I have no idea how anybody surives tehupoo, it is so heavy and it breaks in just a few feet over a coral reef and it is so heavy. much respect for anybody with the cojones to ride that wave
I went to F.P. for our honeymoon. All of the waves break about a half mile out on the reef.. I cut up my feet just walking over the reef let alone getting dragged over it. Much respect to all of the warriors that surf Teahupoo on anything over 10'.
You can see he is crunching the numbers and feeling concerned at the end of the vid. It's always scary to be ragdolled by a big wave and wonder if there will be an out. if you add reef and such huge volumes of water it's a lottery. If the human body didn't have some bouncy there would be people getting toasted day in and day out. Kudos for going.
Yes, he has way bigger balls than any of us commenting on this video. He charges anything. Btw, I was waiting for a comment like yours for four months!!!
How do you avoid hitting the reef especially in super shallow water. I am from Cali all sand beaches so Ive never experienced it or probably dont want to.lol
+marcuelcajon Apparently what ive heard is that the lip is so heavy that bounces off the reef on the bottom and creates some kind of counter to the actual wave when it comes back up. But yea not for me hah
+YadidaOo Correct. Although I would not have the balls to surf it this big, I've heard the same. The amount of water being thrown from the lip instantly fills the reef area, almost back to "sea level". Not to mention the speed of this wave is 10 times faster than "normal" breaks. Id say, aslong as you are not right under the lip when it breaks, you'll be safe from the reef.
of course not, i was streching it a "bit too far" lol (in this case streching is the correct word ;) ) Well you know that feeling being pulled by your board....
newts8 I know this is old, but waves height is measured from sea level. So when they say 15 foot that's measured from the back and on buoys when the wave is in a natural form. When it starts to break, the front of the wave is actually almost 2x the height of what the buoys read and what is forecasted. That's because the front of the wave is where the trough. Which is where the water level actually drops below sea level. So it makes the face of the wave a lot bigger than what the swell that is measured. I learned this early on surfing when the waves were 5-6ft. I'm thinking oh that's not that big. Get out to the beach and paddling out, seeing that first set roll in like oh shit this is a lot bigger than I thought.
@asaw1994 you contort your body and try to swim where up is. i dont surf waves like this but i have surfed where the reef is a foot under your fin and the waves are six foot average, and ive wiped out, first time i got a nice scratch along my back, but you learn to just move up and stay up
yeh, tore a ligament in my leg purely from the turbulence in a wave, and it was barely head high. I heard at cylops, people have had their spine broken with the weight of the water (1 cubic meter weighs a ton, so there are many tons of water pounding this poor guy)
@TrySomeCrack Mark Healy is a Kook, but he has surfed bigger waves than any of us on this site has, he even swims with sharks! No need to make fun of a fellow surfer, have respect to your own kin
It#s not about ability to hold your breath at teahupoo, it's all about getting hit with force or hitting the reef. People have had their faces torn off from that reef.
@TrySomeCrack kook? you think hes never been in the ocean? Have some respect. YOU WOULD NEVER GO OUT IN TEAHUPOO! especially if you think a 6ft set hurts.... buy a surfboard silly
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I am glad to hear someone acknowledge who is in control at chopes.
Thanks for the commentary Healy. Felt like we were right there with you...glad you got out
I have no idea how anybody surives tehupoo, it is so heavy and it breaks in just a few feet over a coral reef and it is so heavy. much respect for anybody with the cojones to ride that wave
Great explanation of the spill. Glad to see you made it.
Meow :p
It's unreal more guys don't die there. Bravo Healey and everyone else who surfs it like that
What a great feeling it must be to pop up after a slam like that, in tahiti, and not be completely trashed!
Good stuff
Legend...good attitude
Respect.
Respectorama
I went to F.P. for our honeymoon. All of the waves break about a half mile out on the reef.. I cut up my feet just walking over the reef let alone getting dragged over it. Much respect to all of the warriors that surf Teahupoo on anything over 10'.
Just thank God your alive :)
Yeh, that was God doing all that....
Good thing Mark can hold his breath a loooong time!
Great video. Needs more love for sure!
Definite Hall of Famer!!!
Couldn't agree more.
15 feet sounds like an understatement to me.
Awesome........
gnarles barkley.
great story.
15 feet he says???! Okayyy! He says you can't prepare. It's spiritual preparation. Daniel and Goliath doggg!!!!!
No Way i found this guy on instagram when he only had like 100 followers and replied on his photos NARLLYYY!
Go for it!
He's skippin in the Barrel like a friggin stone!!
waaahhh!!!
Healey's rad
You can see he is crunching the numbers and feeling concerned at the end of the vid. It's always scary to be ragdolled by a big wave and wonder if there will be an out. if you add reef and such huge volumes of water it's a lottery. If the human body didn't have some bouncy there would be people getting toasted day in and day out. Kudos for going.
Wow. Teahupoo is the fucking proving ground.
Great vid.
hoooly dam, i would be scared outta my mind
All Praise to Huey!
Sick!
my dream after 13 years of surfing, is to be on the shoulder of Teahupoo on a big day. I want to feel that power first hand.
"here is a Man that is real."
Yes, he has way bigger balls than any of us commenting on this video. He charges anything. Btw, I was waiting for a comment like yours for four months!!!
haha right on bro you survived!
"Shoots it " wow! No Problemo for Healy!!
How do you avoid hitting the reef especially in super shallow water. I am from Cali all sand beaches so Ive never experienced it or probably dont want to.lol
+marcuelcajon Apparently what ive heard is that the lip is so heavy that bounces off the reef on the bottom and creates some kind of counter to the actual wave when it comes back up. But yea not for me hah
+YadidaOo Correct. Although I would not have the balls to surf it this big, I've heard the same. The amount of water being thrown from the lip instantly fills the reef area, almost back to "sea level". Not to mention the speed of this wave is 10 times faster than "normal" breaks. Id say, aslong as you are not right under the lip when it breaks, you'll be safe from the reef.
sometimes you slam into the reef
In hawaii once is all it takes
This wipeout is older then me by like 2 months
amen
Heavy
The worst possible scenario is the short game. Two foot waves are perfect for shortngame. 6 foot from the borderline
nevilles coming
Then you come up for air, your arms feel like lead, the hearts on overload and youre in the wipeout zone and yeah 6 ft can mess up your day too.
@chayote96 Haha in California we don't need to surf foam balls sorry where do you surf the great lakes lol?
............. wow.............
hope your gonna buy a lottery ticket after escaping that one Farrrr out
thats why you dont have a leash when u ride monsters...
woooooow
02:35 '...like a bug on a windshield...'
not to mention your foot (surf) of your arm (bodyboard) being snapped off by your leash if the board is still attached to it.
The leash would snap first.
how deep right there?
of course not, i was streching it a "bit too far" lol (in this case streching is the correct word ;) )
Well you know that feeling being pulled by your board....
some people measure by the back of wave, so basiclaly he means like 24-25 footer
@TrySomeCrack damn straight man
WHAT A NUT CASE HAHA!!
3:19 MAKE IT DOUBLE
15 feet???
@DJTrapsTV about 5-8 feet
IMAGINE A CAMERA UNDER WATER WATCHING HIM GEY RAG DOLLED
Pretty much....alright.
" and I coped another 12 footer on the head" Those waves are bigger than 12 foot aren't they???
newts8 yes easily, he measures from the back so like 20-25 feet
newts8 I know this is old, but waves height is measured from sea level. So when they say 15 foot that's measured from the back and on buoys when the wave is in a natural form. When it starts to break, the front of the wave is actually almost 2x the height of what the buoys read and what is forecasted. That's because the front of the wave is where the trough. Which is where the water level actually drops below sea level. So it makes the face of the wave a lot bigger than what the swell that is measured. I learned this early on surfing when the waves were 5-6ft. I'm thinking oh that's not that big. Get out to the beach and paddling out, seeing that first set roll in like oh shit this is a lot bigger than I thought.
how many people dictionaried "cojones" after that one ^^ hahah
Only one in six years my friend (*_*)
Dam I would of just died from getting thrown within the barrel
@asaw1994 you contort your body and try to swim where up is. i dont surf waves like this but i have surfed where the reef is a foot under your fin and the waves are six foot average, and ive wiped out, first time i got a nice scratch along my back, but you learn to just move up and stay up
@letsgosurfingdude No it's pronounced 'cho-poo'.
That is the bastardized pronunciation. It's really Tee-a-hoo-po.
They dont call it skullcrusher for nothing,lol..
@letsgosurfingdude yeah, like you know better
@Poptartarsauce i once hit the water on a free fall and came out bleeding like i had been hit by mike tyson
Teahu pronounced cho?
Why was he surfing a short board
Coz he was towing and because the wave is so sucky. Tow boards are all short and if he had a big board out there he'd nosedive 100%
And you can not touch the wave at all down there....
Earning a living?!?!
Cross into Mexico
He could of made that
yeh, tore a ligament in my leg purely from the turbulence in a wave, and it was barely head high. I heard at cylops, people have had their spine broken with the weight of the water (1 cubic meter weighs a ton, so there are many tons of water pounding this poor guy)
really?
he didnt need to pump thats hard on any big wave.
hawaiiguerilla no worries Kelly slater
Is it pronounced toe poo?
gangsterboogie pretty sure it's cho-poo
Tea a who poe
i hate when people say Cho-poo. It's Tey-ahh-hoo-poh-oh
Pronounced Tea hoo Poo!
phsyco
@TrySomeCrack Mark Healy is a Kook, but he has surfed bigger waves than any of us on this site has, he even swims with sharks! No need to make fun of a fellow surfer, have respect to your own kin
@danielcutler84 15 ft hawaiian = 30 ft
It#s not about ability to hold your breath at teahupoo, it's all about getting hit with force or hitting the reef.
People have had their faces torn off from that reef.
why.......
guttermouth
this is a completely other sport
the wave is not scary its the reef and thinking your gonna drown.
you guys must have small feet ;)
I eat giraffe meat, just sayin.
DONT EVER COME TO PORTUGAL...
@racooninabag well apparently letsgosurfingdude know's a lot better than you do.
Music sucks. The footage awesome.
@TrySomeCrack kook? you think hes never been in the ocean? Have some respect. YOU WOULD NEVER GO OUT IN TEAHUPOO! especially if you think a 6ft set hurts.... buy a surfboard silly
relax dude. dont be so aggro. puts you on the same kookish level. of course the guys a kook. and youre right obviously...
what a weak wave. I need a wave with a little more juice than that. chopes is for punks.
Cute
t mac lol
Angry much?
up to god?....lmfao more like up to mother nature!
God invented nature. Don't worship nature but the one that made it and you.