I really liked this spot. For a while I thought it would be my favorite 12'+ South Shore spot (I was a North Shore resident). I had some huge sized left tubes here a few times in different sessions but the reality of it was the high probability of slamming into the high reef areas at big swell size that could end your experience. I'd rank it up there with Outside Alligator Rock on the North Shore for the deadly factor. If you make the drop and the wave, all is good but if you don't, you get a violent roll on the reef or get the wind knocked out of you or get a concussion that you may never wake up from. For me it was learning by experience but for others please listen and learn that it's not a practical risk to take. Oh yes, and the sharks. Both spots have big Tiger Sharks. But one season on the North Shore, after I had bounced off the reef at huge Outside Alligator Rock and had the wind knocked out of me underwater, I came back in the summer to try to understand the bottom. I had been snorkeling around alone way outside and I met a Tiger Shark that could have taken me whole in one bite. It circled me 1/3 way and around and then disappeared for awhile. Then I sensed a pulsing sound from below and looked and saw the shark charging me from the deep. I had some survival training for responding to wild animals that taught me to make myself seem extra large by jumping and flailing my legs and my arms straight up while making the loudest sounds that I could. I did that in the water as best as I could and closed my eyes. I felt like a guy stranded standing on a highway lane that was just about to be struck by a big truck. I counted now.., then 2.5 seconds later... now, and then as I opened my eyes, I felt a huge pressure wave blast from the shark's tail as it was doing a 180 and I saw the shark swimming back down in the same direction it had charged from. I never saw the shark again but I had the terror of having to swim in feeling that my whole life was hanging on a very thin thread.
I seen one of the biggest tiger sharks in my whole life surface at this place. Luckily we didnt jump in yet. Needless to say we went to the opposite side of the island after that.
There used to be a big tiger shark named "Bruce" that showed up there semi regularly and cleared the lineup. It never did anything to anyone but it wasn't hiding either
@@nickc3856 Funny Nick, like the one at Sunset Beach that had had it's dorsal fin sawed off at some point in it's life. We called it "The Manager" since he could clear out the line up as well and it liked to swim underneath of us. Just brushing the bottoms of our feet. Big one too.
They waited for the set to pass to enter the water in between sets. The video is about the entry, they timed it perfectly and are paddling into the lineup. When the lineup is that far away from the wall, it’s a big day. To jfooj, the photographer here, I agree with others that it’s nice to see the art of the entry on a big day, the stuff around the surfing, as one commenter put it. Nice video. Mahalo.
There's a rope that you can use if you want to time it. On a big day like this its pretty sketchy. Or you can paddle in a couple hundred yards and get out at pillars.
live mainland = Negative comments aloha there are other ways to get in and out of this spot, all sketchy but that shows the versitility of hawaiian surfers. honestly one of my favorite spots. the sketchyness does veer me away because some days i don't feel like going thru the troubles of getting in and out. but surviving a session at china walls fills my life with stoke. shoots
Relatively speaking "entering at China Walls" is the easy part.... Tring to get out again.....different story. Also, I would advise surfers not to leash-up until they have transisiton into water!
Getting washed into the North end of ke iki when the rocks are exposed and the swell is 11 ft at 18 seconds and you have a camera housing in one hand 🤕🤕🤕🤕
Getting out of water is easy if u catch wave swimming to wall..... Seen one haole (non local) trying to take a long board..... Dude got cut up n taken in by wave, lifeguards had to save him, lmao
It's always funny when dummies don't think about thier surroundings and ends up paying in the end, sucks for lifeguards saving people who don't respect the ocean
I really liked this spot. For a while I thought it would be my favorite 12'+ South Shore spot (I was a North Shore resident). I had some huge sized left tubes here a few times in different sessions but the reality of it was the high probability of slamming into the high reef areas at big swell size that could end your experience. I'd rank it up there with Outside Alligator Rock on the North Shore for the deadly factor. If you make the drop and the wave, all is good but if you don't, you get a violent roll on the reef or get the wind knocked out of you or get a concussion that you may never wake up from. For me it was learning by experience but for others please listen and learn that it's not a practical risk to take. Oh yes, and the sharks. Both spots have big Tiger Sharks. But one season on the North Shore, after I had bounced off the reef at huge Outside Alligator Rock and had the wind knocked out of me underwater, I came back in the summer to try to understand the bottom. I had been snorkeling around alone way outside and I met a Tiger Shark that could have taken me whole in one bite. It circled me 1/3 way and around and then disappeared for awhile. Then I sensed a pulsing sound from below and looked and saw the shark charging me from the deep. I had some survival training for responding to wild animals that taught me to make myself seem extra large by jumping and flailing my legs and my arms straight up while making the loudest sounds that I could. I did that in the water as best as I could and closed my eyes. I felt like a guy stranded standing on a highway lane that was just about to be struck by a big truck. I counted now.., then 2.5 seconds later... now, and then as I opened my eyes, I felt a huge pressure wave blast from the shark's tail as it was doing a 180 and I saw the shark swimming back down in the same direction it had charged from. I never saw the shark again but I had the terror of having to swim in feeling that my whole life was hanging on a very thin thread.
Wow! That’s a scary shark story. Your quick thinking response probably saved your life. Thanks for sharing.
I seen one of the biggest tiger sharks in my whole life surface at this place. Luckily we didnt jump in yet. Needless to say we went to the opposite side of the island after that.
There used to be a big tiger shark named "Bruce" that showed up there semi regularly and cleared the lineup. It never did anything to anyone but it wasn't hiding either
@@nickc3856 Funny Nick, like the one at Sunset Beach that had had it's dorsal fin sawed off at some point in it's life. We called it "The Manager" since he could clear out the line up as well and it liked to swim underneath of us. Just brushing the bottoms of our feet. Big one too.
The waves dont look.that good and how do they get back in?
is that the only access? did they end up catching something nice? How did they get out? same way they got in? looks too difficult but nice footage...
What are they paddling out to? Didn’t see one rideable wave.
They waited for the set to pass to enter the water in between sets. The video is about the entry, they timed it perfectly and are paddling into the lineup. When the lineup is that far away from the wall, it’s a big day. To jfooj, the photographer here, I agree with others that it’s nice to see the art of the entry on a big day, the stuff around the surfing, as one commenter put it. Nice video. Mahalo.
There is an easy exit a few hundred yards toward the shore at a spot called "Pillars". Otherwise you must time the sets and climb back up the wall.
If that's how you get out, how do you get back in?
There's a rope that you can use if you want to time it. On a big day like this its pretty sketchy. Or you can paddle in a couple hundred yards and get out at pillars.
Great images
live mainland = Negative comments
aloha
there are other ways to get in and out of this spot, all sketchy but that shows the versitility of hawaiian surfers. honestly one of my favorite spots. the sketchyness does veer me away because some days i don't feel like going thru the troubles of getting in and out. but surviving a session at china walls fills my life with stoke. shoots
Thanks for posting, very rare to get a full blooded Hawaiian's perspective on these issues. Mahalo?
@@eganc1976 full blooded Hawaiians are not common in Hawaii. Very few are full blooded, or even half blooded.
@@SperoinDeo this is correct
waves?
Looked to me like you could just launch from the very top?
Yup - the helicopters were out a few times on day #2 of this swell (when I called in, cough, sick)
Yup, you would feel sick if you had to be at work during a big swell.
dude i didnt see a single guy catch a decent wave
Relatively speaking "entering at China Walls" is the easy part....
Tring to get out again.....different story.
Also, I would advise surfers not to leash-up until they have transisiton into water!
Great point but so many don’t
if he jumps to enter how does he exit? :Ô
0:16 running to the toilet after realizing you have diarrhea in the middle of the night
I know many very experienced guys who have been fucked up here. No one controls the ocean.
Hard to see rides from the wall, gotta be in the H20.
It doesn't even look that good out there....
Yeah, don't bother.
Wow
I've never seen remotely decent footage of this place .
i can't see a decent wave in this place lol
Seen a shark today.. Still doesn't feel real
MANA
are they on semi guns
+be pr Yes.
You're welcome. Nobody forced you to click and watch. Haha.
Where is this spot? Indo?
O'ahu South Shore.
Getting washed into the North end of ke iki when the rocks are exposed and the swell is 11 ft at 18 seconds and you have a camera housing in one hand 🤕🤕🤕🤕
Being experienced doesn't mean you don't do stupid things.
You do that.
I was very lucky.
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Nice way to get your head in 2 against those rocks! i would find a better spot to surf
you can get in, but you cant get out!
@UnderseaCaveman That's why you ride it out to the finger!
Getting out of water is easy if u catch wave swimming to wall..... Seen one haole (non local) trying to take a long board..... Dude got cut up n taken in by wave, lifeguards had to save him, lmao
💣
scattered lineup
Too much work for messy waves
Watch. 22adaynoway
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It's always funny when dummies don't think about thier surroundings and ends up paying in the end, sucks for lifeguards saving people who don't respect the ocean
No surf🤔🤪
all that shit for 3 feet.... bien. stay there please.
@UnderseaCaveman Got my ass handed to me this day. Check out: watch?v=zrCrAwn4Aks That is me. VERY LUCKY!
that is some sketchy shit