butterflys seeing 10 foot faces....loloo I was bugging .
He's talking about paddle in. These giant waves are too huge and fast to paddle in to. Only the guys equipped to Tow-in have a chance on the wave. The earlier you're in on the wave, the better chance you have making it down the face. Then it's good luck from there.
*The brave, and able ones, could be humbled someday.*
*First you have to meet Mother Nature on that fateful day she commands respect, at that point there's no alternative, other than death.*
*Some just haven't met that challenge yet, and besides, those days are somewhat rare.*
*Rest assured; She's the undisputed ruler of mankind, this I know.*
just want to say thank you! I am addicted to these surf videos/stories and this was so cool! I am not a surfer but I am a photographer what I would do to go off on a trip like this and capture it!!
In 1975 I surfed 55 ft faces at North Bird Rock no toe in! We rode guns 9 6 ft guns! It was huge offshore! Unbelievable big rock 35 ft faces! Lopez got punched out! You know the rest!
Came across on a nostalgic late night travel. Former old school Santa Cruz surfer and filmmaker/teacher now living in Florida. Appreciate the quality of work and historical value of this video. Hopeful that the occasional film like this will remind current and future wave riders what the sport and the lifestyle is about. Seek and enjoy, appreciate the feel of the wave. Hard to put into words, but share it if you can.
Mad respect for these guys and there humility.
I bought DVD Step into Liquid,, just for the Cortez Bank segment.. great camera work and a magnificent wave. Gerlach would be a riot on a surf trip.
I bought it back in the 200os for the Laird Hamilton stuff, but this was UNBELIEVABLE.
Great job Peter Mel! You described it so well. I wish I was there with you! Talk about your Bucket List!
This is cool. I grew up in HB and was a fisherman and worked the sportfishing boats out of LB and SP and eventually became a deckhand in LB. I don't know how many trips we made out to the CB when the conditions we perfect and the hands on the boat who surfed would marvel at the break out there. This was in the 70s and the 80s. It took 10 more years for the surf community to finally get out there and get with it. It's an amazing spot on earth and it's so freaking cool to see you all using it for what it's meant to be used for... Other than catching BF bluefin and other fish. Safe adventures brothers of the Pacific..... Keep it cool and respect for all!!!
Hey now. I grew up in HB at the same time. Magnolia & Hamilton. I probably fished off one of your boats. I remember the same, everyone talking about it until they finally charged it. I surfed but never good or confident enough for that. I remember some overnight fishing out of Gordo’s, Ensenada and the charter crew telling stories of CB. Saw it off in the distance and could feel it. What a beautiful spot.
Going off the beaten path. Thanks for that one Dan.
Sick guys! I respect you all and thanks for riding these unbelievable waves, moreover, thank you for sharing and documenting each of your unique experiences!!!! Keeping it Real out...
Love the overhead shots, it's truly in the middle of the ocean. Thanks you guys!
This was fun, The positive comments were all fun. From Los Angeles, 76 yo, non swimmer. Thank you for posting.
My pop was a bit of an adrenaline junkie when he came home to Texas from Vietnam in 68 shortly after the tet offensive. He started riding bulls and was a rodeo bullfighter/clown. I caught the bug but chose to climb radio towers, drive fast and swim with large gators among other things. He said I was crazy, but he's never seen these guys. So much respect that I really don't know what to say about their balls.
I remember watching this doco being blown away at the size of the waves being surfed, first time I had ever heard of Cortez Reef.
Growing up surfing the coast line of Mornington Peninsula from 1974, Bells, Great Ocean road, Cactus South Australia, heaps of other destinations, Indo, huge G land etc. Just watching this doco is a humbling experience.
Because as a surfer with experience in waves from 2 foot/20 foot, you totally understand what it takes to take your surfing to this level.
Total Restect to all who achieve this in their life time, Well Done 🖐😎
Wonder who was the first to surf Cortez Reef ?
Wow! Awesome video and documentary!!!!!!!!
Great stuff guys! Much respect.
Such a cool story!!! these guys are amazing!!!
reminds me of this wave at low tide waaaay outside of this spot in the strait of juan de fuca - but it is not huge by any means, but plenty of surfers have thought about taking a boat out there when it is working
@Burr Anderson fax
Where was that? I lived in sequim right near the straits...
Love the music.
Don't want to seem boring but speechless WOW
Awesome Man .....
Beautiful!!!!
Some people will say something about Jaws, Mavericks or even Nazare but the Cortez has to be the scariest of all...
Flame was one of the nicest coolest person ever and I'm stoked to have known him.
What happened to him?
Unreal boys! Great job!!
They awesome very cool thank you for sharing
Pretty crazy! I read the book about Cortes Bank, that's how I learned about it.
Ho Stevie! could u sponsor me I am a rly good surfer as good as Atua Moe
I’m reading “Ghost Wave” now. It’s a fascinating book!
The seagulls at 8:29 are so far out at sea! Amazing! They probably dive their for little fish on the reef.
gulls and many others fly _way_ farther than 100 miles offshore. im pretty sure there are small sections of land part of the channel islands that are alot closer to cortes though too
Great video
Impressionante !
Here is a bit of irony, "Killer Dana" the right hand point break was destroyed when Dana Harbor was created. But, the boat "Pacific Quest" hailed out of Dana Harbor to carry you out to the new frontier! Odd.
"I'm in the Impact Zone with the Tombstone Blues!"
Surfed, Cortez Bank, 73-74, commercial abalone diver, big sharks
so you paddled in? how big? get worked?
Cortez breaks often. I have never surfed it but I saw some 15 crumblers a few times from my Coast Guard ship.
Really!!?? How big was it? That must've been scary asf! What an experience!
EPIC !
I once farted in my bathtub and created a wave that refracted off the back of the tub and then rejoined the original swell and it made a peak similar to The Wedge and I could ride it all the way to the drain! It was a crappie wind break, but I had it all to myself! I would take off back at the spot called back wall and then ride it all the way to soap dish and then finally kick out down near drain hole!
If you rode too far and then kicked out you can tragically find yourself in the area known as flush Bowl, a swirling Rush of water that will hold you down big-time!
LightenUpFrancis FUELED BY REFRIED BEANS & BUDWEISERS NO DOUBT.
@@richardconner15 and an extra chromosome.
LOL call it the taco bell swell!
Haven't laughed so hard in a long time!
Thankfully the Flame was not present to document that epic moment, or there may have bean tragic consequences.
Props to you big wave Guru's . I'll stick with the 1-5 ft waves in the gulf where I live . Instead of the danger of being Killed . I just deal with a scratch here and there . Or be hel under for 3 seconds . They need to make a movie about small wave surfers .
DOPE ! 🏄 🏄 🏄
Respect...
wow, that was so cool to watch. thanks for sharing this guys.
We all 💘 love pie
Monstrous
Swami's in Ca, should be, included in this-- Waimea. I thought, I caught a 12-15ft face, but it was, much bigger twice.
How did they decide upon Pacific Quest Sportfishing as their charter to Cortes Bank?
Yaw Yaw Man...So Amazing...!!! Thank you
way RAD! 🌊👑🌎🌹✨😎
imagine s a skipper of availing ship, stumbling into these waves by accident
kestrelblue i was thinking the same!
The Pacific Quest (their boat) ran aground last year in San Diego - serious damage - and was (I believe) sold.
(I hear) Boat was anchored way too close offshore and engine failed to start when poorly rigged anchor failed/dragged. Skipper was a hellava 'fish raiser' though, or should I say 'Boat" was, cuz it's up an afloat (outta Long Beach) and maxing WSB limits.
My Gramps was a ship's carpenter on Clippers. Guy could do anything. No comparison with modern power boat, Party Skippers.
Back then, the dead told you what not to do. If you didn't listen, you'd be one of the one's telling people what not to do - by dead example.
Beautifully Made
Would love to see the Movie ?
Beautiful at 4:55 the blue water
Flame=Legend R.I.P.
Was that guys photo-shopped in at 8:36?
You should re-upload this in 720p.
+surfline Oh, my apologies! Awesome video, keep up the good work surfline. :)
Awsome
WHAT IS THAT SONG PLZ!
Think color timing and how grading is your friend.
Great stuff, boys…what an adventure.
should of asked the Navy!! was out there on the cContellation in 1983
I always wondered what that island was. lol
Shame that the film where most of this footage is from isn't even mentioned, Step Into Liquid, or the filmmaker, Dana Brown, except in the credits.
Hey Tom... I understand what you are saying. But, let me tell you a little something you might not know. This is about the Neptune Project which was the brainchild of Larry "Flame" Moore longtime photo editor of Surfing Magazine and Sean Collins founder of Surfline. It was the culmination of about 10 years of collaborative effort between these two great men. Larry risked his life (more than once) flying with a friend in a little bi-plane out over Cortez Bank during storms... just waiting for it to break, sure that it would. In the movie Step into Liquid... this fact was "glossed over" at best. Now, don't get me wrong... I think the film was very well made. This little Documentary however, represents the facts a little more accurately and in greater detail. So enjoy them both for what they are... complimentary rather than controversial. Peace.
Tom Scholfield that's right RIP Dana
Celeste Moureaux Thanks for sharing the information and insight. It seems that so many things like this or frankly most things cut out facts or purposely leave the important aspect out of the story or movie . So knowing the truth behind it makes things more clear and factual. So again thanks for the tid bit much appreciated. Sending everyone positivity and love...
this footage is from step into liquid.
Knew it looked familiar.
A best moments in your life are post huge session with mates, maybe akin to post battle with your regiment? Maybe 😁
Further from any comparison and perspective, waves appear smaller than actual.
Totally true, I've been in 10-12 surf before, it feels massive and the force and turbulence of the water is nothing short of frightening. Can't even imagine what waves that large are like.
Nothing quite like the Banks! Not the absolute biggest but nothing as fast as this wave!
I’ve fished there I will never surf there
catch anything?
Grace Shepherd
Absolutely, You can literally put a cigarette butt on a hook and catch some thing there. This place is amazing, sheepshead calico bass, tune
Can someone explain why the "back of the wave" measurement is not used when mega-waves are discussed.
who cares, nerd everyone knows what they're referring to, especially if they specify what it translates to in face-size.
1:49 So is this an old footage or does he simply not bother getting a new computer?
it probably is "old footage" to your zoomer ass, yes. and just a few years before this was an ancient era where humans actually looked you in the eye while in public and weren't walking zombies, staring and affixed downwards to their precious "phones". we had to be more aware of predators while gathering sticks and berries for the tribe back home, ya know.
@@denmun9722 lol
siiiick
Reminds me of "Ailleen's"...
Only, Aileen's is only 30 metres or so from the sheer cliff face, while Cortes is way out at sea.
Intense.
To me this is more surfing then the frilly cutty shit they do for style and points.
The surfers be like how big is the next wave after they ride a wave
Looks like a great feeding ground for sharks.
That's just what it is, its a great place to fish for tuna and bill fish, and you know what that means!
i want to go there before i die. not to surf it, but just to see it and say that i've been there
Edited by Graham Nash. Is that the Graham Nash?
The guy going under the wave, you just see the board.
I wonder why someone would thumbs down this video, locals only or something? ha ha...
Surfing starts around 8:30. Fyi
“ a life purpose “
I fished giant bluefin out there. It's not a friendly place. Gnarly for sure.
So scary
From 1976-1978 I was stationed on the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut, WLM 252 a bouy tender out of LA harbor. We serviced the bouy for the Banks annually. Had to play the weather game just right to do it. One year our weather guys guessed wrong. We rolled up to the banks at sun rise to what must have been 70 foot plus on the Mount! Oily glass! Every surfer on that boat just lost it! Needless to say we tucked tail and ran! On the long trip back we hatched plans to smuggle our boards on the boat and paddle in at night on the next trip. Thank God the next trips the swell was FAC! (Coasty for flat ass calm)
Jim that had to be insane...memories!
All this vanity - will end.
Slow up= it divies up, or tries and, flow evenly through shallows. Trauma diagnosis.
MIKE PARSONS WAVE
Peter Peter nuts
Snips
snooze.... glad to see the other folks who made parsons ride even possible.
In mid-2018, the Pacific Quest ran aground in San Diego after being reportedly stuck in a kelp-bed, "20' offshore". Until they're old enough to see a few people maimed and/or killed, no way it'd be my captain.
The Sea is a dangerous place. Bad things happen very suddenly.
If power had been lost out on the Banks, you would have had a REAL adventure.
A locals massive problem that has been solved elsewhere
Can they really hold their breath 90 secondes ?
windows 2000 bro really!!! 1:52
Wheres my 6"11 lolol
Ask any sailor, the biggest wave's are on the equator... I heard the wave twists and bend ship. 😀
Wecan Watersports lol Bullshit
The biggest waves are NOT on the equator. Case closed.
This is what happens when old senile sea captains say things to people who don’t know any better, they believe it, and then propagate the misinformation. Also coincidentally how the 2016 election transpired
Thomas Lally
You’re an idiot.
The equator actually has no wind, and read up on ships of the past, before combustion engines and electricity, and how they had to row with no wind in their sails to get their ships far enough back into a wind. The only waves you get there are shock waves from earthquakes in the tectonic plates, and those are too fucked up to surf.
No rogue wave just large sloppy blown-out surf and some guys with balls.
So, you're alll Gerlach haters?
"the greatest big-wave discovery of the 21st century"
Come on guys.Please.
im all for eye-rolling the dramatics too, but name another spot this big that was more elusive.
Yea, 66 feet is getting big
Cool story bro! Tell it again!😴
Wrong call. Not based on logic. Point source plastic reduction is the only way.
Watch. 22adaynoway
Seashortsseashortsseashorts
Nobodys ever been to the moon dude!
Reald Thurling flat earther huh?