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Storm Surfers - How Heavy is a Big Wave?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ย. 2012
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    How heavy is a big wave? An incredible amount of water threatens the life of a big wave surfer, with just the lip of some breaks weighing more than 300 small cars. Australian Storm Surfers Ross Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll charge some of the heaviest waves on the planet. In this clip, they break down the mathematical details on how heavy big waves actually are when athletes take them on the head.
    "A lot of guys that surf big waves are a lot fitter than me, but they don't have that natural spirit to just go. It's just a charging mechanism or something," says big wave charger, Ross Clarke-Jones.
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  • @Redrobottyler
    @Redrobottyler 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    how heavy? HEAVY AS FUCK

  • @xsurfertwnx2
    @xsurfertwnx2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Incredible! Pretty amazing they can calculate how heavy a wave is based on simple measurements- definitely not a mutant I would wanna get caught under! Sick vid!!

  • @Silkaz7
    @Silkaz7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I don't doubt the wave weights that much but with my experience as a amateur surfer a big wave crashing on top of your head doesn't feel like tons of water, i assume that it's because water is a fluid and not a solid object, so in reality that wave falling on top of you won't kill you, what might kill you is the reef or rocks under the water. Would love for someone knowledgeable to explain the science of this.

    • @avaalvla5075
      @avaalvla5075 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      yep

    • @harriswatson6068
      @harriswatson6068 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I don't think you surfed waves like Mavericks and pipeline

    • @Silkaz7
      @Silkaz7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Moogs Watto True i haven't surfed those waves, biggest i've surfed is Puerto Escondido and Todos Santos, Still the things that kill and harm are the rocks and reef under the water, not the weight of the wave itself.

    • @NHXgames
      @NHXgames 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Silkaz7 with waves like these its mostly the flush that can kill you

    • @bruhman8005
      @bruhman8005 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Silkaz7 I surfed Teahupoo a couple times in 2010. Just recently again. Teahupoo means "cracked skull" or " skull crack". Like you said its only because of the reef. I hit the reef hard and light. I fell down and did a wash cycle inside a massive barrel. I would whole heartingly say i would rather fall into that barrel then hit the reef again. Scars and scars

  • @kevinvesey7852
    @kevinvesey7852 9 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    the whole measurement of the weight of the water a tad daft (and the weight 1 cubic meter of seawater can vary quite a lot due to saline levels.), also are not going to have all that section coming down on your head since its a liquid the only relevant part is the actual water that would hit you on the head, Then mixing Imperial and metric measurements is just fucking dumb, they wanted to make is sound more dramatic than it is, but them chargers are still all nuts and i have great respect for em.

    • @dudemanismadcool
      @dudemanismadcool 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah it is daft but the measurements were conservative. Water alone weighs roughly a tonne per cubic meter and salt water always weighs more than that.

    • @vickyvonstein2331
      @vickyvonstein2331 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      YOU WOULDNT KNOW YOUR ARSE FROM YOUR ELBOW KEV

    • @hussong
      @hussong 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It also doesn't make sense to factor the groundspeed of the wave into the impact force, since the surfer is moving with the wave over ground.
      I mean the whole angle of the clip is the power of big waves in relation to surfers, not lighthouses.

    • @Jaibee27
      @Jaibee27 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/93nBQQyHDhc/w-d-xo.html

  • @MartinKohoutekchannel
    @MartinKohoutekchannel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You should check out waves in Nazare, Portugal. THOSE are some big waves!

  • @Bigwavemaster1
    @Bigwavemaster1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! That gives a great insight into the power of water. I've been hit by a few monsters in my time but always from behind the comfort of toughened safety glass.

  • @iridiumFalcon
    @iridiumFalcon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    well that explained fuck all

  • @moosemoss2645
    @moosemoss2645 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The density of the white water be lower than one tonne per cubic metre? Still, massive respect to those who dare and all of the fallen surfers.

  • @Anon0pz
    @Anon0pz 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How heavy is Teahupo'o approximately (weighed in tons)? I really need to know for this presentation i have coming up! Please respond

  • @buyearly
    @buyearly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is interesting to me because I had my left knee ACL ( Anterior Cruciate Ligament ) shreded ( most common NFL injury... and i was not even standing... I was PADDLING trying to get under the thing... and it just rag dolled my leg underwater...

  • @wizardcam
    @wizardcam 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't think I'll trade in my parachute anytime soon, but I can see the appeal! Much respect!

  • @BILTbyAgassiandReyes
    @BILTbyAgassiandReyes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is amazing that these guys do this!

  • @tarantarans
    @tarantarans 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Water is heavy. One gallon weighs 8.33 pounds. I've had to carry 5 gallon jugs up 4 flights on US Navy ship. That's over 41 pounds. I can't imagine all that ocean water surrounding me. It's intimidating for sure. I'll stay inland, near the desert and forests. Props to the gals and guys who live for it. ^.^

  • @misterfunnybones
    @misterfunnybones 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    They could have discussed elastic vs inelastic collisions, momentum, potential & kinetic energy. But I think the answer is there: 2:34

  • @fnog9
    @fnog9 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:14 those types of waves scare me. the ones with a lot of forward momentum and a long, continuous break. i find that getting caught in one of those makes drowning more likely than waves that expel most of their energy on the initial break. all big waves will break you in half though.

  • @penthouseslamianyc
    @penthouseslamianyc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They like to run, the feeling of out running pain is the rush that forces them to focus or the unknown, is also the draw. Respectfully, Scott

  • @samamar4570
    @samamar4570 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    when a heavy wave throws you, its not so much the weight, its the turbulence you feel, like someones trying to tear you in half and theres nothing you can do about it but go ragdoll and wait

  • @sophiabott6625
    @sophiabott6625 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Insane!! Don't mess with nature… These guys are something else!

  • @TheMAORIRULE
    @TheMAORIRULE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "The result is..." A good TH-cam clip

  • @Sunshine74444
    @Sunshine74444 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wish you would also state U.S./imperial measurement system.

  • @bigtakeshi
    @bigtakeshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    at the regular beach, when a tiny wave crashes around you, it's nothing. If a giant wave hit you rather than crash around you it'd break you in half. Seems about right i've always wondered what happens if a big wave hit you.

  • @DalTones79
    @DalTones79 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love it.. completely in tandem with nature.. mental.. the have to be with these ones moreso I imagine.

  • @MattManPac
    @MattManPac 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    falling on one of those waves your held under for about 10-15 seconds and feels like 4 minutes when i surf like 4-6 and fall on those size waves i fell like i am drowning some times.

  • @Arrikitengo
    @Arrikitengo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:19 look at the wave loool

    • @_unicycle701
      @_unicycle701 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It be looking like a snowy mountain

  • @marccawood
    @marccawood 10 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    A lot of bad physics here.

    • @alexxxbe75
      @alexxxbe75 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Care to explain ?

    • @marccawood
      @marccawood 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Alex Betten All respect to the surfers, it sure is dangerous but the physics is pseudo. You can't arbitrarily use the weight of a 20m section of wave - the surfer is only hit by a fraction of that. 70km/h free fall - guesstimate. Bursting lungs? It may feel that way but lungs don't burst in these situations.

    • @AngryGaper
      @AngryGaper 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Marc Cawood It said "burst eardrums" which takes much less pressure.

    • @adambamf9365
      @adambamf9365 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marc Cawood that wave would knock the wind out of any mans lungs

    • @TSIXGaming
      @TSIXGaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexxxbe75 the weight of a cubic meter of water wouldn't apply in the same way cuz the lip doesn't appear to be 1 meter thick where it lands and once the water breaks it becomes super aerated and wouldn't be as dense as cubic meters of still water and a 20 meter cross section wouldn't be relevant and stuff like that

  • @a.banks.7682
    @a.banks.7682 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Waves are beautiful, yet very frightening...

  • @Anasazi1
    @Anasazi1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not taken into consideration on this scientific analysis is the human body is approximately 70-80% water and therefore lighter and more buoyant in the surf. It's still a load of water coming down on you but just have to let your body rise to the surface when falling off the board and staying cool, calm and relaxed in what feels like a washing machine.

  • @fnog9
    @fnog9 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey just wondering if anyone with experience can answer.... if one of these big ass waves crashes, how far deep does it affect the water? like if one crashed in front of you, how deep would you have to go under so it doesnt affect you?

  • @catman12319
    @catman12319 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just press "6" to see the weight

  • @SmithSedi
    @SmithSedi 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    portugal who new u ' d be showing us the biggest waves in the world!!!!
    maugh i love u atlantic! So big... bahamas would love some size

  • @randallramsey1124
    @randallramsey1124 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve had a little wave probably 6 foot wave tumble me and it’s not fun I can only imagine this

  • @Timelapseweather
    @Timelapseweather 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Garret Macnamara at Nazaré - Giant waves video !!!
    Nazare - Macnamara Cotty Vau

  • @patking5892
    @patking5892 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing!

  • @johnhancock7626
    @johnhancock7626 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was awsome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @bPesqueira
    @bPesqueira 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    315 cars falling on top of you if you hesitate for a second. crazy

  • @ocvegasproperty
    @ocvegasproperty ปีที่แล้ว

    The weight is mostly irrelevant as it doesn’t put all its weight on you… Props to these guys staying relevant.

  • @BlueSeaWendy
    @BlueSeaWendy 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Intense! Interesting! Incredible! Thanks!

  • @jimmymak8717
    @jimmymak8717 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    haha thats how i feel in 4ft waves sometimes. This is beyond comprehension until you get held down for a minute, dragged across the reef or slammed into the bank and then try to figure out whats hurt and most importantly which way is up. When you add half a million tonnes of weight, being 20% more bouyant because you are in salt water...haha yeh that makes absolutley no difference in massive swell. They would be wearing at least 4.3 wettys that would help alot though.Dont relax though, swim.

  • @thejwb1
    @thejwb1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Balls of steel.

  • @Tutschel
    @Tutschel 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not at all. 1 cubic metre is 1000 litres and since 1 liter = 1kg, that gives a ton. Every ten metres you descent under water adds 1 atmosphere of pressure (1 bar).

  • @TheReynaga100
    @TheReynaga100 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    those four dislikers are landlocked

  • @toastedfrog85
    @toastedfrog85 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    that my friend is not a shark but a boil caused by the shallow rocks/reef below

  • @tansey123
    @tansey123 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    the question really is considering the weight and momentum of the water why is it not more dangerous..

  • @mikeirwin670
    @mikeirwin670 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    But wouldn't moving water have more weight force than just the weight of water itself?

  • @2redhens
    @2redhens 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    sic mate

  • @slipperyplays8621
    @slipperyplays8621 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got a pro tip for other pro surfers.... Keep an eye on the waves coming at you..... i sadly learned that the hard way

  • @christinephillips8018
    @christinephillips8018 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Surfing is the most badass sport in the world don't @ me

  • @jawadad802
    @jawadad802 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    after the red bull leap from space to earth this must be the most extreme thing you can do

  • @aestheticmspx263
    @aestheticmspx263 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    INCORRECT

  • @canadianbacon007
    @canadianbacon007 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:39 TEN meters high!!

    • @tcw05
      @tcw05 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      canadianbacon007 Nazare, Portugal has 30m

  • @jam-hy5qm
    @jam-hy5qm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This doesn't help -_- thanks for boosting my confidence 😂😂😂

  • @davidmurray2975
    @davidmurray2975 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    this stuff is epic

  • @marieleachannel
    @marieleachannel 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 0:39 they seems to be a shark or some kind of animal on the right of the wave

  • @winderdreuxlucas1688
    @winderdreuxlucas1688 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    faite atontion bravo

  • @drummerdude0515
    @drummerdude0515 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    wonder how heavy teahupoo waves would be?

  • @GlassGenius
    @GlassGenius 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    1000 kgs per square meter of wave?

  • @niyalynch4778
    @niyalynch4778 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never knew waves could do that much of a damage to the human body?!

  • @drphil36
    @drphil36 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    A wave of intent (big wave) is a wave of possibility !

  • @Fran-nz7pe
    @Fran-nz7pe 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why?

  • @Captainjinks
    @Captainjinks 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Try Portugal...

  • @StormlySir
    @StormlySir 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Depends on how deep it is.

  • @readysetvlog839
    @readysetvlog839 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can someone mathematic here find out how heavy a six foot wave is for me please I'm really curious

    • @RattyWand88
      @RattyWand88 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +ReadySetVlog I learnt how to surf in six foot waves and had no problem, weighs alot but is easy to handle

    • @adambamf9365
      @adambamf9365 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1m2 of water is 1 ton

    • @surftherock1
      @surftherock1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      those answers are all wrong.... it depends sometimes a 6ft wave can be super lay back others can be heavy

    • @adambamf9365
      @adambamf9365 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      we are counting the whole wave not just the lip so in those terms even like a waist high wave can weigh shit loads a 5 meter section waist high is 5000 kg pretty cool in terms of natural power and its no thing for the ocean to throw those out

    • @surftherock1
      @surftherock1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh well i just learnt something new today thanks

  • @Avolition_
    @Avolition_ 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    never thought that how heavy is it :OOOOO

  • @antonioromero6673
    @antonioromero6673 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wowwwww awesome that wave was. Big

  • @harryadrianavilez3548
    @harryadrianavilez3548 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    TODOS SANTOS ENSENADA MX

  • @h1story643
    @h1story643 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How deep is there where they are surfing?

  • @shoegum7362
    @shoegum7362 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teahupoo is the heaviest wave period.

  • @MrSenserus
    @MrSenserus 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    But he's not getting hit by the whole wave, only the bit that actually connects with his body... which isn't the entire 315 car's worth of wave...

  • @bigfishpondhome1
    @bigfishpondhome1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ross Clarke Jones = Milo Kerrigan

  • @AtonalSports
    @AtonalSports 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gnarly!

  • @joymitchell1858
    @joymitchell1858 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    sooo cool

  • @chardochickentimber9109
    @chardochickentimber9109 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    from tosh.o good one...

  • @thegoprochanneltgc1094
    @thegoprochanneltgc1094 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that the joke where you say, " I can do that, hold my beer". If it is I will seriously bash whoever said that.

  • @madsteeez
    @madsteeez 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    that's like saying 'ten million meters along the length of a quadrant of the earth's meridian - W.T.F.'

  • @poksopp
    @poksopp 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    good redbull commercial

  • @CaliBreeeze
    @CaliBreeeze 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Blue balled

  • @NoahJsevEN
    @NoahJsevEN 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    WoW amazing... but just somebody pinch his nose @2:30

  • @felipebenicio9388
    @felipebenicio9388 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    só os loucos!

  • @ImsoUT1
    @ImsoUT1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fuck that those guys are out of their damn minds!

  • @madsteeez
    @madsteeez 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    what do you mean WTF? that's how the kg was originally defined. decimeter³ of water

  • @xynore_bojaka9888
    @xynore_bojaka9888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2019?

  • @N00BPUN1SH3R
    @N00BPUN1SH3R 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    ok that's way heavier than I thought

  • @gretamcdole9900
    @gretamcdole9900 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    imagine how fast you'd go...

  • @SkateChannelNetwork
    @SkateChannelNetwork 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    HEAVY

  • @dsr20631
    @dsr20631 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i was thinking of taking up surfing but when you put it like that... yeah nah

    • @GrumpyOldMan9
      @GrumpyOldMan9 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try windsurfing. You don't need big waves (or tug jetskis) and still have fun ...

    • @victorparingaux8546
      @victorparingaux8546 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      TavernSenses you don't need BIG waves or jets for surfing

    • @adambamf9365
      @adambamf9365 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you dont need to be like ross clark jones he is a freak of nature

    • @solsist__3291
      @solsist__3291 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Most surfers surf waves under ten, maybe five feet or smaller, not fucking 40-50feet like this.

    • @howardtodd1978
      @howardtodd1978 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't be scared. Just hit 3-5 ft waves like waikiki first

  • @tehkoalainsurgency
    @tehkoalainsurgency 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    why not 200 big cars instead of 315 small ones???

  • @Luka-gz6ep
    @Luka-gz6ep 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WICH country?

    • @wvsf01
      @wvsf01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      luka jugeli ireland, i think one beginning section is the cliffs of moher

    • @Luka-gz6ep
      @Luka-gz6ep 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vincent M. Donegal?

    • @albaindufayet2619
      @albaindufayet2619 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i think it's shipstern bluff, Tasmania. same height, and same little wave break on the tube

    • @mortiiswindir7897
      @mortiiswindir7897 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      australia i think

  • @illusion887
    @illusion887 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    SO PITTED AND SPIT OUT THE BARREL LIKE WAPPPPPISSHHHHH

  • @MrKodymiller
    @MrKodymiller 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    What I'm thinking is that's what she said.

  • @tavenwillard4753
    @tavenwillard4753 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    colder water is heavier molecules closer...packed!

    • @tansey123
      @tansey123 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      not much though.. water hardly changes volume between 1 and 100 degrees c

    • @dougdavis8986
      @dougdavis8986 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      taven willard : dork. Go back for your GED

  • @twocool1770
    @twocool1770 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW !!!

  • @snailzeez101
    @snailzeez101 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    so old it doesnt exist..

  • @onlymyrailgununknown2960
    @onlymyrailgununknown2960 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    so moon can move the entire ocean but not a little glass water.

  • @marieleachannel
    @marieleachannel 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay I thought ! I don't surf so I don't really know ! :P

  • @Mickymiddle
    @Mickymiddle 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    AUSSIES!!!

  • @EricMaag
    @EricMaag 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Burst eardrums!!!?

  • @mariameireles3107
    @mariameireles3107 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    heavyyyy

  • @saltburnsurfer
    @saltburnsurfer 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    why did the pineapple cross the road?

  • @jallenb1977
    @jallenb1977 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    mavericks?

  • @sampaioarthur
    @sampaioarthur 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    nops, it's banks