Pipeline Came To San Diego: Skip McCullough Was Ready
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2024
- On December 29th, during one of the biggest days in years, 27-year-old local Skip McCullough was the first to paddle out at his homebreak in La Jolla -- a notoriously shifty, dangerous and mutant left barrel that had way more watchers than takers. He didn't come out of his first wave, which ended up breaking his board in three places. He raced back home, grabbed his backup 6'6" and went on to be, by most all accounts, beyond a standout -- "beast" -- at one of the heaviest waves in SoCal making a dozen+ supremely technical barrels over the course of a marathon eight-hour session.
“He’s got this thing with the ocean where the good ones come to him and he just puts his head down and goes,” said longtime La Jolla local Jojo Roper, who watched Skip grow up tackling these fickle and challenging reefbreaks. “That wave looks like that once every five-plus years - and that day had to be one of the best there’s been. And Skip cleaned house. He’s on another level of reading the shifty slabs out there. The comparison to Pipeline gets thrown out all the time, but I must say -- it looked like Pipe and he was knifing them like Pipe, all day long.”
“I’ve always have seen giant barrels out there,” said Skip. “But it's always so hard and it's such a shifty wave. But the last three or four years, I've really tried to focus on it and it's starting to make more sense to me out there; like what it takes to actually line one of those waves up. This year, it all came together. I’ve finally had a more methodical approach to it, figuring out where to sit and where to line up and which waves to look for. The reefs in La Jolla are not perfect. Nothing like Indo or Hawaii. So you really need to know how a wave's gonna react when it hits the reef. And this year, I decided I’m just gonna sit out there till the right one comes. Obviously, not every wave's gonna be good, but if I wait for the right wave to hit the reef in a certain sort of way, then I might get a barrel and I might make it.”
This is exactly what happened, over and over again, all day long, as McCullough shared the lineup with only a handful of local and visitors till he came in at 3pm. “Waves don't get like this all the time," he said. "It might be 10 years before we get another day like that. So when it's like that -- if you're cold, if you're tired, you're hungry, you gotta just suck it up because it might be a long time before you get another session like that. I was cold and hungry the whole time. But I've since warmed up and I've since had a good meal, so doesn't even matter."
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Skip is one of those guys who generations of surfers will be told stories about. Absolute charger
Skipp Kerr
Skip Kerr
Underrated surfer! Glad to see him get recognition he deserves.
What a legend! May we all have days like that🤙
Skip speaks to the mind and attitude of a lot of surfers that week. Who saw their home breaks going completely mental status; and then seized the moment. What a legend! So stoked for Skip!
Of all the people on the planet, you were there and nailed it. Good one.
It was meant for him. His time.
He has La Jolla wired
That swell was bananas. 8 of us were surfing at Indicators (sunset cliffs) and half of us broke boards. At freakin sunset cliffs of all places. I’ll never forget this swell.
My dad and I were driving around la jolla on the 28th during sunset and the swell was peaking. We were driving along Neptune at Windansea when I suddenly saw Ben Gravy and Zeke on top of their pickup pointing, ooh-aahing at little point up north. Amongst the misty, hazy air I see a small figure appear out kicking out of the dark silhouette of this big wave. Whoever it was, was all alone surfing this massive (by San Diego standards), dark, cold, peeling right and all I could think was, "What an absolute psycho - that guy's my hero whoever he is." The unknown hero catches one more double overhead wave, then starts pumping in and I see Ben and Zeke start heading down to meet him. Lo and behold, it's Skip himself! Sometimes we name swells and I think this past one should be named after Skip, maybe "Skips' swell" cause he absolutely owned it.
Yes
yes
you were driving while i was in the water until i couldnt see anymore lol 30ft faces at my spot. current was ripping and a elephant seal was giving me drama
@@ryancuda45 You’re very badass
Well done! Was this at bird rock?
Gorgeous waves, and a very good surfer capitalizing on them. Skip McCollough seems like a real nice guy, honorable, and humble. I've seen some other recent videos of his surfing, and it seems he consistently puts himself further back on the takeoffs than the others, and handles that very well. I had kept hearing his name from other people, he's definitely a well respected surfer.
Seen charging these beautiful lefts and with the interview I can finally see why. Congratulations to him.
C A
I'm stoked you got it so good my friend. The El Nino of 96/ 97 was completely the opposite. The shoe was shut down and little point was miniature pipeline. And I'm regular foot and was drooling for like 4 days stay stoked my friend best of luck to you in all your future endeavors
Big rock was going off and I snapped my 7'2"" in 2 places. Drain Pipes looked exactly the same. Sandy's was all time with myself and 2 friends out.
Yeah, Skip! So stoked it was you that took top honors that day!!!
Loved your friends comments to man.
Definitely scored hard, stoked for you!
As a young surfer in the late 70s and 80s the name Chris O'Rourke meant a lot to us. He'd be stoked watching this id say. Well surfed bro.
Chris was awesome. Met him and Joe Roper and a bunch of other locals when I lived there in the 70’s. It was a sad day for the local surf community when he passed away. Looks like Big Rock or South Birdrock to me, maybe even Horseshoe, which I only got to surf a half dozen times but nowhere near that size. That boil looked like big rock.
Chris would of been world champion! Got ot witness his surfing in SD! Aloha from westside Oahu MK.
This wave could send you to the hospital!
what??@MealTeam6
@MealTeam6a big rock 🪨
took me a second@@DustinKeiser
You know how you can tell who the kooks are?? When they call out the spots with dumb comments. Kook
No doubt😢😂😂😂😂😂 @@Zeusandhispups
thoroughly enjoyed this
classic dude!! way to go man. saw some other vid and they kept saying Skip, then I saw this and I was like, oh, that's that dude! lol... San Diego. wow. amazing waves.
Make Surfing Great Again - SD Representative Skip McCullough for President in 2024!
Great interview of a true underground legend!!!
Well done, man, ripping good waves. Cool to hear about it.
More than impressive. Blown away.
Skip’s off the chain fr
Looking like pipe an understatement! wow
I watched body surfers at that same spot ride waves about 40 feet from the cliff on a super high tide. I lived right across the street for a couple years and never saw it look like that. Beautiful, awesome surfing.
Nice work out there dude. You make look easy but I know better!🔥
Biggest and best _____ I’ve seen on vid. San Diego’s mini Pipe and almost as hazardous. Skip has it wired. Nice vid SL🏄
Good to see some historic surf down here and those that live for it scoring. I lucked out on a few winter seasons in Northern California and found that this stuff is somewhat normal up there. I don't think I'm supposed to tell anyone though. lol.
I seen all this already on Zekes channel . Skip is definitely a local legend . Session of a decade.
Zeke might complain about this footage coming out
SO great!!!!
Love that ace hardware shirt
Was that Hospitals? Horseshoe? I haven't surfed there for at least 15 years (I'm 50) but I've never seen it that good there. Seen barrels but at least 3-4 ft smaller. That's literally once in a lifetime day for a La Jolla surfer to be getting barrels like that, not only large but long too, at your home break. 🤙
La Jolla Shores. It was definitely La Jolla Shores.
Looks like tourmaline to me
@@boltup5566no way that was La Jolla shores.
Horseshoe.
Yes.
What a legend!
So rad. Cool dude.
Legend!!!
Can't believe the dude hasnt got a sponsor yet. Someones bound to sign this dude up. True charger. Seen him shred so much on Zekes OTC blogs.
He is sponsored, by a few brands actually
Who sponsors him? Havent heard of the surf industry going “bye bye”
@@TaranakiGreenfieldswhat are you 16?
Here in the heart of oc the surf biz its all over except the crying
I’m 14. Enjoy
incredible
So sick Skip 🔥
good on ya mate
Yea Skip!
Way to go Skip and way to represent SD!
Don’t forget about “The Queen” #RinconBigThursday
A forever day. Well done.
Guy was charging for sure. Very cool to watch.
Kudos 👏👏
Being the first out on a big day, tells you all you need to know about this dude.
SD represent!!🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
BadAss!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Epic storytelling! #ljpride
Wow.
It’s so weird to see waves that look powerful in so cal.
You know it’s heavy when the board snapped at the end of the wave.
He should be a pipe alternate
Skip is a legend
Skip rips. Secured spot as a local legend.
Go Skip.
Land marks!!!!!!!!!!!
Much respect for #bluecollarsurfing
skip da man
yeahhhh Skip
Some people think it's Little point....hilarious 😂mmmk as if hospital and horseshoe work on a south swell like that. I love little point. ♥️ 🎉😂
Yes...my icon photo is at little pt.
Except you can't surf it at a low tide. Big Rock all the way.
Hopefully all the hype of this sacred spot stops the San Clemente goon squad from crossing the boarder . Was, has been a secret for years . Good job opening the door . At least skip pumped his business 🤙🏽 good on ya for that loc
It's no secret man, my parents live in SD and I'm there maybe a couple weeks out of the year and I still know about it. The entire coastline of southern california is fully known at this point. Still, I get it.
Make no mistake, all the San Clemente boys worth their salt already know where this is. Most lifelong SoCal (OC to SD at least) surfers know where this is. But doesn't matter much. This place can be on front street and it would still regulate itself. And the locals of course rule and must be given respect if anyone attempts to share, or else it won't be a fun time for you. All that being said, it's important to still keep this place on the low. What's funny is that it's not actually in La Jolla.
Rad ❤✊🏿
Any given Sunday....
There are so many underground chargers out there who on any random day could be the guy.
theyre waters cold, but it dosent even come close to 30 degree air temps and real winter water. sick vid
HaHa... I'm a bozo. I thought the interview was w/Josh Kerr. I haven't seen Skip since he was ripped off by the judges in a Sunset/Triple Crown contest many years ago. He blew away the other competitors then and is ripping just as hard today (~10 yrs later).
Kudos to you Skip! Thanks for the inspiration.
yeaaaaaa skip
Take a drink every time he says "like" and you'll end up in the ER with alcohol poisoning. 😅😅😂
Skip doesn't surf Casas enough.. otherwise he'd know it get's good like this alot more then he knows🤙🦆🌊
skipp!
Temu wants your info.
Wow, all these random filmers blowing out the spot, blowing out the swell. Took it way too far man…. 😂
Epic session
Giant Teahupoo barrels...?
It was definitely slabbing, those were not almond shaped barrels, thick lip, it definitely had a little bit of Teahupoo shape
🤙🤙💪💪
YA YEW SKIP!
LaNdMaRkS!
One more thing. 60 degree water is warm
dude is the oldest looking 27 year old on the planet, straight up thought he was 37
Love seeing the blue collar undergournd get their dues. Good on ya' SKIP!
Zeke is punching the air right now about this video being published
The pleasure of having rich parents and living front row in La Jolla.
I respect people for capitalizing on the opportunities they get
in the 1970s UCSD professors owned cliffside homes...it all depends when you got in the market, doesn't necessarily mean you're rich except if you sold said home.
@@credrod you for sure live at home with your parents. 😂
Used to spearfish out there a lot. Had my truck stolen from there one time too ha.
More like chopes came to San Diego
Cali GOAT?
Weak glass job?
Surfer labor😂
Frother
Skip is the real goli maar.
Beautiful surf, very hollow but the Pipeline comparison is ridiculous.
True but that wave is harder to surf than pipe, with the slope and the unpredictable nature of how it breaks.
I think it's ridiculous to say it's incomparable to pipe, you don't see any similarities? This wave even has a doggy door when the second reef is hit just right, sometimes it legit looks like pipe.
Saying any wave is harder to surf than Pipe or is less predictable or is hollower than Pipe makes it very obvious you have never surfed Pipe.
That wave at that size is very similar to pile.
. No, actually means you've never served HERE!. You two would be gargling up Reef rocks and spitting out your teeth here thinking this wave is in any way not as hardcore as pipeline. I hope you have insurance.
Skippy and Zeke are the underground kings of socal
Cleaning up yard and stuff and you?