I’ve never surfed or lived near the ocean but I can’t stop watching these guys.
Crazy bastards I love it
The not dying...omfg...! Props to camerawork!!! The outtake stills were jaw dropping.
Damn, you can really see the strong progression of comfort and different styles starting to emerge on that wave, now. They're not just trying to "make it" anymore. Sick video.
I lived right above Maverick (long before it was called Mavericks or Mavz!) and for about 30 years, I used to walk to the cliff right above the area and watch them surf the wave. The height of the wave has been highly exaggerated, it is usually about 20+' but if there is a storm out at sea, it can get up to almost twice that height, but that's rare. It MAY be that due to icebergs melting in the north, that the volume of water has increased some in our oceans, in the last few years with warmer global temps, but from trough to crest, Maverick is reaching to even be a 60 footer. The danger in surfing that wave lies with the rocky bottom and cliff where the wave breaks. That can be dangerous water if you get get pushed to the bottom. I went out on a boat with a friend from Pillar Point Harbor to help search for Mark Foo two days before Christmas in 1994, but we did not find him; they recovered him two days later. The water had been high for about a week when the news broke that it was pushing heights and people started coming from all over to surf, including Foo who jetted over from Hawaii. The water from the crash of the wave can push right up into the cliff and spray clear up on top where I was sitting when there had been a storm at sea, increasing the water volume. I moved from the area in 1998, but they had lost another surfer there the year before, and probably have lost some since I've been away. I'm in the snowy mountains now and snow is so quiet compared to living right on the Coastside in stormy weather, often the wind would blow so hard and the roar of the ocean was so deafening that I had to sleep in a bedroom farther away from that window facing the sea, which I sometimes feared, would blow in on me! If Maverick has grown substantially, I would probably have heard about it from friends. But who can say, I'm sure when it's stormy, that wave, in front of you, can appear to be 100' tall, which would be a world record!
That is epic story, thanks for sharing, you really convey the sense of feeling the power even from the shore. I surfed SanFrancisco many years but Mavericks is on a planetary level of awesomeness.
@@davidgough3512 True, but the danger is when you get caught under the lip at the crest and the wave then pushes you to the bottom, and you roll along rocks and have a hard time surfacing. I understand there is a safety vest now that surfers wear, that has some kind of a inflation device, something like the BC we used when diving, that can bring you to the top of the water, and I also understand they use break-away leashes now, which MAY have been Mark's undoing, if his leash got caught on the bottom (which some surfers believed). Whatever, Maverick it is still an unusual wave and will always be dangerous (and thrilling!).
Pretty sure I would have a heart attack out there. Massive respect for these guys.
Mikey J. I surfed back in the 70’s, but these guys are wayyy outta my league! Balls of STEEL!
Major huevos. The water is ALWAYS cold here. There are rocks from the beginning of time and sharks, just in case you need a little added spice. Some of the very best watermen. AWESOME at every level.
True big wave surfers paddle in. Mad respect.
Beautiful waves, digging the tune. Nice
Damn, Wilem Banks was fully embedded in the lip of a top to bottom Maverick's beast. That was hard core. Gotta respect those guy's.
Takes beatings like that to become one of the best out there today!
Sooooooo SICK!!! Some incredible rides and footage!
Some great drops, awesome pulls into a barrel - not a moment to think about getting nailed. Just pull and go....awesome.
Good night! This is beyond brave to go out there. Even the very best doing it right but still getting worked HARD.
Excellent footage, loved it!!!
That last drop was just insane 😳
There was this guy, Hmmmmmmmm, trying to recall his name. Oh wait, I remember it!! Quiet Riding Mike!!! From Oriole Beach Florida. NW Florida. Right near Cedar Key where Florida takes its turn heading down south. This guy was always dead quiet. Always smiled. Always. Had $$$$$$$$$ to burn. Yet was soooooo down to earth. And he could surf the biggest damn waves I’ve ever seen!!! He deliberately traveled the world, north south east west warm tropical waters to ice cold freeze your nuts off water. He surged them all. No fear. He had. And man, did he surf drop down inside 50 60 70 plus WAVES!!!! [
Well that was a pretty slick vid of the real deal. Coughing up blood is better then breaking eardrums. Yay jetski patrol. Amazing athletes.
Inspiring guys. Great work
great music at the end.
usually never hear a reggae beat with a polished, tied together lead guitar on top.
all in all an excellent video of an awesome place.
Stick Figure - Fire on the Horizon... you should check them out ...
I have no purpose in Life it's gone since many years.............
and since I have no good occupation outside of pursuing sinnlos goals..... it makes me redundant
Awesome footage/background music!
Yo Eric. You nailed it. Again....
The part at 3:11 is crazy, he was trying to drop and the wave picked him up and literally threw him over the falls. These guys have some serious balls to drop in on that monstrosity of a wave
Yeow that is some sick monsters I guess if your gonna surf big waves u need to be comfortable among a lot of other things free falling with it board just dropping out from under u and even if u get good ride the wave still gets u .THANKS wow.
Music was great - especially the last one.
Incredible!
When I surfed the Mavericks, the A-frames were akaw. I was totally stoked and amped but there were some aggro Barneys that showed up so I bailed
Free bird at the end was chill...
Nice edit from one of the best who has been filming it there for a long time!
Peter Mel got absolutely detonated on that wave
Jan. 26, Australia Day, of course it's gonna be great surf! :)
Nice job honing in on a beat down...
Let’s us remember how awesome it feels to make one (& I’m only referring to the little 5-7 footers I b gettin’...lol)🤙🏻
4:33 amazing
Not only r these warriors riding giant powerful waves, on top of that ice cold water sharks and all the gear they have to wear to stay alive. true gladiators.
Best from any other sport would be humbled to exhaustion or tears just taking it on the head in normal overhead surf (or smaller). This is obviously all that many times squared.
Not for the weak .Fast Cold Mean..
Carlos Burle is Always where the action is!
What wipeouts the guy just landed in that nice white fluffy soft looking white foamy stuff no problem...doigh...thanks just kidding hope every body is good.piece.thanks for the show,mind blowing power.
Some of those sets that rolled through were mean and massive.
that wave just jacks up and launches! What is the speed of it, i wonder?not down the face but hurtling forward, i mean? It screams
Never surfed Mavs or Hawaii but I can tell you the speed rush on a San Francisco wave is well beyond anything wrapping into Santa Cruz, so Mavs must be beyond insane!
Damn, that was one crowded wave :) How those swimmers manage to escape timely and avoid getting squeezed by falling water mass from above and smashed all together in one pile - that's beyond me.
The only reason is most of those people out there are experienced/crazy enough to be out there in the first place. So they all seem to congregate towards a their floatilla of little stoked out ants on these massive waves and guide each other. What you don't see so much are people getting caught between sets, these are monstrous waves you dont just duck dive through. You have to paddle around the outside or basically dive through the wave without your board and corkscrew your body through the other side and yank your board with your leash.
So sick
Peter Mel almost went down for a two count. What a crazy day
Has to be one of the heaviest sessions . Way maaaaacho
Do I get to ride in a Delorean to go into future and watch this video.
Как это красиво и круто
Here because of argument in another surfing video. Is the waves bigger here or in Nazaré Portugal? Thanks
Can see the waves here and smoother and cleaner, Nazaré is like surfing in a washer machine.
Not only is mavs big but also super heavy
Thanks! It would have been nice to let the film clips run out longer, like so we could see the result of the ski getting swamped or Matt Lopez's incredible ride.
How are u guys getting boards back ankle straps don't stay on in this kind of waves do they
In the 1970's I got pummeled by 12 foot waves, with a 2-wave hold-down. I sure wouldn't want to get worked by these.
So insane
That look scary just watching!
I lived there for 12 years used to play in the pool with my boat never surfed it I wasn't good enough but I was good on the throttle
Those guys are effin crazy...
3:55....like a house landing on your head.
3:10 defiantly the most brutal one
would be great to see this quality footage of Dungeons in South Africa,or can it simply not be filmed at this level,too unpredictable ?
Healy's charge was nuclear.
Great music who is it?
Big !!!
How is this real?
Who the hell gives this a thumbs down?! Humans are so weird...
3:11 Cringed so hard. What a wipeout!!!
He got destroyed. That is a wipeout that some people wouldn't come back up from. I wonder what was causing him to cough up blood :(
My main guest is that he had penetrated the water, then sent down to the bottom before the lip would have broken his neck.
@@b4ssfunk3d he had tons of water drop right on him. Probably also got slammed to the floor and rolled. I had a 2 wave hold down and got fucked on a 15fter at the Wedge. I can only imagine what he felt!
4:33 Healey has that left dialed in...threading the needle on that gargantuan barrel
Awesome vid......mucho suffering.
OMG JANUARY 26 2017 THAT WAS MY 17TH BIRTHDAY AND THIS is to much
How do they live? Being dumped in 2,3 footers is bad enough.
Stick Figure! Nice.
Picture my mouth saying WOW but my mouth is the size of Mavericks biggest wave WOW
7:01 - 6 seconds later he is standing on his board at the top of the wave!
Gonads of steel.
Que buenas olas hay que subirse ahi eh
What is that at 2:13? Bottom center.
Already, the TV tubes, were a mis? < /3'v condensor tube Ro'' r < 3'v speed up Lo' variances / >
3:31 and 3:40. Wtf is behind him (upper left crn of the screen)?
Great vid. Someone uploaded this same bit before. No biggie.
Yeah it was initially an edit for Surfline. It recently came across on our archives so we posted it. So across our own platforms, this is the first time it's been posted AND WE PRODUCED IT. Thank you for your interest and we'll get more recent stuff up as it happens.
Powerlines Productions
Everything I've seen has been great. Thanks for sharing it all.
Powerlines Productions if jaws was your set you'd have 100x the subs. The drones, boat shots, land shots, left shots, go pro from surfers, you're awesome!! Unparalleled display of passion and dedication!! Thanks
Oh yeah yeah
True "no leg strap" Surfing.
Huge wavvels
Cold heavy water= produces more floatation -- resistance on surface- solid like.
whats the music?
Right . On
Why drop to the *very* bottom where white water catches them ???
Like there's a choice? No way to hold an edge when that face goes beyond vertical.
That's "Nuckin Futs"!
7:30 BIRD GETS A 10
My GOD!! Man versus beast. I have never been on a surfboard in my life but I love to watch this. I honestly don't know why. I was always a horse person. But this just amazes me. And I love it when they get through it!!! I want to cheer!