I tried surfing Kelly Slater's crazy wave 356 44

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Here’s what happened when I learned to surf on a perfect, artificial wave designed by Kelly Slater at the Surf Ranch. Kelly Slater's perfect wave machine in the middle of the desert - https://youtu.be/gRoHDPaL_QU Watch Lexy try the SuitX exoskeleton in the first episode of Beta Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiAVTz5BbZQ Read the related CNET article here: Surfing at Kelly Slater’s ultimate wave pool - https://cnet.co/2RlqTP0 Subscribe to CNET: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTV CNET playlists: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTV/playlists Download the new CNET app: https://cnet.app.link/GWuXq8ExzG Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnet Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cnet Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2icCYYm #SurfRanchPro #WorldSurfLeague #KellySlater

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Chad Carlson - 5 years ago

Austinschmidy this chick is the worst...you suck lexy

Sarah Cyrus - 5 years ago

+Lexy Savvides You're so pretty I adore you!

Austinschmidy - 6 years ago

You're an embarrassment to surf culture

Lexy Savvides - 6 years ago

No wonder it was so hard!

Dawson Bolus - 6 years ago

The instructor was teaching you the advanced way to popup instead of a more beginner yoga centric approach

Nick - 6 years ago

lol go Lexy! Don't worry I'd probably be just as bad. I've never tried either. I used to ski every year and tried snow boarding once. I spent the whole day falling on my ass... Absolutely hated it...

ChuckB - 5 years ago

The Surf Ranch needs some kind of dry land simulator so that no waves are wasted on raw beginners.

Gilmour43 - 5 years ago

I'm sorry but shouldn't have used someone that can't properly enjoy surfing. No problems with could have had like 2 people intermediate and beginner would be alot better.

Raymond Ramsawak - 5 years ago

Hope there are no sharks there

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Raymond Ramsawak - 5 years ago

Kelly slater thank you. ..you are a blessing to humanity. . .

Henrik Minassian - 5 years ago

Millions of surfers gagging to ride this and they're pushing first timers in. That actually hurt to watch. Like having a food fight in front of starving peasants.

georgio Armania2 - 5 years ago

great video

Christian Luczejko - 5 years ago

The base being concrete sounds like a terrible idea. However with all the money and engineering that went into this project I'm sure someone compared the different types of materiel for the bottom of the pool and decided concrete was the best solution. Wonder if it has to do with the wave generation. Maybe it takes less power assuming there is less drag compared to sand.

Rhidian D - 5 years ago

What else would they make it out of? Rubber? If they used a sand bed the sand would shift and the wave wouldn't break as intended. And in any case this is much safer than surfing a reef-break in the ocean at the same size -less sharp and much more predictable.

Christian Luczejko - 5 years ago

A P - 6 years ago

Most people in this video cant stand up on a surfboard! Id give my left nut for a go on that thing

Adam - 6 years ago

Why the F was she there and not someone who could surf and appreciate it?

Aiden Bowen - 6 years ago

So toxic

Archysurf - 6 years ago

She didn't stand up = not good coaching. How did she not stand up wt

Atomic Ankle Breakers - 6 years ago

Cringe

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Eric Outram - 6 years ago

Yah ya need help
Ya got a lesion from a kook ,teacher ,
He no surf coach ,he’s a kook teacher
He showed ya the poo stance

Blade Runner - 6 years ago

don't get the stuff : why asking a non-surfer to test a wave ??? dumb idea.

Another WorldView Is Possible - 6 years ago

Why do I think that Ashley Esqueda would have been ripping? Oh... that's right... She sat-in with Foo Fighters - and KILLED IT!

Boooo to CNET. You were asking alot of your correspondent - you should have sent someone with at least SOME surfing abilities, or else what's the point? The reason that wave is so cool - is because of how perfect it is... how long you can ride it, how hard it barrels compared to other wave pools - even real Ocean waves (90% + of the time). But to take advantage of that... you need at least some ability; something to compare to.

Kahele Koki - 6 years ago

How much does it cost per wave?

J Dineen - 6 years ago

My advice to beginners is to enjoy the wave any way you can - there's nothing wrong with riding on your stomach all the way to the beach

Bsuawisneb Hdudwiwns - 6 years ago

There actually is bruh lol

JASON MORRIS - 6 years ago

Are they going to build one in Florida anytime in the near future

Pete Bowling - 6 years ago

I am waiting to see Ben Gravy and Bret Barley ride this wave .

kaaimea mckee - 5 years ago

I want to see Cody Padilla rip this

Atomic Ankle Breakers - 6 years ago

Pete Bowling BIG DOGS

Pete Bowling - 6 years ago

+ncsam 000000 who are you to judge

Another WorldView Is Possible - 6 years ago

ncsam 000000 - Betting that you come in 3rd (or worse) in a heat with them.

And Ben just got his invite to the Ranch... so not such a wannabee as you might think.

ncsam 000000 - 6 years ago

Lmfao one is really good and one is lmfao well a wanna be

Kyan O'Rourke - 6 years ago

Heck ya

Another WorldView Is Possible - 6 years ago

Pete Bowling + For the DREAM! NNFTW!!!

Rey DeGuerra - 6 years ago

Don't say, "World champ Kelly Slater." But, say, "11 times world champ Kelly Slater."

Rey DeGuerra - 5 years ago

+Mike B ,yes.

Mike B - 6 years ago

Rey DeGuerra no

OC Vegas Property - 6 years ago

Is anyone else that actually surfs pissed that she got to do this and can’t even surf?

Shaheen Arab - 5 years ago

Not mad. Just kinda jealous lol.

kaaimea mckee - 5 years ago

I’m so sad..... I’m gonna die never surfing the perfect man made wave. I mean I live Oahu but still...

Henrik Minassian - 5 years ago

+Lexy Savvides definitely not Lexy's fault, but yeah that was a waste. This is surfing's Wonka factory - it's just as exclusive.

Mike B - 6 years ago

Yep! No appetite, yet sitting in front of a gorgeous steak.

Another WorldView Is Possible - 6 years ago

Lexy Savvides + We call that place - Sunset Blvd, if you're in LA. Or a nondescript beach break with no crowds. Get you skills 'right' - then you'll have a better shot at staying up for the length of the pool. I blame the assignment desk... they should've gotten you lessons with a couple months lead-time (minimum) - or just asked around - to see who surfs on the staff.

I don't blame you. It was a tall order. The real question is how you avoided water contact in Australia, for all those years...

Lexy Savvides - 6 years ago

OC Vegas Property gotta learn somewhere!

Tim Eli - 6 years ago

Yeah. What a waste

Greg Lucero - 6 years ago

lexy is sexy though

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einc70 - 6 years ago

Is this place open to the public?

Evan Charles - 6 years ago

Cole Bender - 6 years ago

I mean I got up first try when I tried surfing for the first time... then again I had been wakeboarding/waterskiing my whole life before that.

Another WorldView Is Possible - 6 years ago

Lexy Savvides - You should practice in the ocean. Build your skills up - THEN go back.

They should have given you one of those body boards... would probably have been easier/more fun.

I hope Australia never sees this... they'll say that you've really 'let down the side'.

Lexy Savvides - 6 years ago

Sure does! Wish I got more time on the wave. Next time!

SURF SKATE SNOW - 6 years ago

never heard of p.0.r.n.h.ub ?

Gravage Hulk - 6 years ago

I don’t care about surfing. I just watched this video for Lexy.

Dana Stebbins - 6 years ago

Really?

Calvinmalvin J - 6 years ago

Probably play soccer

Daniel Lopez - 6 years ago

You did hit that musical note at 5:57 really well though!

Lexy Savvides - 6 years ago

Daniel Lopez achievement unlocked!

Chili D - 6 years ago

What’s dragging the foil? Is it a motorized system or pulleys that make it move?

Chili D - 6 years ago

Very cool. Thx

Lexy Savvides - 6 years ago

Chili D there are winches at either end that pull it along the track

Bilguun Oyunerdene - 6 years ago

Is it open for public?

Lexy Savvides - 6 years ago

Not at this stage but from what I understand that's in the works!

Nero Wolfe - 6 years ago

They built a GIANT wave pool in drought-stricken California???

Another WorldView Is Possible - 6 years ago

The Drought was effectively over - before Jerry Brown even declared it an "Emergency".

The crisis in California is a crisis of GREED and overdevelopment. Our water cycles are fairly predictable, and they swing from one extreme to the other. The problem is a business model based upon endless growth - like cancer.

The Water in
that pool is being well-used.

woodengiraffe - 6 years ago

it was already built..they just repurposed the unused property.

John Gyver - 6 years ago

Great video. I just wonder what kind of engine powers that thing and what the fuel consumption might be :)

YarYarDaBar3111 - 6 years ago

there's a 4000 horsepower motor on each side. He just talked about it on the joe rogan podcast.

Lexy Savvides - 6 years ago

Thanks! There are winches at either end that pull the rope that has the hydrofoil. It's actually run off solar energy bought from the grid, but as far as power consumption, that detail wasn't disclosed.

Hunter Lee - 6 years ago

Whats the biggest swell you can ride there?

Edwin Lap - 6 years ago

6 - 8 foot

StrikeFreedom1920 - 6 years ago

Don't feel bad Lexy, I would probably be 10 times worse than you lol

Lexy Savvides - 6 years ago

LOL thank you!

v1d300 - 6 years ago

This is awesome but also looks a bit scary in a way that anyone going too far in might just crash on that wall or that hydrofoil that creates the wave. And then there is crashing too hard into the cement floor.

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