Kelly Slater on the wipeout that nearly killed him

Kelly Slater shares life-threatening surfing experiences, including two-wave hold-down and getting knocked out in France. Slater calls the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii and Mavericks at Half Moon Bay in Northern California two of the most dangerous surf spots. Want to see more? SUBSCRIBE to watch the latest interviews: http://bit.ly/1R1Fd6w Episode debuted nationwide in 2016. Watch full episodes each week on TV stations across the country. Find the airing time and channel for your city: http://www.grahambensinger.com/index.php/when-where-watch Connect with Graham: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/GrahamBensinger TWITTER: https://twitter.com/GrahamBensinger INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/grahambensinger WEBSITE: http://www.grahambensinger.com/

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Kelly Slater shares life-threatening surfing experiences, including two-wave hold-down and getting knocked out in France. Slater calls the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii and Mavericks at Half Moon Bay in Northern California two of the most dangerous surf spots. Want to see more? SUBSCRIBE to watch the latest interviews: http://bit.ly/1R1Fd6w Episode debuted nationwide in 2016. Watch full episodes each week on TV stations across the country. Find the airing time and channel for your city: http://www.grahambensinger.com/index.php/when-where-watch Connect with Graham: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/GrahamBensinger TWITTER: https://twitter.com/GrahamBensinger INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/grahambensinger WEBSITE: http://www.grahambensinger.com/

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for Kelly Slater on the wipeout that nearly killed him

Mark Morales
Mark Morales - 5 years ago
My gorgeous ex girlfriend actually didn't go out on a BLIND DATE WITH KELLY Slater in the 90's ! My bad.
Richard Korby
Richard Korby - 5 years ago
Kelly snaked me when he was a kid at my home break.
Justin Rawson
Justin Rawson - 5 years ago
I didn't seem like it did really almost kill him
Michelle Muskeyn
Michelle Muskeyn - 5 years ago
I always thought JAWS was the most dangerous, but I’m not a surfer and I guess Ive been wrong all these years
The Erayer
The Erayer - 5 years ago
For me Kelly Slater and Roger Federer are tied for the goat of any modern day sport
Gabriel Waggoner
Gabriel Waggoner - 5 years ago
He didn’t know which way was up??
Mitch Belles
Mitch Belles - 5 years ago
I’m pretty sure he doesn’t get high and I haven’t for 20 some years but it would be dope to do some rips off a bong and have him tell surf stories.
Pipito Paerata
Pipito Paerata - 5 years ago
And that's what makes it a great past time. Otherwise the line up would be for 10 blocks. Hate to call it a sport its a way of life.

10. comment for Kelly Slater on the wipeout that nearly killed him

marcryptic
marcryptic - 5 years ago
Back in the early 90s I saw Keller Slater take a shit all over a dolphin like it wasn't even a big deal. I still think about how that dolphin is doing these days.
Fuzzy Butkus
Fuzzy Butkus - 5 years ago
Why not wear Co2 safety vest with maybe a tiny bottle of rescue air. Just wondering ??
lb001
lb001 - 5 years ago
The most dangerous wave i've surfed was in Malibu, not for the wave but for the crowd. Too much haoles in there.
redeyeguy808
redeyeguy808 - 5 years ago
Hahaha..................braddah, thats soooo funny!!!
jaggededges
jaggededges - 5 years ago
Crazy same thing happened but a lil different unfortunate for me i wasnt close to shore, inhaling whitewash cause ur outta oxygen if one of the scariest things
Surfs Up
Surfs Up - 5 years ago
OUR HERO!
Coenraad Loubser
Coenraad Loubser - 5 years ago
You don't even need to get knocked out to experience that, you just need to do your office job for a few weeks and forget to exercise.
Hew Beams
Hew Beams - 5 years ago
Watch his legs... He has to pee
patrick boy
patrick boy - 5 years ago
I wiped out on a 3 foot wave and was tired after
Bryan Totten
Bryan Totten - 5 years ago
Kelly is having reality checks and maybe he should join the human race like the rest of us
Sloth55Chunk
Sloth55Chunk - 5 years ago
Definitely one if the greatest athletes of all time.

20. comment for Kelly Slater on the wipeout that nearly killed him

Tara Gragg
Tara Gragg - 5 years ago
You call the surf shop.
doritoe king
doritoe king - 5 years ago
Lol look at Kelly's legs while he sitting
karl blake
karl blake - 5 years ago
Iv always wonderd about them 2 wave hold down scenarios very scary and very dangerous sport them waves are seriously not to be toyed with
Bromethius88
Bromethius88 - 5 years ago
Stfu
Philippe Louis
Philippe Louis - 5 years ago
Graham you should definitely interview free climber Alex Honnold about his climb of El Capitan in Yosemite!
Terry Spencer
Terry Spencer - 5 years ago
Also so irritating the way this prick talks like it’s an achievement to surf in locations where people have died ??? Well done dick head, and how he thinks it’s cool to be knocked out or have two waves in a row on top of him ? Just sounds like a div
Terry Spencer
Terry Spencer - 5 years ago
The interviewer voice tone is mundane beyond mundane..... by the way surfing is retarded
Frank Rizzo
Frank Rizzo - 5 years ago
FUCK THIS where is the video of him drowning?
70callen70
70callen70 - 5 years ago
That’s crazy like losing friends just off a hobby or sport like surfing.
Anthony Nelson
Anthony Nelson - 5 years ago
thats scary. u can see him getting choked up about it. glad he made it out the ocean is a ferocious BEAST!!

30. comment for Kelly Slater on the wipeout that nearly killed him

Ron Ellis
Ron Ellis - 5 years ago
And then like one time in surf camp I stuck a whole board up my blow hole !!!
TheSilverSurfisher
TheSilverSurfisher - 5 years ago
Which came first? The Slater or The Surfer? I'm convinced that Stan Lee & them must've had a time machine waay back when they created The SilverSurfer Comic...now y'all tell me Kelly Slater don't remind you of a real life SilverSurfer (Norrin Radd) just need the chrome glazed skin color and glowing orange-yellowish pupil-less eyes to show that clear power cosmic radiating from him...coincidence that he's the world's best surfer??...Stan knew what was coming and made it into a comic to imitate life...hmmmmm??....Now is Alex Honnold where Stan Lee really got Spiderman from??....LOLzzz!!!
Bill Barnfappel
Bill Barnfappel - 5 years ago
the surfing guy needs new pants, his are too short.
NPC Version 2.0: Repeat; Drumpft Bad
NPC Version 2.0: Repeat; Drumpft Bad - 5 years ago
My favorite interviewer, so awkward!
C_dubbz _
C_dubbz _ - 5 years ago
God I hate this gram cunt
swazilandirtbikes
swazilandirtbikes - 5 years ago
I wanna give this 2 likes. Here's the second:  Like*
adam lorden
adam lorden - 5 years ago
its not like the surfboard was placed in that angle on purpose....NO NO ! its just chilling there allllll natural.
Austinbrensurf
Austinbrensurf - 5 years ago
Kelly's red he made it u lier
Charles Harding
Charles Harding - 5 years ago
Dude I want that sweater shirt he's wearing
Alex J
Alex J - 5 years ago
Yea don’t mind showing the fucking video tho
Cascadia Vacation Home Services LLC
Cascadia Vacation Home Services LLC - 5 years ago
Comments are gold here people, for starts, at least 50 percent are ripping Graham cracker
G Lo
G Lo - 5 years ago
Skip to 2:40
John Cluphf
John Cluphf - 5 years ago
I've been into surfing since I was a kid. The ocean scares the hell out of me. But still something I've always wanted to do. There's no place to safely surf in the area I live in in Washington
S Lit
S Lit - 5 years ago
FUCK AUNT KATIE
S Lit
S Lit - 5 years ago
FUCK AUNT KATIE....IM SICK OF THAT BITCH AND THE COMMERCIAL SHES IN.
mikey1974 hetfield
mikey1974 hetfield - 5 years ago
" No way Waimea is bigger than Bells"
bleach clorox
bleach clorox - 5 years ago
I’ve had a two wave hold down trying to swim pass the surf, it sucked but if it had gotten worse I would’ve been in shit creek.
Harm. IJsinga
Harm. IJsinga - 5 years ago
this is just like the movie: surfs up
Robert Bermudez
Robert Bermudez - 5 years ago
Wipeout nearly slates Slater! Headlines
Kevin Cady
Kevin Cady - 5 years ago
F’n annoying that the interview can never wipe the smile off his face even with questions about death.

50. comment for Kelly Slater on the wipeout that nearly killed him

Steve Fowler
Steve Fowler - 5 years ago
I grew up in Cocoa Beach in the 60's and 70's and was mostly into motorcycle racing but I surfed just enough to say I knew how to surf...when I was in Engineering College in early/mid '80's at UCF I used to surf a little during my free time and one Saturday I was surfing in front of Patrick A.F.B. and there was a young kid there tearing it up...it was Kelly...I would guess he was 12 or 13ish and he was already damn good....Much respect...he is a great guy and a real badass.
bobby wright
bobby wright - 5 years ago
WHY IS KELLY SITTING LIKE THAT!?!?
hallamittuna
hallamittuna - 5 years ago
He didn't see the light at the end of the tunnel, though.
Patrick Ballow
Patrick Ballow - 5 years ago
Fuking goat
Josbra
Josbra - 5 years ago
"a couple of my friends died there" saying it like its a normal thing to say WHAAAt
JP
JP - 5 years ago
he has a really beautiful shiny head
death painful
death painful - 5 years ago
Whoa knarly dude! Radically insane trip. Right side up Capa dre.
Sugar Rayray
Sugar Rayray - 5 years ago
Lol at the end. I don't think Kelly liked being used by Graham to advertise his channel.
J.T. Peterson
J.T. Peterson - 5 years ago
Very well spoken, he doesn’t sound like a typically stoner surfer where they squeeze their throat and talk higher than natural.
polter999
polter999 - 6 years ago
Wow ...
zthang
zthang - 6 years ago
Graham talks like his tongue is frozen. Get the sausage out of his mouth and get him some speech therapy.
Ivan Blight anderson
Ivan Blight anderson - 6 years ago
tiny wave i've surfed bigger in a pond
Ryan Hopkins
Ryan Hopkins - 5 years ago
Twat!
Jabroney
Jabroney - 5 years ago
Fucking retarded jon
ALG
ALG - 6 years ago
Jon 82 you pronounce it boo-ee
Boot Strahps
Boot Strahps - 6 years ago
This host has the least amount of charisma I’ve ever seen. It must’ve been his sweet Hugo BOSS shirt that got him the job.
METHOD ONE
METHOD ONE - 6 years ago
Is the host fucked on Xanax or something??? Seems like his words ain't coming out right!!??!!
John Stephens
John Stephens - 6 years ago
who subscribed cause Kelly told you to
TheGamingFrog
TheGamingFrog - 6 years ago
I just did surfing for the first time this week, and I mean I’m a newbie, so I just get the whitewash. Now I’m kind of terrified of surfing...
JC Acoustic
JC Acoustic - 6 years ago
Surfing is an activity, not a sport
Erick Benavidez
Erick Benavidez - 5 years ago
What? Surfers are INCREDIBLE athletes. Youve provably only ever swam in a pool.
Jaydon D
Jaydon D - 6 years ago
It is a sport
T Star Media
T Star Media - 6 years ago
Nice drop in and burn the local (First Wave on the Vid) or did he say Go? (i`m too deep)
TheAnderson0701
TheAnderson0701 - 6 years ago
Listening to Graham Bensinger is like listening to a piece of bone dry plywood speak. I'd rather lick windows.
Mike P
Mike P - 6 years ago
Welcome to Hurricane Hugo 1989, the Poles, "Jax Beach" (actually Hannah but those reading will know). Got pushed to the bottom (sand) on a '15+ and my board stuck to the sand bottom. Swam for the surface after getting my direction straight, and managed to get within 1' of the surface (felt "air" with my outstretched arm clawing for the surface) before my leash reminded me I left something behind. Had to swim BACK down, dig out my board from the nose, float to the top (holding onto my board like a life preserver) so as to finally experience the joy of AIR for but a brief moment prior to being POUNDED again by wave #2 which drove me back under the surface prior to spitting me out onto the beach! (I too have seen "the angels" while under water during that time). Thank you God, I'm here to "laugh/reflect" now. Hurricane David 1979 spit me out over the breaker-wall into the Howard Johnson's parking lot and there were cars "floating" during that one but David was NOTHING compared to Hugo (in my personal experience).LOL On a side note, I remember surfing with you (Kelly) and Frieda in Flagger....good times;)
Surfmus
Surfmus - 5 years ago
Mike P Winter 1999, Wilderness P.R. Dropping in 15 footers, getting washed. Coming out of the water to catch my first breath. I swallowed my 22" longhair. Cut it after that experience to have it about 25" long now. I actually grew long six or seven times after that bad experience.
dragon dmc
dragon dmc - 6 years ago
Mike P 5mins from the poles reading this comment
ingnir
ingnir - 6 years ago
Kelly is very tanned
Trevonne Crosby
Trevonne Crosby - 6 years ago
Thought he was Jason Taylor
Syren
Syren - 6 years ago
This poor guy... the way he described his injury sounds traumatic as all hell and yet he's so open to talking about it with the guy that's interviewing him. What a brave man. Also, I'm here because you SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John amazing surfing fanfic Gimme Shelter. Love all your effort and attention to detail SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John! Love you lots!
strawink
strawink - 6 years ago
From 1:30 to 1:40 you can really see how the interviewer isn't listening at all and is just waiting to ask the next juvenile question
SonofCalifornia
SonofCalifornia - 6 years ago
Graham sucks
David Owen
David Owen - 6 years ago
I'm not too sure if I've ever seen so many dumb comments anywhere else.
I can't stop reading....
Christian  Strüve
Christian Strüve - 6 years ago
Secrets, B.I. Ebola Rock
Elevators, B.I. Shredder
Kauua, B.I. Toilet Bowl
Puako, B.I. Inners
Ke'ei, B.I. Assholes
Don't feed the Reef!
NO GRIBBLE !
McSpitfire
McSpitfire - 6 years ago
Say buoy one more time.
Bruno Gomes
Bruno Gomes - 6 years ago
this journalist is so hot
Rc Buddy
Rc Buddy - 6 years ago
That's raddd dude
theo
theo - 6 years ago
why the dude interviewing look like hes constantly smiling
Jonathan Iraggi
Jonathan Iraggi - 6 years ago
Gram I think you are absolutely awful and that last part when you asked Kelly Slater where his enthusiasm was, I thought you couldn't get any worse or awkward or frustrations but you proved me wrong. Fire yourself and never do something like this again and no I will not subscribe in fact I will be interviewing people who do subscribe and when they realized they were gay.
all ears99
all ears99 - 6 years ago
so sick...real...beautiful...awesome....
Petr Kratochvíl
Petr Kratochvíl - 6 years ago
why is he sittin glike he just got kicked in the balls?
Huw Kearney
Huw Kearney - 6 years ago
buoys
Robby Wilski
Robby Wilski - 6 years ago
I once went over the falls three times on one wave. I once had a lung full of water and had to wait underwater before I could surface and start to cough. I once hit the bottom and scooped up a half cup of sand with my lower teeth. If your arm ever gets ripped out of the socket because of swan diving remain calm and interlace all fingers around knee cap, then reset your arm ball joint back into the socket by pulling then releasing and then it slips back into place and you have to really focus relax as the muscles are spastic when out of place
Matthew Earl
Matthew Earl - 6 years ago
KELLY SLATER IS A BALD, HAS BEEN CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLBILLY WITH AN UGLY 4 FOOT TALL GIRLFRIEND. LOL HA HA HA.
Steve Carey
Steve Carey - 6 years ago
What have you done that's of any note? crickets.
magic cheeseball
magic cheeseball - 6 years ago
if i was out in 50 ft waves i would use ether a inflatable vest or a small spare air or both.
Retarded Cock
Retarded Cock - 6 years ago
The interviewer autistic as fucc
JoSizzle RamiRizzle
JoSizzle RamiRizzle - 6 years ago
3:40 .... you're welcome
Jadrien Hannon
Jadrien Hannon - 6 years ago
fuck this interviewer creepy as fuck
Youko Ana
Youko Ana - 6 years ago
3:08-3:11 this is so uplifting
James .Stein
James .Stein - 6 years ago
Graham "2017 Firestone" Bensinger. Much Respect, great listener.
Lurgs
Lurgs - 6 years ago
Literally a living Surfing legend, and still ripping it up at his ripe old age, what an inspiration.
chris g
chris g - 6 years ago
The mans got charisma for days
Ripptyde64
Ripptyde64 - 6 years ago
what a self absorbed toolbag
22 A Day No Way
22 A Day No Way - 6 years ago
Watch. 22adaynoway

100. comment for Kelly Slater on the wipeout that nearly killed him

4am youtube
4am youtube - 6 years ago
Damn,that would have been heart breaking if we lost you mate.
Steven Evans
Steven Evans - 6 years ago
gram needs to be more sympathic when doing these kind of interviews. who subscribes to this !?
JGCSRT
JGCSRT - 6 years ago
WTF is going on with how Kelly is sitting at the beginning of the video?!? He looks like a paraplegic who was just lifted out of his wheelchair and plopped down for the interview.
Subtitled
Subtitled - 5 years ago
He was holding in a massive dump
ericj305
ericj305 - 5 years ago
hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dylan cole
Dylan cole - 5 years ago
JGCSRT I'm dead af bro I was thinking the wipe out did that
knightmire
knightmire - 6 years ago
Blessed not lucky
cuttygrass
cuttygrass - 6 years ago
the GOAT
Jovan Blom
Jovan Blom - 6 years ago
Liked at 999!
Hamed Khatiz
Hamed Khatiz - 6 years ago
It is unfortunately that surfing has so much to offer as a sport, but all most people want to know about is the sharks and the danger and the nuts of steel.
valueape888
valueape888 - 5 years ago
Yeah, i felt bad for Slater getting grilled by that potato. "hur dur! Tell ush how you almost died hur dur hurr!" You could see how uncomfortable KS was. It took courage for him to talk about it but that's KS for you, strong and honest. Thank you, Kelly!
the raucous lemon
the raucous lemon - 6 years ago
His legs look weird...(I don't know why)
MIKI-WAWA
MIKI-WAWA - 6 years ago
DEAR, SURFING, COMPANIONS, CAN WE LEARN ANYTHING, FROM, WHAT'VE HAPPENED TO KELLY, & HIS MISTAKES?
MIKI-WAWA
MIKI-WAWA - 6 years ago
1 thing I kno, for sure: KELLY knows how to sit, properly
Xsavier NeoGeo
Xsavier NeoGeo - 6 years ago
graham sucks
Ron Ellis
Ron Ellis - 5 years ago
Xsavier NeoGeo yeah almost as much as his subject...
K. R.
K. R. - 6 years ago
show the video...lmol
El Patrón
El Patrón - 7 years ago
Graham is a square
Benjamin Wilson
Benjamin Wilson - 7 years ago
yo... i surfed pipe when i was 11 wtf i need to start surfing again i must have a gift or some shit lol
Irina Balzeretti
Irina Balzeretti - 7 years ago
What an awesome black guy
Lachlan Kritharis
Lachlan Kritharis - 5 years ago
wtf
Blah Blah
Blah Blah - 5 years ago
?
30 kills
30 kills - 7 years ago
Does he have to go to the toilet?, or is he doing kegel exercises
jay dubya
jay dubya - 7 years ago
I'm surprised he didn't say Teahupoo as one of the most dangerous waves. I mean, the name speaks for itself..."Broken Skulls."
Jeremy DiPilato
Jeremy DiPilato - 7 years ago
Slaters body language tells how damn frightening that wipeout was
Mantas Aukstuolis
Mantas Aukstuolis - 7 years ago
When he described getting knocked out - I thought he was describing my story. I can't believe I had the identical thing happen to me - except there were no fans on the beach waiting for me. LOL.
Hurley Cape town
Hurley Cape town - 7 years ago
The way Kelly describes Mavericks is scary and he is surfing it with a lot of other surfers and even boats,ski's in the water,can you imagine the balls it took for Jeff clark to paddle out there alone for years,amazing.
Hurley Cape town
Hurley Cape town - 7 years ago
Ye what a legend
a.m. remorse
a.m. remorse - 7 years ago
Hurley Cape town I think about that all the time. Jeff Clark is a beast.
busybody1
busybody1 - 7 years ago
nearly isn't good enough..
Gici
Gici - 7 years ago
you should get a dude that knows how to surf to interview next time cuz i feel like this guy has no idea what kelly is saying
Whatever
Whatever - 7 years ago
I fell of of our boat on the Mississippi River and came to on the bottom of the river. (a sandy part at least) I had the air knocked out of me when I hit the water and lost consciousness for a little on the way down. I remember hitting the water and finding the bottom. Thank goodness I was on the bottom or I would not know which way was up. (I was dressed with a jacket and was a very skinny kid so I did not float well) It is so black in that muddy water. I would guess the water was around 15 ft. Which is also good because areas near where we were were in the 60-80 feet range. So I was really lucky. I have a lot of respect for the water.
Maria Edwards
Maria Edwards - 6 years ago
A lot of people drown every year on the mighty Mississippi thinking they can swim. That current not only has rips it has some serious undertow in areas that could hold Michael Phelps down.
Motor It
Motor It - 7 years ago
Radical
Walt Jisney Channel
Walt Jisney Channel - 7 years ago
How are those boots ?!
William Blaze
William Blaze - 7 years ago
Never been a shark attack at mavericks... not one two or three.
Kevin Hall
Kevin Hall - 7 years ago
Glad I'm not alone breathing in that foam water combo just to get that tiny bit of air.
John Rogan
John Rogan - 7 years ago
guy is totally cool!
John Rogan
John Rogan - 7 years ago
2 wave hold down.....wow!
teatime90
teatime90 - 7 years ago
respect
Karl-Heinz von Scharnhorst
Karl-Heinz von Scharnhorst - 7 years ago
Kelly Slater, the Great One (respect to Gretzky!).
SKELI_NT Patton-Jensen
SKELI_NT Patton-Jensen - 7 years ago
your moms fucked up slater
C1RCL0N3 6
C1RCL0N3 6 - 6 years ago
Don't be like that
Albert
Albert - 7 years ago
kelly slater is the best surfer
adventuresinbelieving
adventuresinbelieving - 7 years ago
coulda sworn he was gonna say Puerto Escondido at 01:46...
Little Birdie
Little Birdie - 7 years ago
Graham, you're a punk bitch.
Dave Markovich
Dave Markovich - 7 years ago
Kelly Slater is one og my all time fav surfer.
And he also sits funny (00:28)
getl0st
getl0st - 7 years ago
Why is Kelly Slater sitting like he has a Vagina
Koen van Coevorden
Koen van Coevorden - 7 years ago
Handsome wash dilemma sunlight insect individual army shirt.
KussKorpFlick
KussKorpFlick - 7 years ago
The funny part is that in France we always want to learn surfing where he almost was drawn. I almost died there too, multiple times
Todd Scafidi
Todd Scafidi - 7 years ago
Slade knows surfing
Todd Scafidi
Todd Scafidi - 7 years ago
Kelly is the man!
digiprez77
digiprez77 - 7 years ago
I KO'd myself for a split-second wakeboarding, and when I came to I was underwater so I started frantically trying to swim to the surface but something was holding me back... Then I remembered I was wearing a life vest, so I stopped swimming and just floated up to the surface... Surfing scares the hell out of me. I went to Hawaii once, tried it, and scorpion'd myself on some kind of sandbar in Waikiki Bay. Turns out you want to surf where the other people are, not in the spot that looks good to your Wisconsin-bred eyes... I actually got up on a wave right away, but all of a sudden the water was a foot deep and the nose of my board dug in, hence the scorpion. There was some coral in that sand too, I took some home in my nipple and had to dig it out after it got infected.
Joshua Zolten
Joshua Zolten - 5 years ago
captmack007 hey pardon my ignorance but what is sashimi rock?
Corbin Dougas
Corbin Dougas - 5 years ago
kook
Aaron leghissa
Aaron leghissa - 5 years ago
I had my dad dig out sea earchins, coral a fair few times growing up. Enough times that I can remove it myself now when it comes to it. He used to give me some liquor to sip on
sam budworth
sam budworth - 5 years ago
digiprez77 why the nipple bit
Billy Bees
Billy Bees - 5 years ago
Gnarly are you near the coast now and surfing?
Gods nut
Gods nut - 6 years ago
You probably only scorpion’d due to you being too much in front of the board or you should try and go sideways instead of going straight forward
Dalton v
Dalton v - 6 years ago
Quagigitymire was bash fishing with a topwater popper without a shirt on.... Had a huge blowup and set the hook too fast. Pulled the popper right out of the mouth of the bass and it came flying back at me...hooked me right in the left nip. Didn't even feel it go in. Just felt like it hit my chest. Sure as shit felt it coming out!
Quagigitymire
Quagigitymire - 6 years ago
I got into a fight with a guy and I had put him on the ground and was on top just trying to wear him out and not destroy him like I should have and the fucker lurched up and bit me on the left nipple and wouldn't let go til I elbowed him in the face over and over while he was latched on my nip. He left me with multiple teeth shaped scars on and below the nipple area and the shit hurt for months!
Point being "nipple injuries are the absolute worst, no shit."
brussell639
brussell639 - 6 years ago
I had a mosquito bite on my nipple when I was a kid. nipple injuries are the absolute worst, no shit.
captmack007
captmack007 - 7 years ago
yah when you don't know the waters its scary, in oahu I saw this rock sticking up I didn't see paddling out and then was told by a local oh yeah that's sashimi rock
CJ P.
CJ P. - 7 years ago
lmao what a nightmare
Arthur Watts
Arthur Watts - 7 years ago
He's so right about the 2-wave hold down - particularly nasty if you've just gone over the falls. I miss a lot of things about surfing, but I dont miss the days when it felt like the ocean really was trying to kill me. You paddle out because you want some of that power, but it comes at a price.
Adam Coyne
Adam Coyne - 7 years ago
somebody get kelley a smaller chair.
Shark Tooth
Shark Tooth - 7 years ago
...umm you mean you can get hurt? that cracked me up.
Thecoachco
Thecoachco - 7 years ago
25 @ 19 seconds =29.64 - Hawaiian scale,that's almost a 60 ft face
22 A Day No Way
22 A Day No Way - 7 years ago
Watch. 22adaynoway
fla playa
fla playa - 7 years ago
Kelly's a really cool dude, haven't seen anything on him in a long time. Glad to hear about his brush with death turned out good.. Cool to see he's still doing what he's best at. Number one surfer 11 times. Living legend.
Ray J
Ray J - 7 years ago
Awesome testimony Kelly, respect sir
rick meister
rick meister - 7 years ago
Yawn!! Maybe could have used some surf footage with v/o. Just me.. Talking heads = boredom....
Conor Sheridan
Conor Sheridan - 7 years ago
rick meister talk about a small attention span
m8trxd
m8trxd - 7 years ago
I love how he is sitting. Balls that huge and he doesn't have to manspread. Gentlemen.... take note!
Jaydon D
Jaydon D - 6 years ago
Oh god radical feminist alert
David Owen
David Owen - 6 years ago
Wtf
spacep0d
spacep0d - 6 years ago
Save it for Tumblr.
alex wikle
alex wikle - 6 years ago
stfu
Conor Sheridan
Conor Sheridan - 7 years ago
m8trxd jesus Christ go back to buzzfeed
Justin Ferguson
Justin Ferguson - 7 years ago
"What is the most dangerous place you ever shurfed?" Does anyone know what shurfing is?
Derrick Flyr
Derrick Flyr - 5 years ago
Barnacles ?
Kevin O'Loughlin
Kevin O'Loughlin - 5 years ago
hahahahahahahaa
Robby Wilski
Robby Wilski - 6 years ago
The most sketchy breaks are jagged rocks with sharp barnacles and have ski like moguls of this in between the shore to the break. Going from deep water to shallow fast also is another factor but the upside is not being too far off shore and/or a short distance.
paulbear
paulbear - 7 years ago
What shoes is he wearing?
orsetto81utube
orsetto81utube - 7 years ago
sexiest man alive! so chill, and nice
orsetto81utube
orsetto81utube - 7 years ago
I take it you're a boy and are not good looking OR have money..... bitter betty!! BTW- he's hot bc he is hot! I just want to rub his bald head and all over me lol I prefer him bald, his hair made him too pretty. those eyes and cool cadence of speech, so yummers
DrkViol801
DrkViol801 - 7 years ago
+Bob Simmons so true m8
Jason Hart
Jason Hart - 7 years ago
+Drk Viol801 The size of his wallet compensates for his baldness. You have to remember that you're talking to a woman. Money is all that really matters to them. They don't care what the fuck you look like. As long as your wallet is bulging, you're the cutest guy in the world.
DrkViol801
DrkViol801 - 7 years ago
oh yeah , he's bald? Who would have thought the sexiest man alive cannot grow hair on his head, hell of a surfer though
Whitenacho
Whitenacho - 7 years ago
Same thing happened to me in Ventura at The Dredge.
stfuliberal
stfuliberal - 7 years ago
Kelly. Your a stud Bro and you no it. Your have to toss out your pro status to make the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Gram. Please open your mouth when you speak dude. Your talk like a total kook, kind of like you want to relive your spakoly fantasy from fast times at ridgmont high.
Evrett
Evrett - 7 years ago
Id love to spend the day with the guy and chill surf and have a bomb fire on the beach with a corona to top it off
Derrick Flyr
Derrick Flyr - 5 years ago
Annette funicello and Bobby Darin would probably stop by too. We'd be dancing the jerk and mashed potatoes while the beach boys played soothing summer tunes. Let's do it and make a movie to document it.
David Owen
David Owen - 6 years ago
Chris Hossack hey nice BOMB fire...ahhh....English......who cares
Chris Hossack
Chris Hossack - 7 years ago
Evrett bonfire dude, nobody wants a bomb fire, that would be baaaaad
Burmese -
Burmese - - 7 years ago
you can see the fear in his eyes
illusion887
illusion887 - 7 years ago
Kelly is the Champ
I P
I P - 7 years ago
What the fuck is Slater wearing
Stanger In the wild
Stanger In the wild - 6 years ago
He is proving that it's what kind of clothes you wear, it's who you are that defined you.

Wear whatever practical to your own liking, whoever judge is their own sickness of materialistic things.
Zayd Shakur
Zayd Shakur - 6 years ago
clothes
los Angeleno
los Angeleno - 6 years ago
Kelly's dope, but that shits fur metro kooks .
Nike sb
Nike sb - 7 years ago
Outerknown clothing co. founded by the GOAT Kelly Slater!
I P
I P - 7 years ago
+dav id

hahahahahahaha

hahahaaaaaaa
dav id
dav id - 7 years ago
whatever the fuck he wants. 11 time world champs can usually do that hahaha.
Robert Bowers
Robert Bowers - 7 years ago
lol
Naresh Singh
Naresh Singh - 7 years ago
Listening to Kelly describe that moment when you are clawing to the surface for air is such a trip. I'm sitting here pooping but also am hella grateful for the breath of air I just took in.
MICHAEL STURDEVANT
MICHAEL STURDEVANT - 5 years ago
Did you wipe?
liberteecabbage
liberteecabbage - 5 years ago
Bro, I am also pooping.
Sawyer Wilson
Sawyer Wilson - 5 years ago
Same
John Dalecki
John Dalecki - 5 years ago
It's like trying to hold your breath while in a portable bathroom stall. And you tell yourself you'll get an airborne disease if you take a breath. Come out lightheaded sweaty with pisses dripping down your leg.
S Lit
S Lit - 5 years ago
Naresh Singh ...A breath of SHIT AIR
J Reyes
J Reyes - 5 years ago
I am dead beyond dead
zt1988
zt1988 - 5 years ago
Naresh Singh HAMDU ALLAH YA RAB ALAMIIIN for thé breath ALLAH gives us
Heavily Indebted Backwoods Squire
Heavily Indebted Backwoods Squire - 6 years ago
Makes me gasp for air re-living a simliar experience.
Hakasauars
Hakasauars - 6 years ago
0:36 he looks like hes tryin to hold in a piss
Big Bonus
Big Bonus - 6 years ago
Same
:-:
:-: - 6 years ago
Quin Elder (edited)
Quin Elder
Quin Elder - 6 years ago
Dude I'm pooping also at this very moment
TheAgentAssassin
TheAgentAssassin - 6 years ago
I'm guessing his board , but yeah , he didn't elaborate on what he hit his head on.
:-:
:-: - 6 years ago
I'm confused. What did he hit his head on?
Lukemango
Lukemango - 6 years ago
Yea that must be crazy and hahahah
TheAgentAssassin
TheAgentAssassin - 6 years ago
Happened to me in Hawaii , scary .
KraseZ
KraseZ - 6 years ago
Naresh Singh me too
BHC_ RAMEN
BHC_ RAMEN - 6 years ago
Naresh Singh same
iceflame5
iceflame5 - 7 years ago
fucking cracked me up!
Geoffery Goggins
Geoffery Goggins - 7 years ago
Why aren't you showing any of the clips that he is talking about? That would make this lame interview watchable.
delplaya5
delplaya5 - 7 years ago
Kelly looked a little awkward in that adirondack.
Baja Malibu Surf Report
Baja Malibu Surf Report - 7 years ago
graham tirdburglar
Alvaro Torres
Alvaro Torres - 7 years ago
Hi Kelly, download and play my game "Surf Kelly the Turtle" in the Apple Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1049849529
magorkel
magorkel - 7 years ago
kELLY HAS A rePTILE RiDGE ON hIS SKULL
Pabs
Pabs - 7 years ago
Don't die Kelly.
Ibprius
Ibprius - 7 years ago
Mason love...
Fionán
Fionán - 7 years ago
the most uncharismatic host i have ever seen
Joshua Rin
Joshua Rin - 5 years ago
They are talking about his friends dying and... Him almost drowning more than once. An anxiously off hands PTSD. You be a more engaged host you cuck.
JM AF
JM AF - 5 years ago
Fionán you should have a go instead.
subsamadhi
subsamadhi - 5 years ago
Everyone knocks interviewers. He does a good job here
Damian Bujanda
Damian Bujanda - 5 years ago
I think that's why he gets some good interviews..definitely takes second stage which is perfect..pretty dry guy though
Robbie Manuel
Robbie Manuel - 5 years ago
He asks the dumbest fucking questions
Terry Spencer
Terry Spencer - 5 years ago
Fuzzy Butkus no because he sounds like his had a stroke
larry larry
larry larry - 5 years ago
G J hes put his work in hes in in the industry a long time for his age
Fuzzy Butkus
Fuzzy Butkus - 5 years ago
Because he listens and doesn’t interrupt or because he’s not out shining the star he’s interviewing. I love it.
Eva B.
Eva B. - 5 years ago
I thought he was sweet. He let Kelly do the talking which is goooood! A lot of host just blurt questions and they don't really let the person speak
G J
G J - 6 years ago
I've noticed that with all his interviews, He's like the guy that never actually played any sports, sitting there with a Boss t-shirt...LOL, must be someone's nephew, don't know how he got his gig. Nothing personal.
adam bamf
adam bamf - 7 years ago
that dude looks pasty standing next to K S
IVAN S
IVAN S - 7 years ago
Put some broll! So boring to watch two people talk
Eric Kirkhuff
Eric Kirkhuff - 7 years ago
I am sorry but why is a guy with no clue of the sport interviewing a guy like Kelly? Maybe it works and it is a typical practice? Good on ya mate.
JP S
JP S - 5 years ago
His interviews are always like this. I assume because it's geared for people who have no clue also. I still click cause he has some great guests (see: alex honnold), but they're always pretty painful.
D. R.
D. R. - 6 years ago
Why are you even surfing ? Its a Polynesian sport no?
PhysicalGraffiti
PhysicalGraffiti - 6 years ago
+David Owens...Exactly! I just posted a similar comment prior to reading yours. I'm a novice who enjoyed the interview while learning.
PhysicalGraffiti
PhysicalGraffiti - 6 years ago
+Eric Kirkuff..Perhaps it offers, knowingly, the opportunity to explain things that the novice wouldn't know otherwise? That's me
G J
G J - 6 years ago
Painful to watch, these were questions of a 2nd grader. What was the most dangerous, how scared were you, then asking him to have more enthusiasm when plugging his channel...give it up Bensinger, anyways he must be someone's nephew that he's on ESPN
Sleeping Lion
Sleeping Lion - 7 years ago
So he got more half knocked out? A full knockout he would of been out cold. Same thing happened to me, same spot on head and everything.
David Owen
David Owen - 6 years ago
Sleeping Lion man...... Same thing ......wow...... ....... Awesome......dopey .
Zack Meers
Zack Meers - 7 years ago
My only question is "what are those"!!
skyler tremblay
skyler tremblay - 7 years ago
Graham interviews the best people and in my opinion is the best interviewer. it would be sick if you interviewed Jeremy Wade from "River Monsters" or connor mcgregor from the ufc
stfuliberal
stfuliberal - 7 years ago
More like, im such a chill dude with a marbles in my mouth.
Cheezeburger Walrus
Cheezeburger Walrus - 7 years ago
He got pitted, so pitted!
ALG
ALG - 6 years ago
Cheezeburger Walrus bahh
Burmese -
Burmese - - 7 years ago
attacked by a pit bull ?
Loki
Loki - 7 years ago
none more pitted
Richard Adams
Richard Adams - 7 years ago
Gram you need to open your mouth when you talk dude.
HexPulse
HexPulse - 6 years ago
You spell it Graham I would know
surferpam1
surferpam1 - 6 years ago
NOT educated, Vince.
emma sharp
emma sharp - 6 years ago
whersh tha mosht dangeroush plashe youve ever shurfed
Steven Ross-watt
Steven Ross-watt - 7 years ago
It looks to me like he is displaying mannerisms and body language and so on that make the interviewee feel relaxed enough to open up. Whilst Kelly is smiling at points you can still see the fear and trauma of the incident when he is reliving it in-front of you in that interview.
Macca MACCA
Macca MACCA - 7 years ago
Chilly Bandino hahhahaahahaahahahaahhah true
fla playa
fla playa - 7 years ago
He is like one of the only reporters stars will open up to so point nullified.
Vince Cartwheel
Vince Cartwheel - 7 years ago
He is kind of a humble and educated man, features you may not recognize.
Richard Adams
Richard Adams - 7 years ago
Good questions you ask Gram I'm just saying do some jaw exercises. Nobody is that laid back. You don't need to use a fake moniker either.
jehkjshrfk
jehkjshrfk - 7 years ago
you need to not talk. period.
Knowledge_Seeker
Knowledge_Seeker - 7 years ago
WhoTF is Graham Bensinger? I've been away too long in Europe, is he an intern and son of some rich daddy or famous mama? This guy sucks... I think literally too.
Trapasaurus Flex
Trapasaurus Flex - 7 years ago
Kelly Slater is literally the perfect name for a surfer.
M. SSyaif
M. SSyaif - 5 years ago
seems like some sport are dominated by an athlete named almost perfect for it.
Sprinting - Usain Bolt
Football - Lionel Messi (the best at causing a mess on opposite team, commentator screaming messy p/s: CR7 is also great)
list down if there’s any
Sir Peter Gembusii
Sir Peter Gembusii - 5 years ago
That guy defined the Game the Name will Ring through eternity and ecko with the titles he swept time and time again plus the poise he carries makes the guy a magnetic individual real leader attitude !
Kim Slayer
Kim Slayer - 5 years ago
Almost
Cory Dunn
Cory Dunn - 5 years ago
Laird Hamilton sounds pretty fitting too..
nuhhhhhhh
nuhhhhhhh - 6 years ago
youre a fucking idiot.. why would he want the sharks killed. Never has he or any surfer said that. youre probably 12 go back to xbox live kiddo
Dan Jendo
Dan Jendo - 6 years ago
Trapasaurus Flex more like rock band
judahryan
judahryan - 6 years ago
Trapasaurus Flex why dont these people wear floatation life vests?
dennis ralph
dennis ralph - 6 years ago
Trapasaurus Flex sorry, Rick Tide, is it
Sugundis
Sugundis - 6 years ago
Honestly you just gotta have a catchy name and you'll become famous
busybody1
busybody1 - 6 years ago
Hillbilly Bert you ignorant turd, who gives a fuck whether i surf. your hero kelly is a whiny little bitch!
he wants the sharks killed off so he won't feel threatened, maybe he can hang with you in the kiddie pool you little bitchboy
Hilbert França
Hilbert França - 6 years ago
lol your pathetic. Do you even surf rofl
busybody1
busybody1 - 6 years ago
..i know he's a spoiled crybaby who wants all the sharks killed so he can surf around all day without fear.
alberto, you guys seem tight ..do you and kelly have the park rangers kill all the bears and wolves before you go hiking? and don't insult Michael Jordan shinola retard
HyTz Vorkkz
HyTz Vorkkz - 7 years ago
Is it literally?
Tiger 99
Tiger 99 - 7 years ago
coddy maverick is better
brandon flynn
brandon flynn - 7 years ago
Trapasaurus Flex na john John Florence is
Alberto Fernandez
Alberto Fernandez - 7 years ago
You obviously don't know much about Kelly Slater. He's basically the Michael Jordan of surfing. Refrain from commenting when you don't know shit from shinola.
busybody1
busybody1 - 7 years ago
sharkbait is a better name for this surfer douche
Isaac Santiago
Isaac Santiago - 7 years ago
Pete Pompies Killer Slayer
Pete Pompies
Pete Pompies - 7 years ago
Why?
Xoxocube
Xoxocube - 7 years ago
It's true
Cmd Ctrl
Cmd Ctrl - 7 years ago
I grew up in Atlanta and there's no where to surf on the east coast so for me surfing seems like the coolest thing ever. I dream-envy that whole lifestyle, the sun, the beaches, the waves, the surf, and the girls.
Jabroney
Jabroney - 5 years ago
Cmd Ctrl don't start.
Burmese -
Burmese - - 7 years ago
oh geezus! I don't know if fuckin even cute girls like that worth the risk and money, even the freedom, sounds like they are kind of diva shit, shouting orders and commands left and right, do this do that non-stop, treating her husbands, boyfriends like slaves, ooh sounds like a real shit, also sending some wester unions which is hard earned money. from your pockets to their families...they may find a excurse to rip you off, haha, i come from a "poor" environment in south america, oh man, i dont want that kind of lifestyle, no matter how fuckable they look, fuck neurotic hoes! haha!
Cmd Ctrl
Cmd Ctrl - 7 years ago
+Burmese - Well, they're like dating a middle school girl = Super jealous, VERY hormonal, they talk back, they're super sensitive to any comments, actions, or statements that could set off their bad attitude like a match. They are know it alls but most of them are uneducated and they are the type that wait to speak instead of listening. So personality wise, they're dumb immature bitches.

Then you gotta deal with their family drama and the mother is a-whole-nother fucking problem.

But they're hot and they love to get fucked.
Burmese -
Burmese - - 7 years ago
why a headache outside of the bedroom? :D
Cmd Ctrl
Cmd Ctrl - 7 years ago
+a.m. remorse Most Latinas are like that. They're awesome to fuck but an absolute headache outside of the bedroom.
a.m. remorse
a.m. remorse - 7 years ago
+Burmese - ohh the girls that are attractive tend to be very high maintenance because the ratio is way outta whack. It's not like Brazil or Venezuela. Not even close. There are attractive girls of course but not as many as I think you've been led to believe. I can't put enough emphasis on the attitude a lot of the decent looking chicks have in San Jose and the beach. Total divas. Not like that here where I live in Canada.
Imo.
a.m. remorse
a.m. remorse - 7 years ago
+Burmese - I lived there 17 years and miss it dearly. Also been robbed 4 times at gun point there. I moved cos I didn't wanna raise my son in San Jose. It's fairly safe but the city, not so much, which is where I lived the last few years I was in CR. If I could afford to live on the beach I'd be there right now. No questions. The vibe and lifestyle is just about the opposite of this fucked up, soulless rat race we have here in Canada, where I'm at now. At least it's safe.
I haven't much about las maras in CR. I'd still consider San Jose safer than Detroit which I live an hour from. Lol. Saddest place I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of Central America. Cheers.
Burmese -
Burmese - - 7 years ago
+a.m. remorse
yes, sadly, the reputation about Nicaragua reflects the hard reality, the Maras, all the consequences after the civil war, etc...I have grown up in a similar country and I don't know if surfing those waves worth all the risks, maybe yes, maybe not, I guess it depends from the point of view you wanna see it, cheers! Costa Rica seems a way better place, I have some friends that traveled the country just for fishing, they had a good time, also the girls are cute, what I have heard.
a.m. remorse
a.m. remorse - 7 years ago
+Burmese - I grew up in northern costa Rica about an hour and a half from Nicaragua. I actually have never been there though but I know it's one of the poorest in Central America and of its sour reputation but it does have some excellent waves and the beach towns are quite safe from what Ive heard. And your money goes very far as opposed to CR which is damn expensive. Petty theft is main stay in all poor countries.
Burmese -
Burmese - - 7 years ago
be careful while staying in nicaragua, be very very careful.
a.m. remorse
a.m. remorse - 7 years ago
Just plan a trip to Nicaragua or Costa Rica on the cheap. Do it. I moved away from the coast and regret it deeply. Hope u make it out in the water one day.
yesfrat b knowin
yesfrat b knowin - 7 years ago
with all that coin you,d think he could find better lookin shoes  , not so spazzy baha
David Korst
David Korst - 7 years ago
So blessed to have Kelly as a spokesperson for surfing. So well spoken and respectful - Slater 4 prez
Jackson prentis
Jackson prentis - 7 years ago
hi good vid
teknomogul
teknomogul - 7 years ago
He's just not human, folks.
blur smash
blur smash - 7 years ago
haha 0:38 why is he sitting like that??
love ya Kelly
ProfitableLifestyles
ProfitableLifestyles - 5 years ago
His balls are tightening?
Surfmus
Surfmus - 5 years ago
blur smash Tense, nervous, overwhelmed, he didn't feel like having an interview. Possibly having flashbacks of the waves.
propertyservices1
propertyservices1 - 5 years ago
blur smash sitn like he at a bbq with a plate on his lap... lol
guitaristinseattle
guitaristinseattle - 5 years ago
So gay!!!
TWEAKLET
TWEAKLET - 6 years ago
he is a Japanese school girl they all sit like that
los Angeleno
los Angeleno - 6 years ago
+blur smash 11 Time world Surfing Champions all sit like that.
getl0st
getl0st - 7 years ago
He looks like he's busting for a piss....
My Youtube Comments Are Now Shadow Banned
My Youtube Comments Are Now Shadow Banned - 7 years ago
he's holding it in!
Ryan Coyle
Ryan Coyle - 7 years ago
If you didn't know him and read the title and see him sitting like that you'd think the wave paralysed him
Sir Donald Dust
Sir Donald Dust - 7 years ago
Kelly's handsome head is so brown.
Sir Donald has met black people whiter than Kelly.
Bon Summers
Bon Summers - 7 years ago
well y'know, Kelly's part recent Syrian ancestry
Bjorn Lundeen
Bjorn Lundeen - 7 years ago
The danger of added safety like air tubes and the like unfortunately increase a false sense of security. If you can't take big waves without special breathing gear then you should not be out there in any circumstance.
Mark Pascual
Mark Pascual - 6 years ago
i think hes referring to people who think they'll be safe w/o big wave experience b/c of the flotation devices
BrekanArts
BrekanArts - 7 years ago
+David Korst You're right I saw Britney Hamilton paddle into Jaws this past season. I should say extreme monster storm chasers (like Tom Carroll) use tow ins.
David Korst
David Korst - 7 years ago
what are you saying? inflation is to save lives, anyone paddling waves like that understands the risks and power involved. And what surfer has "special breathing gear" lol I don't think anyone is paddling out with some concealed emergency oxygen tank wtf thats like star wars technology
David Korst
David Korst - 7 years ago
No. People paddle out all the time into big wave breaks all around the world. Not everyone riding big waves can afford a jet ski, as far as safety goes if you're not a pro you got a leash and a flotation vest and thats a huge step up from Da Bull Greg Noll paddling out and into Waimea without even a leash!
BrekanArts
BrekanArts - 7 years ago
well we all know they dont paddle out into this shit. they have ski jets and safety teams...
iDARTHTESTICLE
iDARTHTESTICLE - 7 years ago
wtf are you saying most big wave surfers are using inflatables if that's what you are referring to as a false sense of security. If you're a smart surfer you know the ocean will always be in power over any safety equipment
Kigoz4Life
Kigoz4Life - 7 years ago
why doesnt surfers have a mini air tube on their wetsuite? like a thin air tube under the wet suite coming upp through your neck. maybe some genius could figure that shit out somehow lol, so you can save yourself if ur far under water
Eric Lin
Eric Lin - 7 years ago
you can't safely breathe while getting thrown around by a wave though. you'll change depth so quickly and if you aren't constantly exhaling your lungs can burst if you take a desperate panicked breath deep and the shoot up without adjusting, which would be really hard while you're getting worked.
Kigoz4Life
Kigoz4Life - 7 years ago
+TropoCal but this is bigger than "big waves" this is the ultimate
J. Collins
J. Collins - 7 years ago
There's no way to avoid tragedy no matter how many innovative safety features you could devise, at least in the foreseeable future. There's so many things that can happen, I had my leash get wrapped around my neck underwater for instance, squeezed tight too. Big set wave broke right on my head, and that happened almost instantly. Basically panicked while I pulled it off over my head, boom there went my breath right there and I got held down for a bit. Big day too, this is on Kauai. Right when I came up the next wave broke right on my head but after it pushed me down it shot me straight up in the air like a friggin dolphin just long enough to get a big breath before dragging me back down again for a nice long spin cycle, if it wasn't for that I might not be telling this tale. I was seeing stars for like five minutes, that was pretty sketchy.
jehkjshrfk
jehkjshrfk - 7 years ago
Dan Mallory broke his neck falling down the face of a wave cuz of how the vest positioned his neck. sion milosky drowned at mavericks even after his vest was inflated so...
xXxcastenada
xXxcastenada - 7 years ago
Being underwater under a big wave is like being in the spin cycle of a washing machine. Its not so easy.
Luke Smith
Luke Smith - 7 years ago
The thing you'll need to be more conscious of is getting knocked out under water. Holding your breathe is actually the easy part, you do it almost every time you're out there.
Matthew Mackey
Matthew Mackey - 7 years ago
That's a really good idea, however when you're under water AMD getting thrashed by the wave you couldn't manage to breath any in
Kigoz4Life
Kigoz4Life - 7 years ago
+Luis Costa wow yea. too bad they didnt invent that 30 years ago. so many lives would be saved...
Yo Momma
Yo Momma - 7 years ago
In any case, the danger is never completely eliminated. You can always hit a rock, your board or whatever that lies beneath the ocean surface and have a concussion and become unconscious - and there's nobody there to pull the vest trigger for you. In any case, it does reduce the risk substantially.
Yo Momma
Yo Momma - 7 years ago
They do have it. It started a couple of years ago, when a surfer named Shane Dorian came to the conclusion that the risk involved with big wave surfing was too big to be ignored, so he started working with his main sponsor (billabong) on a wetsuit that has a kind of empty air balloon in it, and a cord that you pull to deploy it. I don't know any technical details, but it basically inflates your wetstuit/vest and you come up, just like an air bubble. A lot of other brands are making them too nowadays - I don't even know if Billabong was the first one to do it, it was just the first one I've heard of.
Ho Stevie!
Ho Stevie! - 7 years ago
Don't die Kelly!
j burggg
j burggg - 6 years ago
he won't because he doesn't do drugs like andy irons.

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GoPro: Kelly Slater and Dolphins Surf The Box

6,516 likes 1,450,173 views 9 years ago

Shot 100% on the HD HERO3® camera from ‪http://GoPro.com. During the second stop of the ASP World Tour, 11 time...

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KALOEA Surfer Girls - Tubing in Tahiti (HD...

1,185 likes 1,322,177 views 7 years ago

What do surfer girls do on a flat day? They go tubing YEW! Enjoy the Good Vibes & epic wipeouts... ;) Surf bikinis...

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Biggest Surfing Wipeouts #1

3,686 likes 1,302,792 views 6 years ago

Would you like to be in their place? No or really not?

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Greatest Wipeouts Compilation | Best (as in...

3,076 likes 1,254,387 views 11 years ago

Looking back on a year of carnage. Greatest Wipeouts is a Surfline original series showcasing death-defying surfing...

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