British big wave surfer breaks back in horror wipeout

A British big wave surfer has broken his back in an epic wipe-out as he tackled one of the world's biggest waves. Andrew Cotton, 36, suffered the worst injury of his professional career in the mountainous seas off Nazare in Portugal where waves reach almost 80ft. CREDIT: NEWSFLARE

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A British big wave surfer has broken his back in an epic wipe-out as he tackled one of the world's biggest waves. Andrew Cotton, 36, suffered the worst injury of his professional career in the mountainous seas off Nazare in Portugal where waves reach almost 80ft. CREDIT: NEWSFLARE

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for British big wave surfer breaks back in horror wipeout

galaxy hitchhiker72
galaxy hitchhiker72 - 5 years ago
All I could think of was “yeouch”
Darren Fred
Darren Fred - 5 years ago
Guy should sue the surf.
Juan Felipe Proaño
Juan Felipe Proaño - 5 years ago
I wonder if he went back for more
lucas
lucas - 5 years ago
hope he's okay
gk10002000
gk10002000 - 5 years ago
Cotton broke his back after a "split-second decision" that left him with a "dodgy [L2] vertebrae, but no complications." The British daredevil plans to heal quickly start rehab as soon as possible.
gk10002000
gk10002000 - 5 years ago
sissy rescue helpers running away as one little wave washed up. Don't put them on my rescue team
gk10002000
gk10002000 - 5 years ago
looks like the rescue did more harm than the initial wipeout
A_Rolling_Pygmy ASMR
A_Rolling_Pygmy ASMR - 5 years ago
I'm sure he would have drowned, but I guess not. Thank goodness.
thomas
thomas - 5 years ago
The big wipout

10. comment for British big wave surfer breaks back in horror wipeout

gaae2000
gaae2000 - 5 years ago
That an idiot, the jet ski dude.
Jack Taylor
Jack Taylor - 5 years ago
Idiot.
Dude
Dude - 5 years ago
that jetski guy did not really do the best job, did he?
at least he tried... well you shouldn't try.
you should do it!
otherwise you will put peoples life in danger
Nani
Nani - 5 years ago
Wipeout of the decade. Dayum.
Zach Waddill
Zach Waddill - 5 years ago
Wasn't the wave that hurt him, it was the jetski.
Tom James Moore
Tom James Moore - 5 years ago
Holy shit dude is he ok?
MaxInLA
MaxInLA - 5 years ago
A 2 meter waver can really hit you hard and I can’t imagine what he has gone through here
Ric Bakar
Ric Bakar - 5 years ago
Dumb and dumber...
Eugene Krabs
Eugene Krabs - 5 years ago
At least he is BRITISH
Dan
Dan - 5 years ago
Dont mess with Mother Nature...stay away..

20. comment for British big wave surfer breaks back in horror wipeout

alloneword154
alloneword154 - 5 years ago
If his back was broken it will not be able to hold onto the Jetski
Special Vehicles France
Special Vehicles France - 5 years ago
Wtf. It's not a wave. It's a tsunami
kawika dav
kawika dav - 5 years ago
I don't think he would be able to swim if he broke his back.
T. E.
T. E. - 5 years ago
What a fucking shit show .
Бояр
Бояр - 5 years ago
Это было круто
Ant Poo
Ant Poo - 5 years ago
Surely that would have blown all the air out of his lungs before even commencing with the obligatory hold down.
Fat Abbott
Fat Abbott - 5 years ago
More cunt them for attempting these huge waves...no fucking sympathy what so ever...Happy wheelchair surfing you fool.
John Parker
John Parker - 5 years ago
Breaking his back is part of the fun with this sort of thing! It's not fun nor cool if it's not dangerous
I Q
I Q - 5 years ago
Big risk comes with potential bad outcome.
iggy082
iggy082 - 5 years ago
bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

30. comment for British big wave surfer breaks back in horror wipeout

Marcin Świątko
Marcin Świątko - 5 years ago
Damn Thats sad. Some Soccer player should give him his back. Those fags are useless afterall
TheYTChronicles
TheYTChronicles - 5 years ago
Did he recover?
BeetsbyDwight
BeetsbyDwight - 5 years ago
that guy on the jetski is a fucking imbecile.
HardRockMiner
HardRockMiner - 5 years ago
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Clark Gable
Clark Gable - 5 years ago
He survived ???
Hard to believe
Billy Ze Tramp
Billy Ze Tramp - 5 years ago
holy shit
Chris Casey
Chris Casey - 5 years ago
Damn
Spongebob Schwanzkopf
Spongebob Schwanzkopf - 5 years ago
Bodhisattva in the ending scene of "point break"....
andgate2000
andgate2000 - 5 years ago
temporary humans
Chipchase
Chipchase - 5 years ago
That must feel like having a large house fall on you. You just can’t fuck about with Mother Nature. She doesn’t play by our rules.
Firefighter Lee
Firefighter Lee - 5 years ago
Fuck that shit. That was Ridiculously terrifying.
yortzandat
yortzandat - 5 years ago
Patrick Swayze would have pissed on this little wave.
Jimbo Bojim
Jimbo Bojim - 5 years ago
HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! Outstanding! Surfing should be banned.
plop pill
plop pill - 5 years ago
Brrrrring! Schools in session. Welcome to wipe out!
Glitter
Glitter - 5 years ago
HA! HA! HA! HA!
MUCKI PROVOKATOR
MUCKI PROVOKATOR - 5 years ago
Ko ga jebe,nije spasavao zivote
Nego se majmunisao na talasima
Zali boze goriva za skuter sto su utrosili
Juice 730
Juice 730 - 5 years ago
No way he was getting to the lip... bad drop from the start! Hope he’s ok!! That shit rag dolled the fuck outta him son!!
Timo M
Timo M - 5 years ago
Very stupid
방탄소년단 BTS
방탄소년단 BTS - 5 years ago
but his shitty teeth was ok?
Dario
Dario - 5 years ago
Idiots playing with Mother Nature

50. comment for British big wave surfer breaks back in horror wipeout

EL GRINGO LOCO !
EL GRINGO LOCO ! - 5 years ago
Funny, that looked like a snowmobile on snow with all that white water. On point with the topic however, the reason he broke his back was the sheer weight of his juevos. Surprised the board could even hold him up.
UnderFunded inc.
UnderFunded inc. - 5 years ago
He will never get “back” on a board
Fumetsu Dragons
Fumetsu Dragons - 5 years ago
The only scary thing in this video is how many times Metro News bleeped some Portuguese guy swearing, as a normal reaction to seeing such horrendous wipe out. So the words now are more offensive and detrimental than seeing someone almost dying on camera.. GOOD ON YOU FUCKERS!!!!!!!!
Chris montgomery
Chris montgomery - 5 years ago
5he whole time i was thinking....toobetween deep. too deep. thats the difference between glory and death. haha
szs voc
szs voc - 5 years ago
pruje tatmo
Azaad Saiyed
Azaad Saiyed - 5 years ago
stupid people you should never play with nature..
velveetaslingshot
velveetaslingshot - 5 years ago
It looked to me like the jet ski rider heard him screaming when the jet ski bounced so he stopped and turned around. I have a herniated disc in my lower back. Anything that touches the spinal nerve is as the most pain you can ever experience. I cant even imagine a broken back and bouncing up and down.
Kat Prinner
Kat Prinner - 5 years ago
omg.
J J T
J J T - 5 years ago
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
duane dilling
duane dilling - 5 years ago
IDIOT !
Basilisk4119
Basilisk4119 - 5 years ago
And they say if you play with fire.....
GrizzleyBear
GrizzleyBear - 5 years ago
That probably hurt a bit.
DalMek
DalMek - 5 years ago
I don't surf but I could immediately see he descended that wave way to quickly.
xtop23
xtop23 - 5 years ago
wave gave him the mad ejector seat treatment man. ugly
Veee Zeee
Veee Zeee - 5 years ago
Nobody notice the Mercedes Benz seado?
Oreoh303
Oreoh303 - 5 years ago
Surfer : I think my back is broken help
Rescuers : ahhh watch out the waters gonna get our feet wet
kay ray
kay ray - 5 years ago
Idiots
Tutty1999
Tutty1999 - 5 years ago
The other morons run away from the water and leave the guy with the broken back laying there to fend for himself...idiots!
Noah Stone
Noah Stone - 5 years ago
Why did he turn his jet ski into that wave? Why not just full throttle all the way to shore?
Souliban
Souliban - 5 years ago
Brithish? probably drunk
Hank Wilts
Hank Wilts - 5 years ago
Even jet ski got wiped.
Желаю удачи
Желаю удачи - 5 years ago
This is what an egotistic thrill-seeker puny human gets when he underestimates the omnipotence of the sea.
Sin
Sin - 5 years ago
Wat a selfish prick he wants to dice with death so be it but then puts the rescuer in danger cos he doing this then asks the guys on the beach go get my board putting them at risk of being pulled out .fuck this cunt go jump off a cliff with no ropes
Imran Khan
Imran Khan - 5 years ago
You live only once they said but you die only once they never said
Kez
Kez - 5 years ago
Will be awhile til he is 'back' to big wave surfing
Cam Mac
Cam Mac - 5 years ago
but why didnt the rescuer who took him up from the water on his vechicel take him to the beach?? why did he turn around towards the huge waves??? the surferer didnt appear to have been hurt until he was tvrown away from the rescue-vechicel...
Mitch Ryder
Mitch Ryder - 5 years ago
I'd say he broke it while drug by the ski
abarronboy
abarronboy - 5 years ago
I’ll hold his feet until the water comes and then I’m outta here....don’t wanna get my shoes wet.
Snidely Whiplash
Snidely Whiplash - 5 years ago
When that stupendous wave crashes into the surfer from behind initially it tosses him about 30 feet in the air and dropped him down HARD like a big wet sack of cement. It's scary watching how easily the forces of nature can kick your teeth down your throat.
MrMotherfuck123
MrMotherfuck123 - 5 years ago
I wonder why not more Surfer Dudes are dying in this for example drowning.
Sandra Borg
Sandra Borg - 5 years ago
That was all kinds of messed up aha
António Barreto
António Barreto - 5 years ago
Efeito chicote
kanervatie
kanervatie - 5 years ago
How is he now?
jack bauer
jack bauer - 5 years ago
Looks fine to me
Jibran Khalil
Jibran Khalil - 5 years ago
Thanks God ' he is safe .
796andy2
796andy2 - 5 years ago
Jesus
Jeff van wieren
Jeff van wieren - 5 years ago
Should of pulled in.
Sara Eldoseky
Sara Eldoseky - 5 years ago
OMG
Armand B.
Armand B. - 5 years ago
worst rescue i ever saw
GamerPlays
GamerPlays - 5 years ago
Its painful getting hit by a decent size wave on a normal beach, cant even imagine this.
Supremedoodl3 2
Supremedoodl3 2 - 5 years ago
How did he live
Sinjinbin 64
Sinjinbin 64 - 5 years ago
Towin is not surfing, its cheating.
Imperial Deathstar
Imperial Deathstar - 5 years ago
Idiots 0 mother nature 1
mjbs
mjbs - 5 years ago
Fucking idiot thought he was something special.. lmfao!!
kids place on channel 9
kids place on channel 9 - 5 years ago
Sounds of fweench piigy.
Salvador Rodenas
Salvador Rodenas - 5 years ago
What's it worth?
MOLMENTUSS
MOLMENTUSS - 5 years ago
You know the risks, why just why. Young people I guess. Hope he was ok.
Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts - 5 years ago
and he still managed to swim with a broken back.
Gary Rogers
Gary Rogers - 5 years ago
he did not break his back. why would you say that?
SufferingIsPeace
SufferingIsPeace - 5 years ago
Was he able to recover or paralyzed?

100. comment for British big wave surfer breaks back in horror wipeout

Liam Silver
Liam Silver - 5 years ago
LOL that wave sent that mofo up flying LOL
Pete Kellum
Pete Kellum - 5 years ago
The second wave was the scariest for me
sniper gabe ros
sniper gabe ros - 5 years ago
my question is how did still swim if his back was broken
Wes Gore
Wes Gore - 5 years ago
I make bigger waves in my bathtub
Michael Moretti
Michael Moretti - 5 years ago
I'm tossed around like a rag doll in 5 foot swells. 80 feet is just going to be lethal.
Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones - 5 years ago
Ouch.
Mayank Nautiyal
Mayank Nautiyal - 5 years ago
Sea: go back simon
danman2988
danman2988 - 5 years ago
Oof ouvh i nroke my leg watch ing this
Ch1llity
Ch1llity - 5 years ago
Does that means he ded?
D C
D C - 5 years ago
Idiots
CK_32
CK_32 - 5 years ago
Looks like he fractured it on the wipe and then fully broke it from that dam rescue rider
Ho Lee Sheet
Ho Lee Sheet - 5 years ago
You might "Beep" the people talking in the vid, but you won't beep me ---- F U C K, That hurt. Mother Nature was like, "Fuck you, you ain't going nowhere!"
Afonso Gomes
Afonso Gomes - 5 years ago
Portugal caralho
Mário Machado
Mário Machado - 5 years ago
O impiedoso canhão da Nazaré.
John Bray
John Bray - 5 years ago
The break is the Jet Skiers fault
SeaKing
SeaKing - 5 years ago
He would of been so much better off to try and get under that lip he was caught in no mans land. He had zero chance of making that wave.
rexxx cooters
rexxx cooters - 5 years ago
That was the stuff of nightmares,I've been tumbled bad a couple times but wow,nice lungs, I wouldn't have made it
Kommandant Franz
Kommandant Franz - 5 years ago
loser british!!!
TaparB
TaparB - 5 years ago
what a brave and skillful rescuer... great
Panzer III
Panzer III - 5 years ago
Las imprudencias se pagan.
kuku muku
kuku muku - 5 years ago
holy shit, that was absolutely insane....how did he survive that?
Baby Whale Crypto
Baby Whale Crypto - 5 years ago
Crazy wave.
Pedro The Mexican
Pedro The Mexican - 5 years ago
dumb asses!
Lorenzo Dontello
Lorenzo Dontello - 5 years ago
Did he made it?
Logan Hinds
Logan Hinds - 5 years ago
The bleeping was obnoxious thank you very much
Leandro Razona
Leandro Razona - 5 years ago
Asshole british
Josephy Favini
Josephy Favini - 5 years ago
This was in Portugal! " O gajo ta fodido" was what was bleeped out
Megan Marie
Megan Marie - 5 years ago
HOLLY SHIT THIS IS WHY IM SCARED OF THE OCEAN NO JOKEEE!
nuff said
nuff said - 5 years ago
i have no sympathy,people who do silly things,like base jumping etc....
pantsongrnd
pantsongrnd - 5 years ago
British big wave surfer! Holy shit
dave chandler
dave chandler - 5 years ago
WTF did that jet-ski man do, he could have out run the wave yet he turns around for the camera and compromised the surfer
Enäble Passîve
Enäble Passîve - 5 years ago
can the guy filming not cuss every 10 seconds though?
Aerofire
Aerofire - 5 years ago
I hope the wave was okay
noch21Gramm
noch21Gramm - 5 years ago
all those idiots filming...enjoy the moment you cunts and stop living for your instagram feed.
3DKDemonsDontDie Krew
3DKDemonsDontDie Krew - 5 years ago
He got flung like that because it closed out right on top of him gnarly shit
Kilgore Trout
Kilgore Trout - 5 years ago
Not to kick a guy, but W.T.F. THAT FADE, TOTAL FLUB... SAD.. HE WAS INEXPERIENCED... I GET WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED...BUT STILL... HE GOT LUCKY, REALLY LICKY ONCE, IT WENT TO HIS HEAD AND..JUST SAD... INEXPERIENCED HE FROZE UP, DID NOT FOLLOW HIS LINE... DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO..... DAMN SHAME..
rafael gutierrez
rafael gutierrez - 5 years ago
Where is the jet ski ?
Runner 1
Runner 1 - 5 years ago
He not only broke his back but he also broke his crack.
Big Country
Big Country - 5 years ago
Who was driving the jet ski...Ray Charles jeez!
millerjoan
millerjoan - 5 years ago
My God! Horrific!
Uilani Rivera
Uilani Rivera - 5 years ago
Pounded three times
Thirukumaran Sabapathi
Thirukumaran Sabapathi - 5 years ago
Glad he's okay.

I love writing shitty comments, then feel bad about it, so I change it to something humane so I can sleep peacefully. lol
Lloyd Albinio
Lloyd Albinio - 5 years ago
Holy fuck! Ha ha ha ha that guy is my hero lol. Yeah youuu
Scott Wolfe
Scott Wolfe - 5 years ago
Keep poking at mother nature. She is bound to poke back.
He1senburger
He1senburger - 5 years ago
I have so much respect for the surfers, but at least as much for the jetski riders.
Juuuleez
Juuuleez - 5 years ago
hope he recovers well :/
but why
but why - 5 years ago
Play stupid games, win stupid prices.
oliver ryan
oliver ryan - 5 years ago
For a comitater he sure knows how to talk like a sailor
billbadkiller
billbadkiller - 5 years ago
That hurt bad!!! i wish this thing happen to no one surfer.
bear1568
bear1568 - 5 years ago
Im not blaming the jet skier. I blame the Russians, FBI directors, middle income women, conservatives, the internet, etc.
Matilde Karandulis
Matilde Karandulis - 5 years ago
Ive read stupid comments telling the jet ski caused his injury..but the wave was the one who smashed him off! A tone of water into a body is like you driving a car and crush a wall..the surfer is idiot trying to surf that wave..hope he is now fine..
Sweetheart Okay
Sweetheart Okay - 5 years ago
Is he paralyzed from now on ?
Corey Hager
Corey Hager - 5 years ago
He faded back too deep.
Skippy Junior
Skippy Junior - 5 years ago
Zero sympathy....zero....you know there are risks...accept the consequences....enjoy pain the rest of your life...idiot
Tyrone
Tyrone - 5 years ago
I stopped surfing 2 years ago when some thing similar happened, I have asthma you see and I went surfing with friends there was a big wave coming like 20 ft we all got ready but I forgot to take my inhala and when the wave hit me I went under and couldn't come back out because of the white water I was under for like 2min and three wave s had gone by finally got my head out and tried to swim to shore but an even bigger wave came and threw me to shore but it also broke my arm in three places so... I stopped surfing
julius pagibig
julius pagibig - 5 years ago
Juuuleez dont worry u will stop. When u finally lost your body.
Juuuleez
Juuuleez - 5 years ago
:( dont let this stops u from doing that beautiful sport. I broke multiple things doing snowboard (im canadian) and i'd never stop riding cuz of injuries. (except very serious one of course)
Smokealotapotamus _
Smokealotapotamus _ - 5 years ago
I have no idea what he's saying, but what I do know is. He swears a lot! And the bleeps are annoying as shit.
Smokealotapotamus _
Smokealotapotamus _ - 5 years ago
Eva Haan I don't care if someone swears, the "bleep" from the swearing is annoying
Eva Haan
Eva Haan - 5 years ago
Smokealotapotamus _ holy fuck man someone got chucked from a 70 foot face be a little more forgiving about his mate swearing
Aussie_boi
Aussie_boi - 5 years ago
That dude got absolutely hammered! Never seen anything like that before..
Christoph Rathgeber
Christoph Rathgeber - 5 years ago
This is horrific ... Thrusted 60 to 90 ft, broke his back and then rocked by 30 ft white water ... wtf
tslmiami
tslmiami - 5 years ago
when playing with matches, don't be surprised if you get burned...
giordano rollo
giordano rollo - 5 years ago
Stupid sport
Killjoy Troll
Killjoy Troll - 5 years ago
bad driver
Eddie Hoppe
Eddie Hoppe - 5 years ago
Crazy!!
Scott McCarty
Scott McCarty - 5 years ago
The powers of Mother Nature are terrifying.
Highlighted reply
Highlighted reply - 5 years ago
From hero to zero in 30 seconds
CE M
CE M - 5 years ago
NAZARÉ MEUUUUU""
Honesty Forever
Honesty Forever - 5 years ago
Yep..... Life sucks....
Mick Sweeney
Mick Sweeney - 5 years ago
Huge miscalculation there
paulo r q
paulo r q - 5 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b38VWBM3TrI
not the best footage but for shure 1 of the most scariest waves .. believe me .. i was there.. watching :D
Tom R
Tom R - 5 years ago
That was huge. I almost broke my back on a way smaller wave when it hit my lower back.
Arnold Stollar
Arnold Stollar - 5 years ago
If he has a fractured spine,or ribs....he dhould be tied to a backboard.dont handle him so roughly.
jack fuk
jack fuk - 5 years ago
lol
no remorse for this dumb ass
lol......fuking awsome wipeout
Mother Nature wiped you out
cyrusdagr8
cyrusdagr8 - 5 years ago
Big Wave Brexit lol!
cyrusdagr8
cyrusdagr8 - 5 years ago
Jesus! Could it have gone any worse???
William Cunningham
William Cunningham - 5 years ago
That seriously looked like the Point Break suicide scene!
MarbleManiac200
MarbleManiac200 - 5 years ago
That was a huge wave
77 Castle Rd NW1 8SU.
77 Castle Rd NW1 8SU. - 5 years ago
Fear got him and he jumped off what a coward.
GuzC
GuzC - 5 years ago
0:11 wrong decision to stay on the wave instead of keep the way out
Martin Pozzi
Martin Pozzi - 5 years ago
well its only water
alex x
alex x - 5 years ago
Happy now stupid ass
sion evans
sion evans - 5 years ago
enormous respect to you big wave riders..
Renan Moreno
Renan Moreno - 5 years ago
This guy deserves a medal.
rrolls22
rrolls22 - 5 years ago
Glad a swift recovery was on the cards, reading some of the "experts" comments is almost as painful as watching the stack! Sure the Pro surfers at Nazare could learn a few things from Youtube's very own pro surf analytics team :)
Conny Brown
Conny Brown - 5 years ago
The jet ski driver not a very bright guy. Duh!
Shaun Dizzel
Shaun Dizzel - 5 years ago
Bastard tried to doggy door that bitch?
Waaaay too deep brother !
Steve Carey
Steve Carey - 5 years ago
I've seen videos of people going right at Nazare so as a regular footer I would have seen that wave as a right. And Andrew is also regular footer so not sure why he went left on that. Of course the rights may not have been working that day.
CambodianForged InFreedom2AIII%ER
CambodianForged InFreedom2AIII%ER - 5 years ago
Rode the barrel. Got pitted.
terrific786
terrific786 - 5 years ago
ADAY BARP-RAY-BARP!!!
Jhancy Mary
Jhancy Mary - 5 years ago
OMG plz don't do any activities in the sea
Tom R
Tom R - 5 years ago
Jet ski broke the fools back.
Tom R
Tom R - 5 years ago
Ego fucked and no maturity. Famly get's a big f'ing finger. Because I'm still a dumb ass kid. Go for it Mr insicurity.
Jono Edwards
Jono Edwards - 5 years ago
"Ere, i'll ave an Alf," "Blimey, it aint alf hot," "Allo Allo, i'll get you Butler!"
C Carr
C Carr - 5 years ago
You have to imagine the “worst case scenario” before riding waves this big. If you are not willing to pay the price, don’t do it. I have 0 sympathy because he would have to be a complete idiot to think the thousands of tons of water crashing down on his body would not do major damage like this if he wiped out.
Sasha Banks
Sasha Banks - 5 years ago
1:12 going into 2019 like
Gayathri Rahul ഗായത്രി രാഹുൽ
Gayathri Rahul ഗായത്രി രാഹുൽ - 5 years ago
Its copiying
NXMAGIX
NXMAGIX - 5 years ago
Holy shit
Anthony Jonas
Anthony Jonas - 5 years ago
Woah totally narley dude .
Narley back injury anyway.
Beach Mama
Beach Mama - 5 years ago
This mini documentary is pretty cool about surfing Nazare https://youtu.be/kS4eW37WxFY
genegeneish
genegeneish - 6 years ago
I saw the portugese surf on lajes field in the azores. What kind of asswipe would go into those waves is beyond me. Maybe he can put his wheel chair on a surfboard.
Milo X
Milo X - 6 years ago
1:41 Rather than using there bodies to deflect some of the force of the white water from hitting Cotton who was lying on the sand with a broken back, several people run away to keep from getting their feet wet. Sign of the freaking times.
Catholicus
Catholicus - 6 years ago
Cutting back on a wave at Nazare is never a good idea.
Meike Peters
Meike Peters - 6 years ago
das sind Kräfte, die auf einen wirken, Satanschlag!!
escandinavia
escandinavia - 6 years ago
please explain why the waterbike turns back to the sea instead of going to shore?
Viper ACR
Viper ACR - 6 years ago
badest wipeout I have every seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christian Makkoun
Christian Makkoun - 6 years ago
strange games.....
Theo Bawart
Theo Bawart - 6 years ago
Showing a guy literally getting his neck snaped by a wave but behold of the Word fuck
Fuck
ROTO SCOPIC
ROTO SCOPIC - 6 years ago
The Most Dangerous thing in the Water is the Water.
BrutalMan
BrutalMan - 6 years ago
Notoriamente pareciera que la moto fue la que lo liquido, por la posición en la que el estaba y el fuerte impacto de frente que tuvo la moto arrojándola hacia atrás (sumado al peso de esos motores ) creo que no hay dudas..
Si bien la ola hizo lo suyo, varios por experiencia propia o de cercanos saben muy bien que una espalda rota es sinónimo de dolor absoluto, nisiquiera puedes moverte..
Rob
Rob - 6 years ago
0:29

vfogash-fvouugash vuf pushyet tadmyou
jamie morrison
jamie morrison - 6 years ago
Surfers back broken by shit jetski pilot
Rule Britannia
Rule Britannia - 6 years ago
Was this a hired board at woolacombe??
José Dourado
José Dourado - 6 years ago
Kicked out like a peasant
Dave Donahue
Dave Donahue - 6 years ago
Hell to the no....
Cole
Cole - 6 years ago
Big waves surfers are fearless
BRANN I
BRANN I - 6 years ago
Giant balls to ride a wave that massive! Hard as feck he must be.........to survive a wipeout like that.....and lucky!
DOCUMENTARY CHANEL 4K
DOCUMENTARY CHANEL 4K - 6 years ago
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sazzlepop
sazzlepop - 6 years ago
Oh shittttttttt
Sébastien Lesourd
Sébastien Lesourd - 6 years ago
That s what arrived when you play with Éléments from Nature...hope hé s well but I can not féel compassion to those who try to measure to Nature...
Elliot Rutherford
Elliot Rutherford - 6 years ago
S**t thst was nasty
Disapointed William
Disapointed William - 6 years ago
Wave made a perfect hit and Andrew got broken! It's sad but when you go out in waves like that, you"re lucky to come back alive!!
PiggyPin
PiggyPin - 6 years ago
Did he break his back when he originally wiped out, or was he crushed by a jet ski or somethin.
Alejandro
Alejandro - 6 years ago
looks like he tried to quit on the wave jumping back errr wrong choice
sahlool
sahlool - 6 years ago
Just don't be russian
tuttyS
tuttyS - 6 years ago
BRITISH?????? ITS PORTUGUESE
Red Shogun
Red Shogun - 5 years ago
@titts: That was close, but not close enough.
J Hearn
J Hearn - 6 years ago
Doh! Andrew the surfer is British
Daniel Bolonha
Daniel Bolonha - 6 years ago
The SURFER is british.
Davidrobert Taylor
Davidrobert Taylor - 6 years ago
I know it's insaine I could tell by the.take off that he was fucked.
bob miller
bob miller - 6 years ago
what a buncha cluster phux.
Lawrence L.
Lawrence L. - 6 years ago
He knew the risks involved. That's powerful, crushing force....why would you decide to flirt with it,
I thought he became crippled, but he's alive and fine and walking now.
Ric Bakar
Ric Bakar - 5 years ago
Lawrence L. Not so his flirting in as much as his sheer arrogance.. Respect the Nazare....
angeloeastblanco
angeloeastblanco - 5 years ago
Lawrence L. I feel you i surf too but i feel theres fun waves and then theres crazy waves....crazy aint fun
Mario Bailote
Mario Bailote - 6 years ago
Heaviest wave in the World for sure. Nazaré is one gnarly place, WOW!
richard none
richard none - 6 years ago
that had to fucking hurt big time
Future Hindsight
Future Hindsight - 6 years ago
This surfer was not skilled enough. Why do a cutback while dropping? That put him too deep. He could have pulled out. Just bad.
jardean hinchliffe
jardean hinchliffe - 6 years ago
he literally looked like a rag doll thrown away
808Tornado
808Tornado - 6 years ago
Geeze...how big was that wave???

30...40...50 feet????
Rose K.
Rose K. - 6 years ago
This poor man... when you surf and are up against waves like that you swim down and INTO them not away. You dive and swim like hell under and as fast as you can... if the water skier had skied out pass the wave break the surfer would of been fine....
I hope he is okay.
Travs Guide
Travs Guide - 6 years ago
that was terrible i can see how it was a spinal hope the best for that guy
KTK KTK
KTK KTK - 6 years ago
Portuguese is the most disgusting sounding language I've personally ever heard...
Rita Brito
Rita Brito - 5 years ago
dafuq why
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner - 5 years ago
KTK KTK your mother was dog
joao saraiva
joao saraiva - 6 years ago
Like you idiot
KTK KTK
KTK KTK - 6 years ago
joao saraiva Disgusting language.
nachomao
nachomao - 6 years ago
had he kept "surfing" into the wave... instead of descending away from it like a skater...he would have made it out a hero.....typical beginners error.
VancouverCanucksRock
VancouverCanucksRock - 6 years ago
Welp, if his Back wasn't broken from the fall, the Seadoo ride did/finished it off
son of serbia
son of serbia - 6 years ago
nobody in the world has experienced this and lived story for a lifetime!
Tim Fouraker
Tim Fouraker - 6 years ago
0.10...he looks across the face to his left and straightens out, thereby losing vital seconds. At 0.13 he changes his mind and decides to go for it. Not saying he would have made it, but he might have done.
nachomao
nachomao - 6 years ago
had he kept "surfing" into the wave... instead of descending away from it like a skater...he would have made it out a hero.....typical beginners error.
All Around
All Around - 6 years ago
he can swim with a broken back?
John
John - 6 years ago
Alright everybody I’m gonna teach you how to do the sponge
Flora Salanga
Flora Salanga - 6 years ago
Sorry Pedro at least Metro Newspaper UK shared this epic video with the world.
cavemanillustrations
cavemanillustrations - 6 years ago
Is it worth it? No.
xxPistolero 420xx
xxPistolero 420xx - 6 years ago
SPINAL
Ike Bubins
Ike Bubins - 6 years ago
It's all fun until the screaming and dying starts.
FAYCAL THE MOTIVATOR
FAYCAL THE MOTIVATOR - 6 years ago
never challenge nature!!!
Roberto Gomes De Menezes
Roberto Gomes De Menezes - 6 years ago
Burro p caraio esse salva vida
Joao Rego
Joao Rego - 6 years ago
guys this is in portugal not britah
Red Shogun
Red Shogun - 5 years ago
@ Johnny Ass: YEEEEAAAAH thats RITEEEEEEE!!!
blv phn
blv phn - 6 years ago
who wouldnt broke his back after that coloso water, falls in his back
Coin Stacks
Coin Stacks - 6 years ago
Why did he turn the jet ski ...dumb ass.
Douglas Lowe
Douglas Lowe - 6 years ago
Beyond puching the limits
Flaming Warrior
Flaming Warrior - 6 years ago
Idiots for playing roulette with your life.
Geoff Longford
Geoff Longford - 6 years ago
British and surfer in the same sentence?
Now there's ya problem
leonard bolton
leonard bolton - 5 years ago
I'm a Brit -- when it comes to swimming/surfing etc - we are very accident prone because we're not good swimmers
aud loves life
aud loves life - 5 years ago
Geoff Longford Seemed to be doing pretty good to me til he got wiped.
Clark Gable
Clark Gable - 5 years ago
Adam Beani ....dont get all but hurt...
It's a joke....
xd Hantric
xd Hantric - 5 years ago
... Are you a fat american guy ?
VF7
VF7 - 5 years ago
W
burymedeep 2093
burymedeep 2093 - 5 years ago
Lol
Adam Beani
Adam Beani - 5 years ago
Geoff Longford no doubt he can surf better then you bud...
ALF goof
ALF goof - 6 years ago
Mannn
It was a horror movie
RacinGIRL911
RacinGIRL911 - 6 years ago
Okay, while I’m not a surfer, I do get the passion (mine is stock car racing). But, one thing I find interesting is that everybody is wearing coats and hats, and yet this fella is surfing in freezing cold water? Wouldn’t that play some kind of part in different things such as decision making (going right when you should go left, etc.)?? Just curious...
Jose Luis
Jose Luis - 6 years ago
Nazaré rules.
oregonxyz
oregonxyz - 6 years ago
there is participating in outdoor sports and then there is thrill seeking and cheating death -- that kind of surfing is not for everyone
Coconutscott
Coconutscott - 6 years ago
And then the local bully kicked sand in his face..
Moga Dishu
Moga Dishu - 6 years ago
Why can't they ban this shit... more and more dummies are dying from extreme sports...
Moga Dishu
Moga Dishu - 5 years ago
that's a joke pic...that ain't my bunghole...
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner - 5 years ago
I hope you realize how ironic that is coming from a guy with a motorcycle in his picture.
Moga Dishu
Moga Dishu - 6 years ago
What mud hut? Just because you live in a mud hut... don't assume that I do also...
J Hearn
J Hearn - 6 years ago
Oh go back to your mud hut and keep quiet!
Moga Dishu
Moga Dishu - 6 years ago
I have an idea... let's spice things up, right before surfing suicidal waves, let's chuck chum in the water to attrack sharks... how's that for extreme sports...
pedro foronda
pedro foronda - 6 years ago
"They" should ban you for posting comments like that.
Moga Dishu
Moga Dishu - 6 years ago
You cannot ban madnesses also...
warlock242
warlock242 - 6 years ago
Why though? I skate and have had some bad injuries. It's par for the course. You know what you are doing has risks but you love doing it anyway and won't be perturbed by those risks because your passion for doing it is what motivates you. You cannot ban PASSION!
Moga Dishu
Moga Dishu - 6 years ago
Don't know where you pulled those statistics from, but if the statistics are not from your ass, then let's add skiing and skateboarding to the list...
warlock242
warlock242 - 6 years ago
You have demonstrated you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Do some research. Skiing deaths per year average 41.5. In the US during 2015 there were 26 skateboard deaths alone, albeit most from collisions on the road rather than at a skatepark or ramp.
Moga Dishu
Moga Dishu - 6 years ago
People don't regularly die from skateboarding, biking and skiing.
warlock242
warlock242 - 6 years ago
That's really dumb. So you also advocate bannning skateboarding, BMX, snowboarding, skiing and everything else dangerous that people love to do?
I'd sooner ban narrow-minded wannabe fascists that think it's ok to ban recreational actvities for everyone else.
Moga Dishu
Moga Dishu - 6 years ago
Thinking...
Tim Henry
Tim Henry - 6 years ago
Moga Dishu. Doesn't bug me much. If they had a ban on everything that could kill or hurt you, you couldn't do anything. Think it through.
DANTE BELGIAN MALINOIS
DANTE BELGIAN MALINOIS - 6 years ago
who is the idiot on the jet ski trying to rescue him? what a complete retard! I really hope that dude never has anything to do with a rescue. if anything his injuries were a result of his incompetence!
Jared white
Jared white - 6 years ago
The fucker doesn’t speak English why are you bleeping it
Kaito T.K.C
Kaito T.K.C - 6 years ago
Jared white Because not only English has swear words. What a fucking surprise right??
jay dubya
jay dubya - 6 years ago
I think this ranks in the top ten of the worst wipeouts ever, documented or undocumented.  Huge wave, lip crushes with force, somehow he's blasted forward for more destruction, then caught in the impact zone and unable to escape more washing machine action and sucking of sea foam.  And, to top it off, it all happens in obviously nut-freezing conditions.  Sweet.  Baby.  Jesus.
Josh Hayden
Josh Hayden - 6 years ago
It is freaking amazing the power water has.... Thank God for the safety team....
SniperSteeb Z
SniperSteeb Z - 6 years ago
So gnarly
bob miller
bob miller - 6 years ago
CLuster fuck 15 different ways. Morons have no business being near the ocean.
John Smith
John Smith - 6 years ago
That was a decent wave
chandler mcburney
chandler mcburney - 6 years ago
NOO please be ok!
Matrix Survivor
Matrix Survivor - 6 years ago
Where's Laird and crew when you need em huh? Tell me now!
MySafari
MySafari - 6 years ago
I hate he was hurt like this. You have to know it could happen but you guys and gals do this insane kind of sporting. Best wishes for him. Peace...
Hello it's me
Hello it's me - 6 years ago
It looked to me that he got hurt not on the wave that he was surfing but from the wave runner trying to rescue him...
TONYLOUISTRAVELADVENTURES LOUIS
TONYLOUISTRAVELADVENTURES LOUIS - 6 years ago
OMG! WHAT A WIPE OUT. LETHAL ACCIDENT HOPE THEY RECOVER
Jesuscger
Jesuscger - 6 years ago
Hi Tony, this one was yesterday, biggest swell ever surfed, 35 meter high: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b38VWBM3TrI
Woodzy
Woodzy - 6 years ago
This is Pedro's Vid Metro, Posting it without consulting him first is Poor Form, and will effect the Quality of Video's that people Post in the future, If it's good they'll just sell it rather than Post it in good faith for all to see, and we'll have to pay for  Fu@king everything !!
Woodzy
Woodzy - 6 years ago
Awesome Wave, Get well soon A.C
Metin Can Demirbas
Metin Can Demirbas - 6 years ago
The wave was like "Let me see him" and sucked him and but then realized he's shit and spit him back out like "Yeet!"
Noena Burnell
Noena Burnell - 5 years ago
Metin Can Demirbas very nice comment to a person out there trying their best and getting hurt! You!!! Are not a nice human being...try working on that!
Jonathan Still
Jonathan Still - 6 years ago
Kow-a-Bunga !
EXPOSUREDIMEPRODUCT
EXPOSUREDIMEPRODUCT - 6 years ago
Metin Can Demirbas hahah
Metin Can Demirbas
Metin Can Demirbas - 6 years ago
Tyler D. For making joke?
MGTOWPORTUGAL
MGTOWPORTUGAL - 6 years ago
BTW... IT WAS A CHICK RIDING THE WAVE RUNNER WASN'T IT?
MGTOWPORTUGAL
MGTOWPORTUGAL - 6 years ago
IT WAS A FUKKKING RIB. FUCKKKING CLICK BAITERS!
SKULL_FACTOR 808
SKULL_FACTOR 808 - 6 years ago
Dude shut up like seriously stop cussing it's annoying
Yann Hartel
Yann Hartel - 6 years ago
Hope its okay for the surfer
renzoreba
renzoreba - 6 years ago
BOOM!!!
Liam Hotspur
Liam Hotspur - 6 years ago
don't fuck with mother nature...
Dorn Redd
Dorn Redd - 6 years ago
Is it me or did he not take advantage of the "whip", coupled by taking a really bad line
911 Tech
911 Tech - 6 years ago
And wtf with all the hangers on running away to keep their feet dry while the injured man gets washed over buy surf? Props to the few who stayed.
C M
C M - 6 years ago
was that iron man?
mike powers
mike powers - 6 years ago
That looks like it was 100% the jetski wreck over the foam that snapped his shit.
Pato
Pato - 6 years ago
qque pesadilla....y que set mas terrible
Bradle Paddle
Bradle Paddle - 6 years ago
Still better than golf
Gent Bar
Gent Bar - 6 years ago
what could he had done differently
he started way right ????
brenda foster
brenda foster - 6 years ago
Gotta admit all these comments:SUCK!The guy got hurt in a huge wave,and sure he will recover,but these haters-Geezus!
Mad Dog
Mad Dog - 6 years ago
I do nothing bigger than overhead now and give big props to him and for those who dare.
But hey you can break your neck in 3’ers body surfing too
inho inho
inho inho - 6 years ago
stupid people
Gibbet Hoskins
Gibbet Hoskins - 6 years ago
Winner of the worst wipeout 2017 no doubt
guy bartlett
guy bartlett - 6 years ago
Fuck!!!
pantheryou
pantheryou - 6 years ago
should not be surfing if he does not know what he's doing.
Lavin Fernando
Lavin Fernando - 5 years ago
pantheryou the surfer actually did smth wrong, but I am pretty sure he knows what he's doing, but just made one little mistake
Shane Mawhirt
Shane Mawhirt - 5 years ago
pantheryou u should not be on youtube comments section writing. wen u dont know wot your doing. Fuck off ya loser
Clancy karotkin
Clancy karotkin - 5 years ago
pantheryou kook
pantheryou
pantheryou - 6 years ago
correct...he does.  thanks for agreeing.  now you can get fucked.
GazRwood
GazRwood - 6 years ago
Yeah because he totally looks like an amateur.....fcuk off you moron
Robert Rinkel
Robert Rinkel - 6 years ago
Talk about getting blown up. That was insane. He took a terrible line on that left. looked indecisive. glad he is on the mend and alive though.
tontonjc 2000
tontonjc 2000 - 6 years ago
trop dangereux ,trop !!
BLACK05GO1
BLACK05GO1 - 6 years ago
Terrible wipe out. I've never seen a person thrown like that by a wave.I also wish the video would have captured the jet ski being hit by the wave and how that might have also injured Andrew. Being slammed by a jet ski (hundreds of pounds) thrown by a wave could really hurt you.
Jared Gurrola
Jared Gurrola - 6 years ago
what a fucking retard
peace forachange
peace forachange - 6 years ago
Lucky to be alive
peace forachange
peace forachange - 6 years ago
Probably the jet ski accident broke his back into the wave like that
MOH-Hansy
MOH-Hansy - 6 years ago
Dislike the video, it's stolen!
a.m. remorse
a.m. remorse - 6 years ago
MOH-Hansy everything online is stolen these days. Who gives a fuck.
Billy Houldsworth
Billy Houldsworth - 6 years ago
Was it worth it ?
Punting Children
Punting Children - 5 years ago
Rose GoId exactly
Rose GoId
Rose GoId - 5 years ago
Mucho Taco

While that's technically right it's more like it only takes a spoonful of water to drown. Snort yourself a line of water and see how you feel. Regardless though, two inches of water at your feet isn't gonna do anything.
Punting Children
Punting Children - 5 years ago
Mucho Taco I can’t tell if you’re joking
Mucho Taco
Mucho Taco - 5 years ago
conspiracy theorists don't really exist you must be dumb cuz it only takes 1 inch of water to drown. Lol
douglas jardine
douglas jardine - 5 years ago
yah they ran cuz they have conspiracy shoes, thank you
Punting Children
Punting Children - 5 years ago
conspiracy theorists don't really exist If I had tennis shoes on I would too
MrColdwatercanyon
MrColdwatercanyon - 6 years ago
Narls
A Barnett
A Barnett - 6 years ago
Most brutal Wipeout Ever!
Chris montgomery
Chris montgomery - 6 years ago
way too deep, stalled too long.
Chris montgomery
Chris montgomery - 6 years ago
im going to paddle out there if i ever get a terminal disease.
Scott Johnson
Scott Johnson - 6 years ago
Thank god for the jet ski operators.
The Manager
The Manager - 6 years ago
Fucking hell that looked absolutely brutal.
JR
JR - 6 years ago
He did a "cotton ball".
Daniel Brice
Daniel Brice - 6 years ago
Between this and BASE jumping - it’s always a Darwin Award nomination
Vinsu Karma
Vinsu Karma - 6 years ago
dont mess with the ocean you people :- |
Dani Ladeia
Dani Ladeia - 6 years ago
Não há pão pra malucos!!
07maitai
07maitai - 6 years ago
He's not an ampiturner, he cant turn right.
António Ramos
António Ramos - 6 years ago
Nobody fucks with portuguese waves....
Paint Dry
Paint Dry - 6 years ago
Are we supposed to express sympathy for an idiot deciding to surf waves like this? No I don’t
Peter Hulsebos
Peter Hulsebos - 6 years ago
Shoulda gone right
ph
ph - 6 years ago
pick your game , take your chances ! best wishes to all who take risks out there.
War Phoine
War Phoine - 6 years ago
He looked ok till the jet ski turns around into the wave.. from there he is still
Dr Sr
Dr Sr - 6 years ago
What the fuck language is this? Portuguese? Who even speaks this rubbish? Fail. Useless. Stuff your video
The dude abides
The dude abides - 6 years ago
If you f*** the ocean it will smack you down and if you put Mercedes Benz on your jet ski you're really asking for it
Pebblezz
Pebblezz - 6 years ago
I dont get why people are liking this.....
Eduardo Ortiz
Eduardo Ortiz - 6 years ago
Liking it because he has balls
Holy Trash
Holy Trash - 6 years ago
why not? he knew what he was getting himself into...
karine roussenq borges a maior puta de tubarão sc
karine roussenq borges a maior puta de tubarão sc - 6 years ago
Aprender a grabar!
Nelly Kidd
Nelly Kidd - 6 years ago
oh to be a fly on the wall of his brain.
John M
John M - 6 years ago
That is the biggest bounce I have ever seen! Speedy recovery brah!
Lucecita De Oro
Lucecita De Oro - 6 years ago
But I am not stupid ... Who says that must to be it, I am not a bitch ... My body not have a price ... Your body ? .. how much it is your cost ? ... Because your soul is free wherever you go ...
Lucecita De Oro
Lucecita De Oro - 6 years ago
Oki I am not to make prayer. ... Only see him I wait he makes the better for surviving ... It's true ....
Kyle Kaos
Kyle Kaos - 6 years ago
The man driving the jet ski is the worst driver I have ever seen! He literally drove right back into the white water! Dumbass for real.
Anthony Bomberry
Anthony Bomberry - 6 years ago
whoa!
Shane Unterthiner
Shane Unterthiner - 6 years ago
"British surfer" would be a sufficient disaster video headline, "horror wipeout" seems redundant.
leonard bolton
leonard bolton - 5 years ago
I'm a Brit -- we shouldn't be allowed to surf
Janrel Delacruz
Janrel Delacruz - 5 years ago
Kommandant Franz LMAO
Gui Gui
Gui Gui - 5 years ago
Lolllll
Kommandant Franz
Kommandant Franz - 5 years ago
British big wave surfer breaks back
yeah tbh.
yeah tbh. - 5 years ago
Shane Unterthiner lmfao
Steamin Log
Steamin Log - 5 years ago
lol
Adam Beani
Adam Beani - 5 years ago
I’m sure he can surf better then you Shane...
Damien Ulens
Damien Ulens - 5 years ago
lool
José Dourado
José Dourado - 6 years ago
Lol true
Pink Sugar
Pink Sugar - 6 years ago
Hahahahaha
acoustisongs
acoustisongs - 6 years ago
That's hysterical!
Jean-Philippe Sanglé
Jean-Philippe Sanglé - 6 years ago
How is he doing?
jefferson adams
jefferson adams - 6 years ago
I played football, soccer, baseball and basketball but surfing wow i bitch out on big waves. If I remember I get goosebumps cuz it was soo sketchy specially big waves or anything bigger then you. Surfing is a beautiful extreme sport and it's like playing Russian roulette when u surf big xxl waves its U yourself against the Ocean not you your team agains the ocean there's no team talk and no time out lol just skills and guts.
Rob Sampson
Rob Sampson - 6 years ago
Dont worry andrew help is at hand..there first priority is not to get their feet wet tho...
Hiram Abiff From Sirius
Hiram Abiff From Sirius - 6 years ago
Talk about exploding off the lip!
Billyboy
Billyboy - 6 years ago
Was it the wave or the ski that broke his back? Looked like he got took out at the end when the guy tryed to turn the ski in to the wave
Jonathan Still
Jonathan Still - 6 years ago
Now THAT'S A WIPEOUT !!!
Clint P
Clint P - 6 years ago
I'm sorry, but both guys are fuckin idiots, what do you think is going to happen.............hate me if you want youtubers, I don't care
dave mitchell
dave mitchell - 6 years ago
This by far is the best wipe out I have ever seen he is the champ!
Edson Camargo
Edson Camargo - 6 years ago
Q porra q o cara do jet fez!!
Richard Conner
Richard Conner - 6 years ago
AND MOTHER OCEAN DROP KICKS A COTTON BALL THRU THE GOAL POSTS, ITS GOOOD. 3 POINTS.
SERIOUSLY,IT WAS HIS HANGING ONTO THE SLED OVER THAT WHITEWATER THAT BROKE HIS BACK.
Ricardo Guerrini
Ricardo Guerrini - 6 years ago
The jetski driver is an idiot!
nexcentaurexx
nexcentaurexx - 5 years ago
Liam Bo Sitdown don't worry mate I'm a young surfer I got you, I think people who criticize never really faced danger in sea. They dont know how powerful a wave can be and how you should react. And i mean the last thing you wanna do is face the danger but sadly it's the only way to do it out there ^^.
Liam Bo Sitdown
Liam Bo Sitdown - 5 years ago
nexcentaurexx thank god somebody understands
nexcentaurexx
nexcentaurexx - 5 years ago
Are you serious? What was the alternative? Try to out run the wave? No way in hell he was making it we are talking NAZARE not any other beach, one of the biggest and most powerful waves in the world. You cant out run that,you need to face it. Same thing while surfing when a huge wave comes to you you take it head on(and depending on your board dive under it). It's a well known rule always face the wave. So prop to the jet ski driver. The one thing I could agree is the way they engaged the wave, i think they weren't in the right place to start the ride.
Saber Legend
Saber Legend - 5 years ago
How? He saved his life
Liam Bo Sitdown
Liam Bo Sitdown - 5 years ago
The weirdo cat what about it?
The weirdo cat
The weirdo cat - 5 years ago
Liam Bo Sitdown lol i reported your comments and now you should make yourself discreet and sit down
pantsongrnd
pantsongrnd - 5 years ago
Retard Ricardo are you sure your not projecting? How many 60+ft waves have you towed someone in on or ppl have you rescued on a ski? I bet it’s been a bunch!
Vincent Bertonnaud
Vincent Bertonnaud - 5 years ago
I think we all do
sam jam ham mammogram
sam jam ham mammogram - 5 years ago
Liam Bo Sitdown why are you screaming
Taiga Aisaka
Taiga Aisaka - 5 years ago
lol settle down liam.
Liam Bo Sitdown
Liam Bo Sitdown - 5 years ago
I AM A JET SKI RIDER FOR 4 YEARS AND HE DID VERY WELL IN THAT SITUATION. HE FACED THE WAVE. AS YOU SAW HE TURNED BACK TO FACE THE WAVE TO MAINTAIN BALANCE. BUT THE WAVE OVERLAPPED AND HIT THE DRIVER. HE WAS BIT THE IDIOT YOU ARE. YOU SAYUNG IDIOT. LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A SKI BUT CHANCES ARE YOU HAVENT. JUST CUZ THEY WERE WIOED OUT YOU COULD CALL HIM AN IDIOC
Edmund Green
Edmund Green - 5 years ago
These guys are trained, professional watermen. You can't predict any swell or waves 100% of the time especially at Nazare. Shit happens. It doesn't make the Ski pilot an idiot.
hager kamui
hager kamui - 5 years ago
Yes.
Tobi
Tobi - 5 years ago
Ricardo Guerrini do it better then...
A
A - 6 years ago
Ricardo Guerrini why?
Diego Pacheco
Diego Pacheco - 6 years ago
Looks like a compression # of lumbar spine because he flew 10 m through the air and landed on his but in lumbar flexion? Or was it the water crushing upon him in the first place?
David Kavalcenti
David Kavalcenti - 6 years ago
can you still swim to the ski with a broken back? why the fuck the jetski turn back into the whitewater if he had a broken back, should just ride straight onto the beach if his back was broken before the jetski rolled but that wipeout was a serious impact...
El Astronaute
El Astronaute - 6 years ago
The jetski had to turn around to avoid a worse situation, he did the best he could...
Olivier Bolton
Olivier Bolton - 6 years ago
Definitely looks like the jet ski broke his back and not the wave!
gk10002000
gk10002000 - 5 years ago
i agree the rescue part may have been the worse or aggravated the injury. He was swimming onto the back of the jet, which seems unlikely if his back was already broken. Probably was weak and strained and then the second impacts he could not brace himself properly and that did it
Shane Berry
Shane Berry - 5 years ago
Paul Blake Absolutely. After a spinal injury anything can add to the damage substantially. I would imagine that's what happened in this video
u reply cus u mad
u reply cus u mad - 5 years ago
How can you swim with a broke back?
Shawn Reddy
Shawn Reddy - 5 years ago
Cam Mac
Cam Mac - 5 years ago
Liam Bo Sitdown so please tell me why the jetski guy took him up and headed towards the shore and then turned around straight back into the waves???? why did he not take him to the shore?
silkygirlable
silkygirlable - 5 years ago
The stupidest part was the jetski
Daytona Says What?!
Daytona Says What?! - 5 years ago
Liam Bo Sitdown: so?
Design Slave
Design Slave - 5 years ago
Yeah, I wouldn't write it out...
Liam Bo Sitdown
Liam Bo Sitdown - 5 years ago
you see they were hit side ways . we could say that he was not hit by the ski altough you have the common opinion. sigh i just hate people
Umelsi McCallum
Umelsi McCallum - 5 years ago
I noticed him being very energetic in grabbing the jet ski moving arms and legs, and I thought it was the second wave which actually did the damage. Just my opinion, I am no professional.
Liam Bo Sitdown
Liam Bo Sitdown - 5 years ago
Stone W ok ill explain. They were wiped out from the ski suddenly stopping. Their momentum threw them AWAY FROM THE SKI. You see the way they were wiped was side ways because. It is a big wave that turns them over. It almost the only way for ski riders to fall of from their ski is when the ski tilts side ways. They were like crashing into a wall but its water the in water it is almost impossible that you are thrown away to the front. For you to be hit the ski. most of you are land dwellers that you see cars crashing to people .. It never the same on the water And FOR PEOPLE WHO SAID THE DRIVER WAS AN IDIOT FOR TURNING BACK TO THE WAVE is fcuking wrong and ignorant. You have to face the wave no matter what . If youre hit from behind your ski will topple over and your fucked up. Your engine will not work from the water that got in its a ruder nightmare. Srsly
Liam Bo Sitdown
Liam Bo Sitdown - 5 years ago
Stone the wave broke hus back. I havent driven a ski in a wave he surfed but i have driven a Ski where it wiped them out. LTrust me on this pls the ski wasnt the cause.
Stone W
Stone W - 5 years ago
Liam just because you haven't doesn't mean that others haven't or that it didn't happen in this case. I seriously doubt you've ever driven a jet ski in these conditions. Regardless, it appears that the wave broke his back here, although the jet ski rolling around near him could have been fatal.
Liam Bo Sitdown
Liam Bo Sitdown - 5 years ago
Olivier Bolton i have been a jet ski rider and racer dor 4 years niw i have experienced wipeouts mor than you can count. And i testufy that i have never hit a jet ski while i was knocked from a wav
Beach Mama
Beach Mama - 5 years ago
Tyler D. Actually I’ve seen an interview with him and he straight up says it was the wave that broke his back. He felt the instant pain when he landed on his back and then got pummeled by the white wash. He said he could barely move because the pain was so bad. That was before they rescued him. It (the jet ski) may not have helped the situation but it definitely did not cause the break in his back. Hitting water at that speed/force is like hitting asphalt. Here’s one interview https://magicseaweed.com/news/exclusive-andrew-cotton-on-horror-nazare-wipeout/10578/ There’s also a cool interview on YouTube somewhere as well.
Paul Blake
Paul Blake - 6 years ago
And you haven't got 2 cents worth of fucken brains!...Which makes you way too funking stupid to ever understand what the hell I was talking about?
Paul Blake
Paul Blake - 6 years ago
In the below symptoms the key word is "may"
"Depending on how severe your injury is, you may experience pain, difficulty walking, or be unable to move your arms or legs (paralysis). Many fractures heal with conservative treatment; however severe fractures may require surgery to realign the bones."

The below statement says it all...
“Did you bounce off the reef?”
“Nah, I didn’t even touch the reef. The lip broke my back.”
---John John Florence, broken by the wave, the very water, that made him famous.

Referenc
---Spine fracture, Spinal fractures, vertebral fractures, compression ...
https://www.mayfieldclinic.com/PE-SpineFract.HTM
Symptoms of a spinal fracture vary depending on the severity and location of the injury

---Stab Magazine | John John Breaks His Back
stabmag.com/news/john-john-breaks-his-back/
A broken back. “Did you bounce off the reef?” “Nah, I didn't even touch the reef.
Paul Blake
Paul Blake - 6 years ago
I agree Oliver, that is a very strong second possibility. Or if he was injured by the wave, the jet ski could have added to his problems? As he was definitely in a position behind the ski to be hit by it, and maybe even its driver or both, Not Good?.
Olivier Bolton
Olivier Bolton - 6 years ago
Ok fair enough but when a 600lb jet ski rolls on top of you with a big wave behind...you can get hurt...I know some have
El Astronaute
El Astronaute - 6 years ago
That's stupid you don't break your back like that, it was from the impact when the wave through him into the air.
John Sims
John Sims - 6 years ago
My God!
Billy The Kid
Billy The Kid - 6 years ago
That's as heavy as it gets
Mike Tate
Mike Tate - 6 years ago
I can't believe he survived at all
Tony Estrada
Tony Estrada - 6 years ago
not that I know better, but to me that little direction change towards the right at 11s (https://youtu.be/cN5toFdV33U?t=11s) was the fine line that was crossed...
cheb messi
cheb messi - 6 years ago
how is he now?
F r e e l e e
F r e e l e e - 6 years ago
LOL
neurobook
neurobook - 6 years ago
He is simply lucky he’s not dead/paralyzed. He rode perfectly into the impact zone. He could’ve played chicken with a train, betting the train would deviate at the last second.
Clayton Henderson
Clayton Henderson - 6 years ago
Hes got a big set of ball on him , Get well soon
itsFrimann
itsFrimann - 6 years ago
Lucecita De Oro prayers dont work you stupid bitch
Brian Hackert
Brian Hackert - 6 years ago
"it was a fine line between one of the best waves of my life, and one of the worst."
Deolinda Chiesa
Deolinda Chiesa - 5 years ago
and one of the last!!
sotuco
sotuco - 6 years ago
Brutal....
jack strada
jack strada - 6 years ago
This is wipe out of the year for the next 10 years. Nothing else even comes close. Pay the man his $500000
PipeLineGt
PipeLineGt - 6 years ago
Guess whos making it to surfline best (as in worst) Wipeout of the Year.
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
The English really suck at board sports, cheap too.
Red Shogun
Red Shogun - 5 years ago
@Invisble Ninja: GIVE THEM NO REST!!!
Blake
Blake - 6 years ago
Invisble Ninja5000 now I know I’m wasting my time on some 15 year old keyboard warrior sat in daddy’s home with a paper round job. Take care
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
If the average house in your neighborhood sells for $250k, you're poor.
Blake
Blake - 6 years ago
Invisble Ninja5000 average house price is $250k no wonder they don’t tip
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
You seem like a fun person. Now go fuck yourself
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
The English are exceptionally cheap because they are mostly a country of poors, terrible tippers they are.
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
Lol, closet case ^^^
Fuck You
Fuck You - 6 years ago
Invisble Ninja5000 describing yourself again ? besides poor financially, you also seem to have a poor personality
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
lol, poor people.
Fuck You
Fuck You - 6 years ago
Invisble Ninja5000 should not call anyone kook when you have no footage of you ripping out there
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
English are kooks. Nice pink suit pooftah.
Fuck You
Fuck You - 6 years ago
Invisble Ninja5000 That's pretty racist and also i'm pretty sure you don't surf but if you do, you're definitely such an embarrassment for surfing community, kook!
rotsen995
rotsen995 - 6 years ago
Stupid fuck..
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
I know you suck at surfing because you dress like a pink, transvestite teletubby
Invisble Ninja5000
Invisble Ninja5000 - 6 years ago
Sorry you suck at surfing brah
1mollylee
1mollylee - 6 years ago
You don't fade at Nazare . Period.
troy stevens
troy stevens - 5 years ago
1mollylee thats exactly what I was thinking
Pedro Miranda
Pedro Miranda - 6 years ago
Hello “Metro Newspaper UK”, I’m the legal owner of this video, did you guys bought a license to post it on YouTube?
Sasha Banks
Sasha Banks - 5 years ago
Get them boiii
Gayathri Rahul ഗായത്രി രാഹുൽ
Gayathri Rahul ഗായത്രി രാഹുൽ - 5 years ago
Pedro Miranda sir,Seriouslyy.. i m frm kerala
No
No - 6 years ago
Before we start pointing fingers, why is your video posted a day after this video was posted. Also, why does that video have pictures on it when this one doesn’t?
genegeneish
genegeneish - 6 years ago
Hey pedro were you tresspassing when you shot this vid??
Mr cobbles
Mr cobbles - 6 years ago
but you posted it a day after they did
Frank Lyons
Frank Lyons - 6 years ago
no one cares about a spick named pedro.
Doug Davis
Doug Davis - 6 years ago
Pedro Miranda : wuss
Lachy H
Lachy H - 6 years ago
Sure take em on it will just waste 3 years of your life
Nathan Irizarry
Nathan Irizarry - 6 years ago
BH Roller so could you dipshit
François van der Westhuizen
François van der Westhuizen - 6 years ago
he is Portuguese
The Travel Vlogger
The Travel Vlogger - 6 years ago
Gooooooo!!! That 12ft wave i surfed in Costa made me crap my pants. That wave was craZY.
ALKUKES
ALKUKES - 6 years ago
Pedro Miranda if you are the one you can take it down from youtube complain or if you wish u get the revenue
topopops
topopops - 6 years ago
Pedro Miranda 282k views that’s about £60 mate..
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi - 6 years ago
D Clayton if was your hard work been used to make money without your permission. I wonder how would you feel, you dumb fuck !
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi - 6 years ago
Sue them Pedro Miranda
Mr. Kraft
Mr. Kraft - 6 years ago
Wtf just because it’s a news channel they can’t take you’re videos ... fuck this Channel
Brett Octane
Brett Octane - 6 years ago
Pedro Miranda I will go to your channel
Don
Don - 6 years ago
I gave them permission.
rocker4577
rocker4577 - 6 years ago
SUE THE FUCKERS
Surf Kirra 1985
Surf Kirra 1985 - 6 years ago
hey miranda # tudo bem # não tens noção do significado nazaré # these guys have to be hospitalized in a place of sick people! quickly! with lots of medecination! # tu só carregaste no botão para filmar a sena # o teu comentário é inválido perante os doentes mentais que estão na água # eles é que mostraram o momento # continua a fazer imagens
Gent Bar
Gent Bar - 6 years ago
HACKS greed fags do this all the time
takem to the stash
Rafael Arzate del Llano
Rafael Arzate del Llano - 6 years ago
Pedro Miranda te cargó el chahuistle vergas!
Dennis Ha
Dennis Ha - 6 years ago
Cha-Ching!!
BH Roller
BH Roller - 6 years ago
You could use the money to bought some English lessons Pedro
GU33'! g0D
GU33'! g0D - 6 years ago
They referenced you st the end f the video
SORE LOSER LIBERAL
SORE LOSER LIBERAL - 6 years ago
MoonFaker, Can't steal videos without permission.
Coinraker
Coinraker - 6 years ago
As the so called "legal owner" of this video don't you know whether or not they bought a license?
Zbriu
Zbriu - 6 years ago
D Clayton You are too high on the retard scale dude.
*Heretic
*Heretic - 6 years ago
they took yer job ! ! !
Diego Ledesma
Diego Ledesma - 6 years ago
They even removed your copyright notice at the beginning of the video. Destroy them
JR
JR - 6 years ago
Bitch, we own this shit now
MlLk M0NSTER
MlLk M0NSTER - 6 years ago
go sue em
Petter Bakken
Petter Bakken - 6 years ago
d clayton, u sound like a comminist
D Clayton
D Clayton - 6 years ago
You bunch of money hungry bastards! Always wanting to sue someone for free money. Piss on all of you. Not one of you displayed any concern for the injured surfer. All you wanted to talk about was sue, sue, sue. Hope all of you choke on what money you have.
ganda jarda oh maninho
ganda jarda oh maninho - 6 years ago
Fode esses camones
War Phoine
War Phoine - 6 years ago
Pedro Miranda money mongers... petty
Brian Blackie
Brian Blackie - 6 years ago
And still up... are they paying you yet?
PhyeNTheSky
PhyeNTheSky - 6 years ago
Dumbass
Maxwell Smart_086
Maxwell Smart_086 - 6 years ago
...you must be stupid otherwise you wouldn´t claim this on youtube but send an email to the CEO of "MN UK".
Coolbeargames YT
Coolbeargames YT - 6 years ago
Pedro Miranda sue te FUCK outta them.
SempaFox
SempaFox - 6 years ago
Everybody could report this video as well!!! but you should sue them!!!
Billsama Bin Clinten
Billsama Bin Clinten - 6 years ago
put a copyright claim against them and take their profits
Rogier Versteeg
Rogier Versteeg - 6 years ago
Pedro Miranda if this is your video you should SUE them...BIG time...
Petter Bakken
Petter Bakken - 6 years ago
you should sue them. They are stealing your video.
cosmo casper
cosmo casper - 6 years ago
Sue them get some dosh out of it.
Adrian Troalic
Adrian Troalic - 6 years ago
Ouch! Sake that's gotta hurt, I hope he recovers well.
deeestuary
deeestuary - 6 years ago
He suffered a compression fracture but he's walking - and hurting!!
lion
lion - 5 years ago
ikr im so glad he actually has feeling lol
lizard Wizard
lizard Wizard - 5 years ago
mjbs damn you're pathetic
Clark Gable
Clark Gable - 5 years ago
He's hurting ???
That's a GOOD sign.
mjbs
mjbs - 5 years ago
deeestuary exactly what a dip shit deserves!!
Salvador Rodenas
Salvador Rodenas - 5 years ago
deeestuary oh I'm glad it wasn't a permanent injury
Die pls
Die pls - 6 years ago
The wave isn’t the problem, he probally just would have a bruised butt and back and be sore for a week, but when he hung onto the jetski he got whipped areoimd, that’s what broke his back
Saber Legend
Saber Legend - 5 years ago
And if the jet ski didn’t come he would drown. I’d rather have a broken back than drown
GazRwood
GazRwood - 6 years ago
So flying in the air and hitting the water at crazy speed wasnt the problem....did you not even see the impact? You are clueless! At the wrong angle and speed that water can be like concrete
HUMBERTO MONTEIRO
HUMBERTO MONTEIRO - 6 years ago
wow tossed like a toy!!
Rockarocky
Rockarocky - 6 years ago
Woah !!!! Percevejo.....
Xoresproyect
Xoresproyect - 6 years ago
That day you got born again,you are lucky to be alive....what is the point of doing that?
7siamesecat
7siamesecat - 6 years ago
Trying to barrel at Nazare !!! The guy is nuts and lucky to be alive.
Offthe Lip
Offthe Lip - 6 years ago
The wipeout was gnarly.  Then to take next one on the head.  Dude is a savage.   Heaviest ever seen.
MrDeadsurfer
MrDeadsurfer - 6 years ago
Valiant bottom turn, reminds me of Sam Hawk on Big Wednesday in Five Summer Stories.  Too bad he ate so much gas.
misterfunnybones
misterfunnybones - 6 years ago
0:17 yay, I'm flying...oh, noooooooooooooo...
Mr. Nick
Mr. Nick - 6 years ago
I've never seen someone get tossed like that after falling. That was wild
Armand B.
Armand B. - 5 years ago
with broken spine - ouch...
Cranky Neanderthal
Cranky Neanderthal - 6 years ago
The inflatable suit most likely caused his bounce and contributed to his back fracture. Time for a review of these "safety suits"?
First Last
First Last - 6 years ago
no thats not it at all. You dont pull the cord to blow it up until you are under water. Waves literally explode when they break, especially at that size and magnitude
jc s
jc s - 6 years ago
Andrew made the mistake of change direction from going right on the fat shoulder to going left on the monster hallow close out then the sleeping jet ski driver made things even worse !!! Speeding recovery to Big wave charger , Andrew Cotton and I hope everyone learn something from all this !! Peace for all !!!!
Shawn Reddy
Shawn Reddy - 5 years ago
He says its his style...not a mistake. https://youtu.be/4tDA_Uuhagk
Koko Kosila
Koko Kosila - 5 years ago
Glad you guys explained the jet ski thing cause I was thinking wth.
getl0st
getl0st - 6 years ago
I'm pretty sure his mistake was leaving the beach....
CoreForEinsLife
CoreForEinsLife - 6 years ago
you never surfed at nazare guys right? the waves there are uncontrollable because of the geological uniqueness
Sousa Lucas
Sousa Lucas - 6 years ago
jc s the jetski driver took the best option if he had not turned the jet against the wave it would hit the guy that was holding in the back and this would be worse ...he was only protecting the surfguy
Thomas Brummel
Thomas Brummel - 6 years ago
jc s to be fair no one would be talking shit if he actually made that
Jonathan Still
Jonathan Still - 6 years ago
+Codgerism Hilarious,my man!
Codgerism
Codgerism - 6 years ago
jc s His mistake was not paying enough attention to what the wave was doing, fading right and then leaving his bottom turn too late. The jet ski driver did an excellent job. You are an idiot and you write like Donald Trump tweets.
First Last
First Last - 6 years ago
he faded at the take off because he didnt think it was going to peel that fast. The jet ski had to turn around to avoid an even worse situation.
brenda foster
brenda foster - 6 years ago
All these accidents.For what?Join the armed forces if you want fear.Surfing is supposed to be for fun-not ego.We pray andrew re-cuperates and like my boyfriend Dennis,once a hell-charger,now cancer-but thinks these new gens.are takin it a bit too far.There is no shame in goin out in 2-8footers.
Cynthia Nakaya
Cynthia Nakaya - 5 years ago
Dennis, well said and God bless you!
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner - 5 years ago
Lol 2-8 footers are probably the equivalent of walking to this guy in terms of how challenging or exciting it is

There's no shame in admitting you don't have the guts to push yourself to a limit that requires you to take on these kinds of dangers in order to feel like you've accomplished something substantial.

I wouldn't expect most women to understand
brenda foster
brenda foster - 5 years ago
I am her boyfriend Dennis;The next time ISIS strikes your country-ya have the "best trained".,to do your dirtywork.I joined the military in 1981,and spent time in Panama.Boy were the residents glad our Army was there.Onlt the United States stands between N.Korea,and the world is glad our young men and women serve a bigger purpose than themselves.I take it:you are probably European-did ya ever think if W.W.2,was fought without the Americans:Where would you be?Come on now:I do not trash any country.Dennis.
Mateo R
Mateo R - 6 years ago
Lol armed forces.... most of what I saw are them sitting on their asses not deploying or ever see combat. Gtfo
brenda foster
brenda foster - 6 years ago
In a PERFECT WORLD!YES>>unfortunately though.....
Disnox
Disnox - 6 years ago
120 feet GPS cientific measurement. If you don't know, Nazaré has a cientific team dedicated to measure the waves.
brenda foster
brenda foster - 6 years ago
120 feet (BILLY BARTY),measurements.Cotton charged a 40 footer.
Disnox
Disnox - 6 years ago
This one was about 50ft. Biggest one was 120ft in Nazaré, Portugal too.
loki475
loki475 - 6 years ago
Tell that to the snowboarders hucking themselves 50 feet into the air on backcountry jumps
a.m. remorse
a.m. remorse - 6 years ago
brenda foster join the armed fuckin forces? To protect your corporate overlords? If he wants to take his life in his hands that's his call and you can fuck right off with your attempt at imposing your value system on others. Stupid fuckin Americans.
planet penitentiary
planet penitentiary - 6 years ago
brenda foster - no one should join the armed forces and there would be no wars! plain and simple
van wray
van wray - 6 years ago
This is their careers. Big wave surfing is what they do to make some money. Money and exposure are big motivators. Plus, they love the thrill and excitement.
Shawn Walsh
Shawn Walsh - 6 years ago
i like turtles.
Joseph Izzo
Joseph Izzo - 6 years ago
I used to do it without fins and always got swallowed by he wave. With fins, I can't imagine having done it without. Great fun. Can't quite do as much as on a body board but it's just you and the wave and quite a rush.
Coolbeargames YT
Coolbeargames YT - 6 years ago
brenda foster what about gmac.. 40 yr old gmac
Charger not new gen. He has world records.
Joseph Izzo
Joseph Izzo - 6 years ago
Coolbeargames YT - hahaha! I hit shift. I meant 8 ft is big
Joseph Izzo
Joseph Izzo - 6 years ago
Coolbear - * ft is big without shallow reefs! Just not as dangerous. I'd bodysurf 8 ft. Scary as hell and a touch overwhelming but when you caught on, just awesome.
Coolbeargames YT
Coolbeargames YT - 6 years ago
8 ft is quite big. If it's heavy 8 shallow reef you can hurt yourself a lot.
Joseph Izzo
Joseph Izzo - 6 years ago
Sir Edmund Hilary said, when asked why climb Everest - "Because it's there." They ride because they can. they know the risks and disagree with your boyfriend. I wouldn't do what they do, I did climbing in my younger days, no rope but nothing like this. Still, the consequence was the same if I fell.
JC
JC - 6 years ago
Just saying, a lot of these adrenalin junkies don't give af whether or not they live, so if they die from an accident, they want it to be from something they love doing.
First Last
First Last - 6 years ago
All these accidents? Please give me a list of all the bad injuries or deaths in the last 5 years. Im 100% positive that list is waaaaay smaller than you think. The safety crew and safety equipment are top notch. Not as many "accidents" as you would think...getting held down by 3 waves is a normal thing for them.
Alexander Klein
Alexander Klein - 6 years ago
big wave surfing its a very different sport then regular surfing, the world is taking too far, all extreme sports are everyday going crazier and crazier and thats what motivates me and a lot other people to push your own limits, get out of your confort zone and feel alive.
Vova Korotkikh
Vova Korotkikh - 6 years ago
But fear is what gives you drive, challenge is what makes you go out. Pro surfers go out in small and in big, in heavy and not. He is not there to die or too feed his ego. Just like mountain bikers, skateboarders, hikers and etc are doing their sport for.
Yebo
Yebo - 6 years ago
brenda foster ש'
First Last
First Last - 6 years ago
Fun is different in every ones eyes. Your boyfriend must not have been dedicated if he isnt still doing it.
Mountain Man3
Mountain Man3 - 6 years ago
ouch.
pilly Up
pilly Up - 6 years ago
dude got skipped like a stone
Christina Carrington
Christina Carrington - 6 years ago
is it just me or did he surf right into the danger zone instead of keeping right?
Philip Burton
Philip Burton - 5 years ago
Shane Unterthiner I'd say 99% of all australian surfers have british blood, 99.9% of those have nowhere near the amount of iron ore in the scrotum that this dude obviously has
Kxji
Kxji - 5 years ago
Christina Carrington that’s exactly what I was thinking
Max Attanasio
Max Attanasio - 5 years ago
there are rocks to the left
Justin Batista
Justin Batista - 5 years ago
Ya he should have just kept going right
Wayne Oneal
Wayne Oneal - 5 years ago
I know this..every wave there could be your last! It is what it is
borgilskye
borgilskye - 5 years ago
lol non- brit with big chip on his shoulder!!
Kommandant Franz
Kommandant Franz - 5 years ago
He's British, they are an arrogant race of cucks that believe they are the shit when the only thing they possess is a baby voice and some cocky attitude because they were born on some 'royal' shithole island.
Ruby Klepac
Ruby Klepac - 5 years ago
Clay Webb lol what have you got against aussies. i was on your side smh feel like i've been stabbed in the back. ouch
luker48
luker48 - 5 years ago
A wave of that size everywhere is the danger zone
angeloeastblanco
angeloeastblanco - 5 years ago
Shane Unterthiner laughing a little b uhh t seriously....surfing is for who ever needs it in the soul
Clay Webb
Clay Webb - 5 years ago
Shane Unterthiner and I'll bet you're an Aussie.....which makes you a double cunt!
YOI trash
YOI trash - 5 years ago
Waves like this, you cant second guess yourself and change your plan while on the wave. thats what he did. :/
Scott Billingham
Scott Billingham - 5 years ago
Christina Carrington thanks for pointing out it was in portugal lol! My reply was in reference to the buffoon who said Brits dont surf. We've been surfing the celtic fringe forever. Britain is an island!
Scott Billingham
Scott Billingham - 5 years ago
Shane Unterthiner it's an island you cock, surrounded by all coastline with almost continuous low pressure and a thriving surfing scene.
soldierfives
soldierfives - 5 years ago
Nazaré, Portugal
Alpha Male
Alpha Male - 5 years ago
Where is that?
soldierfives
soldierfives - 5 years ago
It seems to me he did try to go down into the water. At 0:17 it appears he dropped and curled up for the impact. He was very unlucky of being right in the impact zone of the lip which catapulted him high in the air.
Cynthia Nakaya
Cynthia Nakaya - 5 years ago
This guy was the champ there in 2014.
Hansjörg Reister
Hansjörg Reister - 6 years ago
excately. going more to right (or in his surfing direction left) and he would have been higher. as realized the situation he tried to stay on the board instead of going down into the water where he would have been safe. but this has to happen once in a while. it is risky - and everybody knows it.
robakacanadianbob
robakacanadianbob - 6 years ago
that has nothin to do with it, there are no real mountains in the UK but the first snowboarder to ever land triple and quadruple corks (flips) was a lad from the UK
RPG 808
RPG 808 - 6 years ago
xGBatx LMAO! Martin Potts is a has been and only held one title of many in the 80's. America's Kelly Slater has long been known as the world's best.
xGBatx
xGBatx - 6 years ago
Shane Unterthiner martin potts world champ is a brit
loki475
loki475 - 6 years ago
my thoughts exactly
Chris Nizer
Chris Nizer - 6 years ago
Christina Carrington As bad as that was, if he had turned right instead he could have been washed up onto the rocks. And that's the worst place to be in conditions like that. I doubt if he could have survived had he been pushed onto those rocks. That's why everyone turns left once they catch a wave to get to the channel and over the shoulder of the wave. But conditions like that are EXTREMELY unforgiving.
RPG 808
RPG 808 - 6 years ago
This dude was doomed from the start. He took off in the worst spot to surf a left. He wasn't even centerfold and you need to drop the tow line close to the shoulder. No way he could have beat the lip because he was surfing directly into it! I feel bad for the guy, that was a killer set.
Coolbeargames YT
Coolbeargames YT - 6 years ago
Lucas O'Sullivan I know people don't think before they post.
Lucas O'Sullivan
Lucas O'Sullivan - 6 years ago
you can't call him a kook if he's surfing nazare...
Coolbeargames YT
Coolbeargames YT - 6 years ago
Pink Guy bro chill he's actually quite famous for this kinda thing.
van wray
van wray - 6 years ago
@Pink Guy, Quiet down buddy. Pink guy indeed.
Christina Carrington
Christina Carrington - 6 years ago
lol thats abit harsh
Shane Unterthiner
Shane Unterthiner - 6 years ago
When you see the headline "British surfer" you can expect some kind of horrible fuck up wipeout will follow. Surfing is NOT in their blood whatsoever.
Keegan W
Keegan W - 6 years ago
I saw on an Instagram post by one of his mates, that he tried to turn up to get in a barrel but at the last second pulled away.
Looking at the video if he had kept on going up he probably would have missed the lip.
Wrong place at the wrong time
wet cake
wet cake - 6 years ago
yes I didn't understand the direction he was cutting, perhaps it was a big wall with no where to go. Epic...
Mac Farmer
Mac Farmer - 6 years ago
He was trying to set up for a killer ride but this place isn't to be toyed with.
Dylan Cumming
Dylan Cumming - 6 years ago
Horrible day for him and I can't believe he survived
TheColnagoc40
TheColnagoc40 - 6 years ago
He went left cos the right closed out! By the way kite knob this guy's been doing this for years and is super fit! stick to wave chop!
Ronan Rogers
Ronan Rogers - 6 years ago
His back was fine until he hung on to the jet ski, that's what broke it
MCwalk02
MCwalk02 - 5 years ago
Pretty sure it was the 80 ft wave he tried to play on.
TehOddMenOut
TehOddMenOut - 5 years ago
you are correct CK_32 he said in an interview the wave broke his back, he felt the pain the instant he fell back off his surfboard
CK_32
CK_32 - 5 years ago
Ronan Rogers what it looks like to me is either he compress or partial fractured his back on the wave or waves. Then with the jet ski wipe out damaged nerves or further broke it.

To the people comparing broke arms and sprains to a broken back. Just stop please. To the people saying the impact was the biggest so that’s what did it, also not always the answer. It could have damaged his back weakening it for the smaller but still heavy impacts later to cause the break.

Same principle of why you stabilize someones someone’s head after an impact or injury, it’s not only to protect the neck but if the spine or neck isn’t fully broken but weakened or partially fractured to cause further nerve or spinal damage.

That wave really did damage and he really needed to be isolated and treated, every impact following was the worst thing that could happen.

9 years EMS/Medical experience.
oden4rs
oden4rs - 5 years ago
@Ronan Rogers do you know the difference between quadriplegic and paraplegic?
Jerry P
Jerry P - 5 years ago
Ronan Rogers i agree, he was swimming really fast after the first wipe out. Then after the jet ski got hit, then things looked bad. I thought that jet ski could out run any wave, im sure its a lot faster and gnarlier out there than we all think. It always is at pro level.
Robbinyohoods
Robbinyohoods - 5 years ago
My friend crashed his motorcycle and broke his back and neck and was able to walk around feeling a bit iffy.. People are different, so are injuries.
3DKDemonsDontDie Krew
3DKDemonsDontDie Krew - 5 years ago
Liam Bo Sitdown wheres your big wave videos bro I bet youve been towed into the biggest in the world how was cortez banks
chloe rudd
chloe rudd - 5 years ago
Ronan Rogers some people really don’t understand sarcasm lmao
Liam Bo Sitdown
Liam Bo Sitdown - 5 years ago
HAVE YOI EVER RODE A TOWABLE?? WE HANG ON TO THE SKI FOR LONG PRIODS OF TIME FROM SPEEDS TWICE AS FAST AS THAT SKI.. AM I PARALYZED?
Kevin Mcdonnell
Kevin Mcdonnell - 6 years ago
I burst fractured my T12 vertebrae on a snowboard it hurt like a MF. I felt like a bug that had half its body crushed
GazRwood
GazRwood - 6 years ago
Lol wtf you can break your back in many different ways....not all of them leave you paralysed ffs. How fcuking stupid is the internet
Zahlz 26
Zahlz 26 - 6 years ago
Ronan Rogers how do u know he did or not break his back
ChuckD59
ChuckD59 - 6 years ago
My thought as well. I can see him get the initial body slam but that U turn by the jetski driver into the foam flipped him over backwards onto Cotton .
But he spoke about it later and claims the injury occurred on the wipeout.
robakacanadianbob
robakacanadianbob - 6 years ago
have you ever had a major slam doing any extreme sport??i have torn ligaments in my knees shoulders etc. and i was still able to walk for a while with my broken knee due to the adrenaline rush and not everytime someone "breaks" their back it doesn't mean paralysed right away.i saw a guy jumping a waterfall and landing on his back,he was able to swim to shore but still had get air lifted out into hospital due to back injuries too.
Gent Bar
Gent Bar - 6 years ago
Ronan Rogers yeas
jet ski wipeout
Andrew Novak
Andrew Novak - 6 years ago
Ronan Rogers I wondered the same thing. Usually a broken back/spine means paralysis, yet he was able to move all his limbs to grab onto the JetSki and hold on to it. Makes you wonder what really happened.
Jeff H
Jeff H - 6 years ago
they don't like it, they agree with the comment.
Simon Templecombe
Simon Templecombe - 6 years ago
I don't don't understand ten people liking the comment?
Trevor smith
Trevor smith - 6 years ago
incorrect, his back broke from the impact after he was launched into the air by the lip. His back was already broken by the time he went on the ski
du Bb
du Bb - 6 years ago
how
Herbert sat
Herbert sat - 6 years ago
His activated floatable suit probably permit this "bounce".
First Last
First Last - 6 years ago
hes not going to pull it until hes under water
Herbert sat
Herbert sat - 6 years ago
Yeah, that helps :)
Shake AU
Shake AU - 6 years ago
OR THE FACT THAT THERES AN 80+ FOOT LIP LANDING ON HIS FUCKING BACK
TheAirperri
TheAirperri - 6 years ago
Booooooaaaaaaaaah!!!!!
atmosphere Adr
atmosphere Adr - 6 years ago
This really is the scariest wipe out I have ever seen, he is blown forward with extreme high speed.
Cplo Wu
Cplo Wu - 5 years ago
Tom R stay at you sofa eating carcinogenic french fries and whaching your shit TV. It is up to you.
Juan José Del Pino Rivas
Juan José Del Pino Rivas - 5 years ago
He broke his L2 vertebra. Between 6 and 9 months to recover, I guess he must be ready now to try this monster again.
Alberto Correa
Alberto Correa - 5 years ago
atmosphere Adr what ever happen to that guy?
Iceman 316
Iceman 316 - 5 years ago
You call this foolish arrogance??? You need a fucking dictionary to look up both those words. Look this one up too retard!
Tom R
Tom R - 5 years ago
He's playing Black Jack with his 'one bite' at lifes apple. The Grim Reaper loves foolish arrogance. Makes a living off of ego jacked miscalculators.

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