A RARE SOUTH SWELL AT THE WEDGE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2022
- A RARE SOUTH SWELL AT THE WEDGE. A South Pacific storm over-performed to deliver solid, late-season SW/SSW swell this October. The local summer has been treating Newport Beach well with a good season of hurricane swells.
Surfing The Wedge is not for the faint of heart. Huge wipeout and barrels went down this session. The same south swell MXP Warriors event at Puerto Escondido. This specific swell ranks in the top-five largest swells of the SPAC season and reminded us a lot of the fire swells of 2007.
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I remember as a teen in LA learning about a place where you could break your neck trying to ride the waves. ‘Well I gotta go there!’ So we did. 🌊
That opening drop was legit
the comments are always so wholesome and dope on these kinds of surfing vids, love that. great vid bro!
Love that October lighting, many the times I took off going right on bigger fall days only to be blinded as soon as you drop in. Nice footage at one of surfing's premier stunt waves.
The Wedge: where you go at low tide to dig your friends out of the sand. I belly boarded there in the late sixties and it always scared the shit out of me. Who wouldn't be scared of a shore break that had an emergency vehicle posted on the beach at all times.
Great sound on tgis. Loving the rumble of the wave youve captured, great with headphones!
The Wedge is so interesting to watch on video, but you have to see it in person to appreciate just how explosive and dangerous that wave really is. Nearly every wave ends in a train wreck.
not to mention these waves are breaking on the shore
I found the Wedge driving up and down the coast when I was 16 yrs old. 41 yrs ago. Never heard of it, never saw pictures. But when I saw it as I came down the street, I couldn't park my motorcycle fast enough. It was about 13-15 feet on the faces at the peak. Didn't board surf it, but bodysurfed the shit out of it for 3+ hrs. Absolutely loved the energy and explosion up the sand bank. Never will ever forget that session.
@@nolan7110 corect
@@bobbyandpiper10 understand your rush...✌️
I would love to see it one day. But it still looks pretty knarly even on video tbh
I don't normally comment on videos, considering my job doesn't want me on the internet, but your videos are what we call, "all KILLER and NO FILLER". Well done sir, carry on. Out.
U work for Area 51 ?
@@kharndowdell9117 ____
@@kharndowdell9117 Ssshh(!)
30 yrs since I've been there. Glad to see it's pumping again.
0:17 "come here, my son's surfing" * dies *
Shoot I dont mind a little fun getting worked on some shore break barrels
But this is a whole other level of getting worked 😂, much respect!
Breh no shot
THIS IS ONE PLACE YOU DON'T WANNA GET SLAMMED LIKE A PANCAKE ON THE SANDBAR IN 3 FT OF WATER WITH A 15 FT FACE BEHIND YOU.... ALL THAT ENERGY ENERGY FROM THE WAVE WILL RAG DOLL YOUR ASS LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE BREAK THEIR NECKS AND BONES AND OTHERS PARALYZED AND EVEN SOME KILLED... IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OTHER SHORE BREAK AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING I WOULD HIGHLY CONSIDER STAYING ON THE SAND AS A SPECTATOR! ✌🏼🤙🏼
It's a nice video...Autumn at the Wedge. l like the afternoon, autumn light and the ground breaking camera angles!
Amateur camera angles
"Ground breaking" is right since Wedge waves break on about a foot of water.
If anyone responds to my comment ill know they are the real deal. This was my home. Born and raised in New Port bch. I was surfing here at 14 years old, the year was 1979- 80. Lance Collins and Richie Collins would be out here with my buddies and i some times. My buddy Guy Hahn and I would visit Lance Colins surf board shop almost every day. Richie Collins was very very young. I remember the first Wave Tool thruster surf boards Lance started making. They were simply the best stick you could buy back then. The other surf shop we went to often was the Frog House located on PCH. I am 57 years old now living in Louisiana with terminal cancer. If not for my childhood youth been spent growing up in south Cali I would say my life was a waste but, it was a glorious time and a better life could not have been lived. 🤙 to all my brothers out there who lived and loved the 80's in south Cali as a teenager. You may not know it but you are truly fortunate to have lived such a blessed childhood.
so good. favourite youtube movie I've seen this year.
Blown away, by how many people complain & talk shit, about free content, that they can choose to watch, or not watch. Totally insane. Thanks for the upload 🙌
12 Hurricanes in Florida but still doesn't compare to the bouncy power of the wedge, a deep water wave suddenly approaching shoreline. A neck breaking nut buster. But whoa, what a challenge. Looks rather fun.
Surfings not a sport it’s a way of life, it’s a way of looking at that wave and saying, hey bud let’s party!
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Yewwwwww!!!🤘🏽🎃🤘🏽
Unfortunately, the Wedge has always been a way of death or severe injury. Props to Spicoli, tho.
@@kurtschulten5369 Oh Gnarly! 😆
right on spicoli
@@ozzielinkin Well you know I did battle Some humongous waves out there but like I told the guy from the Network,
Danger is my biz. 😹
Hey where’d you get that jacket? 😹
That air reverse was sick, especially with the lighting.. I think that was Tanner Mcdaniel?
Thanks for this Wedge video!
Reminds me of Sandy Beach on steroids.
It’s so cool to watch but I could never attempt it, I feel like I’d break my neck 😅
Sage burke’s make was siiiick
Imua SoCal Surfer 🏄🏽♀️
this is terrifying, I'll stay on the beach, thanks.
Love watching your content over here in Texas. How does anyone survive having one of those waves crash down on them? That’s like a two-story building of water, right? Y’all are crazy
Kind of equate water to wind (both move like a fluid). If you’re going with the wave and riding it more or less just protect your neck from the ground and you’re good. Literally… just go with the flow. Though I have seen some people run head first into some and man… seeing the defeat in their eyes is hilarious
This is in one of my favorite places in Newport Beach
The Wedge is over there by the Jetty. Looks more like Cylinders,.
Aye, the Seas were hungry. They had their fill.
Kudos to the chargers!
Nice vid👊
Awsome 👍🌊🌊🌊
These guys are insane 😂
whoah😮🏄♂️
The guy who busted the elrollo on the bodyboard is a god
Love the vid, some of the rocks ruined the shot
Such a savage wave...
I was going to go out, but I had to mow the lawn!
Mar Bravo
How do you duck dive that when it’s crashing right on you though
I love these types of videos. This one just frustrated me. The angle of the recording makes me wonder if this was their first time doing this.
Seriously, like why is 1/4th the screen sand and shrubs, get closer.. this hurt to watch
Great angles. Needed some trees to help block the view.
Wedge and Pipeline are easily the most dangerous spots to surf
Great footage! I'm just curious though, aren't these waves mostly travelling north up the coast? I did see a couple heading south but it seemed like more were north, unless those were all just reflections off of the wedge or something! Either way, awesome video cheers
The waves hit the jetty from the South and it creates a side wave to the North. The following wave wedges up to a massive peak, hence the name. The beach is very steep so it becomes shallow quickly, so the wave is super hollow and meaty. Rode it several times when I was younger, its a hell of a ride.
@@luisnaranjo4745 Awesome, thanks for the further info. I tend to watch Beefs TV (youtube / BEEFSOFFICIAL) as he heads out there with Kalani Rob and others to film the mayhem regularly. Don't think I ever saw a set moving this sideways there tho, real cool. Props for catching some waves there, it can be completely gnarly for sure!
Ok that second wave that had to hurt
Saw a little kid get sucked down the slope one night by a rogue wave. Lifeguard raced down the slope and caught the kid just as he was about to get sucked in by the under tow. Whole beach cheered for the heroic rescue. Saved his life.
Yesterday afternoon? (October 23).
Looks a little bit rugged, with the onshores.
Yes all clips were filmed on October 23rd. The high tide and Northwest wind swell made it tricky.
@@SoCalSurfer Great job on the video....thanks SoCal!
@0:05 - that's a heavy drop there ... can't say I've ever taken that on
Só fechadeira
Charging 👍
These blokes have balls of steel
Used to body surf there..called it pounding sand ......
Correct me if I’m wrong, but those guys don’t where leases hey?? Why not
Falling on a wave of this magnitude can cause a slingshot effect when wearing a leash and knock you unconscious.
Slingshot 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 if a leash stretches that far it's tombstoning and will never flick back and knock you out......the real reason....strangulation....nothing worse then a leggy wrapping around a body part and pulling tight during tombstone....especially the neck....why listen to what a guy that films rocks has to say. Ask a real surfer why
Yewwwwww
Bone crushing shorebreaks
Why are you so far back in the dunes. ? Wrecking a good video with foreground in the way
Looks like a nice option to kiss the sand and support the leash industry
ouch..hurt my back watching this
Rocks, ice plant, waves, occasional surfer, more rocks, sand, oh look a wave, more rocks…
When did the transition from The Wedge being a predominately body surfing wave to a board surfing wave occur ?
when people became not afraid to surf it.
BACK OF MY DAY YOU NEVER SAW THAT KIND OF THING AND ANYBODY THAT DID TRY TO DO THAT WAS CONSIDERED A GUY LOOKING FOR A FAST TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL, BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY THIS PLACE WOULD BE GOING OFF THE RAILS!
I used to live on Oahu, Hawaii and bodysurfed Sandy's and other island shorebreaks including Waimea, Ehukai, left of 'Off the Wall' and more....and even Sandy's over at the reef has become a board surfers spot....
I bodysurfed The Wedge back in the late 80s and I don't remember boards at that time. Lots of bodyboards, or what we used to call Paipo's at many what used to be exclusive body surfing spots. I gave up board surfing after having too many accidents colliding with my board in wipeouts, and throughly enjoyed body whomping and the thrashing I'd get from device free pounding !!! I'd break every bone in my body now if I got slammed like I used to.
Fun watching the boards at The Wedge, and would like to see more bodysurfers getting theirs there too !
around the 1900s
@@boogieheads Lmfao
South swells always break there.
holy shit
3:17 fckn killed it
Wedging😉
Guy who shot this video really screwed himself with this angle foreground , especially those rocks blew the shots, I'm surprised , cus these guys should know better, odd time of year to see this occur
Looks like he filmed this while laying down.
I doubt he cares lol still cool footage
It was a robot.
I been surfing for over 45 years and I like this angle with the rocks. Stoked the guy films and shares this stuff.
You old fart! Stop complaining and enjoy!!
Anyone who surf there, does one pretty much always hit the bottom?
Not really a surfing spot unless it's a certain break/swell. Primarily bodysurfing.
Would love to know how it's possible for a south swell or even a Southeast swell to hit the wedge and break at any point considering there's a 2000 ft jetty there. It doesn't really make much sense to me. If there was a sandbar like three or 4,000 ft north of the jetty and then I can see a solid south swell hitting that. But how is South swell is making it 50 ft on the other side of a 2000 ft jetty Just doesn't make any sense.
Probably just rebound against the jetty from big S swell. In fact you can see it in some of the clips that show way down the breaking wave. Also there was probably decent N windswell
south east swells are usually short period and miss the jetty completely ive only ever seen stromy SE swell but if u look at a map the jetty is directly south facing. biggest wedge gets is 30ft not very ridable thob
That wave will make ur board broken
Onde é o Point?
I will never ever.. ever.. ever.. ever.. surf the wedge. I said that a long long time ago. When I was 16 years old. I'm 56 now. There's one thing you can say about me.. no,.. it's not that I'm a pussy,. lol.. it's that I'm a man of my word!. And if there's another thing you can say about me,.. I have never broken my neck. Gotten close but all my vertebrae are still in place!.. but thank you, for all you brave souls that are out there pushing the limits!. You guys are f****** crazy! And I love it!
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So rare, they come every year. 🤔🤣
I only ride 2-4ft waves, the thought of entering that water gives me heart palpitations haha
Back in the 70s the wedge was almost the exclusive domain of body surfers. The shitty boards of the era just didn’t work there I guess.
The nurses at the E.R. tell me I was at the wedge before I arrived naked because my shorts got ripped off 😆 lol
Body boarding that must be the funnest shit EVER
damn str8
Where's that guy on the jet ski?
I can't imagine the amount of sand that guy ate that got pitched from the top
That boog at 2:00!!!!
Any one know who? Looks like hubb
How much you wanna bet that if instead of sand this break had rocks ,junk cars and broken bottles, it would still be surfed.
0:16 😧
Dangerous 🤣🤣🤣
BAD ANGLE!
Surfed this. I’ll never walk again.
Spines are over-rated.
Getting workedddddd
This is what we call a smoke show
This frankly doesn't look fun or safe.. looks pretty much like the wave is about 7ft and the sand bottom is only about 3ft beneath the bottom of that wave..
Sounds pretty fun
@@Nofishnoclue If you like hospital beds and concussions
Looks and sounds like a symphony of violence.....
The guy from 4:12-4:20
Hi there
the chocolate candy milk duds always get stuck in my teeth
Dude, you need to frame your shots much better.
I don't know what you're thinking the 1st 8 minutes We're hiding from somebody behind the rock then came come out and go to the right get everybody going down this face and finishing out Why do you start with that next time
What’s with the weird angles
We’re you trying to be all arty
Didn’t work
Appreciate the video, but please work on your angles. Nobody likes to see the blurry rocks / beach instead of the rides.
too bad there's a rock or a dune on half of the shots
Just ditch your board 🎉
The guy at 12 Seconds no way he survived that 🤷♂️
I wouldn’t surf that stuff I would b too worried about breaking my board and I can’t afford that
Never understood why people love surfing a close out
never understood why people like riding waves that u cant get barrels on
Where does one go to see waves like this. I already know where to see crazy people.
i like seeing different angles of the wedge, but why tf are you hiding behind rocks and shit?
The dirty ol wedge! This is my faveporite spot to watch, NOT SURF, watch
And how is a so. Swell at the Wedge RARE? The only swell that hits there. October has plenty of south swells. Maybe call yourself clueless cal surfer? lol
what kind of terrible angle is this behind the rocks...