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Smile SurferStyle - 6 years ago

I've taken many a beatings like that and they're always in the back of my mind on big days.

Brando St - 6 years ago

When it’s huge and you go on the first wave of the set.. damn those first couple of waves were close together and he was rite in the impact zone. Gnarly

Steve Irnwitt - 6 years ago

Now try fighting the biggest person you’ve ever seen while getting water boarded

larryjohnny - 6 years ago

That was a washing machine cycle.. Bet you are in better shape after that one, full workout courtesy of Mother Nature... Props for even paddling out! Those were massive waves I can only imagine how much power you had to absorb there.. Rock on!

reginaldino enchillada - 6 years ago

I was glad when he finally washed up on shore. I was thinking dont fight it let the waves push u to the beach. joey gale and bernie know from experience. Not their first rodeo in big surf. Rest in peace mark foo.

el nino - 6 years ago

When you're caught on the inside it's like damn when are the swells going to stop at least for a minute and they just don't they keep on freaking coming

Koi Gonzalez - 6 years ago

Gotta be Carefull when u come to Puerto between the violent breaks and currents it'll snatch the life out uv ya....but yeah no the best place to go after the first of a set but once you ride out the Mex Pipe when its firing it'll help you on most waves around the world so its worth every bit of adrenaline

takfam07 - 6 years ago

Only about 12-15 seconds per hold down. Yet it feels too long. (That's what she said). But seriously, I live on Oahu and in big swells this fear is primary. Most everyday surfers like me surf three-foot waves (Hawaiian scale= 6-to-7 foot faces) or less, 90% of the time.

But when it starts to get double and then triple overhead, the ocean is moving and forceful. Normal lineups shift and change, breaking much further out and on a vaster canvas. There's nowhere to run and hide from the avalanches of whitewater coming your way. Your usual takeoff spot is now a cement mixer inside section. You're much more exhausted than usual, paddling hard to stay in position while avoiding the detonations. Lots more ground to cover.

Then you get lip-launched on the first wave of an eight-wave set, and find out right away what kind of physical shape you're in.

peachtree Wa - 6 years ago

What a thrashing!

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Alvarez Gustavo - 6 years ago

Lucky you didn't swallow your go -pro !

eddie mclaughlin - 6 years ago

get super fit and super low is my advice

Matthew Kear - 6 years ago

Things look like they started out pretty well, but GoPros make the water look a lot flatter than it actually is. Good job keeping calm.

Taco_Paco - 6 years ago

yoo i was just out at waimea (shorebreak was like 12ft) and there were som monsters out there and the second you got one you were certain to get punded by like 12 more
and you cant get out of the water cause the waves would just suck you straight back in

Chris Kifaya - 6 years ago

Ya, after this surfing is for the birds....its Kelly Slater wavepool for me. 2020. I'll wait....

Roberto Alvidrez - 6 years ago

Luchando con el mar..

Pako Barbarroja - 6 years ago

México riffa!! Las mejores olas en Zicatela, se siente bien culero cuando te caen las 3 olas seguidas, primero debes estar detrás de las olas, después agarras la segunda o tercera o cuarta ola, o mejor ninguna

Charles Phillips - 6 years ago

Good times!

Sarah Ribeiro - 6 years ago

Oh gosh , I know what its that I KNOWW

mau art. - 6 years ago

This is stuff is what nightmares are made!

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BigBollocks - 6 years ago

Reminds me of how shit I am at surfing.

El Astronaute - 6 years ago

why would he have the go pro in his mouth? Surely it was on his head

Jack Quarantillo - 6 years ago

El Astronaute mouth mount is pretty common for surfers. Head mounts get blasted off by waves too easily, and they make the waves look even smaller.

Davidrobert Taylor - 6 years ago

Puerto is heavy when it's big there's no channel either so you're pretty screwed the only good thing is you're less than 100 yards from the beach

majid sami - 6 years ago

Ohhhhhh no that's my nightmire

Mario Ricardo - 6 years ago

The same guy of Maverick?

Theo Von Imbior - 6 years ago

That was some scary shit, I can't believe you held that gopro all that time. Props for staying calm and breathing deeply!!!

Alistair Goodwin - 6 years ago

The beach sure feels good after a beating like that!

Mike B - 6 years ago

About 20 feet too big for me.

Lukas Conrad - 6 years ago

This is me on a day thats 4-6 ft and im surfing a beach break

Indioma - 6 years ago

Is it shallow at Puerto? How deep is it?

Marty McSuperFly! - 6 years ago

It´s flat sand, hard as concrete and VERY shallow.

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Mitch Flello - 7 years ago

Just getting one in!

M Ravitch - 7 years ago

Thank you so much for sharing this! It's the first one I've seen of "this" part of surfing!

beze1 - 7 years ago

amazing how the waves look small under the gopro perspective

Nathan Griffith - 7 years ago

The first one was clean af

Carlo Grotti Trevisan - 7 years ago

great resistance

Rodney Smart - 7 years ago

If surfing Puerto was easy everyone would be doing it. I got the worst hold down beating of my life there.

Rozay-_- Instinct - 7 years ago

After the first wave u should’ve got on your board and just lay on your board and let it take u in u don’t wanna get held down wave after wave like that

Rob Sampson - 7 years ago

..for 20secs you were the king of the crest...then 2 mins being the sucker in the soup..

Herbert sat - 7 years ago

After wipeout :Surfer : "Holy fuck"God : "Blasphem!"Six waves later, surfer no longer swear...

nyyankees4296 - 7 years ago

2:28 salvation

rick clendenin - 7 years ago

I smoke 2 packs a day and that looks kinda stressed. But, imagine Hawaiian kooks looking for a channel. Duck it puss.

Musicfever247 - 7 years ago

Holy fuck!

Pablo Lutke-Stetzkamp - 7 years ago

I've had nightmares like this

Cruz Magee - 7 years ago

Make a new viedo!!

Louis Anthony - 7 years ago

It's crazy how GoPro makes waves look smaller

Declan Conroy - 7 years ago

Looks like Ocean Beach but more so. Gotta be the heaviest beachbreak.

Wyatt Scott - 7 years ago

You got fucking compounded. Scarier than Hellraiser!

jeanqbxx - 7 years ago

It's so hard to come back to the lineup after being caught inside in Puerto Escondido. It's almost like Zicatela is telling you "get the FUCK out" lol. I was in that situation last week, terrifying shit.

magentawave - 7 years ago

First wave of the set. You took a severe beating and survived.

dennydog - 7 years ago

Mate I'd be catching that white water straight in

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Gent Bar - 7 years ago

the only thing he missed was the riptide off of the shore, was that blood under the foam ? sucks they dont have jetski patrol out in that heavy beast

James Graham - 7 years ago

RIP lmao hahaha

Short Grey - 7 years ago

Holy fuck! Oh man you have all my respect. great video. Cheers from France

Ya boi - 7 years ago

tazz man!!!!!!

Ya boi - 7 years ago

you're looking good bro!

Ya boi - 7 years ago

how you doing big man?

Fabricio Delgado - 7 years ago

i will be drowned i cant handle that wipe out

Will Fitz - 7 years ago

I watched a vid by the same guy with his yellow board yesterday where the same thing happened at another Mexican sounding break. All he did was eat shit for ages. Paddle wide, dude! And learn to duck dive!

Will Fitz - 7 years ago

Grizzly Fair call but you do what you can. I've snapped my legrope more than once letting go of my board in big surf. I've also had my board come back at me and cut my head open. 2 reasons to try and hang on if you can.

zherlevi - 7 years ago

Will Fitz no such thing in triple overhead surf. if u eat shit infront of the lineup u just dunk.

MrKey Lord - 7 years ago

Learn to duck dive? You must be fucking kidding me, try to duck dive those waves and you're dead.

Josh - 7 years ago

big ups dude, that's one hell of a beating

Ivan Labuschagne - 7 years ago

you ok?better go in.

John Lee Smith - 7 years ago

Taz:Great video with some very valuable/powerful perspective. After the initial wipeout, when you first surfaced...you pulled the Go Pro out of your mouth and uttered: "Holy F---!" : O Thank God, you lived! I could just picture one of your bro's giving this footage to your parents...and them hearing your last word's spoken on Planet Earth. ;)You're the man!

I'M ALIAS TV - 7 years ago

Anybody else find themselves holding their breath with him while he was getting worked. Taz you mad man

Harry Wood - 6 years ago

I'M ALIAS TV haha yep

DwightDynamite - 7 years ago

haha damn man this was a crazy video nice one bro

jtlachappelle - 7 years ago

0:30 he says 'fuck this'
Badass vid. Usually its vids of guys showing how cool they are or whatever, but this guy shows himself getting his shit packed in the nastiest washing machine ever. Good stuff.

dee browne - 7 years ago

Definitely one. If those "this is not fun any more" moments.

Matthew Kadlick - 7 years ago

Dude, that was only like 5 waves. I've been there 28 times and have got caught in the zone for 20 waves, but I didn't go in afterwards. How long have you been surfing? Also don't think a camera in your mouth is conducive for surfing Puerto or getting a lungful of air when you're getting the Puerto Pounding. Why didn't you make that wave you were on in the first place??? Sorry bro, it's all a bit wimpy.

Ferg Ferguson - 7 years ago

Yep.everyday beating at a beach break,nowhere to hide..the bigger the waves the bigger the beating..this is what sets your limits in surfing......how fit are you.

J B - 7 years ago

Huge waves = feel like a beginner again

Hamish.vlogs - 7 years ago

GREAT WHITE PLANT EATER - 7 years ago

S.H I .T

Peter Kang - 7 years ago

caught inside shifty Puerto = hell

igloo productions - 7 years ago

This is me in waves anywhere over 4 feet.

pbaylis1 - 7 years ago

Yeah, that looks like a giant hassle

URBANISMO GDL - 7 years ago

Chale

felipemfcamara - 7 years ago

He kept doing the same mystake, In a spot like that you got be in the outside and never go in the first one. What a beating...i would have done the same thing and go back to the land.

Juan Carlos Fernández Lermo - 7 years ago

hay omaita que rato mas malo, dio picha he sufrido viendo el video

marcelguarachi - 7 years ago

Brutal

tornado 2000 ft.worthaintnof.f. - 7 years ago

i'm going to learn how to surf down at Puerto Escondido. any tips?

anti hero - 7 years ago

equip aqua lungs

Cranky Neanderthal - 7 years ago

Every surfer's worst nightmare - unless you been there then you do not understand

Felix Noyola Hernandez - 7 years ago

gracias vuelvan pronto:-)

Justin Russell - 7 years ago

looks pretty brutal

M S - 7 years ago

I would've died, for sure. Glad you're alive.

Ron G - 7 years ago

This guy is on a search, for the worst white water in the world.

Michael McCarthy - 7 years ago

Respect. I have water coming out of my nose after watching

Adam Smith - 7 years ago

Who else unconsciously held their breath while he was underwater?

Keep it Fresh - 7 years ago

Adam Smith how'd you know lmao

Zach Echo - 7 years ago

I've gotten beatings in only 9ft surf, it's so intense, your lungs are burning from the breath holds and your head aches from lack of oxygen plus your heart is racing which makes everything worse, my worst beating only lasted 2 minutes but it felt like ages

anthony falconetti - 7 years ago

once you are in the impact zone on bigger waves and they just keep coming, might as well turn and take one to the beach..re group, find a rip and glide out into the lineup..you spend 30 minutes fighting that soup, you are shot for a while..aint nothing fun about that..

co8539 - 7 years ago

Adam Smith it was only about 10-15 seconds each hold down but I couldn't imagine the force on your body from waves like that. Never even came close to surfing something like puerto

mistic mind - 7 years ago

Bruno Schmidt - 7 years ago

E se o leash partisse?

What would happen if your leash broke? hahahaha

beach break is sucks

Jack Quarantillo - 6 years ago

My leash broke on a small day at Haleiwa. You swim in. If you aren't in good enough shape to swim that far, you should not be out there.

Elder Nascimento - 7 years ago

Bruno Schmidt morte.... dead

DeathAchmed - 7 years ago

May i ask, how do you get to the outside on a condition like this??

San Diego POV - 7 years ago

0:40, rut ro moment

Jon Houck - 7 years ago

dude, do you ever catch a wave, i mean ride one or just flounder around in the surf??

Danny Huffman - 7 years ago

Puerto is heavy as hell. Props for going on the first wave

Steven G - 8 years ago

washing machine. seawater from the nose. beautiful sunset...you're alive

McDuduzin - 8 years ago

KARALHO mano que caldoo kkkk

Al HassanT - 8 years ago

How did you keep that camera in your mouth? Surely more air in the lungs was more important?

SHICHIBUKAIPX4 - 7 years ago

Al HassanT how did you keep that brain surely common sense is more important

Andrew Chang - 8 years ago

Damn what is that? Like a six wave hold down?

Andrew Chang - 8 years ago

+Zach Echo damn. well i said it.

Zach Echo - 8 years ago

Yes but you don't say wave number hold down if he comes up to breath a double wave hold down is when you get smahed by 2 waves without coming up for air once

C Wells - 8 years ago

I take my hat off to you dude... I get zonked after copping a few four-footers on the head!

Dylan Sneddon - 8 years ago

The key point of being held under is to stay calm this guy did the right thing, and by the way don't give him any tips if your not a surfer lmao!!

will thatcher - 8 years ago

warrior

Ricky M.V - 8 years ago

10sec under 10sec above to get some air that was fucked up bro

Francois Theron - 8 years ago

Is it just me or do big waves not hold you down for nearly as long as you'll expect...

Francois Theron - 6 years ago

Mateusz Warchol Meh, never surfed Peurto but surfed waves this size. It's hectic sometimes but quite frankly I feel that I can survive much more of a beating. Only problem is I don't have a big enough board to charge any bigger than I already have. Tbh the main thing is the fear aspect. The waves LOOK extremely scary and being tossed around in the dark with no air and no idea of when you'll get up for air again, that's the real issue. In the end, we can handle a lot more physically than mentally when it comes to wipeouts.

Mateusz Warchol - 7 years ago

when you actually lose control of your body with the turbulence of the wave it feels so long especially when youve just paddled out

hemonpe - 8 years ago

pfff so hard. good surfer

Matt Taylor - 8 years ago

it looked like such a nice smooth ride what happened? did the break catch up and sweep you off?

Connor Mantel - 8 years ago

learning to duck dive and you will not get pounded anymore :)

a.m. remorse - 7 years ago

Connor Mantel clearly you've never been in big surf. There's no duck diving over 20+ feet especially in a vicious beach break like Escondido.

Zach Echo - 7 years ago

Puerto escondido is so shallow you can't duck dive as white water reaches the sea bed

Slave 2Therave - 8 years ago

Connor Mantel seeing as he was disconnected from his board... Not to mention getting swept off the wave doesn't give you much time to react

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Scott S - 8 years ago

You're a fucking Spartan.

Gibbet Hoskins - 8 years ago

faaaark

Ben Sutton - 8 years ago

haha typical taz nice one mate you knows how to take it on the head

zak el - 8 years ago

Each time he dive under the wave, i hold my breath xD

Gent Bar - 7 years ago

zak el total different deal under tons of water turbulence than in your room

lihxc - 8 years ago

This is one of those times when you finally get in onto the shore and say to yourself: "Yep....I'm done."

eyespy3001 - 7 years ago

magentawave
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price.

Doesn't it feel great, though, knowing that you put yourself in that kind of situation and came out the other end unscathed? It's the ultimate learning experience.

magentawave - 7 years ago

lihxc I had my "I'm done" moment at Killers, Todos Santos when I came within feet of being slammed into the boulders. I've been surfing for 50 years and lived/surfed on Kauai and Maui and that was the only time I thought I was going to die.

LLesberiuelbotifarresdeteruel - 7 years ago

XACUTE nope. lol

aracuscesar - 7 years ago

more like "Yep....I´m done.... for today"

XACUTE - 7 years ago

"Man I can't leave like this", And then goes back.

Sebastian Bohorquez - 7 years ago

So relatable!! I was taking a lesson in Puerto Rico and this happened. It was my first time in overhead waves and it was 8 feet and heavy. Had a 2 wave hold down with at least 6 somersaults and like 2 more with just three breaths in between. When I finally got out I just sat down in the first beach chair I could find. That was enough for one day. Even though I was only ten minutes in. I didn't even care the instructor was just shaking his head

calebd512 - 7 years ago

lihxc sounds like the first time I actually tried go surf. never could even make it out there...

GC4 - 8 years ago

thats brutal.

LionBronstein - 8 years ago

No way to get outside. Beat you to death.

Jack McCaughan - 8 years ago

fair play mate, fair play. have the chills just watching this :-)

UBF Underground Boxing Federation - 8 years ago

this is hard to watch. unless his leash has him pinned it's time to take one on the head and drag ass back to the beach. either that or hold your shit together long enough to get under the sets. where did we go wrong with the youth these days :/

sclongboarder15 - 8 years ago

+UBF Underground Boxing Federation oh... i'll just go away and surf with no style and waste waves just to air at the end of it like the rest of the "youth"....

UBF Underground Boxing Federation - 8 years ago

+Garrick M nuthn. I'm just an old crumugin being a monday morning quarterback. just ignor me. nothing to see folks. move it along. go on. get.... shooo :|

sclongboarder15 - 8 years ago

wtf are you saying? why are you upset with the youth?

Sarah Rivera - 8 years ago

Il never surf again..when I was paddling,my hands were in the water and this shark was chasing me like WTF IT WAS A SCHOOL TRIP TO CONADA.

GeorgeBien - 8 years ago

Haha that's probably true for Roblox Girl but I surf here in Santa Cruz

John G - 8 years ago

Nathan Pro well not you specifically in mostly talking to the guy who said a shark was following him lol

Nathan Pro - 8 years ago

+John G and what make you say that

John G - 8 years ago

These comments make me laugh. No one on this thread probably knows how to surf lol.

GeorgeBien - 8 years ago

Dude it was probably a seal that happens a lot here in SC. I guess it could've been a dolphin but thats kinda rare.

cbasschin - 8 years ago

I'm sure..

sclongboarder15 - 8 years ago

why would you stop surfing?

Sarah Rivera - 8 years ago

it was making circles around me..

Nathan Pro - 8 years ago

mate sharks don't chase you, i highly doubt it was a shark.

LuxeXx - 8 years ago

You kept the camera in your mouth the whole time? That's impressive...

Felix - 6 years ago

Maybe it is tied to his chest

Danny Caputo Designs - 8 years ago

wow. scary shit

Dave Hilton - 8 years ago

That was heavy. You know what Turtle says, when da wave breaks hea, don't be dea

Schmeichel4ever - 8 years ago

I find this frustrating to watch.... like.."GTFO of there already!!!" lol

Swell Time - 8 years ago

drammatic)

d4nyo - 8 years ago

Dont Play with mother nature ;)

Jack Casey - 8 years ago

Oh man! The sound of those waves. BOOOM!!

Chris Laub - 8 years ago

Fucking A man, serious props. That's a heavy set, but I'm actually surprised your hold downs didn't last longer. And holy shit, you got back to shore FAST. I didn't realize it broke that close to the beach :/

Sharkz - 8 years ago

Does he hold it in his mouth

Ant Poo - 8 years ago

Ha ha, most of us have been here before.

bada bing - 8 years ago

Mexican Pipeline you will get beatings

insanedb - 8 years ago

hahahahaha

Marcos Nunes - 8 years ago

Surf Tranquilo!!!kkk

maruscaman - 8 years ago

he only got held under for 15 seconds what's with all the hullabaloo?

maruscaman - 8 years ago

+rene iribarren people break their necks in 2 ft waves.. my point is that the duration wasnt long.

rene iribarren - 8 years ago

yea I know that spot and you are right all I'm saying is that in puerto when it gets big a nasty wipeout only needs 2 seconds to crack your head with your board and you are a dead man

maruscaman - 8 years ago

try 45 seconds on 25ft banzai

rene iribarren - 8 years ago

bro 15 seconds down in puerto can represent serious injury or even death, I know many people who have died including a friend's boyfriend, this wave is no joke especially on big days

Mulya Effran - 8 years ago

Then you clearly never went surfing my friend ;)

Boris Chang - 8 years ago

I nearly broke my neck body surfing there many years ago. While I was sitting on the beach recuperating, some surfer dude was drifting into the rocks. Mexican marines in black uniforms watched from the beach and were laughing and I think were placing bets on him. His girlfriend swam out and dragged him back to the beach and saved his ass.

Zack Meers - 8 years ago

Way to take it on the head. Nice big set Waves.

altered trajectory - 8 years ago

That was epic! The whole "washing-machine" effect was well documented. Brought back memories. Sorry you had to take a beating to get that footage, but if anyone wonders what surfing big waves entails, this vid is classroom material. Respect..

22 A Day No Way - 8 years ago

Watch. 22adaynowat

Jeff Hartwig - 8 years ago

I felt gassed just watching... I gotta do more cardio!

biocls - 8 years ago

Yeah, that's how I remember it.

daytripper8808 - 8 years ago

Respect!!!

Santheago - 8 years ago

OMfG!!!

MrAnderson234 - 8 years ago

This video shows just how u chill surfing can be. I personally have never taken an ass beating this bad in NJ lol. Props

BANE760 - 8 years ago

Damn this shit Happened to me in Oceanside with 6 foot waves,I would die on the 8ft + waves

Sinjinbin 64 - 8 years ago

Lame! Take up rollerblading.

Miguel Bogéa - 8 years ago

Is that a HERO 4 Black Edition?

PoisonLotus - 8 years ago

it sounds like someone jerking off with a newspaper

jame kon - 6 years ago

Lol 2 funny

sami moring - 7 years ago

haha

eyespy3001 - 7 years ago

Ahh, come in people, lighten up! It's the sound of the GoPro that he's commenting on (which I hate, and which someone finally accurately described), not the dude's predicament.

magentawave - 7 years ago

PoisonLotus What you saw and heard was someone literally fighting for their life, asshole.

Aidan Dooley - 7 years ago

This niggas out here almost dying, and you're sitting here jerkin off behind your computer thinking of immature ass youtube comments.

Juan Rivera - 8 years ago

jajajajaj

Chicken Soup - 8 years ago

You know what that sounds like, do you?

SHOTOSHET - 8 years ago

is puerto escondido of Oaxaca mexico????

Rick Lloyd - 8 years ago

Love it. I remember my first Puerto wave. My buddies told me when you think you have the wave take a few more paddles to make sure you make it down the face. I forgot! When I thought I had the wave, I stood up like I done a thousand times before on non-Puerto waves. I got pitched right over the top> I got pounded and worked. Lost my board. Finally made it to shore with about 1/2 the sand from the beach up my ass and nostrils. Finally found my board down the beach, luckily still in one piece. It is a moment burned in my memory. The next day I remembered and caught the best wave of my life. I was hooked. Eventually, I got my timing down and caught plenty of waves, but even still had some pretty nasty wipe outs, but none quite like that first one.

Big Willie - 8 years ago

My worst nightmare haha, this is why I'm too pussy to surf big waves

playboiardi - 8 years ago

that's crazy shit mad props to this guy right here!

alexandre belbari - 8 years ago

wow, i had the same experience, and i also remember my lungs having spams as they were instinctively asking for air, this is the moment you have to put your hand on your mouth so the water doesn t get in ....

perimjc - 8 years ago

Se o mudo acabar em espuma, esse sobrevive. kkk!

perimjc - 8 years ago

If the world ends in foam, this survives. kkk!

philicheesesurfer - 8 years ago

the same guy who took five waves on the head in todos santos.
and now here again there must be something wrong with him he must have a death wish.

k price - 8 years ago

+OFFICIAL UFO he is paying his dues. actually standing on the surfboard is the easy part. getting out to the right place and timing it perfectly to catch a wave is much much harder than it looks.

OFFICIAL UFO - 8 years ago

Yea I saw that vid too the guy nearly drowned twice

Joey Gale - 8 years ago

never take the first wave...

uganda da wae - 6 years ago

Joey Gale that true how did you know

HedgeMoney - 7 years ago

I think that's actually what happened to Mark Foo

thebernie83h - 7 years ago

the curse of the first

Ivan Labuschagne - 7 years ago

Joey Gale or the third

Danny Huffman - 7 years ago

Unless you have balls of steel and lungs of iron

Alexander Higgins - 8 years ago

Even if you kick out though (and not wipe out) the kick out can still leave you in really bad position.

Abderrahman Alaoui - 8 years ago

yes

Mungadungalis - 8 years ago

If you do take the first wave, make sure you don't eat it. :)

ChrisDavenport Shoots - 8 years ago

+Jerry Gaper 2)*

ChrisDavenport Shoots - 8 years ago

+Moo Kroo you normally want to take one of the last waves of the set so that 1) your paddle back out to the lineup is easier and 3) the wave Is normally bigger

Joey Gale - 8 years ago

If you take the first wave of a set, there are going to be more usually larger waves behind it to drown you

Moo Kroo - 8 years ago

I dont get that saying

flyguydb - 8 years ago

That sucks. Same thing happened to me in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica

ElBrooklyn1 - 6 years ago

I just went through a pummeling like this during a big swell at Guinones/Nosara. This ought to be an instructional video in how to survive a set worth of waves rolling over you: Don’t panic, Time your breathing, get your board, get out of the way. Note: yelling HOLY FUCK does not necessarily indicate panic! Just a level-headed assessment of the situation.

David Ciangiulli - 7 years ago

Jaco was awesome till a 15 foot wave came and nearly killed me. It was still an awesome time

David Ciangiulli - 7 years ago

I went to playa hermosa in Costa rica getting into the lineup there sucked ass and I almost drown because I'm a intermediate level surfer ... waves there were strong as balls!

smiles1969able - 8 years ago

best youtube clip ever !

Mike McCourt - 8 years ago

Around 1:38 is the worst - like getting your bell rung in the 5th round when you're spent. You did good man.

johndtuttle - 8 years ago

Never take off on the first wave of a set. Words to live by...literally.

hsoo2 - 8 years ago

Keep at it and you will become one with the wave ....

131rocketman - 8 years ago

Thats why i surf with full scuba gear on, and with a full tank ;)

jan sl - 7 years ago

dont forget your helmet!

Cranky Neanderthal - 7 years ago

Didn't the Hawaiian hellmen try something like this 20 years ago with a small oxygen tank strapped to their forearm (or helmets?). I think it was a failure due to the difficultly of activating the device whilst getting flogged and the fact that the average hold down is 10 secs which is not really long enough to warrant activation. Double/set hold downs are a different story though. In any case they never caught on, with the inflatable vest with optional surf ski rescue taking over as a better safety measure.

Haha Ahah - 8 years ago

that kinda not possible have u even felt how heavy the tanks are? xD

Blaze IT - 8 years ago

Legend

131rocketman - 8 years ago

Stand by

Blaze IT - 8 years ago

Vid or didn't happen

131rocketman - 8 years ago

Challenge accepted

Solsist Roblox - 8 years ago

Dont know if thats true but that's one thing you don't want to do. If you went down that fast in scuba your lungs would literally pop and you'd die

Blaze IT - 8 years ago

yeah true well if it works why not haha i just thought it might make the surfing a bit harder.

131rocketman - 8 years ago

The focus is to make surviving less difficult

Blaze IT - 8 years ago

+131rocketman wouldn't that make surfing difficult?

onfire4000 - 8 years ago

Is it not possible to duck dive in these kind of waves? What should you do in these situations to avoid what he went through?

Koi Gonzalez - 6 years ago

onfire4000 i live here and once in the line of fire all you can do is remain calm save energy for a burst to get ur board and bail and also to take a thrashing waay different then coming in timin the duck dive but all is possible making the right adjustments depending the conditions.... usually comes down to remain calm and hold ur breath lol

sunsensational - 7 years ago

Not possible. You just get as deep as you can and relax, and when you pop up u hope your boards there. Then grab it and paddle in and bearhug your board, and take a pounding but keep heading in towards the beach..less pain. But I'm sure this guy wasn't looking to go in after the first couple on the head, hence why he hung in impact zone a little longer

OFFICIAL UFO - 8 years ago

+onfire4000 maybe if there are skis in the water they can pull u out if not then swim as deep as u can fast

onfire4000 - 8 years ago

+David Korst
Yeah I just figured there was a way around it.

David Korst - 8 years ago

+onfire4000 no human can match that force. Those waves can break boats. No way to avoid it; he handled that set just about the only way one could.

onfire4000 - 8 years ago

+Shake Really? So if you fall on that kind of wave there is no way to avoid it?

Bin Scribbs - 8 years ago

+onfire4000 pretty much exactly how he handled it

cheranguista - 8 years ago

the minutes seems like hours......

Steven Knox - 8 years ago

gnarly

Doug Ryan - 8 years ago

Break the surface, gulp air, and get a lungful of foam before the next beat down.

RU 486 - 8 years ago

I want an autograph!!!!

Denny Ray - 8 years ago

Now that's caught on the Inside,,,,Washcycle

Rocky Vannucci - 8 years ago

1st time we've seen a vid like this, excellent!

Felipe del Fierro - 8 years ago

At least he's still breathing

Stuart Milliner - 8 years ago

Fuuuckkk and I thought my beating at cloudy was bad. I only took 2 in the head.

Carlos Eli Garcia Hernandez - 8 years ago

Me sentí de la mierda montar las OLAS de zicatela! solo para chingones mis respetos

stillspeakin - 8 years ago

that was the most horrifying thing i've ever seen!

clarkewi - 8 years ago

How do you get out?

Boxhawk - 8 years ago

Now I know how my clothes feel inside the washing machine....

Michael Sibilia - 8 years ago

dude he sick

Carl Bayly - 8 years ago

Crazy. 'Holly fuck'

wrybread - 8 years ago

Hilarious to see how big the wave was in the opening scene and how small the gopro made it look. Can someone please make a sports camera without that ridiculous wave killing fisheye lens?

wrybread - 8 years ago

+Gankiee Youtube Sorry man, but it doesn't matter in the least that the case's lens is flat, you're still shooting through a fisheye on the camera itself.

Gankiee Youtube - 8 years ago

+wrybread I have a hero four dude haha. The lens is fisheye but the case's lens is flat. That's what enables you to do the narrow mode. I've had the previous go pros too, they had full fisheyes, camera and case.

wrybread - 8 years ago

+Gankiee Youtube No, all gopros have a fisheye lens. You can select "narrow view" in settings, which zooms in and corrects for it somewhat, but it's still a fisheye lens.

Gankiee Youtube - 8 years ago

+wrybread Technically yes but the new go pros have a fisheye as the actual lens but a flat lens on the case which lets you switch between the two.

wrybread - 8 years ago

+Gankiee Youtube I know but it just zooms in. You're still shooting through a fisheye (or very wide angle) lens.

Gankiee Youtube - 8 years ago

+wrybread You can actually change a setting that essentially takes off the fish eye on go pros, not many people know about it though.

David Juliano - 8 years ago

0:40..pretty much

Adam Lawrence - 8 years ago

That's terrifying

anthony falconetti - 8 years ago

my theory is if you run into 4-5 wave set paddling out or get caught inside for 4-5 waves and you are already tired, then might as well paddle in and re group..have a coke and maybe get a tow out to the line up..at a place like Todos or Puerto, if your tank is empty, you can get in real trouble fast..if your leash breaks and you have to swim it..you can find out how bad a shape you really are..and if you are hurt, then you really better be together..or have someone on the beach ready to help.

anthony falconetti - 8 years ago

coke kinda settles the gutty works after you have swallowed a bit of sea water being rolled off the bottom and having your eyelids peeled back by a mean clean up set ;-)

Owen Davidson - 8 years ago

Bahaha love the 'have a coke' part

surfgurujeff - 8 years ago

Heeeeeeavvvy

Paulo Karax - 8 years ago

puta merda !!!! e muito foda quando isso acontece !!! ja passei por algumas assim.. eh foda !!!

RCDetanico - 8 years ago

+juan fo Portuguese bro!

Paulo Karax - 8 years ago

Eh foda kkkkkkkk

juan fo - 8 years ago

+Paulo Karax i cant speak spanish but whatever you just said is real

Clement Froissart - 8 years ago

Il est au bout du rouleau !

nikel Ooo - 8 years ago

RESPECT!

bunkerman909 - 8 years ago

ANXIETY

Sir Donald Dust - 8 years ago

It looked like it was going to be a smooth ride and large barrel if the bottom turn had been completed.
The beatings were handled incredibly well.
Those walls of whitewater must have been 20 foot plus. They were Very big waves.

J L Sky Media - 8 years ago

Wow, I think I would have spat that Go Pro out after the second wave hit!. Well done surviving, did you go back out after a break?

max mackinlay - 8 years ago

That reminds me not to catch the first wave of a heavy incoming set. I started thinking half way through 'oh, not another one'. Well done to get through that!

gnarrrrrrrrrrrr - 8 years ago

that was savage bud, good job

benpowersification - 8 years ago

How much fun wasn't that?!

goolug - 8 years ago

This is some high-octane nightmare fuel. Thanks for posting!

fernysyoutube - 8 years ago

One dozen donuts

fred rit - 8 years ago

no surprise ! I've seen top surfers at Puerto getting the beating of their lives...

Silas Yellope - 8 years ago

Wow! Amazing footage

TheMusketITuckedIt - 8 years ago

Why is a camera in your mouth to begin with, especially if you're in fast moving water?

LouB747 - 8 years ago

You took a beating and did well. Nice video.

Paul Baker - 8 years ago

I would have come in after the first beating!

nikel Ooo - 8 years ago

+Paul Baker I think he did just that... once the sea let him do so!

Antonio Henrique - 8 years ago

oh my godd.....

Nicks Cove - 8 years ago

gopro in your mouth at puerto!, holy shit!, i get nervous with mine in at 6-8ft lmao

BrozMan31 - 8 years ago

Well hello there anxiety...

Miister00 - 8 years ago

Hello darkness my old friend..

stockjonebills - 8 years ago

Refreshing..

K M - 8 years ago

Only seconds on video but seems like a lifetime when you're under. Not to mention you're getting thrashed around. Good job not losing the camera. ;)

Wagacca - 8 years ago

+mistic mind Tell that to an average human

mistic mind - 8 years ago

+t33can its easy to not panic, if you do you die so you dont.

t33can - 8 years ago

+Kelly M yeah, and it's also that you don't have a timer that says 'only 3 seconds left'. Just staying cool and not panicking is easier said than done.