When Teahupoo is that big, I don't think anybody makes it out. It might be because they have to use short boards if they tow in, which fade back up the face.
Trying to think of something to say, I'm shaking my head for five minutes. Maybe the angle but that looks like the heaviest/biggest Teahupu wave I've ever seen. From the first frame I knew he was going to get devoured. It moves so fast and the bowl is basically a vertical wall. Absolutely amazing!! Glad he's ok I cannot imagine what a wipeout like that is like
I wonder did he realize he wasn't going to make it the whole time and say screw it, got to have fun or did he think he was going to make it????? That's a pretty thick and juicy wave!!!!! I wonder does the underwater ragdolling experience happen super quick and you don't remember it or does it suck?????????
This is amazing! So different from a GoPro pov from the rider. I’ve seen GoPro edits that make this wave look” soft and inviting “😂. This perspective is what I really enjoy. The rider, disappeared below sea level, only to be pulled up and over by this absolutely terrifying freak of nature monster. Liked and subbed. Thanks for posting this
Great angle, makes it even scarier if that's possible. Can't imagine the moment of committing to the take off knowing it's either going to be the best day of your life or possibly the worst!
Everything was going fine at the 30 seconds mark, then just a bit too much inside rail, probably didn't adjust for the insane board speed he had on an absolute freight train, then a few seconds later - probably 1 second in real life - he's going over the falls with / inside the lip and still strapped in . . . hope he survived uninjured from an insanely heavy wipeout. Massive respect to the surfer, and huge credit to Manea for the amazing footage, takes balls swimming in that location to get the footage. You can see in the first few seconds of filming how much water is moving around on that reef, skill and stamina needed to maintain position. What epic video thanks for sharing!
I’m not fit enough and body too smashed up to get amongst it but footage like that is just immensely satisfying and helps tremendously when dealing with not being able to do the things I once enjoyed. Bloody unreal…. Never been on anything like that… the way it just sucked him up the face… fantastic! Cheers
So surreal to look at. And this guy is still alive and kicking. I can imagine that people wonder if you can survive waves like that. Great footage and surfing 🌊
Such a thick and nasty wave! Would love to be in one of those boats in the channel watching these monsters roll in! And, cheer the brave souls who drop in and make it to the shoulder!
Uuuuuummmmmm, aaaaaahhhhhhhhh..... Oh hell no hahahahaha... I thought from the title and thumb it was going to be a epic survival ride on a nightmare wave... I kept going "Oh man if he would have fell or been pulled over and then.......
Not sure if could've been avoided but I'd be completely straightening out with all weight forward in the pocket at about the 30 second mark to stay in barrel by foam ball to avoid drifting up the face and suffering those major over the falls consequences.
I'm not quite sure why he never tries. Even until the last moment he's holding the left rail in. However, there must be a good reason, perhaps it's the speed of the upswing after his hurried bottom turn, I don't know how slowed down this is, or body off balance preventing a quick reaction. I know that for me it'd be the blind terror and shitting in my pants taking all of my concentration if they weren't full of shit already from the centuries long ride to get down the face before I could turn, wondering how the fuck my mates had talked me into suicide.
I would have done it switch stance because back hand makes it harder, then I would just pull in like that, and get totally pitted, like that! Switchy mate! And just pull in, like that..
@@latentsea Thanks for the laugh!! While reading your comment I noticed the wave has a (rebound? random bump?) mini-wave going up its face and this is what catches him. But you would have switched back to goofy when you saw it coming, and handled it, like that. Love it!
OMG!! Bro, ballz size of the universe. Both Kauli and the filmer. This angle is way more inside than usual.
Filmer was a little shaky... but I guess forgivable when you thinkin you might die.
One of the best surf footage i have ever seen, congrats ! What Kauli is doing is just insane, what a shame he couldn't make it to the end
You an me both an I’ve watched hundreds of shots of of the men who ride giants
he was just TOO DEEP...that wave was a fkng monster
The question is: how did he survive? He is going over the falls there. Even in 3 or 4ft surf you can get slammed into the floor, hard ...
When Teahupoo is that big, I don't think anybody makes it out. It might be because they have to use short boards if they tow in, which fade back up the face.
Trying to think of something to say, I'm shaking my head for five minutes. Maybe the angle but that looks like the heaviest/biggest Teahupu wave I've ever seen. From the first frame I knew he was going to get devoured. It moves so fast and the bowl is basically a vertical wall. Absolutely amazing!! Glad he's ok I cannot imagine what a wipeout like that is like
Hope he surfaces in time for Christmas 🎉
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Lol
Nope, maybe new years...
I wonder did he realize he wasn't going to make it the whole time and say screw it, got to have fun or did he think he was going to make it?????
That's a pretty thick and juicy wave!!!!! I wonder does the underwater ragdolling experience happen super quick and you don't remember it or does it suck?????????
He was a good man… we will miss him
This is amazing! So different from a GoPro pov from the rider. I’ve seen GoPro edits that make this wave look” soft and inviting “😂. This perspective is what I really enjoy. The rider, disappeared below sea level, only to be pulled up and over by this absolutely terrifying freak of nature monster. Liked and subbed. Thanks for posting this
This has to be the most astonishing surf footage I’ve ever seen, quite remarkable. How stunning is the sea
Great angle, makes it even scarier if that's possible. Can't imagine the moment of committing to the take off knowing it's either going to be the best day of your life or possibly the worst!
Haha. Or the last
I reckon he knew when he committed that he wasn't going to make it. Looks like he was deliberately stalling to get deeper.
Everything was going fine at the 30 seconds mark, then just a bit too much inside rail, probably didn't adjust for the insane board speed he had on an absolute freight train, then a few seconds later - probably 1 second in real life - he's going over the falls with / inside the lip and still strapped in . . . hope he survived uninjured from an insanely heavy wipeout. Massive respect to the surfer, and huge credit to Manea for the amazing footage, takes balls swimming in that location to get the footage. You can see in the first few seconds of filming how much water is moving around on that reef, skill and stamina needed to maintain position. What epic video thanks for sharing!
Looks like he was too deep even he hadn't caught it... what a fn send tho 🤯
These surfers are fearless. How a human being can push it to the limit. Outstanding.
Amazing footage, like you're sitting in the channel watching that beast unload and pass by
Watching surfing in slow motion takes away so much.
yo lol it’s absolutely horrible. it’s only good for studying if you’re trying to check something out
This video is so gnarly that I was frightened sitting on my couch
Fantastic pov. Finally, what it's really like watching a wave come in
Best footage of anything for the ages
For real..
Love the slo-mo. Gives one time to appreciate the awesomeness and power of the wave.
That’s how it was in real life. Time is relative... that is what they saw.. like holy f#ck mind expansion mental blow out stuff..
I’m not fit enough and body too smashed up to get amongst it but footage like that is just immensely satisfying and helps tremendously when dealing with not being able to do the things I once enjoyed. Bloody unreal…. Never been on anything like that… the way it just sucked him up the face… fantastic! Cheers
I hope that guy is ok. That went from the most epic ride to the most epic slam. Eaten by a freight train.
Jeee-zus!!! Take a DEEP breath...
5 seconds into that clip, I got an overwhelming urge to paddle hard towards the horizon.
I don’t care what wave you put that beast up against, it’s the baddest ass wave in the world! And Koa has huge cajones!!!
So surreal to look at. And this guy is still alive and kicking. I can imagine that people wonder if you can survive waves like that. Great footage and surfing 🌊
thanks for posting....I always wondered how it looked from close
First my heart started pumping, then I peed my pants, and when the belly of the beast ate him, got sick to my stomach..
Incredible!
Is that scene in our planet Earth? with our rules of gravity and water preasure? So much respect for you.
Awesome footage.
That was amazing!
Diablo lo Mas grande que e visto tahepoo..eeeehaaaa.
Such a thick and nasty wave! Would love to be in one of those boats in the channel watching these monsters roll in! And, cheer the brave souls who drop in and make it to the shoulder!
Oooooooooohhhhhhh yeeeaaahhh!!!!!! Go Vaast!!!!!!!
Das CRAAAAZZZEEEEEEEE
Watching this cured my constipation.
My favorite wave to watch in amazement.
That's just insane, got to be the heaviest wave in the world surely?
Probably only 2nd to The Right:
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I’ve been in 12 foot surf. Once.
I don’t know how these guys can live through a wave like that
wow, lovely shot.
Uuuuuummmmmm, aaaaaahhhhhhhhh..... Oh hell no hahahahaha...
I thought from the title and thumb it was going to be a epic survival ride on a nightmare wave...
I kept going "Oh man if he would have fell or been pulled over and then.......
I'm going to have to spend some time looking at that, I've seen things on dating sites that's severely misrepresented the situation
This is absolutely insane 😳
I’m an average Joe 🏄♂️… my surfing mind can’t comprehend this 😮 🤩
That's gonna leave a mark.
"Memento Mori," whispers the slave behind you, "remember you are only mortal."
The wall of Death.
Indescribable
I bow to you Good Sir for the effort🌊
After watching Kauli surf this, it would be great to see some giant paddle-in waves arrive during the 2024 Olympics happening right now.
Don’t get why he was riding so high.A lot of guys make the same mistake
Don’t do drugs, but honestly, you got to be high just to let go of the rope. Ride high..
@@latentsea High on the face of the wave
I know there are bigger waves but this one is just so THICK..Its just a beast.
Great filming
Riding the wave was worth the beating... Amazing..
That wave was pulling up so hard .....no way he could stay in the trough....that over the falls must have been mind-numbing..
Way beyond beast mode.
Great pov!
Craziest thing I’ve ever seen.
Wow that was the most incredible wave i ever saw on teahupo
Wow what a nightmare he had.
Maybe other waves in terms of wave height have been deemed the biggest, but in sheer volume of water, I think this may be…
How do you even practice your breath hold for that
OMG EPIC 😬🤦🏻♂️🤯
So much water moving up the face that he couldn't track down.
nice floater - i heard he rode it out.
Is it called a fall if your below sea level 🤔
That must have been a brutal wipeout...of the year award.
I feel like I just watched the very last moments of two lives.
Incredible
That's a really tall wave for chopes
Would be cool on pass at normal speed too
unbelivable!!!
He even surfed below the waterlevel for a moment 😮 How to survive this fall???
AAh such a pity he could not stay on the surf and exit the tunnel but AWESOME footage nonetheless
Why did he go so high up on the face?
Nastier wave somewhere? I find that hard to believe!
jajajajjajajajajjajajajajjajajajajajjajaja!!! good boy good
Gonna need a bigger board...
What was that thing!??????
Where s gone the surfer?🤔
Aaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! Kauli!!!!!!!!! Aaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Bro how
Seriously, does a unreal giant magnificent wave worths risking your life ?
OH MAN, THAT HAD TO HURT
How do you even survive that wipeout? Was he ok?
brada is ok?
Gnarliest thing ever
Absolutely terrifying…😮
So insane
Pretty sure Laird said to point straight down…
Se faire prendre dans une vague de cette taille peut être extrêmement dangereux , le sang froid du jeune surfeur tahitien est incroyable .
that was the biggest I've seen there
Guoooo, ese carajo murió?
Awesome
Nightmare fuel.
That actually looked like a scene from a disaster movie.
Insane ride
What could go wrong?
are they ok?
Not sure if could've been avoided but I'd be completely straightening out with all weight forward in the pocket at about the 30 second mark to stay in barrel by foam ball to avoid drifting up the face and suffering those major over the falls consequences.
yep, that wave is pretty easy to ride in slomo.
Tell em how it's done champ
I'm not quite sure why he never tries. Even until the last moment he's holding the left rail in. However, there must be a good reason, perhaps it's the speed of the upswing after his hurried bottom turn, I don't know how slowed down this is, or body off balance preventing a quick reaction. I know that for me it'd be the blind terror and shitting in my pants taking all of my concentration if they weren't full of shit already from the centuries long ride to get down the face before I could turn, wondering how the fuck my mates had talked me into suicide.
I would have done it switch stance because back hand makes it harder, then I would just pull in like that, and get totally pitted, like that! Switchy mate! And just pull in, like that..
@@latentsea Thanks for the laugh!! While reading your comment I noticed the wave has a (rebound? random bump?) mini-wave going up its face and this is what catches him. But you would have switched back to goofy when you saw it coming, and handled it, like that. Love it!
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Holy shit! 6 ft below sea level.
Eaten!
That wave was never going to let him stay where he needed to be to complete that ride ... wave 1 , surfer 0
Good lord!
Sick
OMG is that the biggest attempted looks fake from how big it is wow... big ups bro Bravo to the 10th power
This place is like no other. You had better have your act together.
Bloody shoulder hopper!