The Longest Wave
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- Legends take a lifetime.
Extreme sports pioneer and 24-time world champion Robby Naish has spent a lifetime chasing waves. But what happens when he is told to slow down? Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger reveals all.
Directed by Joe Berlinger
Featuring Robby Naish, Kai Lenny, Laird Hamilton, Gerry Lopez
Big respect for him even learning German. Sound even quite good. Means he is pretty dedicated. Pretty sick he did that
I know Robbie from surfing west Maui back in the day.
Since I only surf, I didn't really know all this other board riding life he had. But this dude is one of the nicest guys ever. It is a pleasure to surf with him.
Hey Robbie, do you remember that rare day we surfed that left in Kahana in front of Auntie Emma's house? Never saw that spot break before or after that south swell.
Anyways, hope life treating you good 👍.
P.j. Rincon Calif. Yeew!
As a lifelong windsurfer and close observer of the sport, I and others know that Matt Schweitzer’s claim in this film that “my dad invented windsurfing in 1967” is a fully-realized lie that’s been told by the Schweitzer family for the past 50 years. Recently restated here and also in the Schweitzer-funded film ‘broken molds’ released a few years ago, this depiction of the sport’s invention deliberately ignores the truth - that Jim Drake, the ‘Father of Windsurfing’ is the real inventor of windsurfing. Here’s what is known:
Being “co-patent holder” and Windsurfing International “co-founder” with Jim Drake does not make Schweitzer “co-inventor”. Any claim Schweitzer or his family make about being part of the invention of windsurfing is, put bluntly, a lie.
From what I know, contrary to Broken Molds film, Mr. Drake alone - using his well-known engineering background - designed and built the first universal joint, first wishbone boom, and first daggerboard his Santa Monica garage, alone wrote the specs to build the first board and sail, guided their construction, and then tried it alone for the first time. The original windsurfer blueprints, displayed in the film and created by Mr. Drake alone, were taken from his professional ‘white paper’ presented to the Rand Corporation think tank prior to the Drake/Schweitzer co-founding of Windsurfing International, and Drake’s white paper later became the primary documentation for approval of the Drake/Schweitzer co-patent.
Hoyle Schweitzer had no role in the design/building of the first free sail system, no role in the creation of Mr. Drake’s patent-getting white paper, and in turn, no role in the “invention” of the modern windsurfer. In fact, I understand that when the first windsurfer was was shown to Schweitzer, it had already been built and tested by Drake months before.
Hoyle Schweitzer, in turn, had no part in the invention of the sport. This is no surprise to close observers, however, considering Schweitzer’s lack of any documented professional mechanical engineering competence and Mr. Drake’s oft-cited testimony - portrayed in countless publications and legal court papers over many decades - that he alone is responsible for the invention of the windsurfer with no input from Schweitzer.
The film Broken Molds, therefore, in the eyes of many, is a Schweitzer-driven attempt to push a false family myth crafted over fifty years ago - and still laughably pushed by his grown children - to position Hoyle Schweitzer as the inventor instead of Mr. Drake.
This, of course, is nonsense, and no amount of Schweitzer-sponsored filmmaking ($300,000 to push false a narrative) can change that.
Schweitzer as company co-founder and co-patent holder? Yes. As co-inventor? No chance.
Met him a couple of times on Maui. Super chilled and always nice to fans! Thx Robby for everything you did for the sport!
💯 agree
Glad Laird mentioned he was at jaws first , videos to prove it .😂
He's one of the all time greats in watersports. I use to watch him windsurf at Diamond Head in the early 80's . Just mind blowing !!
Robby I saw you in the year 80 in Lake of Garda in Malcesine end that day there was a strong wind with wave ! For me you are my idol and you are the best windsurfer and real Water Man of the World !
Go on leggend ♥️
Really enjoyed this video! I missed not seeing the written name of who was speaking. Mahalo!
GOAT
I was enjoying this, where can I find the rest of the movie?
The longest wave in the world is found at Chicama in Peru. This iconic wave is located near the town of Puerto Malabrigo, in the northern part of the country. Chicama is famous for its incredibly long left-hand point break, which can stretch for over 2.2 kilometers (about 1.4 miles) on a good swell. Surfers can ride a single wave for several minutes, making it a legendary spot in the surfing community.
I was an avid windsurfer. Almost nobody windsurfs anymore.
Thanks and to Robby too!!!!!
my hero, the stylemaster
tbf winsurfing is ecpensive as hell, loved it when my parrents and my sponsors chipped in, when i went on my own...just to expensive. tbf i made fucked up desicions in live but skateboarding is a lot cheaper if you have to pay your own bils. still this man is the goat and 25 yrs later im surfin agian, not i maui waves just flowing with the wind and the water :)
Where is the rest of the film? Cuts off at the end
Exactly. What happened?
What a bummer.
Did the rest got lost in Johannesburg aswell ?
I lived in Maui for 33 yrs. All sports loose some popularity when new things evolve. It's how it's always been. Look at skiing. Now it's snowboarding on tv instead.
Need a bigger truck!
This seems to been cut short. One time he still walks on crutches and tha. He is off to ammonia.... What's is that. I actually like the parts he was more laid back vs rushing all the time
How is 9r possible his name on wikipedia is just like a 1 paper sheet. How is that possible
impressionante
Great film ,Perry speedrecord ,53.7kn 🏆🌍😎🤟🖕
😻😻😻
You get an F for driving that ridiculous truck, what a joke despite his athletic accomplishments his concern for the future is completely absent
How is it possible his Wikipedia page is just a joke for such a sportman. If I Google him and how he made his fortujez hardly anything pops up. It's bizarre z like he hardly exists
But seriously what the issue with those big dinky toy cars. Then when he stumbled inhis car with his mom on the side even made it look more like w clown
Dude is old and still trashing it. Bones get brittle
Those who killed the popularity of windsurfing are the same who killed rock music.
Yeah, this sport is great and is defo niche now. The two reasons being difficulty to learn and get good enough to enjoy it, and the current expense of it. Kit list is board, most likely two or 3 sails and all the other paraphernalia (wetsuit, ropes, mast, extension, fins etc). On top of this you're going to need a car big enough for the kit, and unless you live somewhere epic, the conditions will be marginal a most of the time. So cost wise it's 5k for your equipment excluding car these days, with a good free ride board being 2500 euros... The reality for me is I can go for a two week holiday 5 years in a row to somewhere much better than home is and hire the same kit without the hassle of taking it with or the risk of damaging my own stuff. Most people do not have the money to spend on this these days, or the patience required. You need a drive inside to get over the constant disappointment of learning to windsurf, if your eye ain't on the the prize more than the immediate difficulty, you will not get past that point. And the skill is subtle, it looks like it's about strength, but it ain't, its all about balance and working with the wind, not against it. With all these downsides though, some of my top days out in life have been when it is a great day out on the water.
You don't always have the latest gear. You have to love the sport
@@donnysqungo True dat. But i think the cost and requirement for car large enough etc excludes a lot of people these days. People tend to look at cost of these sports and stay away. I've also watched people try it and get too frustrated to continue 🙂 For sure though, if you have the patience to get over the major hurdles at the start and can go do it somewhere nice, then you are going to love it 🙂
The car is secondary if you live near the coast. I go windsurfing with my bike, the biggest hurdle was finding a big enough cart to carry all my stuff haha
@@Titoune_B I've seen people carry surf boards to the beach on bikes, but not windsurf kit..... you need a car.... if not a van
@@theoutsider6191 if you want to move your whole quiver yes you need a van or a car. If you check the condition irl before packing and if you take the bare minimum (1 board, 1 or 2 sails, 1 mast) it’s really easy to fit in a small car (my dad bring me to the spot with the gear with a small Volkswagen Golf sometimes) and I can fit the stuff on my trailer for my bike. This summer I’m going everyday on the water with my bike. If your really passionate it’s easy to get going with just a bike and a trailer
awesome dude until he says "and I can shoot my guns" . Disappointed big time. But in his sports, amazing.
Robbie, you Love the ocean and nature but do your best to help destroy it with that ridiculous, unnecessary truck? Compensating?
Dude don't be a finger pointer
Stopped watching when I saw his "car"
Why. Dumb car can t break an eternal legend who created a sport millions enjoying wind and water.
@@rayerscarpensael2300the sport was already there before he started