I have no idea how anybody surives tehupoo, it is so heavy and it breaks in just a few feet over a coral reef and it is so heavy. much respect for anybody with the cojones to ride that wave
I went to F.P. for our honeymoon. All of the waves break about a half mile out on the reef.. I cut up my feet just walking over the reef let alone getting dragged over it. Much respect to all of the warriors that surf Teahupoo on anything over 10'.
You can see he is crunching the numbers and feeling concerned at the end of the vid. It's always scary to be ragdolled by a big wave and wonder if there will be an out. if you add reef and such huge volumes of water it's a lottery. If the human body didn't have some bouncy there would be people getting toasted day in and day out. Kudos for going.
How do you avoid hitting the reef especially in super shallow water. I am from Cali all sand beaches so Ive never experienced it or probably dont want to.lol
+marcuelcajon Apparently what ive heard is that the lip is so heavy that bounces off the reef on the bottom and creates some kind of counter to the actual wave when it comes back up. But yea not for me hah
+YadidaOo Correct. Although I would not have the balls to surf it this big, I've heard the same. The amount of water being thrown from the lip instantly fills the reef area, almost back to "sea level". Not to mention the speed of this wave is 10 times faster than "normal" breaks. Id say, aslong as you are not right under the lip when it breaks, you'll be safe from the reef.
Yes, he has way bigger balls than any of us commenting on this video. He charges anything. Btw, I was waiting for a comment like yours for four months!!!
@asaw1994 you contort your body and try to swim where up is. i dont surf waves like this but i have surfed where the reef is a foot under your fin and the waves are six foot average, and ive wiped out, first time i got a nice scratch along my back, but you learn to just move up and stay up
newts8 I know this is old, but waves height is measured from sea level. So when they say 15 foot that's measured from the back and on buoys when the wave is in a natural form. When it starts to break, the front of the wave is actually almost 2x the height of what the buoys read and what is forecasted. That's because the front of the wave is where the trough. Which is where the water level actually drops below sea level. So it makes the face of the wave a lot bigger than what the swell that is measured. I learned this early on surfing when the waves were 5-6ft. I'm thinking oh that's not that big. Get out to the beach and paddling out, seeing that first set roll in like oh shit this is a lot bigger than I thought.
of course not, i was streching it a "bit too far" lol (in this case streching is the correct word ;) ) Well you know that feeling being pulled by your board....
yeh, tore a ligament in my leg purely from the turbulence in a wave, and it was barely head high. I heard at cylops, people have had their spine broken with the weight of the water (1 cubic meter weighs a ton, so there are many tons of water pounding this poor guy)
It#s not about ability to hold your breath at teahupoo, it's all about getting hit with force or hitting the reef. People have had their faces torn off from that reef.
@TrySomeCrack Mark Healy is a Kook, but he has surfed bigger waves than any of us on this site has, he even swims with sharks! No need to make fun of a fellow surfer, have respect to your own kin
@TrySomeCrack kook? you think hes never been in the ocean? Have some respect. YOU WOULD NEVER GO OUT IN TEAHUPOO! especially if you think a 6ft set hurts.... buy a surfboard silly
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I am glad to hear someone acknowledge who is in control at chopes.
Thanks for the commentary Healy. Felt like we were right there with you...glad you got out
I have no idea how anybody surives tehupoo, it is so heavy and it breaks in just a few feet over a coral reef and it is so heavy. much respect for anybody with the cojones to ride that wave
It's unreal more guys don't die there. Bravo Healey and everyone else who surfs it like that
Great explanation of the spill. Glad to see you made it.
Meow :p
15 feet sounds like an understatement to me.
What a great feeling it must be to pop up after a slam like that, in tahiti, and not be completely trashed!
Good stuff
I went to F.P. for our honeymoon. All of the waves break about a half mile out on the reef.. I cut up my feet just walking over the reef let alone getting dragged over it. Much respect to all of the warriors that surf Teahupoo on anything over 10'.
Good thing Mark can hold his breath a loooong time!
Respect.
Respectorama
15 feet he says???! Okayyy! He says you can't prepare. It's spiritual preparation. Daniel and Goliath doggg!!!!!
Definite Hall of Famer!!!
You can see he is crunching the numbers and feeling concerned at the end of the vid. It's always scary to be ragdolled by a big wave and wonder if there will be an out. if you add reef and such huge volumes of water it's a lottery. If the human body didn't have some bouncy there would be people getting toasted day in and day out. Kudos for going.
How do you avoid hitting the reef especially in super shallow water. I am from Cali all sand beaches so Ive never experienced it or probably dont want to.lol
+marcuelcajon Apparently what ive heard is that the lip is so heavy that bounces off the reef on the bottom and creates some kind of counter to the actual wave when it comes back up. But yea not for me hah
+YadidaOo Correct. Although I would not have the balls to surf it this big, I've heard the same. The amount of water being thrown from the lip instantly fills the reef area, almost back to "sea level". Not to mention the speed of this wave is 10 times faster than "normal" breaks. Id say, aslong as you are not right under the lip when it breaks, you'll be safe from the reef.
sometimes you slam into the reef
In hawaii once is all it takes
Just thank God your alive :)
Yeh, that was God doing all that....
Legend...good attitude
Healey's rad
He's skippin in the Barrel like a friggin stone!!
waaahhh!!!
No Way i found this guy on instagram when he only had like 100 followers and replied on his photos NARLLYYY!
gnarles barkley.
my dream after 13 years of surfing, is to be on the shoulder of Teahupoo on a big day. I want to feel that power first hand.
Yes, he has way bigger balls than any of us commenting on this video. He charges anything. Btw, I was waiting for a comment like yours for four months!!!
Wow. Teahupoo is the fucking proving ground.
Great vid.
@chayote96 Haha in California we don't need to surf foam balls sorry where do you surf the great lakes lol?
The worst possible scenario is the short game. Two foot waves are perfect for shortngame. 6 foot from the borderline
"here is a Man that is real."
@asaw1994 you contort your body and try to swim where up is. i dont surf waves like this but i have surfed where the reef is a foot under your fin and the waves are six foot average, and ive wiped out, first time i got a nice scratch along my back, but you learn to just move up and stay up
Great video. Needs more love for sure!
Awesome........
Couldn't agree more.
"Shoots it " wow! No Problemo for Healy!!
great story.
All Praise to Huey!
not to mention your foot (surf) of your arm (bodyboard) being snapped off by your leash if the board is still attached to it.
The leash would snap first.
Why was he surfing a short board
Coz he was towing and because the wave is so sucky. Tow boards are all short and if he had a big board out there he'd nosedive 100%
Teahu pronounced cho?
" and I coped another 12 footer on the head" Those waves are bigger than 12 foot aren't they???
newts8 yes easily, he measures from the back so like 20-25 feet
newts8 I know this is old, but waves height is measured from sea level. So when they say 15 foot that's measured from the back and on buoys when the wave is in a natural form. When it starts to break, the front of the wave is actually almost 2x the height of what the buoys read and what is forecasted. That's because the front of the wave is where the trough. Which is where the water level actually drops below sea level. So it makes the face of the wave a lot bigger than what the swell that is measured. I learned this early on surfing when the waves were 5-6ft. I'm thinking oh that's not that big. Get out to the beach and paddling out, seeing that first set roll in like oh shit this is a lot bigger than I thought.
hope your gonna buy a lottery ticket after escaping that one Farrrr out
hoooly dam, i would be scared outta my mind
of course not, i was streching it a "bit too far" lol (in this case streching is the correct word ;) )
Well you know that feeling being pulled by your board....
Then you come up for air, your arms feel like lead, the hearts on overload and youre in the wipeout zone and yeah 6 ft can mess up your day too.
This wipeout is older then me by like 2 months
@DJTrapsTV about 5-8 feet
Go for it!
some people measure by the back of wave, so basiclaly he means like 24-25 footer
IMAGINE A CAMERA UNDER WATER WATCHING HIM GEY RAG DOLLED
02:35 '...like a bug on a windshield...'
Is it pronounced toe poo?
gangsterboogie pretty sure it's cho-poo
Tea a who poe
15 feet???
amen
thats why you dont have a leash when u ride monsters...
how deep right there?
nevilles coming
............. wow.............
Sick!
how many people dictionaried "cojones" after that one ^^ hahah
Only one in six years my friend (*_*)
haha right on bro you survived!
yeh, tore a ligament in my leg purely from the turbulence in a wave, and it was barely head high. I heard at cylops, people have had their spine broken with the weight of the water (1 cubic meter weighs a ton, so there are many tons of water pounding this poor guy)
They dont call it skullcrusher for nothing,lol..
It#s not about ability to hold your breath at teahupoo, it's all about getting hit with force or hitting the reef.
People have had their faces torn off from that reef.
Dam I would of just died from getting thrown within the barrel
@letsgosurfingdude No it's pronounced 'cho-poo'.
That is the bastardized pronunciation. It's really Tee-a-hoo-po.
@TrySomeCrack Mark Healy is a Kook, but he has surfed bigger waves than any of us on this site has, he even swims with sharks! No need to make fun of a fellow surfer, have respect to your own kin
And you can not touch the wave at all down there....
WHAT A NUT CASE HAHA!!
@Poptartarsauce i once hit the water on a free fall and came out bleeding like i had been hit by mike tyson
3:19 MAKE IT DOUBLE
Pretty much....alright.
Heavy
i hate when people say Cho-poo. It's Tey-ahh-hoo-poh-oh
@TrySomeCrack damn straight man
woooooow
really?
@letsgosurfingdude yeah, like you know better
@danielcutler84 15 ft hawaiian = 30 ft
why.......
Cross into Mexico
Earning a living?!?!
Pronounced Tea hoo Poo!
he didnt need to pump thats hard on any big wave.
hawaiiguerilla no worries Kelly slater
He could of made that
phsyco
guttermouth
you guys must have small feet ;)
the wave is not scary its the reef and thinking your gonna drown.
Music sucks. The footage awesome.
this is a completely other sport
@TrySomeCrack kook? you think hes never been in the ocean? Have some respect. YOU WOULD NEVER GO OUT IN TEAHUPOO! especially if you think a 6ft set hurts.... buy a surfboard silly
@racooninabag well apparently letsgosurfingdude know's a lot better than you do.
I eat giraffe meat, just sayin.
DONT EVER COME TO PORTUGAL...
relax dude. dont be so aggro. puts you on the same kookish level. of course the guys a kook. and youre right obviously...
what a weak wave. I need a wave with a little more juice than that. chopes is for punks.
Cute
t mac lol
Angry much?
up to god?....lmfao more like up to mother nature!
God invented nature. Don't worship nature but the one that made it and you.