Surf From Above | Drone Footage of Pipeline

Eric Sterman takes his DJI above the Banzai Pipeline on the best day of season, capturing epic aerial footage of John John Florence, Mason Ho, Jamie O'Brien, Bruce Irons, and many more. Aerial Cinamatograpy: Eric Sterman/A-Frame http://dronefly.com Edit: Marc Beaty/Surfline Presented by http://turtlebayresort.com Music by woodrowgerber http://woodrowgerber.com http://twitter.com/woodrowgerber iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/woodrowgerber/id604681348?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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Eric Sterman takes his DJI above the Banzai Pipeline on the best day of season, capturing epic aerial footage of John John Florence, Mason Ho, Jamie O'Brien, Bruce Irons, and many more. Aerial Cinamatograpy: Eric Sterman/A-Frame http://dronefly.com Edit: Marc Beaty/Surfline Presented by http://turtlebayresort.com Music by woodrowgerber http://woodrowgerber.com http://twitter.com/woodrowgerber iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/woodrowgerber/id604681348?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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Issiac Mathany
Issiac Mathany - 6 years ago
Jvjfkc
Monday Mar mvm
Issiac Mathany
Issiac Mathany - 6 years ago
Do fbrby
James Bromley
James Bromley - 6 years ago
spectacular!
Manuel Flores Escobar
Manuel Flores Escobar - 6 years ago
Overbooking...
dylan hughes
dylan hughes - 6 years ago
nicey
Peter Karig
Peter Karig - 6 years ago
Love the clear lit bottom from straight above shots we only see like once or twice. Beautiful video regardless!
teampullmyfinger
teampullmyfinger - 6 years ago
Zoo
jtlachappelle
jtlachappelle - 6 years ago
Same shot over and over again, weak. Shouldve given more shots of the reef through that transparent water, or just mixed it up somehow
Shooketh Susan
Shooketh Susan - 6 years ago
I have a fear of surfing after the bottom fin cut into my thigh last time
Juan BF
Juan BF - 6 years ago
i get it now

10. comment for Surf From Above | Drone Footage of Pipeline

Samuel Caslick
Samuel Caslick - 6 years ago
fuck this video is epic
Jymmy Jams
Jymmy Jams - 6 years ago
if you have good headphones you'll love this....
Catholicus
Catholicus - 6 years ago
Phenomenal footage.
JR
JR - 6 years ago
Lol at Jamie O' showboating on a softboard. Win something first and then you can showboat.
Austin Dunham
Austin Dunham - 6 years ago
yes
Austin Dunham
Austin Dunham - 6 years ago
yes
TAPP Channel
TAPP Channel - 6 years ago
wow... Nice. Are you a surfer???
Julian Crawford
Julian Crawford - 7 years ago
top camera work - the future is now
clarkewi
clarkewi - 7 years ago
So cool.
cactus wolf
cactus wolf - 7 years ago
Amazing. If you ever need an intern give me a shout!

20. comment for Surf From Above | Drone Footage of Pipeline

Theo Wardlowery
Theo Wardlowery - 7 years ago
1:31 O'Brien on a catch surf
Drone Travel
Drone Travel - 7 years ago
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fungus among us
fungus among us - 7 years ago
So good to be alive on THIS planet RIGHT NOW. You are a beautiful genius. This video is perfection. (thank you good sir!)
MIKI-WAWA
MIKI-WAWA - 7 years ago
Looks like they're gonna surf on peoples' heads
MIKI-WAWA
MIKI-WAWA - 7 years ago
Too many people in the sea. Can't be fun.
Machine Gun Nest
Machine Gun Nest - 7 years ago
I would love to be in a 30 footer on a ski doo   ....lol    yaaaa::::::::::::::::::
FAAKs 2750
FAAKs 2750 - 7 years ago
that dry reef tho.. scary
fivepoints
fivepoints - 7 years ago
Too many people, looks dangerous
monkeynkl
monkeynkl - 6 years ago
5points...IT IS...
Gregg Smith
Gregg Smith - 7 years ago
Need some sharks to control the crowd, amazing wave but they can keep it. rather surf two foot mush than hassle
RG P
RG P - 7 years ago
Cool....but dang...that is a LOT of surfers. Great footage though.
MO JO
MO JO - 6 years ago
don't know how those paddling out aren't smacked in the head by the surfers
i see them ducking under right at the last second
but eventually someone's going be late to the party and get his head slashed open by the fin or knocked out
monkeynkl
monkeynkl - 6 years ago
That's surfing the north shore, if the waves are good in Hawaii there's an excellent chance for crowds. I surfed in a crowd on a clear full moon night @Threes. (Waikiki) Unforgettable. 6-7 foot glass, but with the full moon's light bouncing off the bottom of the wave made the curl look like it was about to break twenty yards ahead of you. Magical.

30. comment for Surf From Above | Drone Footage of Pipeline

langlandboyo
langlandboyo - 7 years ago
Its quite mild for November ! A nice bit of drone surf footage to get you away from this rubbish weather.
Victor Uribe
Victor Uribe - 7 years ago
HUGE respect to these guys that charge pipe like nothing!! I love to sponge but don't have the balls to charge this monster!!!
Liam Shawn Clark
Liam Shawn Clark - 7 years ago
amazing want to surf it !!
Nathan Charlesworth
Nathan Charlesworth - 7 years ago
best video on youtube
WhiteCloudGroovin
WhiteCloudGroovin - 7 years ago
Drones changed the game for surfing videos
The California Natives
The California Natives - 6 years ago
Drones are life.
Richie O'Donnell
Richie O'Donnell - 7 years ago
They really did! They changed the game for everything! Only pro athletes could get aerial footage cuz it would be from a helicopter! Now we all can get our own aerial shots!
Ho Stevie!
Ho Stevie! - 7 years ago
Wowowowow
BigBen Bear
BigBen Bear - 8 years ago
Amazingly cool. Watched this stoned. Mind. Blown
michi19935
michi19935 - 8 years ago
0.36
Capt Eric Bergeron
Capt Eric Bergeron - 8 years ago
Awesome video, thumbs up
JIMJAMSC
JIMJAMSC - 8 years ago
Just wondering. On a crowded day like that how many waves would one probably catch?
You have your locals,a pecking order,high low tide etc.... Curious....
monkeynkl
monkeynkl - 6 years ago
..."There lies the rub."
Nicholas Letts
Nicholas Letts - 8 years ago
Jamie O'brian is awesome on that longboard
Carlos David
Carlos David - 8 years ago
fuck me silly, this is some beautiful footage
TOYBOX RC
TOYBOX RC - 8 years ago
Hats off,great Quad flying I know how hard this is to do, was any of this FPV or all just line off site flying? What Model was this a DJI, Blade or Custom quad, very nice work you did a great job.
SnapJack
SnapJack - 8 years ago
DJI
HoverUAVDrones
HoverUAVDrones - 8 years ago
Nice videos dude!!!
Jeff D
Jeff D - 8 years ago
Pipeline seems so tame now because of the craziness that is chopes, the right, shipsterns, etc.
SanFranciscoBay
SanFranciscoBay - 8 years ago
Somebody needs to build a giant reflector to put some front lighting on the surfers.
monkeynkl
monkeynkl - 6 years ago
Actually, early morning, up to maybe ten am would put the sun @ their back.
monkeynkl
monkeynkl - 6 years ago
SAN FRAN... YES
mike potter
mike potter - 8 years ago
This is one of the most powerful, amazing, crazy awesome video paired with music I have ever seen on YouTube....This video inspired an entirely new level of excitement for me and also made me go on out and get a drone....Many thanks Eric for pure awesomeness....
MO JO
MO JO - 6 years ago
could have been done better
shorebreak69
shorebreak69 - 8 years ago
+mike potter so,, you haven't seen the Teahupo Phantom Camera footage? that's my favorite.
163 Aerial Filming by ChrisPaul Attard
163 Aerial Filming by ChrisPaul Attard - 8 years ago
great job
Inspekcja Pracy
Inspekcja Pracy - 8 years ago
nice footage
polonaise20
polonaise20 - 8 years ago
Magnificent waves of the Pacific !

50. comment for Surf From Above | Drone Footage of Pipeline

Oops !
Oops ! - 8 years ago
BEAUTIFUL ... BELLA ... !!!
Rob Gallagher
Rob Gallagher - 8 years ago
way too many people in the water
TeddyM Morreale
TeddyM Morreale - 8 years ago
♪ Have you seen the sky by woodrowgerber ♪ Its not hard to find a song on a video. If no one says it in thread just use a music matching app like "Shazam" done.
christina lang
christina lang - 8 years ago
this is just amazing <3
banana_power
banana_power - 8 years ago
Would love to know the title of the music ,so incredible!
banana_power
banana_power - 8 years ago
I watch this everyday. Absolutely marvelous :D
Laurent Outang
Laurent Outang - 8 years ago
dreamy
SanFranciscoBay
SanFranciscoBay - 8 years ago
Nice angle of Pipeline. Next thing drones will be in each others way and you'll have to have an Attack Drone to take out unwanted Drones and a Camera Drone that will do the filming.
Romain Ries
Romain Ries - 8 years ago
Amazing video !
Martin Barski
Martin Barski - 8 years ago
this is going to sound gay, but that was fabulous  :)
Jay Smith
Jay Smith - 8 years ago
Dude on that long board is shredding!!!
JurisicSantiago
JurisicSantiago - 6 years ago
* O'Brien.
Rory Pascarelli
Rory Pascarelli - 8 years ago
+Jay Smith its jamie o' brian
phisher Bassman
phisher Bassman - 8 years ago
Don't know why there are not a million views of this. They should include this video in the messages we send out to other solar systems. Think aliens need to know we surf too. Lot of barriers broken right there.
Issiac Mathany
Issiac Mathany - 6 years ago
phisher Bassman know i
jtlachappelle
jtlachappelle - 6 years ago
Compared to your president whos....who? Whos in bed with trump in every way except literally in any case. Shit probably literally too. Trump bends him/her over, has his way with them, anything so the aid money and military support wont stop flowing. You sanctimonious dickwad.
JimWakable
JimWakable - 6 years ago
Perhaps you ought to send this video to your moronic yankee president?
jtlachappelle
jtlachappelle - 6 years ago
Charlie dont surf.
The California Natives
The California Natives - 6 years ago
Seriously, it would be a pretty quick way to show them we are chill.
Gita Bhatia
Gita Bhatia - 9 years ago
Man I would love to learn more about how the photographers learn to stay out of the way of the surfers and manage to take shots. Also, they would have to know how the waves work etc pretty intimately too- if anyone has any good resources they can point me to I would love to see it!!! Thanks!!!
Xinfyre
Xinfyre - 8 years ago
the camera men just duck under the wave when the surfer comes through. the fins only go down a few inches so they just dive before the rider gets there
Giovanni Berardinelli
Giovanni Berardinelli - 9 years ago
Pure beauty !!! Just amazing !!
Drone Girl
Drone Girl - 8 years ago
+Giovanni Berardinelli Awesome! :) Greetings from Ireland! :)
Lucinda Maggi
Lucinda Maggi - 9 years ago
Wow, this footage is just amazing.
TJ McGovern
TJ McGovern - 9 years ago
How do people dislike this?
Jack arope
Jack arope - 9 years ago
HIT N RUN
bdseidler
bdseidler - 9 years ago
Incredible footage
WhatKindofCommentsArethese ffs
WhatKindofCommentsArethese ffs - 9 years ago
Was I the only one who noticed the huge ass jellyfish at 1:59?
Ja M
Ja M - 7 years ago
Lol you wouldn't be so scared of a jellyfish when it's breaking 15 ft out at pipe
SBERTOL84
SBERTOL84 - 9 years ago
That looked like a huge bubble from the previous wave.
Niklas Gindler
Niklas Gindler - 9 years ago
+IcanSPELLmyNAME OG  Thats the famous "Boil" created by a gap in the reef..
Carl Bayly
Carl Bayly - 9 years ago
Perfect vid, perfect music. So good
Colin Roohan
Colin Roohan - 9 years ago
Great cinematography, I think you guys could have open the purse a little wider for a better track. 
TheStewied
TheStewied - 9 years ago
So sick.
João Paulo Figueiredo
João Paulo Figueiredo - 9 years ago
Which DJI drone and camera did you use to shoot the video?
Trace Staker
Trace Staker - 9 years ago
Loved it man! felt the music.. great shots... overall an epic edit! great job!
ART AUD VISU Ben Hur
ART AUD VISU Ben Hur - 9 years ago
PipeClassic (_ (_
waipahutube
waipahutube - 9 years ago
was this using GoPro 4K? Nice images!! awesome!
Jej171
Jej171 - 9 years ago
Freakin SICK!
Jacob Pirate
Jacob Pirate - 9 years ago
Must be an intense feeling, going through a wave like that..Awesome
Scott James
Scott James - 9 years ago
they didn't let bruce irons into the "in loving memory of andy irons pipemasters" and then he shredss pipe outside the contest.
Tom Power
Tom Power - 9 years ago
It almost looks as if you need to wear a helmet as one guy launches and there's about 20 heads in his way, I wouldn't want to be hit by a surfboard at 20 knots.
mike anderson
mike anderson - 9 years ago
very cool
Toby Anderson
Toby Anderson - 9 years ago
Amazing, i'm so glad that the footage is at full speed and not slowed down.  I think it ruins it when they slow it down.
tradewind08
tradewind08 - 9 years ago
mind = blown.
jrmusante1
jrmusante1 - 9 years ago
Probably the best video Surfline has ever uploaded
Roy Hofman
Roy Hofman - 9 years ago
awesome vid thanks
Teddy Parker
Teddy Parker - 9 years ago
Call me different but I'd much prefer the natural speed and audio, even if it is a bit washed out with the drone sounds. I don't want to feel like I'm at a movie I want to feel like I'm there. Seeing the spit fly, hearing the lip smack, and sensing the power of the wave in question...
MrPCHM
MrPCHM - 9 years ago
I'm not a surfer but I honestly don't think you have to be to appreciate this footage. Just awesome! Nice job...
Ev Alland
Ev Alland - 9 years ago
A.MaZZZZZing - perfect music.... going to be a classic I'm sure
Riding WAVES..... truly a gift from Creator
Chris Byrom
Chris Byrom - 9 years ago
Some of the best footage of Pipe I've ever seen. Bravo.
jacobs akcat
jacobs akcat - 9 years ago
gorgeous
Nicholas Kiefer
Nicholas Kiefer - 9 years ago
Beautiful. (Pipe is so darn crowded though)
Ana Marrero
Ana Marrero - 9 years ago
Increíbleeee
Juan Manuel Arce
Juan Manuel Arce - 9 years ago
Just paddle and....LLEVAAAA
!!-Three-Crazy-Kids-!!
!!-Three-Crazy-Kids-!! - 9 years ago
Nice work dude!
Jondus1
Jondus1 - 9 years ago
i love the view when it shows the reef. it shows just how dangerous it really is 
Skip Brown
Skip Brown - 9 years ago
so sick
Dombomb
Dombomb - 9 years ago
Hahah lovin jamie on the log
Bronson Harrington
Bronson Harrington - 9 years ago
This footage is fantastic and a great way to get a good look at the reef. Scare-ray!
Manic Bunny
Manic Bunny - 9 years ago
amazing footage
Shedz Channel
Shedz Channel - 9 years ago
awesome!
but i like my surf way less crowded!
jtlachappelle
jtlachappelle - 6 years ago
"shouldnt even be out there"... Fuck you. Who the fuck are you? Its the ocean man, you own it? Nope. Every person has a right to be out there. You were a "kook" at one time too, actually, with your cocksuckerface attitude youre probably the biggest kook out there. A true surfer has humility and respect for all and is stoked to see everyone out enjoying themselves and be a part of that
shorebreak69
shorebreak69 - 9 years ago
yeah, they've been getting a little nippy lately,,, no pun intended.
Shedz Channel
Shedz Channel - 9 years ago
+shorebreak69 see those buggers all the time here in wa. cant say they arent on my mind constantly these days!
shorebreak69
shorebreak69 - 9 years ago
+Shedz Channel & big, hungry sharks,,,, been chased many times,,, & they scare the fuck out of me !!!
shorebreak69
shorebreak69 - 9 years ago
it's a sign of the times, I grew up surfin' Bells & surrounds in the 70's,,, nowadays 90 % of the crowd are kooks, they shouldn't even be out there,,,, it makes me sad that I now resort to lesser breaks,,,,, curse you Ripcurl, & Coastalwatch, & cheap airfares !!!
Shedz Channel
Shedz Channel - 9 years ago
+jack basedgod thats exactly my point!...but here in western australia we have some of the biggest and best surf in the world without the crowds!....and thats the way ''I'' like it!
Dead poolmonkey
Dead poolmonkey - 9 years ago
What do you expect its pipe

100. comment for Surf From Above | Drone Footage of Pipeline

Justin Chaisson
Justin Chaisson - 9 years ago
Sterman is killing it
Marc Cawood
Marc Cawood - 9 years ago
Amazing! Pipe is so timeless.
Sam Cecil
Sam Cecil - 9 years ago
the camera angles will get better as they practice it more
MO JO
MO JO - 6 years ago
i agree with sam
fuckheads that praised it are happy with what they get
they lack discernment, class, imagination, maturity, etc
they will eat shit if you sprinkle some sugar on it

(not saying it's crap, just that it could have been way better)
Skip Brown
Skip Brown - 9 years ago
dude, really???  That footage was insane, Sam.  They freakin nailed it,.
bobothecat24
bobothecat24 - 9 years ago
it's beautiful
MO JO
MO JO - 6 years ago
you're beautiful, bobo
Steve Pacheco
Steve Pacheco - 9 years ago
great stuff
Ralph Lowe
Ralph Lowe - 9 years ago
amazing footage
adoz
adoz - 9 years ago
AWESOME

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