Surfing Hurricane Irma's swells leads to pro surfer Zander Venezia's death

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Lazy_ Cassie - 6 years ago

My friend was with him when he died

TheDogeSophie Kill meh ;-; - 6 years ago

Omg nooooo I don't like people dying ;,(

Nick Dantzlerward - 6 years ago

Better going out that way than alone on a lumpy deathbed. Rock on.

German Meme War Veteran - 6 years ago

Darwin Award! TOPKEK

Per Hansen - 6 years ago

Dont go swimming, if you have balls of steel!

Hopeless situation Warrior - 7 years ago

why would he even do that

Noriety Logic - 7 years ago

WELP that was a stupid idea, have to admit

MaK - 7 years ago

18 years old. He was not thinking about danger as much as being so pumped to go to the next. Too young to think it through. All of you making these ugly cold remarks ever drank alcohol and drove?

BelviGER - 7 years ago

Thats a really stupid way to die

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X Kai - 7 years ago

To everyone saying "stupid". He had one opportunity for this. And he probably wasn't gonna do anything else with his life anyway. Like how you're not doing anything (probably). When you're into something and you get a once in a life time opportunity to have an experience (you're gonna die anyways) you know you gotta have it cause you'll be agitated of you don't. Oh well at least he got what he wanted before he died. Can you say the same?

Night Howla - 7 years ago

dont morn him he did not die he chose that believe it or not death is actually a glorious expansion into more of urself! u all are eternal!

H O T - 7 years ago

He died a man
One hell of a man
An absolute badass
The champion of men
The lord of the manliest

Mackenzie C - 7 years ago

On the one hand applause for being awesome, if that's how he wanted to die. On the other no sympathy, dumb to surf a hurricane.

June Maximus - 7 years ago

He died a Legend. R.I.P bro

Fire Kirby - 7 years ago

What an undeniable idiot

Fight me

David Nguyen - 7 years ago

16? that guy looks like he's 20

DarkShadow84 - 7 years ago

Guess he wasn't that pro after all.

rumpsugg - 7 years ago

lol

Biscuts of FURY - 7 years ago

He died happy

Ajay neves2 - 7 years ago

Life's not a game.

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MrChekaMan - 7 years ago

He won a Darwin Award.

Nicki nurse - 7 years ago

So sorry for his mom:(

Carter Hamilton - 7 years ago

way to ruin the session Xander

Freedom aint free - 7 years ago

Rip zander

GotFunnyStuff - 7 years ago

So sad as I'm typing this. I went to school with him. I knew him. I went to tennis camp with him and he's an amazing person. I'm so so sad to hear people calling him an idiot when maybe even 20 more people were surfing these waves with him. It was a freak accident and he hit his head on a rock and was in a concussion, he couldn't get up because when u hit your head that hard u lose control of certain nerves and he drowned. I am completely in shock at all the insensitive comments about this saying he is. An idiot or retard. If he is, then so is all the other 20 or 30 surfers out there with him. It just so happened that Zander was in the wrong place at the wrong time. We all love him so much and wish he didn't pass away but when he got to the hospital he was revived for a minute or less even but he was too weak and his lungs had too much water and he succumbed to pain and died. I miss him, his smile could light up an entire room. He was a walking ball of joy and happiness and knew how to make others smile and laugh. I wish before people comment mean things about him, that they would know who he was. NOBODY but his friends know who he was and NOBODY else should be saying he's an idiot. That's all I wanted to say. Plz be kind. He had a sister, Bella and imagine how she feels right now.

Ballin - 6 years ago

+Adam Mallalieu Correction: It could have happened to anybody dumb enough to put their life in such danger.
His death is sad indeed, he was young and probably with a long future ahead of him. He must have been a kind and loving person, which only makes his death sadder, but that doesn't change the fact he was in fact an idiot for making that decision.

Adam Mallalieu - 7 years ago

finally someone who has more than 5 brain cells in their head. it couldve happened to anybody

Ashton Bark - 7 years ago

GotFunnyStuff hey did u actually know him becuase I am a fellow surfer and I am very sorry for what happened to him RIP

Ethan Hurst [Student HBHS] - 7 years ago

All these comments from people hating on someone who was out there living life, he wasn't actually surfing in the hurricane it was still 300 miles off the coast. If you know anything about surfing, storms and hurricanes produce good swell to surf. He obviously didn't think he was going to die surfing that day, he was a capable surfer that had a freak accident. He was 16, and had his whole life ahead of him to live. I hope the people who commented hateful things can pull their head out off their ass and not just see this as some random youtube video, but a tragedy that happened in real life to someone who was out there living it.

Emal - 7 years ago

"chyeah brah, lemme just go hit this gnarly wave during a hurricane, bet I'll get a million instagram likes for this!"

CATEGORY 7 - 7 years ago

Play stupid games....Win stupid prizes!

Kamikaze Gorilla - 7 years ago

Darwin Award winner everyone!

c Lok - 7 years ago

Lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao

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Yoel Quevedo - 7 years ago

Natural selection

im blueee - 7 years ago

Still sick af tho

RareCx - 7 years ago

Rip Savage surfer

Keith Clunk - 7 years ago

Idiot.

Robert Escurra - 7 years ago

With his lack of intelligence and common sense he probably never would have gotten anywhere even if he were to make it to the Olympics anyway. Superior intellectual athletes of high level will always beat the inferior minded.

Luis Alvarez - 7 years ago

Truly is sad, then again it is his own dumb ass fault

charles tavila - 7 years ago

its not a tragedy if you died doing the thing u love

Nitro - 7 years ago

facepalm

Anark Kist - 7 years ago

to bad Jake Paul wasn't there to get a good vlog in

Anark Kist - 7 years ago

I'm not trying to be insensitive to this as it is very sad and tragic but who thought it would be a good idea to surf in a cat 5 hurricane . Anyone involved that was encouraging this kid to do this like the photographer and friends should be ashamed . These ppl were very very stupid to do this and it was bad news from the start. that being said , my condolences to the family and at least he went out doing what he loved .

The Legend 27 - 7 years ago

This kid is insane xd

Phuck You - 7 years ago

A true hero, too bad he won't have great offsprings and would have done great, intelligent things like him. RIP dude, you were the coolest guy I heard of and forgot about 1 day ago

Space Monkey - 7 years ago

Lot more to life than surfing. Anyone who says that is worth dying for hasn't lived for anyone but themselves

Melon Sai - 7 years ago

there is more to life than surfing tho

Anark Kist - 7 years ago

Space Monkey what's wrong with living for yourself ???

Guwop Jr. - 7 years ago

I don't give a damn if this make me evil or whatever but I don't feel bad for this dude

RonnieBavs - 7 years ago

Those who push the limits discover that sometimes the limits push back.
RIP Zander

J JJ - 7 years ago

Idiot...

Max Gillespie - 7 years ago

rip

Timothy Morrill - 7 years ago

Why wasn't her wearing a helmet?

heisenberg - 7 years ago

dumbass

Nicholas Maietta - 7 years ago

Good. More that die should help wake up others.

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Allie McCormack - 7 years ago

Darwinism in action

Shemah Fletcher - 7 years ago

and barefoot too <nod nods>

Joe - 7 years ago

Shouldn't you be in the kitchen?

Rade - 7 years ago

Allie McCormack at least someone understands

normanjablonski - 7 years ago

i too am dead

yotsu - 7 years ago

honestly, pretty cool way to die

jumpman23madj1 - 7 years ago

yotsu not really cool to die, in any way. Pretty dumb thing to say

Sam Harwine - 7 years ago

Yea drowning sounds very cool

kd21_nogarD - 7 years ago

obviously not the smartest, this is a hurricane...

Adam Mallalieu - 7 years ago

the hurricane was 400 mile away

wawa - 7 years ago

idiot

wawa - 7 years ago

ahahahaha

kd21_nogarD - 7 years ago

yes, the swell is predictable aswell though, he fully intended to surf on it, which is foolish because the swell is the deadliest part.

ThePeruvianDawg - 7 years ago

Dragon_12dk wasn't during the hurricane it was the swell before the hurricane

Larry Stevenson - 7 years ago

Sorry to hear that he died but what an incredibly stupid thing to do. He deserves a Darwin Award: http://www.darwinawards.com/ I'm not a surfer dude, but I used to fly gliders. Dying for it would still be stupid in my opinion.

RonnieBavs - 7 years ago

Larry Stevenson Its not a shame to die doing what you love. I've assumed you've never surf, but nothing can beat the feeling of riding a big wave.

Georgi Sivilev - 7 years ago

The biggest fool of the world!
You Americans, you became a terribly stupid nation.
How can you ever think this is normal?
Fools.

Andrea-Miranda Castañeda - 7 years ago

He was from Barbados, not the U.S.

RonnieBavs - 7 years ago

Georgi Sivilev He died doing what he loves, and that's alright.

Carol - 7 years ago

I don't think it's normal or smart. Look at this fool, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr6XjvdDyD0

Ray Yuske - 7 years ago

That's what happens

maria Isabella sturges - 7 years ago

A young life lost by the imprudence of challenging a disaster of nature.

charles tavila - 7 years ago

a young life dies every hour ..
don't be woo dramatic

PRE CBS FENDER - 7 years ago

Getting slammed and held under to your lungs burst..its a dark scary place..

Justlife - 7 years ago

why have a great channel

Carlton Firoved - 7 years ago

he died doing what he loved.

Kevfactor - 7 years ago

point break!~ hope he enjoyed it

ducks - 6 years ago

Kevfactor I’m watching it lol

MEET Magazine - 7 years ago

He died doing what he loved!

Madison Galmin - 7 years ago

MEET Magazine sad

rumpsugg - 7 years ago

Drowning?

Russell I - 7 years ago

MEET Magazine you're right... being stupid

Gal Beeri - 7 years ago

gasping for air is the BEST

Manny Biship - 7 years ago

MEET Magazine so he loves drowning

Tieguo Zhu - 7 years ago

Give him one more chance, he won't do it again.

Names - 7 years ago

I think he would have preferred not dieing :P

LightningWolf105 - 7 years ago

Martin Pozzi but he loved it, therefore he died doing what he loved, and that's a good way to go, if any.

Martin Pozzi - 7 years ago

MEET Magazine no he died doing a stupid thing

Benebs - 7 years ago

At least he died doing what he loved.

GamerSon 98 - 7 years ago

rumpsugg most likely yeah

rumpsugg - 7 years ago

Drowning?

GamerSon 98 - 7 years ago

Malik Tube he didn't

Sad Hours - 7 years ago

+Malik Tube for real

Malik Tube - 7 years ago

he probably regretted going there seconds before dying...

phuck ewe - 7 years ago

Now he's surfin' that big wave in heaven.

Malik Tube - 7 years ago

LOL

D G - 7 years ago

Clickbait

NaturelDeese - 7 years ago

Idiot

Adam Mallalieu - 7 years ago

you are the only idiot

Fire Kirby - 7 years ago

NaturelDeese true

harry - 7 years ago

GotFunnyStuff it sucks that he was 16

GotFunnyStuff - 7 years ago

I went to school with him. It's unbelievable what has happened. He was the most happiest, cheerful person. He dies doing what he loved and I miss him. Before you call anyone an idiot your should know how they lived, and their back story and who they really were instead of a stupid utube video with a robotic voice. All these videos make me so sad when I know his friends and family just want peace for him.

Robert Escurra - 7 years ago

NaturelDeese undeniable

Krissyanna Ramirez - 7 years ago

Little Blue he wasn't your cousin was he?

Michael garcia - 7 years ago

Definitely not an idiot. Hopefully nothing comes back your way for calling someone dumb doing what he loves and dying from it

JJ Paintball - 7 years ago

NaturelDeese HE WAS MY COUSIN. STOPPP

Ritjert Swaab - 7 years ago

NaturelDeese at least he took a risk and tried to be great. Rather than live in obscurity as a parasite on this planet. Adding nothing. Living a meaningless life. If one asks who cares if I die.. and the answer is no one besides immediate friends and fam.. than that life added nothing to humanity and just took up resources.

Ivan Martinez - 7 years ago

So where's the vid

Heavily Indebted Backwoods Squire - 7 years ago

As a former surfer who nearly drowned a number of times, I will tell you, he died happy.

Ballin - 6 years ago

There's no such thing as dying happy. Trying to survive in any situation is a hereditary instinct. Nobody thinks to himself "I won't exist anymore, but at least I will stop existing because I've done something that gives me temporary pleasure". He was desperately trying to swim up while his lungs filled with water, causing him extreme pain from asphyxiation, until at one point he lost conscious, never to regain it again.
This is why people should be responsible.

Lkonae - 7 years ago

@LightningWolf105 I love when I see kids insulting other kids by assuming they're younger than they are.

KUUIPO GRACE - 7 years ago

Lord Narwhal IV yawn

Lord Narwhal IV - 7 years ago

Djcmunited You shouldnt disrespect him for dying doing what he loves bro, he was a pro, he probably wouldve died on that tiny island anyway, I respect that dude, he did what he loved.

Lord Narwhal IV - 7 years ago

Heavily Indebted Backwoods Squire Ive been surfing since I was 8 and I have almost drowned 3 times, but lifeguards saved me, my first time I almost drowned was when I got stung when I was 9 by a stingray and another time when I was 12 and the last time almost drowned was when I was 15 years old, its been 4 years.

Goon - 7 years ago

Keegan Carroll millions of people don't die a day, so get your facts right

Keegan Carroll - 7 years ago

Djcmunited why are you being so vain he died and there are over 1.9 million people and at least a million have died today so just why?

KUUIPO GRACE - 7 years ago

Glen Garry it's cause you SURVIVED. You where happy to be alive, not content with dying. He most definitely didn't die happy

CursedMarkZain - 7 years ago

What an idiot for dying lol

Alexander the Great - 7 years ago

Why don't surfers carry a spare air bottle around their wrists to decrease the chances of drowning?

Goon - 7 years ago

Eul Yong Lee you're not fun at parties are you

Eul Yong Lee - 7 years ago

I don't think choking and coughing while salt water enters your lungs as you helplessly flail your arms is a "happy" moment.

Manny Biship - 7 years ago

Glen Garry so he was happy that he drowned

J Lawless - 7 years ago

Glen Garry died in an epic fail. Doubt it

GOKU__WAS__HERE productions - 7 years ago

Why didn't anyone stop him? Where the parents?

Nerion, Espy Of Wolves - 7 years ago

He came in his pants before he left.

Bacon Pizza - 7 years ago

he's still stupid

WadeLM - 7 years ago

Glen Garry it's a sad story. At least he died doing what he loved.

Dekucon - 7 years ago

Little Blue Smart guy i guess

Dekucon - 7 years ago

Little Blue A good fallen surfer he was

Dekucon - 7 years ago

Little Blue Bullshit

JJ Paintball - 7 years ago

Djcmunited HE DIDNT KNOW HE WOULD DIE!! I WAS HIS COUSIN! STOP FREAKING THINKING YOU KNKW EVERYTHJNG ABOUT MY FAMILY. I MISS HIM SO MUCH

Dekucon - 7 years ago

Love Wins His family now has to pay for a funeral. His parents will have to bury their own son. Stupid kid if you ask me. It’s like a person who loves to ride motorcycles but he riding on dangerous day like on a storm vs going on regular day. He fucked him over and thats my opinion

Dekucon - 7 years ago

LightningWolf105 Shut up he died doing something stupid. If he loved surfing he should have stayed safe and alive so he could surf again and again but no he was stupid and now gone in this world, he did this while a hurricane is about to happen. If it was on a regular surfing day and he died it would be unexpected and random. That would justify him for dying doing something he loved because we and himself wouldn’t expect to die. But he was stupid doing this on day when a hurricane was about or was happening. He was stupid for doing something that was dangerous and should be expected that it wasn’t safe to go surfing. He wasted his life, he kinda killed him self and left the people who loved him.

Dekucon - 7 years ago

Love Wins Thats shit deep

LightningWolf105 - 7 years ago

Malik Tube So do you not want to die doing what you love, 7 year old?

Malik Tube - 7 years ago

ur so dumb m8

Rubifen Rx - 7 years ago

I hear ya bro.

Odin Hove - 7 years ago

clickbait

JJ Paintball - 7 years ago

Odin Hove its not clickbait

Adam West - 7 years ago

USA has technology that can destroy this hurricane but globalist do not want to save people they want to kill as many people as possible to prove that so called global warming is happening. They forced Trump not to use experimental nukes that can destroy hurricane Irma....

Lovebird - 7 years ago

The day man kind interferes with mother nature, much less in an attempt to DESTROY A HURRICANE, is the day we all need to be ended.

Pandoras Angel - 7 years ago

why do some people think nukes would solve everything? These people are obviously stuck in the 1950s where they where proud of nuking islands until they sank

Anark Kist - 7 years ago

Adam West OK this is not the smartest comment . I believe our government has a lot of things we don't know about , I also believe that they would 100% let ppl die and would not do things in order to let ppl die. however to think the government could stop a natural disaster is one of the most r3tarded things I ever heard. Now a more correct statement would be the people in charged used HAARP to create Irma to devastate some countries and cause panic. I'm sure they can create them but I don't believe they can destroy them

Evilinge - 7 years ago

Just build a Wall and let the atlantic ozean pay for it

Adam West - 7 years ago

Rob Aldridhe I used to argue with "those people" now i just post total nonsense for kicks ...Ignorance and stupidity have reached a point of no return...Just enjoy the show!!

Rob Aldridge - 7 years ago

Adam West Scary isn't it? I'm a geezer so I remember a time when letters to the editors going back and forth between a lefty and a right wingnut was about as far as things went. Now we have armed men, grown ups, who sincerely believe in stuff like you posted and some of them are ready to kill other Americans to back up their squirrly ideas...hell it's already happening, we have people who believe in some weird politics called Sovereign Citizens and you can't make them see reason or reality, if you do try to reason with them ;"you're part of the conspiracy they say (cue suspicious music. How do I join the illuminati? They sure sound like they have a lot of fun!)". The Soverign movement kill cops, I think there have been 12 cops killed in the last 15-20 years by them that believe it's their "right" to kill a husband, a father, a grandfather, a son etc. so they can escape from law enforcement officers. I'm so glad that my family who fought in every war up til Vietnam are gone, it would be so hard for them to understand how we got from a generation that fought tyranny to armed to the teeth imbeciles that don't even understand the "WHOLE" Bill of Rights and the Constitution. I guess my family that fought in WW2 have all been suckers because they were, everyone, a proud Roosevelt Democrat and a proud American.

Asian Trump - 7 years ago

You're an actual idiot.... You honestly don't know how powerful as hurricane is. It would take like a nuke exploding every second just to slow down this type of storm

Derek Louster - 7 years ago

you forgot to wear your tin foil hat.

JALO LIONEL - 7 years ago

This isn't usa and technology isn't superior in the usa. Ya just sound kinda dumb

FlyingPenguins - 7 years ago

Kim Jong Un confirmed created hurricanes

Lucas M - 7 years ago

This man is on crack

Raza Kazama - 7 years ago

Malachi Hartfield Shotgun vs hurricane?

Idylchatter - 7 years ago

Adam West Forrest Trump wants to save the nukes for illegal immigrants.

Brian Godfrey - 7 years ago

Wacko

Raza Kazama - 7 years ago

Adam West That would make the situation worse, the hurricane will become far more deadlier.
Then we will need Goku to save us and destroy it with a spirit bomb.

LightningWolf105 - 7 years ago

Adam West Do you even know how hurricanes work? They grow with heat, and a nuke is literally just heat, and radiation. Which is still, just intense heat. That would only make the hurricane 10-20x stronger, and make it radioactive, not to mention.

Furr Burger - 7 years ago

Attempting to destroy a hurricane with nuclear weapons will only make things WORSE!! Hurricanes feed off HEAT...what do you think would happen ADDING a thermo nuclear blast to the mix??
Whoever came up with this Dumb idea obviously knows NOTHING about ANYTHING!!

Tom Sid - 7 years ago

HAARP

YOI trash - 7 years ago

Bullshit. Thats not true.

Amaya Souza - 7 years ago

nukes can't destroy hurricanes in fact it would make it worse because of the fallout and toxins

Adam West - 7 years ago

Kirumi lolz .... 3 people liked the crazy bs I posted... I just wanted to see how many people will response affirmatively with one of the craziest idea, I have ever had!

Kirumi - 7 years ago

Interesting. Do you have a single shred of evidence for this?

Elliot Harper - 7 years ago

Yep nature is a leftist plan devised by the communist North Koreans to kill Trump and end society. Totally makes sense.

Greg Morgan - 7 years ago

Adam West
What has Alex Jones been feeding you? Don't forget to mention how the new world order is using HAARP to create the hurricanes.

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