Thanks Adam.... definitely a unique feeling to ride a 14' board! I was surfing that exact peak this morning, while the surf schools were down the beach..... deja vu all over again! 😊
@@adambettlestonne1888 I watched it. The start was a little odd for my taste, but then it sucked me in. Nice. Thank you for sharing man. I'd never thought there is life in the LA river.
sorry to be offtopic but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account? I stupidly lost my login password. I appreciate any tips you can give me.
@Hayes Gunnar I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
Greetings from Falmouth, Cornwall. Loved watching this. I regularly surf an old waterlogged 14ft Fantic downwind board. Not with your style, but I think with a shared spirit. Keep on the water.
Hi Shane That was a very fun sand bank that summer.... perfect for the long, slow roll! Every now and then we get a good softie, but that was exceptional in the way it set up!
Such a calming session...I love those small days with clean waves and a big board, and few people at lineup. I thought my 11.6 was a big board but 14 feet is a lot to pivot around...you do it gracefully!
Had this same experience just yesterday. Had a long SUP for the day,11.5ft. The lineups were crowded but I was looking between them in the back at beautiful 3-4ft rollers completely untouched. I was having to take breaks from catching too many waves in the first hour. It's amazing how much more surfing you can do. The lineup was scrapping over 2-3ft closeouts while I was with one other guy feasting on slow rollers from out the back. Only weird thing - I was in Florida, an hour south of NSB. So I made peace with the fact I was probably unknowingly visited by at least 2-3 sharks (maybe 50) while out that far. Oh well, better jump back on real quick! Love your videos!
That’s awesome prodigy! So cool to be able to glide around effortlessly outside the pack! I surf with the sharks in Florida every winter. Nothing to worry about unless your in whitewater when they are chasing fish. Check out my video “Mobbed by sharks” to see how little they actually care about us. Ha ha… yeah, I experimented with a “clickbait” title on that one 😂
Hi there. Loved this one. I took my new shorter sup out this morn. 1-3 ft sliders. Had a blast. Loved it. 9’6. 31.5 in wide. 4.1/4 thick. Just a great time. Still watching and loving viewing your videos. Using some of your skills too. Especially using the paddle to guide. Love it.
great footwork and moving that big board around the waves....awesome. Nearly amputated by finger a month ago (caught in my leash) while paddle surfing. This video is motivation to heal and get back out! thanks!
14' - wow no shortage of down the line speed on that search and it manuvers pretty well to. Impressive stuff Rick. Thx for sharing & great music selection :)
Thanks Mark! I smiled when I read that you just got into this, because I know the stoke that comes with that 🤗 After surfing since 1964, it was like living the dream all over again. Enjoy the ride! Check the rest of my channel, I began the videos fairly early into the journey.... hundreds of surf sessions on lots of different boards.
@@rickweeks I didn't start surfing until my 40's then someone stole my board so I stopped for a while and since Christmas I have started on the SUP & loving it
Awesome, just awesome! Not fighting but simply enjoying and the conditions are looking wonderful. Gosh, this is what I would love to do, how can I learn it? I'll find a way, you just made my day, thank you heaps!!!! xxx
What manner of place is this with those beautiful clean rolling waves. I know its not the Gulf Coast of Florida😂 we only get waves like that maybe three times a year and the rest is chop and slop.
For decades of my surfing life waves like that would have been boring and unridable on even a long board. I've been SUP surfing for 5 years and that wave looks super fun now.
Thanks Jim! I have every kind of SUP, except raceboard. I surf them all... long is awesome, short is awesome, and I get wet on all of them! 🤣 Like golf... you play with everything in your bag.
Tried supping yesterday, got a paddle in the face and don't like it so much as for now. But every thing is a learned skill so i have to practice if i want to be able to do it.
Hi Sander My MO is to hold the paddle firmly in both hands during any wipeout. I keep it across in front of me, to protect me from my board. The paddle takes getting used to…. it will come if you stay aware of it. It is a great aid in balance if you always keep in in the water, with the blade flat on the water. It becomes a 3rd leg.
Rick Weeks thank you for answering my question ! I keep you my eye on your youtube chenel .you got good skill i just start learn SUP surfing , will uproad on my you tube :)
Sweet long rides! A question if I may? I want to get a longboard sup for catching small and or unbroken waves, early. Would 11 foot be long enough.? I’m 150lbs/ 65kg. Thank you, Merry Christmas.
11 foot would work for catching small waves (1-2ft), but also board width and shape (rocker) is important too. Most mainstream sups are too wide (31-33in at 11ft) to catch these small waves and good glide, so pay attention to the width (there are many skinnier boards out there, but you have to seek them out). I weigh 140# and have a 10x28inch board and catch tons of small waves. But the skinnier boards are harder to learn on because they are less stable. Longer is always better for small waves, the longer the better.
@@ilumen8810 I rented a starboard whopper (10'x36") while on vacation in Rincon de Guayabitos Mexico. The waves were probably a bit smaller than this video and it was some nice easy paddle surfing for me. I'm 6'1" 215lbs. So the width isn't that much of a hindrance. I did have to give a bit of a push with the paddle once in a while.
Hi Yama Biru! I left on a 3 month trip around Christmas, so I missed your question. My experience says that if your small, unbroken waves are beachbreak, a really big board is difficult to turn without some wave energy. At 150 lbs, you could ride a 9'5 or 10' x 30 easily in weak or unbroken waves.... a little rail curve at the hips makes for easier turning in low power surf. If you have a pointbreak type wave, long is totally awesome, regardless of rider weight. I just got a 12' x 32 Sunova Point Break, that is amazing in everything! (vid on my channel)
Personally, I would have fallen off most waves, dude, you rock. "The best surfer in the water, is the one having the most fun". The Duke.
Thanks TOF... it was an amazing revelation when I first took out the 14'er. I began to appreciate the old Waikiki crew sliding those easy rollers.
@@rickweeks I fully agree, nothing is so much as sliding along an easy roller on waves that no one else can catch.
I think Phil Edwards said that
I find myself watching this video over and over again.
Thanks Adam.... definitely a unique feeling to ride a 14' board!
I was surfing that exact peak this morning, while the surf schools were down the beach..... deja vu all over again! 😊
"Good surfing is making it look easy"... and this is exactly what you do ! Thanks for the video !
"Whats your opinion on this:
th-cam.com/video/p8e-H77NNoI/w-d-xo.html"
@@adambettlestonne1888 I watched it. The start was a little odd for my taste, but then it sucked me in. Nice. Thank you for sharing man. I'd never thought there is life in the LA river.
sorry to be offtopic but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly lost my login password. I appreciate any tips you can give me.
@Kaiser Grady Instablaster ;)
@Hayes Gunnar I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
This is the first of your films that I saw and still one of my favourites that I keep coming back to - just so relaxing to watch! Take care Rick.
Thank you Mark, I greatly appreciate that!
This is just so easy to watch, I could watch you all day! Thank you for this video.
Thank you Calvin!
The Search is so much fun in the right waves!!!
Greetings from Falmouth, Cornwall. Loved watching this. I regularly surf an old waterlogged 14ft Fantic downwind board. Not with your style, but I think with a shared spirit. Keep on the water.
Thanks Alex... sorry I missed this! Keep gliding my friend!
Him "nice back roller with no one out"
The man out back "oh ok "
ha ha... yeah, truth 🙂
OLD GUY YOU RULE. sincerely, another old guy.
I don't see small wave banks like this very often where I'm from. Looks super fun for a long SUP.
Hi Shane
That was a very fun sand bank that summer.... perfect for the long, slow roll!
Every now and then we get a good softie, but that was exceptional in the way it set up!
Such a calming session...I love those small days with clean waves and a big board, and few people at lineup. I thought my 11.6 was a big board but 14 feet is a lot to pivot around...you do it gracefully!
Thanks William, I appreciate that!
Pivot is the name of the game on the 14' Search... such a special feeling to swing it around 🤗
Had this same experience just yesterday. Had a long SUP for the day,11.5ft. The lineups were crowded but I was looking between them in the back at beautiful 3-4ft rollers completely untouched. I was having to take breaks from catching too many waves in the first hour. It's amazing how much more surfing you can do. The lineup was scrapping over 2-3ft closeouts while I was with one other guy feasting on slow rollers from out the back. Only weird thing - I was in Florida, an hour south of NSB. So I made peace with the fact I was probably unknowingly visited by at least 2-3 sharks (maybe 50) while out that far. Oh well, better jump back on real quick! Love your videos!
That’s awesome prodigy!
So cool to be able to glide around effortlessly outside the pack!
I surf with the sharks in Florida every winter. Nothing to worry about unless your in whitewater when they are chasing fish.
Check out my video “Mobbed by sharks” to see how little they actually care about us.
Ha ha… yeah, I experimented with a “clickbait” title on that one 😂
Hi there. Loved this one. I took my new shorter sup out this morn. 1-3 ft sliders. Had a blast. Loved it. 9’6. 31.5 in wide. 4.1/4 thick. Just a great time. Still watching and loving viewing your videos. Using some of your skills too. Especially using the paddle to guide. Love it.
great footwork and moving that big board around the waves....awesome. Nearly amputated by finger a month ago (caught in my leash) while paddle surfing. This video is motivation to heal and get back out! thanks!
I hope you are all healed and back at it!!
Absolutely beautiful and inspiring for people new to the sport like me......LOVE IT....thanks and the music was perfect !
Thanks Wesley, welcome to the wonderful world of SUP surfing, it just keeps getting more fun!
Great video guys. Got to love the longboards perfect for finding those empty breaks.
Thanks SUPboarder, I appreciate what you folks are doing. with your tips and reviews!
Rick Weeks Great, always good to hear they are helpful. Keep your videos coming.
Looks like a great fun board! Nice one. It planes fast
Nice! On the small days here, I pull out my 14' Blue Planet Bump Rider, and just go and go and go. What a hoot.
Love the music,
great rides.
サーフィンも音楽も最高に良い！私も、こんな波に乗りたい。Nice!
大きなホオジロザメが友達を囲んでいたので、その日は14'erを選びました I hope the translation works :-)
14' - wow no shortage of down the line speed on that search and it manuvers pretty well to. Impressive stuff Rick.
Thx for sharing & great music selection :)
Thanks Chris, it is like a throwback to the Waikiki days of long gliders... super fun!
You are inspiring
The music is the icing on the cake .
Nice surfing
Inspires you to get out for a wave
Thanks Mark, I was super psyched to find that tune on HiSessions!
I love your videos! All best from Germany’s Baltic Sea.
Thanks Funktv... your support is very much appreciated!!
파도를 읽는 감각이 탁월하십니다. 보는 내내 편안했습니다. ㅎㅎ
Some great rides. Nice to watch. Makes me keen to get out there again. 😃👍
Thanks C Tripz... get on out there and get some!
@@rickweeks Willdo. Planning on having s go in the surf on my new inflatable sup tomorrow. Only small waves. 😃👍🏄🏽🏄🏽
Cool video, I have just got into SUP surfing and loving it catching heaps of waves and just chilling whilst waiting.
Thanks Mark!
I smiled when I read that you just got into this, because I know the stoke that comes with that 🤗
After surfing since 1964, it was like living the dream all over again.
Enjoy the ride!
Check the rest of my channel, I began the videos fairly early into the journey.... hundreds of surf sessions on lots of different boards.
@@rickweeks I didn't start surfing until my 40's then someone stole my board so I stopped for a while and since Christmas I have started on the SUP & loving it
l can feel it. The taste of the rum, the sound of the Hawaiian steel guitar, and thoughts of a beautiful woman. I am crying.
with happiness, I hope!
Awesome surfing. Nice flow walking on the board and riding the tail. Mahalo for the video.
Thank you Arvcath, I appreciate that! The 14' Search is an awesome board on flat-water or in the surf!
It’s all about the glide! Nice.
Man, this is just so nice to watch - thanks for making it! :)
Thanks Eagan!
What a relaxing video!...thanks mate.
I am glad you liked it Kailoura :-)
Beautiful video
Excellent!! 😎
What a great swim, there is no better feeling than surfing waves at the knee with a good longsup and offshore wind ...
Love it! SUPER graceful dude. Yeeew!
Thanks Eastern Stoke! Always fun to ride Right Coast bliss.
I surf a 12ft prone board.Love your style...Thanks
Thanks esp! You, Ryan and Skip!!! The glide is so much fun!
Just picked up a used 14 foot search in cherry condition from a good friend of mine. Cant wait to try it on some small clean bumps like this.
Wow! That's a score!!!!
Just remember it is a looong board, you need to be on the tail to turn it. That took me some time to figure out 😊
@@rickweeks 🤙🏻
Awesome, just awesome! Not fighting but simply enjoying and the conditions are looking wonderful. Gosh, this is what I would love to do, how can I learn it? I'll find a way, you just made my day, thank you heaps!!!! xxx
Thanks Dody! It is definitely worth learning!
if you like, email me at
supthecreek@gmail.com
I can get you started in the right direction
Master of style!!
Sensacional, nada melhor que um dia após o outro. Após uma secção, o dia, à tarde, à noite será melhor .
Obrigado Elielson, depois de 56 anos, descubro que todos são bons! Adorei o meu tempo em Sagres e Cascais!
Huge smiles watching that, nice surfing brother!
Thanks Dready, I am stoked you enjoyed it!
What manner of place is this with those beautiful clean rolling waves. I know its not the Gulf Coast of Florida😂 we only get waves like that maybe three times a year and the rest is chop and slop.
Hi HR... it's Cape Cod!
@@rickweeks i know where im retiring at😂👍
What a cruisy uncrowded surf. And this guy is really making the most of it.
Thanks for that Affy, it was super cruisy for sure!
And thanks for being an affordable plumber... we all need that!! 🤗
For decades of my surfing life waves like that would have been boring and unridable on even a long board.
I've been SUP surfing for 5 years and that wave looks super fun now.
The beauty of a deep quiver.... the right board can turn average into magic!
So cool. I heard short SUPs were the best for surfing. Looks like long SUPs are only good if you don't want to get wet. LOL. Great video!!!
Thanks Jim! I have every kind of SUP, except raceboard.
I surf them all... long is awesome, short is awesome, and I get wet on all of them! 🤣
Like golf... you play with everything in your bag.
Nice!素敵なサーフィンです。
what a great video!
looks like a great board to ride
permanent place in my quiver.... so many days it is perfect for!
Cool runnings, mista Weeks! 😃
Pure class...!
Thanks Doc!
I love this video! Making it look easy…
Thanks TrickyY... sorry I missed your comment earlier!!!
Nice video. Bought a 11 foot pelican plastic sup. want to learn how to sup surf next.
Nice felt like I was on the board too🤙🏾 where is this?
Cape Cod, Massachusetts! Thanks PeterG!
@@rickweeks water temp during this session?
@@knwest2012 Summer water temps on Cape Cod are mid 60's, sometimes high 60's
I love Sunova boards!
I love it , OLD DUDES RULE!!!
Thanks Danny! Old felt pretty good yesterday as I hit some big waves from Teddy!!!! Yeeeewwwww!
Rick Weeks yesirrrrr!!!!
Tried supping yesterday, got a paddle in the face and don't like it so much as for now. But every thing is a learned skill so i have to practice if i want to be able to do it.
Hi Sander
My MO is to hold the paddle firmly in both hands during any wipeout.
I keep it across in front of me, to protect me from my board.
The paddle takes getting used to…. it will come if you stay aware of it.
It is a great aid in balance if you always keep in in the water, with the blade flat on the water. It becomes a 3rd leg.
@@rickweeks That is some very helpful advise. Than you very much.
Awesome video, Rick. Makes me wanna drop everything, grab my Bark and head down to Cape...
come on down!
What type FIN is used on a 14 footer in these conditions???
9” fiberglass fin with a rather long sweep
Effortless! Good fun! 🤙🏽
Living the Island Lifestyle. Thanks IL... sounds like you are in the right groove 🏝
Legend says he.is still on a wave.
ha ha... truth! Where else? 😄
There's nothing like a looong slow slide .
La placidez de los 14ft, claro queda que no solo es para travesía
muy cierto
awesome 🤙🏽
Thanks Ryan! I must have been napping and missed your comment :-)
As close to home as it gets on this earth
Yeah!
who took this video for ya ?
did you use Soloshot??
Yes I took the video using SoloShot3 Optic65. Great tool when it works. Sometimes it struggles to follow, but when it does, it is outstanding.
Rick Weeks thank you for answering my question ! I keep you my eye on your youtube chenel .you got good skill i just start learn SUP surfing , will uproad on my you tube :)
@@괴도제이 Awesome, thank you!
Sweet long rides!
A question if I may?
I want to get a longboard sup for catching small and or unbroken waves, early.
Would 11 foot be long enough.? I’m 150lbs/ 65kg.
Thank you, Merry Christmas.
11 foot would work for catching small waves (1-2ft), but also board width and shape (rocker) is important too. Most mainstream sups are too wide (31-33in at 11ft) to catch these small waves and good glide, so pay attention to the width (there are many skinnier boards out there, but you have to seek them out). I weigh 140# and have a 10x28inch board and catch tons of small waves. But the skinnier boards are harder to learn on because they are less stable. Longer is always better for small waves, the longer the better.
@@ilumen8810 I rented a starboard whopper (10'x36") while on vacation in Rincon de Guayabitos Mexico. The waves were probably a bit smaller than this video and it was some nice easy paddle surfing for me. I'm 6'1" 215lbs. So the width isn't that much of a hindrance. I did have to give a bit of a push with the paddle once in a while.
Hi Yama Biru! I left on a 3 month trip around Christmas, so I missed your question. My experience says that if your small, unbroken waves are beachbreak, a really big board is difficult to turn without some wave energy. At 150 lbs, you could ride a 9'5 or 10' x 30 easily in weak or unbroken waves.... a little rail curve at the hips makes for easier turning in low power surf. If you have a pointbreak type wave, long is totally awesome, regardless of rider weight. I just got a 12' x 32 Sunova Point Break, that is amazing in everything! (vid on my channel)
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻🤙🏼💃🏾
good style.
ありがとうございました
Very Cool :-)
Thanks Steve!
great!!
Thanks Gianfranco! I appreciate that
❤️
🙏
when I "grow up" I want to be like that too...... show
Aloha 😎☀️
Mahalo! 🤙
Soul surf!!!
Thanks Helio, I appreciate your comment!
Foil got nothing on you
This is what I want to do
Hi Wood man, it is a very different vibe when on a good 14' board.... very Waikiki 1930's!!
I want to be Rick
#stony
I need to find rollers like that here in Northern California.