@@Erik-rp1hinot me and i nevar wear a helmet skiing…if your not competíng in something serious wear one is for cowards. But surfing this wave with dótense of people so closed is Logic to wear one,is way more dangerous the crowds that the wave.
Many moons ago surfed the Pipe at about 8-10 foot after normally hanging out in town. Waves just pick you up so fast you just have to stand and take that drop. What a thrill dropping down that wave. Ate the waves more than surfed but that thrill and speed of the pipe...unreal
@@crapisnice For sure, but at least you get the opportunity to score a barrel of a lifetime for that risk. These conditions, there are no real tubes aside from the inside closeouts.
Great record! Good to know that perfect waves don't happen every day. == Pipeline de ressaca não dá nem pros prós. Bom saber que ondas perfeitas não acontecem todos dias.
Fun fact…Better known as Ehukai Beach, It was Eddie Aikau who first coined the name Pipeline due to all the pipes being installed at Sunset Beach Elementary School across the street. LuckyLiveHawaii 🤙🏽
It got its name in December 1961, when surfing movie producer Bruce Brown was driving up north with Californians Phil Edwards and Mike Diffenderfer. The location's compound name combines the name of the surf break (Pipeline) with the name of the beach fronting it (Banzai Beach).
@@glennrosa234 It got its name in December 1961, when surfing movie producer Bruce Brown was driving up north with Californians Phil Edwards and Mike Diffenderfer. The location's compound name combines the name of the surf break (Pipeline) with the name of the beach fronting it (Banzai Beach).
@alicetelford9027 This isn't true at all, lol. Eddie didn't name the beach. It was named by a couple of Cali surfers in 1961. Eddie Aikau never really surfed at pipe. He surfed mostly Waimea. The name of the surfer who named it was Phillip Edwards.
@MauiOG808 Dude thanx 4 sharing that cool info since I remember the Area was generally Ehukai (lifeguard stand...) but individual names for each different break with the most Classic out standing beautifully formed Barrel that the Name PIPELINE was obviously meant to be Yeah Mahalo again bro for Sharin....Take Care...
If you're dropping in you're selling and getting sent... these are broken eardrums closeouts. Only a few clean rides by the most experienced guys, rest is just carnage.
First time I saw pipe was a Pro qualifying day for the Classic. 12' to 16' wicked. Anybody who rides those waves is brave. The peaks move all over, they break in and out. The break rapidly changes with the tides. The only way to be good at is to do it. Props
Surfing in the 60's and 70's was really fun, got a little crowded at popular breaks at times, but even then usually manageable. Today it has become a crowded circus, no matter the spot. An old cliche that used the line "everyone and their mother" would apply to today's surfing... everyone and their mother has a surfboard. Still a great sport and the skill level is off the chart, but it has become so crowded that it can be a pain to even paddle out. Sometimes progress is not the best thing.
surfing is over. too crowded, too commercial, too internet-driven. we were lucky to get it while it was still good (1950s & 60s in SoCal; as late as 1990s & early 2000s in Santa Barbara/Ventura).
Question from a super beginner surfer: a lot of comments refer to those (many of them) in the first part of the video struggling to reach the lineup or being destroyed by the wave breaking against them: is it purely because they (1) lack the experience/technique/strenght or (2) they went in at the wrong time (bigger set came in) or (3) they were just using the wrong entry point to get to the lineup? Appreciate the answer from someone who has surfed pipeline many times!
Never surfed pipeline, but been surfing for 30 years. I dont think any of these surfers are unexperienced. In these kind of spots there are a strict hierarchy, so the visitors have to wait outside the main break, that is probably why they get caught by a big set. You just can't simply paddle into places like Pipeline and put close to the locals.
It happens. There's an area where the wave is consistently breaking and right about there is where most people are waiting. Depending on the spot there can be a second break slightly farther out that only hits good when the swells come together just right. Looks to me like the whole lineup got "cleaned out" by a set of waves that broke a little further out.
Watched that get bigger and bigger some huge wash through sets ,is that as maxed out as pipe can get ? and I also thought the sets were to straight onto the reef as well but there were some really top level surfers out there all struggled JOB got an immense barrel so deep as well awsome watch ..
I am not a surfer, but I just can't understand putting your lives in real danger of death for a 10 second thrill ride. At least wait until the waves are not so bad as these here are.
loucura essa sequencia.... Não para, uma atras da outra. todos de Capacete, no fundo é cheio de coral, a agua bem fria e se vc não souber nadar melhor ficar apenas com a Câmera na areia.
Those sets are so tight. Paddling out in stuff like that is so miserable. Almost not worth the ride back. I have been out in tight sets but not that big and by the time I got out I was so tired and beaten I just got on a wave and rode it back in. That was all I could take and that was when I was super young like early 20s. Thought I was going to die getting out there.
THIS IS SOME MIND BLOWING CRA CRA CRAZY FOOTAGE... FORGIVE ME IF I'M WRONG BUT ISN'T THIS SOME OF THIS THE BIGGEST WAVES EVER AT PIPE... IF SOMEONE HAS BIGGER FOOTAGE PLEASE POST IT...
Nope! Not even close. Those waves were breaking on the first reef. It'll break on the reef further out when it is really big! The best part about the large breaks is they usually spread sand all over the reef creating a sandbar. That is when the surf is the best. I've broken many boards there (at backdoor). The large waves will also wash up deep sea shells on the shore! Some shells can be very valuable to jewellers! Shell hunters flock to the beaches looking for hard to find shells!
Just duckdive the white water and bear hug ur board. Bailing like that puts the whole lineup at risk and you will end up breaking ur leash. You can literally see JOB about to duckdive then he has to bail and dive out of the way of two bailed boards at 00:05
That’s a bunch of people that don’t belong at pipe , when it’s breaking on the third reef like that the power is completely different and that inside channel is deadly, I seen one guy paddling left 😂😂😂 trying to get out 🥴
Love the sound of the waves - it is the best background music ❤
Some of the music in these other surf vlogs is so bad. Gotta mute it half time.
thank you for this excellent video! Those guys are fearless and fit!
You're welcome 🌊💨💨
Some of the most intensely relaxing things I’ve ever watched. The Body boarder was insane
Nothing like being humbled by mother nature 😮. That was some serious dues paying!
every time I tried to paddle out on a big day that was me stuck inside floundering and getting pummeled. I never succeeded.
Been a few years since I watched a pipeline video. It's good to see so many more people wearing helmets now at such a break.
Same thing with Snow skiing. 10 years ago only a few wore helmets, now everybody does.
@@Erik-rp1hinot me and i nevar wear a helmet skiing…if your not competíng in something serious wear one is for cowards.
But surfing this wave with dótense of people so closed is Logic to wear one,is way more dangerous the crowds that the wave.
Seeing a few of the best pro's get thrashed seems to have changed some minds, Kai Lenny took a beating & Koa Rothman.
On this day, helmet or broken ear drum.
This much whitewater, that reef is claiming victims.
Helmet every time, raw dogging out there is just stupid.
I'm out of breath just watching great video and all the ocean sounds best footage I've seen for a while
That’s some mean rip, backwash, and towering closeouts. What those guys did out there was incredible!
If you think incredible is synonym of blind reckless stupidity and arrogance
Many moons ago surfed the Pipe at about 8-10 foot after normally hanging out in town. Waves just pick you up so fast you just have to stand and take that drop. What a thrill dropping down that wave. Ate the waves more than surfed but that thrill and speed of the pipe...unreal
What an awesome tell....like dropping off a 3 story building at full RPM. Appreciated.
The body boarding was insane!!!
I could feel the ribcage pain through my screen . Bumpy day out there.
why do people bodyboard? it just seems like a less cool version of surfing to me.
Andre Botha caught a sick wave! 12:56
Too many raisins in the oatmeal😂
Lmao
@@JamesSmith-qj9kd 😅😅😅😅😅
@@JamesSmith-qj9kd As we say I'm Australia "like flies on shit'
That’s gold 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
It’s amazing that everyone comes out of that , ive had some moments on small days !
Wow ... incredible day and video, mahalo!
Surfing pipe in these conditions is like all risk no reward.
Pipeline in any condition is a human shredding graveyard
@@crapisnice For sure, but at least you get the opportunity to score a barrel of a lifetime for that risk. These conditions, there are no real tubes aside from the inside closeouts.
Great record!
Good to know that perfect waves don't happen every day.
==
Pipeline de ressaca não dá nem pros prós.
Bom saber que ondas perfeitas não acontecem todos dias.
This is how many of them will learn some lessons. I hope everyone came out okay.
I agree, this can be so dangerous.
I THINK THEY ARE ALL STUPID. PEOPLE LIKE THAT COST EVERYONE A LOT OF MONEY.
@@sarabryce9348they don’t care 😅
Just about everyone in the video are top pros. They dont need lessons. 😅
5:26 The way that wave seemed to double up and the speed boost that dude got...that must've felt so good
Yep, he paddled in a double speed too !@@suthobay
that was a great ride
Amazing to see so many rocket scientists all in one place...
Man, those guys were getting seriously pummeled.
Awesome dude
The guy on the ski is awesome
Bro on the jet ski is the real hero
andre botha with a hammmmaaaa!!! @12:57
@@jhill3526 Fr. Crazy ta make dat wave.
and people do this for fun?!?!?! 😀hahahaha, awesome vid! Even the re-forms are bigger than what I'd surf!
The bueg gets wave of the day. Hectic. Big ups to the ski.
That wave from Eli was an absolute widow maker! Such a killer wave
Caught in the inside getting drilled good times❤❤❤❤
So much fun....
Fun fact…Better known as Ehukai Beach,
It was Eddie Aikau who first coined the name Pipeline due to all the pipes being installed at Sunset Beach Elementary School across the street.
LuckyLiveHawaii 🤙🏽
@alicetelford9027 no kidding nutz
It got its name in December 1961, when surfing movie producer Bruce Brown was driving up north with Californians Phil Edwards and Mike Diffenderfer. The location's compound name combines the name of the surf break (Pipeline) with the name of the beach fronting it (Banzai Beach).
@@glennrosa234 It got its name in December 1961, when surfing movie producer Bruce Brown was driving up north with Californians Phil Edwards and Mike Diffenderfer. The location's compound name combines the name of the surf break (Pipeline) with the name of the beach fronting it (Banzai Beach).
@alicetelford9027 This isn't true at all, lol. Eddie didn't name the beach. It was named by a couple of Cali surfers in 1961. Eddie Aikau never really surfed at pipe. He surfed mostly Waimea. The name of the surfer who named it was Phillip Edwards.
@MauiOG808 Dude thanx 4 sharing that cool info since I remember the Area was generally Ehukai (lifeguard stand...) but individual names for each different break with the most Classic out standing beautifully formed Barrel that the Name PIPELINE was obviously meant to be Yeah Mahalo again bro for Sharin....Take Care...
That is an amazing YARD SALE!!!!
If you're dropping in you're selling and getting sent... these are broken eardrums closeouts.
Only a few clean rides by the most experienced guys, rest is just carnage.
Só bomba , mar bem difícil
thanks to the camera people hope everyone got back home safe
@@gofiodetrigo8756 As long as the camera man survived…
Gosh the waves are so huge and so fast!
Good vibes...
5:23 Eli Olson deserves a lot more credit for his skills. He's a killer surfer
I could watch this all day. Nature FTW !!
Why so many people just hanging in the pummel zone?
...Some didn't do too badly..though..😁👍🤙🏾💖💞💗🌬🌊🏄♂️🌊🏄♀️🌊🐬🌊
If that was me I would realize paddling back to shore would be best option and just people watch! 😂
5:09 WOW 8:33
A gem at 5:08
First time I saw pipe was a Pro qualifying day for the Classic. 12' to 16' wicked. Anybody who rides those waves is brave. The peaks move all over, they break in and out. The break rapidly changes with the tides. The only way to be good at is to do it. Props
it was wild to see!
Surfing in the 60's and 70's was really fun, got a little crowded at popular breaks at times, but even then usually manageable. Today it has become a crowded circus, no matter the spot. An old cliche that used the line "everyone and their mother" would apply to today's surfing... everyone and their mother has a surfboard. Still a great sport and the skill level is off the chart, but it has become so crowded that it can be a pain to even paddle out. Sometimes progress is not the best thing.
on the north shore, everyone and their mother knows how to surf.
surfing is over. too crowded, too commercial, too internet-driven. we were lucky to get it while it was still good (1950s & 60s in SoCal; as late as 1990s & early 2000s in Santa Barbara/Ventura).
Lol 70s pipeline didn't rupture your cranium because less people...
the skill amd equipment has advanced to a amazing level
Sorry for being born 30 years after you and being into surfing…. 🙄
Today the ocean said no way.
@@boddysurfer lol
lotta guys paying some major dues. I like how almost everyone gives up and decides to point their board towards the shore.
wow. amazing!
I could watch this all day. Nature FTW
Why so many people just hanging in the pummel zone?
5:10-5:32.... nailed it
8:32 also, plus the dismount.
Anybody know who they are?
locals
"the Hui clan" most likely
At 11:54 Nate waiting on the inside like in the contest then the way he adjusts his front foot for that stall is amazing
Lots of peps to dodge around. Glad to see some helmets .
was just thinking thank God lots of helmets not for the wave for all the boards
No one worried about their eyes…?
Santa's washing machine ohoho Aloha
OMG, that wave at 8:40!!!!
I have never seen so many people duck-diving at one time, in one video in my life.
Question from a super beginner surfer: a lot of comments refer to those (many of them) in the first part of the video struggling to reach the lineup or being destroyed by the wave breaking against them: is it purely because they (1) lack the experience/technique/strenght or (2) they went in at the wrong time (bigger set came in) or (3) they were just using the wrong entry point to get to the lineup? Appreciate the answer from someone who has surfed pipeline many times!
Never surfed pipeline, but been surfing for 30 years.
I dont think any of these surfers are unexperienced.
In these kind of spots there are a strict hierarchy, so the visitors have to wait outside the main break, that is probably why they get caught by a big set.
You just can't simply paddle into places like Pipeline and put close to the locals.
It happens. There's an area where the wave is consistently breaking and right about there is where most people are waiting. Depending on the spot there can be a second break slightly farther out that only hits good when the swells come together just right. Looks to me like the whole lineup got "cleaned out" by a set of waves that broke a little further out.
Reminds me of washing bugs and sticks off the sidewalk with the hose😂
The sea was angry that day my friends...
Indeed! George was referring to Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York.
... like an old man trying to send soup back at a deli...
The inside during that set looked like "surf school gone wrong"
would like to see some more close ups from the drone
ERIN Brooks is really unbelieveble!!
What an attitude to challenge this sea on a gnarly day. A true champion. A real Pipe Master!!
was thinking the same. Bet Felipe wasn't out 🤣
Watched that get bigger and bigger some huge wash through sets ,is that as maxed out as pipe can get ? and I also thought the sets were to straight onto the reef as well but there were some really top level surfers out there all struggled JOB got an immense barrel so deep as well awsome watch ..
"No pain no gain"
Surf more 🌊⚡️🇧🇷
Wildness
I am not a surfer, but I just can't understand putting your lives in real danger of death for a 10 second thrill ride. At least wait until the waves are not so bad as these here are.
where's the jetski? no way im paddling out thru that! omg
Un SET DE OLAS inesperado...oleaje fuerte.
Lo mismo pasó en PERU llevándose muchas embarcaciones el Día ,25/Dic/2024
That board break at @7:27 is insane
Top left corner
I just found out it was Koa Rothman, just saw the wipeout in his video. I was certain that I knew that board
loucura essa sequencia.... Não para, uma atras da outra. todos de Capacete, no fundo é cheio de coral, a agua bem fria e se vc não souber nadar melhor ficar apenas com a Câmera na areia.
back in the old days 60- 70's there would be 3 or 4 guys out there
It’s the Hawaiian version of Mount Everest summit, mass of humanity all tryin to get in on the action.
Heavy
8:34 🌊💨
hardest part is not commenting while filming this
Lol they surf like I did back in the day, paddle out and look cool for the girls and float around trying not to die! Kailua hi 1971
Relentless
Reminds me of Candy Calhoun on the belly board
Who is the bodyboarder ???
I saw the Pipeline lineup yesterday. Ugh....90% of those peeps will Never catch a wave. It reminded me of Lowers Trestles peak summer swell.
@5:07
Madness!! 😂
I blame People having more than 2 kids.
Mrs. Clean 😮
Kudos to the folks who held their boards during that chaos coz people were right next to them
Those sets are so tight. Paddling out in stuff like that is so miserable. Almost not worth the ride back. I have been out in tight sets but not that big and by the time I got out I was so tired and beaten I just got on a wave and rode it back in. That was all I could take and that was when I was super young like early 20s. Thought I was going to die getting out there.
THIS IS SOME MIND BLOWING CRA CRA CRAZY FOOTAGE... FORGIVE ME IF I'M WRONG BUT ISN'T THIS SOME OF THIS THE BIGGEST WAVES EVER AT PIPE... IF SOMEONE HAS BIGGER FOOTAGE PLEASE POST IT...
Nope! Not even close. Those waves were breaking on the first reef. It'll break on the reef further out when it is really big! The best part about the large breaks is they usually spread sand all over the reef creating a sandbar. That is when the surf is the best. I've broken many boards there (at backdoor). The large waves will also wash up deep sea shells on the shore! Some shells can be very valuable to jewellers! Shell hunters flock to the beaches looking for hard to find shells!
@@williamr6372 not even close
Go look at one of the pipe masters I think like 2020 or 2021
Ouch!!!!
Cooking!!!
The seas were angry that day my friend.
Looks like Waikiki with a bunch of tourists on rental boards that have no clue what they're doing.
Yeah bro
Clean up in isle 3!
Just duckdive the white water and bear hug ur board. Bailing like that puts the whole lineup at risk and you will end up breaking ur leash. You can literally see JOB about to duckdive then he has to bail and dive out of the way of two bailed boards at 00:05
that was erin brooks...
That’s a bunch of people that don’t belong at pipe , when it’s breaking on the third reef like that the power is completely different and that inside channel is deadly, I seen one guy paddling left 😂😂😂 trying to get out 🥴
A few smart ones deciding to paddle in.
Over on Nathan Florence’s channel, he said in all his years, he’s never seen that many guys get destroyed like that…
Water patrol guy on the ski was on the ball with the guy that lost his board
5:09 WOW
Why fight it 😆🌊
Whoah. - when to get a break?
Pure ocean mayhem!
Dude in the background was having the ride of his life
The day of the Howley’s😂
Smoked.. Eli showing them how its done .