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This content is better than any of the surf content out there I swear this channel should have millions of views this is truly top tier surf journalism. Way better than any Surfline/Red Bull/ WSL stuff I hope you guys get the recognition you deserve
In May of 1971 I took the bus from Oaxaca city to Puerto. I didn't have a surfboard but a had fins for bodysurfing. In those two weeks I didn't see a surfboard. I surfed Zicatela and got the rides of my life. The last day the surf came up huge, as we stood on the point looking outside, my buddy asked if I thought it could be surfed, I said maybe with an aqua lung and a helicopter! In my journal I named it the "Mexican Pipeline".
This film is insane, beautiful and unforgettable. Puerto Escondido is probably the scariest beach break in the world. I love it and admire every single guy who paddles out there. Forever Zicatela ❤
Of all the amazing things about Oaxaca, the willingness to pull together and stand up for what is good for the community as a whole may be my favorite attribute.
This place was an absolute gem when I first visited in the mid 80's it was truly paradise, un developed, friendly, affordable, un crowded, went there briefly in 2004 and I couldn't believe my eyes, it's really sad to see the changes, it almost looks like a different place altogether, but the memories will stay with me forever...
During a surf trip in Puerto Rico I met a local who had also visited Puerto Escondido back in the 80's and the way it described it to me looked like a completely different town from the one I visited in 2022. Now there's an entire new neighborhood in La Punta which is where all of the cool restaurants and hostels are. Feels just like any other tourist beach town. At least the actual Puerto Escondido town is still very mexican and not super gentrified (yet).
@@realmx1439 well said. Main thing that hits you right off the bat is the aggressive taxi drivers. Whole place use to be so laid back, even that taxi drivers were chill and gave you a fair gringo rate rather than trying to get more than what I pay for Ubers in the US lol.
1972 here... I was working on a project in Costa Mesa... I had come over from Maui. Dan Rawson turned me onto this place, it was their go-to... a tiny village... then I spent some time with my one of my best friends from UCSB in the 60's, Gerald Saunders, in 1974... ĥe had long boards made for P. E.... This is a very heartfelt docu... really excellent... Mexican soul... truly beautiful people...
We had friends from Gulf Coast of Florida that went to Punta Roca (La Libertad) in El Salvador 1973, then friend and I went there for 2.5 months in July/ August 1974. I stayed at Punta Roca but we had a friend who was native to Panama who knew of Puerto Escondido so he picked up my friend (they only had room for 1 more) and they traveled up there on the way back to Florida. They caught it big......I believe that would have been August/September of 1974. Until then only that one Surfer Mag. article shown in the video had been published. There were some people that came to El Salvador who were from Orange County. It was a friendly atmosphere back then.......Soul Surfing much more than the "sport" it has morphed into today.
Buenisimo mi Edwin Felicidades que gran trabajo, y Morgan narrando no mms enhorabuena y que viva Puerto Escondido!!!! Gracias a la comunidad por defender Zicatela.
Amazing film, a lot of emotions put together, and powerful waves, a great combination for a success. The tracks are perfect too, specially the last song.
Had the pleasure of staying in Puerto for about three weeks in 2014. Was lucky enough to stay with Oscar Moncada and his wonderful family. His uncles fixed my board and made the best fish tacos. He was super lovely and welcoming with a huge smile. His mum was an angel. I'll be back one day hopefully a better surfer. Nothing but love and respect to the Moncada family and the locals there.
Felicitaciones Buen film Y gracias por recibirme en sus playas,6 veces fui,pude surfar,conocer a muchos surfer locales. Ver generaciones de grandes surfistas locales y compartir con ellos. Desde los 90 a esta parte,mucho vivido x alli. Afortunada de conocer esos picos y esa gente.
Excellent production, a wave of respect, can eat anyone up if you are not 100% on what’s going on out there, I’m 63, so to heavy for me now, and just too dangerous. It is a wave for the brave when it’s big…may 3 …BRAVO! Respect to all the lifeguards ..
Im a local from Oaxaca but this film is amazing, I just expected surf clips but the whole mix with local speeches and points of view was deep and this invites us to raise awareness about this beautiful coast, much respect and love fellas!! keep it real. Saludos
Beautiful movie! Congratulations to the professionals involved in the project, watching this masterpiece deeply touched my heart. I met incredible people in this documentary, my feeling at the end was that I had been with long-time friends, without having ever seen them before.
this is amazing. thank you so much. my dad surfed puerto in the 80's and i lived there with him as a baby. i'm a skateboarder in austin, texas now days but i've dreamt of coming back to puerto my whole life. one day i'll make it back. thank you 🙏
Wow, one of the best surf docos I've seen in a long, long time. The footage, the people and interviews, the music, the background sounds (the surf itself) - everything. Well done to all involved and thanks for sharing it. Certainly got a Like and Subscribe from me.
This is such a great production! Brings back great memories and stories of surfing Puerto Escondido between 76' and 84'. Watching the town go thru changes very quickly back then. We used to stay at a place called Los Crotos down by the harbor. May times we would pay fishermen boats to take us and drop us off at dawn in the water at Far Bar/ Zicatela or all the way down to La Punta. There was nothing but Jungle from La Punta back into town. We would walk back thru the jungle to 200 and hitch hike with a farmers pickup back into town when the wind came onshore around 10-11am. Survived some serious poundings, saw some serious injuries and broken boards ( including one of mine ) Great memories , waves and and some of the craziest stories in my life.
Fabulous film, gracias! I went to Puerto in the ‘80’s. The beachbreak made me eat humble pie. Crawled up that beach naked more than once. Rode the biggest wave of my life at the point, though. My friend, Bob Crowe owned the Arco Iris hotel. He was one of those early ‘70’s Texans who loved Puerto and we all followed his lead. I have lived in Mexico for the past 20 years, but my last visit to Puerto was in ‘89 and it had already changed too much for me, but I sure have fond memories of the people and those waves. Saludos a todos!
Was still small town in 1982 when we flew in from Oaxaca. Rip almost killed me and friend body surfing when we tried to come back in. Swam for our lives. Glad I got to see many of these Pueblo Magico’s before the insane growth. Thank you for this great video.
Excellent documentary - such a necessary evil; change in the world. Tourism is a double edged sword. Thank you for putting together such a well done production.
Wow! Unreal documentary. I knew some of the big wave riders were going there and it's a heavy wave but the whole story and feel of the town from the local perspective made it special.
I surfed there back in 1975 - a big season with about 5 surfers and plenty of liquados for post surf refreshments. Place further south called El Faro’s found us waiting for waves as 5’ sharks did back flips all around us. Got bit by a sea snake in Zehuatenejo and have only the best memories for the old, traveling, antique days of uncrowded secret spots! Nice movie!!
Puerto Escondido means "Hidden Port", and back in the day, it honored its name, since even many mexicans from Acapulco visited these beaches near to Oaxaca, as they were barely known by tourists, and it was a refugee for locals during high season. Thank you for this video, it's cool as well as informative.
I surfed Puerto in the early 90’s. It’s a very heavy wave with no paddling channels, rip tides, currents and crowds. When you got a good one, it was all worth it! 🤙🏼🇲🇽
Was living in Guadalajara from 72-76, surfed Escondido at that time. Never saw a local surfer, max crowd was five gringos in town total, often surfed with one friend. It was the Newport Beach crew that blew it up with the surf media.
Nice one friends. Honored to have met some of these amazing people and to have surfed smaller breaks with a few. Always humbling to watch this wave up close a few times a year. Keep up the strong work. 🤙🏽🏄😎🏄🏽♂️🖤
Wow, confirms my memories 2011, I remember the wave on left side of beach where it was all just palm trees already then, waves breaking far far out .. I didn't see any of that last couple years.
It is rare to find surf videos that are so well put together. This mini surf movie has a good balance of it all; surfing, the history, the locals, big wave pros, photography. I love finding mini surf movies/documentaries like this one. Instantly subscribed 👍
I there in eighty two for a month. Best barrels of my life until a solid 20' swell rolled in. I was humbled rapidly and had to have my nose sewn back on. Awesome place with surfers from around the world.
SUPER PART 1, NEEDS PART 2 !! ALOT OF HISTORY ,NAMES EVENTS AND MUCH MORE IS MISSING IN DA STORY . STILL MUCH JOY & BIG TX NNM HUGE LOVE RIP CARMELITA AND FRIENDS GRACIAS PUERTO
You could probably make an entire series on all the legends and milestones Puerto has produced over the years. But we only had 35 minutes to capture the essence of the story in this timeframe, so hopefully we did it justice. Thanks for watching and the support!
I visited Puerto on my Mexico trip, thought I’d surf there, then I saw the wave when I came to Zicatela beach. Said fuck that and pussied out because I knew I wouldn’t be able to handle that. So much water moving, horrifying 40 foot closeouts. That shit can kill you instantly if you don’t know what you’re doing.
Great piece, though I would agree showing more of the local bodyboard crew would have been nice (I know Edwin is a bodyboarder). My first trip there was in around 1988 and Coco came to our hotel...he must have been 9 or 10 years old at the time. So many legends there!
Dang! Great doc. I surfed Puerto 3x in the 90's and fell in love with it. Never rode one at Zicatella but tried and was absolutely crushed each time. I feel for these guys who ended up in the hospital, I was lucky. This makes me want to buy a helmet.....
@@dongaza6878 was this El Viejo? Such a nice guy, must have past away 2022, amazing ceremony just off Zicatela beach of boats and boards to see him off.
Ahhhh, what a beautiful video. I have some gringo friends who moved down to Puerto back in the 90's. Shoutout to the Jones Family ❣️ That wave is no joke 😮
Amei muito o doc, super informativo e ja tenho vontade de conhecer mais esse paraiso que é Puerto escondido! Excelente produção e imagens! Felicidades pelo trabalho!
Beautiful video! Hoping I can get more involved with more save the wave initiatives. Hope more tourist dollars can go towards more ocean safety and lifeguards out in puerto, stay safe!
Thank you for watching and the support. If you haven't already, check out www.savethewaves.org/puerto to find out more about the campaign to save Puerto.
I was just there! Unfortunately, and disappointingly, there was little to no swell during my weeklong visit. Still absolutely adored the area and Qoxaca overall, gorgeous place, gorgeous people, great vibes. So glad I decided to check it out.
Endless Summer II took out Tamarindo, CR, but Robert August still there and I'm sure it's a double edged sword ? 1994, I sat with Mark Foo and Mike Latronic at the tiny casino/hotel and played Blackjack RIP Tamarindo & Mark Foo
Great job with the documentary!...I feel very fortunate to have experienced Puerto surf and culture in the early 80's when it was still kind of a sleepy fishing village with dirt streets and an airport with dirt runway and palapas...sounds like the already heavy heaving barrels have become even heavier...
I had a 3 week trip in 78 right before the airport. Not many structures between the town and the point. To save 5$ sometimes we would walk a couple hours back from the point. WE caught tuna off a 12' boat. WE climbed coconut trees. WE scored pot in newspapers. The Dentista owned much of the town. Best barrel of my life. Gracias!
Excellent narrator, akin to Morgan Freeman. I love this documentary style of filmmaking, this is the reason why I love to surf, this is why I love surfing.
as many before stated, it was a much quieter and cleaner place "back in the day"'. I was here & other areas south travelling with some fellow NZ surfers in the 80's. Low and behold time moves on and my two sons follow a similar path around the surf globe now. My younger son is on the left at 41 - 42 second time on the story above taking the exit button.
I love that place I was 14 years old in 1995 and my hippie parents and I were traveling for a year. They asked me if there was a place in Mexico that I wanted to see. I had read in a book that surfing was done in Puerto Escondido so it was my choice, luckily I was able to learn and surf every day at Playa Carrizalillo for 1 month. The Chedraui looks huge now.
I stumbled upon Escondido in 1971. We were camping in my truck for a month. We surfed the point. Based on my 60 years of surfing, I find the beach break to not be a good wave. Line up shifts, the wave closes a bunch, the paddle out is really dangerous. Not good.
You stumbled upon it in 71 a year before I did, we heard that a few people had preceded us. Did you encounter anyone surfing in 71? I agree that the closeouts were fewer at that time, Petacalco was a more predictable wave as far as the success rate of making it. We found Escondido to be more consistent, often being overhead when Petacalco was flat. As I was living in Guadalajara at the time we mostly surfed Nayarit and Sinaloa states with occasional trips to Puerto. This great video made me both happy and sad to watch.
@@louispostma2233 I think a lot of the myths about petacalco are exaggerated.. you need some underwater canyon to funnel the waves. If the port ruined the Sand bars, the Canyon would still be funneling the waves.
Agree. Not good. Been there twice on surf trips. In hindsight, I should have gone somewhere else and gotten more waves. It’s incredibly difficult to surf, and I’ve surfed all over NorCal in big surf. Great town, great people, heavy wave. Props to everyone who charges there!
Great documentary not only a mere surfing destination! As an 'American' who has experience with Mexico to Guatemala I'm a lil sad that I missed this place, although I don't surf (But wish I had!) Gracias todos!
Awesome doco! I much prefer watching surf vids like this that explain the mechanics of the wave, local's stories, history and current state of affairs. Way better than watching all the content creator surfers out there that all still seem to think 10 mins of airport/transport footage is somehow interesting viewing.
I got the craziest wave of my life there hands down! Next wave my board broke into 3 pieces. I was kind of happy about it. Didn't have to paddle back out. Soooo scary
Truly Legendary vid team! I was part of the 05-07 rat pack crew... What a time it was. Wild and sad to see some of the changes since then and before.... Is there any wave left that is not affected? Keep up the great content and work! See you in the line up hermanos.
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Amazing production 💪🏼♥️
very nice documentary.
Não sei porque o mundial de surf, não faz parte do calendário de ZICA TELA, UMA DAS MELHORES ONDAS...ESTILO PIPELINE....
This content is better than any of the surf content out there I swear this channel should have millions of views this is truly top tier surf journalism. Way better than any Surfline/Red Bull/ WSL stuff I hope you guys get the recognition you deserve
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Fully agree on that. One of the best documentaries I have ever seen!
Edwin’s work behind the lens should get an award. What a masterpiece of a film.
Couldn't agree more re: Edwin. Thank you for watching and the support, we appreciate it!
In May of 1971 I took the bus from Oaxaca city to Puerto. I didn't have a surfboard but a had fins for bodysurfing. In those two weeks I didn't see a surfboard. I surfed Zicatela and got the rides of my life. The last day the surf came up huge, as we stood on the point looking outside, my buddy asked if I thought it could be surfed, I said maybe with an aqua lung and a helicopter! In my journal I named it the "Mexican Pipeline".
We move to Puerto Escondido from Puchutla in 1972
best surf vid ive seen in a while
Oddly, I watched a video from Surfline, Maps to nowhere that was VERY well done. Highly recommended.
@@reminaya ye with simmers?
@@thewildbikechannel nah, I’m not “with” anyone. Someone else mentioned the Simmers vid, which I thought was pretty dang cool.
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Mini Nazare
This film is insane, beautiful and unforgettable.
Puerto Escondido is probably the scariest beach break in the world. I love it and admire every single guy who paddles out there.
Forever Zicatela ❤
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Of all the amazing things about Oaxaca, the willingness to pull together and stand up for what is good for the community as a whole may be my favorite attribute.
Cheers and thank you for watching. If you want to find out more about the campaign to save Puerto, see www.savethewaves.org/puerto
Versus the blatant and greedy Murder of Three Surfers in Baja California?
What an amazing surf documentary. Massive props to you at NowNow.
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México é INCRÍVEL!!! Un saludo de Brasil para todo pueblo mexicano
This place was an absolute gem when I first visited in the mid 80's it was truly paradise, un developed, friendly, affordable, un crowded, went there briefly in 2004 and I couldn't believe my eyes, it's really sad to see the changes, it almost looks like a different place altogether, but the memories will stay with me forever...
During a surf trip in Puerto Rico I met a local who had also visited Puerto Escondido back in the 80's and the way it described it to me looked like a completely different town from the one I visited in 2022. Now there's an entire new neighborhood in La Punta which is where all of the cool restaurants and hostels are. Feels just like any other tourist beach town. At least the actual Puerto Escondido town is still very mexican and not super gentrified (yet).
2004 still was a Paradise , now Is a city ...
Join us in the fight to save this epic wave and many other around Puerto Escondido, donate on the link provided in the description of the video. ^
@@realmx1439 well said. Main thing that hits you right off the bat is the aggressive taxi drivers. Whole place use to be so laid back, even that taxi drivers were chill and gave you a fair gringo rate rather than trying to get more than what I pay for Ubers in the US lol.
@@SalvemosPuertoEscondido Donate?? Who are you?
Love those 70's pics with the lightningbolt boards and gerry Lopez, my fav surfer
1972 here... I was working on a project in Costa Mesa... I had come over from Maui. Dan Rawson turned me onto this place, it was their go-to... a tiny village... then I spent some time with my one of my best friends from UCSB in the 60's, Gerald Saunders, in 1974... ĥe had long boards made for P. E.... This is a very heartfelt docu... really excellent... Mexican soul... truly beautiful people...
We had friends from Gulf Coast of Florida that went to Punta Roca (La Libertad) in El Salvador 1973, then friend and I went there for 2.5 months in July/ August 1974. I stayed at Punta Roca but we had a friend who was native to Panama who knew of Puerto Escondido so he picked up my friend (they only had room for 1 more) and they traveled up there on the way back to Florida. They caught it big......I believe that would have been August/September of 1974. Until then only that one Surfer Mag. article shown in the video had been published. There were some people that came to El Salvador who were from Orange County. It was a friendly atmosphere back then.......Soul Surfing much more than the "sport" it has morphed into today.
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Buenisimo mi Edwin Felicidades que gran trabajo, y Morgan narrando no mms enhorabuena y que viva Puerto Escondido!!!! Gracias a la comunidad por defender Zicatela.
Amazing film, a lot of emotions put together, and powerful waves, a great combination for a success. The tracks are perfect too, specially the last song.
Thanks for watching and the support, much appreciated.
Had the pleasure of staying in Puerto for about three weeks in 2014. Was lucky enough to stay with Oscar Moncada and his wonderful family. His uncles fixed my board and made the best fish tacos. He was super lovely and welcoming with a huge smile. His mum was an angel. I'll be back one day hopefully a better surfer. Nothing but love and respect to the Moncada family and the locals there.
Cheers for watching and the support Jeremy - those are memories to cherish.
Felicitaciones
Buen film
Y gracias por recibirme en sus playas,6 veces fui,pude surfar,conocer a muchos surfer locales. Ver generaciones de grandes surfistas locales y compartir con ellos. Desde los 90 a esta parte,mucho vivido x alli.
Afortunada de conocer esos picos y esa gente.
what a special wave and place...the soundtrack and local players interviews make the story complete...well done!!!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Such an amazing and beautiful movie of the most unique place on Earth. So honored to have my footage featured in this. Puerto y tu gente están solos ❤
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Excellent production, a wave of respect, can eat anyone up if you are not 100% on what’s going on out there, I’m 63, so to heavy for me now, and just too dangerous. It is a wave for the brave when it’s big…may 3 …BRAVO! Respect to all the lifeguards ..
Thanks for watching. The lifeguards there are definitely unsung heroes!
This was a wonderful documentary; I hope the people in charge see this. My heart breaks for the people affected. I wish the best for Puerto❤
Thanks for watching and the support. You can see more about the campaign to save Puerto at www.savethewaves.org/puerto
Im a local from Oaxaca but this film is amazing, I just expected surf clips but the whole mix with local speeches and points of view was deep and this invites us to raise awareness about this beautiful coast, much respect and love fellas!! keep it real.
Saludos
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Beautiful movie! Congratulations to the professionals involved in the project, watching this masterpiece deeply touched my heart. I met incredible people in this documentary, my feeling at the end was that I had been with long-time friends, without having ever seen them before.
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yeah its true bro
this is amazing. thank you so much. my dad surfed puerto in the 80's and i lived there with him as a baby. i'm a skateboarder in austin, texas now days but i've dreamt of coming back to puerto my whole life. one day i'll make it back. thank you 🙏
Cheers drew, thanks for watching and the support, it's hugely appreciated.
When you come, connect with Beto at Colorada Surf Shop. He's old school. He probably knew your dad 😂
So epic guys. Amo Puerto con todo mi corazon. It is so special and i hope we can keep it that way.
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Mad respect for telling this story and the people in Puerto, saludo!
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Wow, one of the best surf docos I've seen in a long, long time. The footage, the people and interviews, the music, the background sounds (the surf itself) - everything. Well done to all involved and thanks for sharing it. Certainly got a Like and Subscribe from me.
Thank you Marty, really appreciate the feedback and support.
This is such a great production! Brings back great memories and stories of surfing Puerto Escondido between 76' and 84'. Watching the town go thru changes very quickly back then. We used to stay at a place called Los Crotos down by the harbor. May times we would pay fishermen boats to take us and drop us off at dawn in the water at Far Bar/ Zicatela or all the way down to La Punta. There was nothing but Jungle from La Punta back into town. We would walk back thru the jungle to 200 and hitch hike with a farmers pickup back into town when the wind came onshore around 10-11am. Survived some serious poundings, saw some serious injuries and broken boards ( including one of mine ) Great memories , waves and and some of the craziest stories in my life.
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This was absolutely fascinating. Thank you SO much for sharing!!
Cheers and thanks for watching!
This was probably the best surfing infomercial I've ever seen. Some super heavy waves.
Infomercial means ‘informative commercial’ it’s informative, but it’s not a commercial
@@randompuntur You didn't catch it ... that how good it is.
What an amazing movie..well done Will, AVG and Edwin. Professional and beautifully filmed and edited. Can't wait for more.
Thank you Louis!
Definitely an all-time top 10 surf film! This film, in all of it's dignity and purity, triumphs over the best that Hollywood has to offer today.
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Fabulous film, gracias! I went to Puerto in the ‘80’s. The beachbreak made me eat humble pie. Crawled up that beach naked more than once. Rode the biggest wave of my life at the point, though. My friend, Bob Crowe owned the Arco Iris hotel. He was one of those early ‘70’s Texans who loved Puerto and we all followed his lead. I have lived in Mexico for the past 20 years, but my last visit to Puerto was in ‘89 and it had already changed too much for me, but I sure have fond memories of the people and those waves. Saludos a todos!
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Where did you go surf after?
Was still small town in 1982 when we flew in from Oaxaca. Rip almost killed me and friend body surfing when we tried to come back in. Swam for our lives. Glad I got to see many of these Pueblo Magico’s before the insane growth. Thank you for this great video.
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This filmmaking is incredible, perfect pace and cadence. Beautiful work.
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Excellent documentary - such a necessary evil; change in the world. Tourism is a double edged sword. Thank you for putting together such a well done production.
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Wow! Unreal documentary. I knew some of the big wave riders were going there and it's a heavy wave but the whole story and feel of the town from the local perspective made it special.
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I surfed there back in 1975 - a big season with about 5 surfers and plenty of liquados for post surf refreshments. Place further south called El Faro’s found us waiting for waves as 5’ sharks did back flips all around us. Got bit by a sea snake in Zehuatenejo and have only the best memories for the old, traveling, antique days of uncrowded secret spots! Nice movie!!
Cheers and thank you for watching.
This place is the one and only challenege for any surfer, and others just for to feel the rush, excelentt documentary.. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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This is the sickest video ever. Zica es paraíso. Gracias to the local boys for sharing the best beach break in the world with us
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Puerto Escondido means "Hidden Port", and back in the day, it honored its name, since even many mexicans from Acapulco visited these beaches near to Oaxaca, as they were barely known by tourists, and it was a refugee for locals during high season.
Thank you for this video, it's cool as well as informative.
And yes, helmets are also cool.
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I surfed Puerto in the early 90’s. It’s a very heavy wave with no paddling channels, rip tides, currents and crowds. When you got a good one, it was all worth it! 🤙🏼🇲🇽
Yup. El Nino 97' was all time. Even 93&94 was epic. No crowds no cords no kooks Aloha nui
All it takes is one good wave. Thanks for watching!
Was living in Guadalajara from 72-76, surfed Escondido at that time. Never saw a local surfer, max crowd was five gringos in town total, often surfed with one friend.
It was the Newport Beach crew that blew it up with the surf media.
Zooport
One of the best short documentary about Puerto, thank you for making and sharing
Cheers, and thank you for the support!
Nice one friends. Honored to have met some of these amazing people and to have surfed smaller breaks with a few. Always humbling to watch this wave up close a few times a year. Keep up the strong work. 🤙🏽🏄😎🏄🏽♂️🖤
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Wow, confirms my memories 2011, I remember the wave on left side of beach where it was all just palm trees already then, waves breaking far far out .. I didn't see any of that last couple years.
It is rare to find surf videos that are so well put together. This mini surf movie has a good balance of it all; surfing, the history, the locals, big wave pros, photography. I love finding mini surf movies/documentaries like this one. Instantly subscribed 👍
Thank you very much David. We appreciate the support. Hopefully more like this to come soon. All the best.
I there in eighty two for a month. Best barrels of my life until a solid 20' swell rolled in. I was humbled rapidly and had to have my nose sewn back on. Awesome place with surfers from around the world.
Thanks for watching.
Awesome video. Loved it. Some of the most incredible barrels I've ever seen ridden! Successfully and unsuccessfully!!
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Wow, best surf film I've seen for years. Perfectly shot and put together!
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SUPER PART 1, NEEDS PART 2 !! ALOT OF HISTORY ,NAMES EVENTS AND MUCH MORE IS MISSING IN DA STORY . STILL MUCH JOY & BIG TX NNM HUGE LOVE RIP CARMELITA AND FRIENDS GRACIAS PUERTO
You could probably make an entire series on all the legends and milestones Puerto has produced over the years. But we only had 35 minutes to capture the essence of the story in this timeframe, so hopefully we did it justice. Thanks for watching and the support!
I visited Puerto on my Mexico trip, thought I’d surf there, then I saw the wave when I came to Zicatela beach. Said fuck that and pussied out because I knew I wouldn’t be able to handle that. So much water moving, horrifying 40 foot closeouts. That shit can kill you instantly if you don’t know what you’re doing.
Great piece, though I would agree showing more of the local bodyboard crew would have been nice (I know Edwin is a bodyboarder). My first trip there was in around 1988 and Coco came to our hotel...he must have been 9 or 10 years old at the time. So many legends there!
Amen, mega dittos, so many legends there
It’s a surf doc not a sponge doc. Go home kook.
No deberían haber mostrado ninguno, es un video de surf no de ese deporte ridículo para ranas 😂
A well thought documentary film with a top tier cinematography 🤙🏽
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Dang! Great doc. I surfed Puerto 3x in the 90's and fell in love with it. Never rode one at Zicatella but tried and was absolutely crushed each time. I feel for these guys who ended up in the hospital, I was lucky. This makes me want to buy a helmet.....
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AVG magic all the way.
RIP Oscar Moncada one of the greatest man to ever do it in and out of the water
@@dongaza6878 was this El Viejo? Such a nice guy, must have past away 2022, amazing ceremony just off Zicatela beach of boats and boards to see him off.
Brutal, magnífico, pura vida!
Gracias Daniel.
Bless Puerto, the Wave and the People who live in Peace with Mother Earth. Gratitude with Love,
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Beautiful! Loved every second
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Congrats guys this is EPIC
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Ahhhh, what a beautiful video. I have some gringo friends who moved down to Puerto back in the 90's. Shoutout to the Jones Family ❣️ That wave is no joke 😮
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Amei muito o doc, super informativo e ja tenho vontade de conhecer mais esse paraiso que é Puerto escondido! Excelente produção e imagens! Felicidades pelo trabalho!
Obrigado por assistir e pelo apoio, nós realmente apreciamos isso!
Awesome doc, cool people, beautiful places, huge waves and heavy barrels, a lot of power!
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Beautiful video! Hoping I can get more involved with more save the wave initiatives. Hope more tourist dollars can go towards more ocean safety and lifeguards out in puerto, stay safe!
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I was just there! Unfortunately, and disappointingly, there was little to no swell during my weeklong visit. Still absolutely adored the area and Qoxaca overall, gorgeous place, gorgeous people, great vibes. So glad I decided to check it out.
Epic work guys! Descanza en paz mi Oscarin ♥
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Most epic surf doccie. More of this please!
Tourism ruins communities everywhere 😢
Nice to see such a humble crew there at Puerto 👍
Endless Summer II took out Tamarindo, CR, but Robert August still there and I'm sure it's a double edged sword ?
1994, I sat with Mark Foo and Mike Latronic at the tiny casino/hotel and played Blackjack
RIP Tamarindo & Mark Foo
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Especialmente los gringos
Money and greed is ruining the world!
You ruin tourism with your stupid rock climbing
Best surf vid I’ve seen lately 🤙🏽
Thank you very much James
Great job with the documentary!...I feel very fortunate to have experienced Puerto surf and culture in the early 80's when it was still kind of a sleepy fishing village with dirt streets and an airport with dirt runway and palapas...sounds like the already heavy heaving barrels have become even heavier...
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I had a 3 week trip in 78 right before the airport. Not many structures between the town and the point. To save 5$ sometimes we would walk a couple hours back from the point. WE caught tuna off a 12' boat. WE climbed coconut trees. WE scored pot in newspapers. The Dentista owned much of the town. Best barrel of my life. Gracias!
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I have nightmares about this place lol. Terrifying. Nice edit!
Now Now Media, nice content I really liked it
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Great work guys! amazing story and cinematograph! congrats
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Excellent narrator, akin to Morgan Freeman. I love this documentary style of filmmaking, this is the reason why I love to surf, this is why I love surfing.
it is Morgan Freeman.
Beautiful film and great music. Magia. 🧡🧡🧡
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Incredible surfing and thought provoking as well. Thank you for the great work.
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as many before stated, it was a much quieter and cleaner place "back in the day"'. I was here & other areas south travelling with some fellow NZ surfers in the 80's. Low and behold time moves on and my two sons follow a similar path around the surf globe now. My younger son is on the left at 41 - 42 second time on the story above taking the exit button.
Incredible movie. Extremely well crafted
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Saudades de Puerto. Estive lá em 1989 e 1990. Melhores ondas que surfei na vida. Poderiam ter citado La Punta.
I love that place I was 14 years old in 1995 and my hippie parents and I were traveling for a year. They asked me if there was a place in Mexico that I wanted to see. I had read in a book that surfing was done in Puerto Escondido so it was my choice, luckily I was able to learn and surf every day at Playa Carrizalillo for 1 month. The Chedraui looks huge now.
I stumbled upon Escondido in 1971. We were camping in my truck for a month. We surfed the point. Based on my 60 years of surfing, I find the beach break to not be a good wave. Line up shifts, the wave closes a bunch, the paddle out is really dangerous. Not good.
You stumbled upon it in 71 a year before I did, we heard that a few people had preceded us. Did you encounter anyone surfing in 71?
I agree that the closeouts were fewer at that time, Petacalco was a more predictable wave as far as the success rate of making it. We found Escondido to be more consistent, often being overhead when Petacalco was flat.
As I was living in Guadalajara at the time we mostly surfed Nayarit and Sinaloa states with occasional trips to Puerto.
This great video made me both happy and sad to watch.
@@louispostma2233 I think a lot of the myths about petacalco are exaggerated.. you need some underwater canyon to funnel the waves. If the port ruined the Sand bars, the Canyon would still be funneling the waves.
Agree. Not good. Been there twice on surf trips. In hindsight, I should have gone somewhere else and gotten more waves. It’s incredibly difficult to surf, and I’ve surfed all over NorCal in big surf. Great town, great people, heavy wave. Props to everyone who charges there!
Great documentary not only a mere surfing destination! As an 'American' who has experience with Mexico to Guatemala I'm a lil sad that I missed this place, although I don't surf (But wish I had!) Gracias todos!
Amazingly entertaining and informative for any surf fan!
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Epic!!
Cheers for uploading.
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Thanks a lot Joachim! Stoked you enjoyed it. All the best.
Incredible production value. Thank you.
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That spot is absolutely stunning!
I was there 1972 first stopped off at Petilco surfed with Pat Tobin then off further south great adventures
Beatifull film, congrats from Boca Barranca Costa Rica
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Awesome doco! I much prefer watching surf vids like this that explain the mechanics of the wave, local's stories, history and current state of affairs. Way better than watching all the content creator surfers out there that all still seem to think 10 mins of airport/transport footage is somehow interesting viewing.
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Very Cool. Thanks for the ride.
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Inspirational History.
I got the craziest wave of my life there hands down! Next wave my board broke into 3 pieces. I was kind of happy about it. Didn't have to paddle back out. Soooo scary
Epic stuff, filmmakers. Congratulations, and thank you.
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#PuertoCommunity: Big-up-yuh-self! Amor y Respeto, Inequívoco!
What a doc! Good job! I loved this. Send it to a few ppl
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Great footage and edit, 5/5 ! But it's a shame not to have mentioned the tremendous impact Greg Long had on surfing Puerto. He is the king out there.
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🌴🙏🏽💚🇲🇽🌊 excelente docu 👌🏼🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Truly Legendary vid team! I was part of the 05-07 rat pack crew... What a time it was. Wild and sad to see some of the changes since then and before.... Is there any wave left that is not affected? Keep up the great content and work! See you in the line up hermanos.
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What a nice MX surfing documentary, I wanna be there!
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Great clip 👌 sandbars that size just hit different 😮
Excellent film !
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