Big Wave Wipeout and Jetski Rescue gone wrong @ Nazaré, Portugal [Andrew Cotton & Hugo Vau] 316 17

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As seen on the news: A terrifying video has emerged from Portugal of British surfer Andrew Cotton crashing in giant waves and the failed attempt to rescue him. In the clip, which was filmed in Nazare last month on December 17, 2016, Cotton rides a huge wave but falls as the white water catches up with him. A rescue jet ski, driven by his team partner and professional surfer Hugo Vau, struggles to find Cotton in the mass of white water and Cotton is forced to duck under another monster wave. Eventually Vau finds Cotton but as he's preparing to drive them out of danger, a third enormous wave crashes into them, capsizing the jet ski and knocking both men into the water. Luckily the surfers were able to swim to safety and no serious injuries were reported. _________________________ Filmed and Edited by: Pedro Miranda Featured Surfers: Andrew Cotton and Hugo Vau http://www.plmiranda.com http://fb.com/plmirandaphoto @plmiranda on Instagram __________________________ The footage in this video is being managed by Newsflare. To use or obtain a licence for the footage on this video for news articles, social networks, editorial pieces, TV broadcast or in a commercial player, please first contact: https://www.newsflare.com/video/100860/ or email: newsdesk@newsflare.com or call: +44 (0) 8432 895 191 *** Unauthorised Usage and Access will be Detected and Prosecuted ***

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TONYLOUIS107 BOXING, FITNESS, TRAVEL & HEALTH - 7 years ago

Wow! That wave is like a Tsunami. Scary

808 Kamakazi - 7 years ago

Nuts

Anthony Jaswinski - 7 years ago

What you get for screwing around with mother nature

Catholicus - 7 years ago

Never should have even have started on that wave. Weren't they even monitoring the surf and the break? They were not ridable...

Falk M - 7 years ago

stop the beeping you fucking idiots!

2kool4myskool - 7 years ago

They are both very lucky to survive, rogue waves are very dangerous.

AXes89 - 7 years ago

Someone ripped your video for a compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRCAJoWz85A at 6:15. Thought you wanted to know.

nyyankees4296 - 7 years ago

vigilante justice

HonzaHiHi - 7 years ago

Oh shit

gureno19 - 7 years ago

you cant get any decent thrust out of the hole from the ski in white water like that, that mixed with the current sucking you back and they didnt have much of a chance from a full stop start like that.

10. comment for Big Wave Wipeout and Jetski Rescue gone wrong @ Nazaré, Portugal [Andrew Cotton & Hugo Vau]

Nicolas Teixeira - 7 years ago

alguém morreu?

Disnox - 7 years ago

Não.

parabola - 7 years ago

key is to stay as relaxed as possible, if your mind trips out you sink like a rock.

Catholicus - 7 years ago

Inflatable vest a must.

BigErn_Mccraken - 7 years ago

I wanna know what a jet ski F***mill is.

Geovanny Alvarez - 7 years ago

Holy FUCK !

Hayd - 7 years ago

Clearly the british surfer does not know how to ride waves of that size and does not belong there...

Clement Doherty - 7 years ago

The funny thing is he cannot wait to get back out into it. These people live for it (the adreneline of surfing big waves) and it is how they feel alive. They also know that mother nature usually has the final say but are willing to roll the dice.

Shane Kelly - 7 years ago

Fr. Duffy Fighting 69th A prophetic comment indeed!! Kudos

Clement Doherty - 7 years ago

He is one of the best in the world. He has ridden at Nazare more times than you or I have had baked dinners..

Catholicus - 7 years ago

No he's not. He has done this before, riding a wave from the wrong place at the wrong time. He will end up really hurt one day.

SimcoeAce - 7 years ago

Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about. Andrew Cotton is one of the most experienced big wave surfers out there.

Eduardo Borges - 7 years ago

I hope your are joking . Cause otherwise your an idiot. Even the the most trained surfers in the world struggle in waves of this size and often have to be rescue too...

Zebrofski - 7 years ago

awesome footage man. It is really hard to find angles like this that put into context what these surfers have to endure when a huge body of water engulfs them.

Raunak Pai - 7 years ago

fuck !

MIKI-WAWA - 7 years ago

:-/

ana paula weber da silva - 6 years ago

..-/

ana paula weber da silva - 6 years ago

MIKI-WAWA - 7 years ago

C.C...C.C...C.C... ...C.CO.. ...CC..CC..C.COO.. ... ... ...COOL

Freaky Links - 7 years ago

please stop that beeeeep or don"t say insults ^^

20. comment for Big Wave Wipeout and Jetski Rescue gone wrong @ Nazaré, Portugal [Andrew Cotton & Hugo Vau]

Nathan Davies - 7 years ago

Limey Kooks!

monkeybutttt1 - 7 years ago

Brutal

Stephen Jones - 7 years ago

OMG! Stopping at 1:57 to see that speck in the water with that monster wall of water breaking right in front of him......wow. It's like trying to comprehend the origins of the universe!

interesar - 7 years ago

no shit!!!!

surfer5828 - 7 years ago

Completamente Nuts

Ricardo Vasconcelos - 7 years ago

brave mens..

MIKI-WAWA - 7 years ago

I'M BRAVE, TOO.

Bill Fletcher - 7 years ago

Iron lungs.

Daniel Bandeira - 7 years ago

e a mota ? afundou-se ?

Daniel Bandeira - 7 years ago

Pedro Miranda ok

Pedro Miranda - 7 years ago

Daniel Bandeira não se afundou, foi parar á areia. ;)

sebastien brown - 7 years ago

Gnarly

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30. comment for Big Wave Wipeout and Jetski Rescue gone wrong @ Nazaré, Portugal [Andrew Cotton & Hugo Vau]

Ian Parker - 7 years ago

What was the outcome of this?

SUGARPOP73 - 7 years ago

Ian Parker surfers are pretty good swimmers I suppose otherwise they wouldn't do what they do.

Daniel Bandeira - 7 years ago

a mota afundou-se ?

Pedro Miranda - 7 years ago

Both ok, alive and kicking ;)

david baca - 7 years ago

sketchy as hell! fning nuts!

Spencer D. - 7 years ago

david baca ya I was thinking the same, that was f**kn crazy!!I

Matt Holton - 7 years ago

Wow - that is something else. Some scary action.

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