BEST MA'ALAEA OF ALL TIME - POV (Freight Trains on Maui) 

It got this big and maybe even bigger back in the mid and late 1970's, and almost this big, a few more times in the early eighties. No internet, no surf cams, no forecasters, and Maui was still empty back then. No one carried cameras, one or two pro surf photographers, and they were usually busy on surf trips. But we caught it, with only several guys out. I made special boards so I could make it from the top all the way through to the end. The Ma'alaea dragster series. But this swell was about as good as it gets, the perfect angle, doing everything right, and defining its own name "freight trains".

Has there ever been a better surfer than Kai Lenny? Contests are cool, but for all around adventure and big wave amazement, it's this kid. He's amazing!!!

Insane! Unreal POV visions!! Was awesome to see 🙌

I grew up surfing Freights and I surfed that 05 monster north swell that Kai mentioned. That swell was a mutant that wrapped from the other side of the island, this one was a pure south which is INSANE. Much respect Braddah, wish I was home to have scored those epic waves

My husband and I are astounded at the sheer determination. Almost 60 yrs old never touched a surfboard and live in Mid-Missouri Kai you've got us hooked!

Saw that from the front yesterday. Even more amazing as a POV. Thanks for sharing.

HOLY CRAP this was INSANE!! Charging so hard Kai. So sick to see the POV perspective on these heavy days 🙌🏽

Fantastic, thanks for sharing!

Historic waves 🌊

Well this absolutely smoked my edit hahaha

Kai gives us the *best* POV footage. Thank you ! Glad you got to experience that. If anyone has earned it ....

got that place head high in 1991 very fun, but this is a whole other level.. Killer riding

That's the best surf footage I've ever seen, awesome waves and world class riding, really enjoyed watching that, literally captures you and almost feels like it's the viewer surfing. Keep up the awesome surfing and videos 💪👊

Life changing!

SAVAGE, I want to be 29 again and LOL at the kooks dropping in on a legend in the making.

Such a rare bird ! Doesn't happen much .......but when it does ......WOW !

The Perfect storm of a Legend on a legendary day

It happens once a minute around the world 24/7...amazing....

Bro I love your video's man. You are living the best years of life to fullest. Keep it up!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE the footage. INSANE barrel shots and sounds and I'm still loving the shots from the shoulder, the momentum, dazzling... I don't believe I've ever seen anyone dive through the face of the wave like the surfer did at 3:10 - cool capture!!! 😎

This is amazing. Thanks for posting

Awesome session … all time. And never seen Kai ride a white board before 😄 Mahalo.

Thanks for making videos of special sessions where the pure stoke comes through loud and clear in every way! All levels and ages of surfers applaud what you do! ❤🤙

4 barrells on that wave that just kept barrelling up, awesome stuff...

It's fitting I'm watching this at 8:08 AM. Nice ride and thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for showing me what this is like! :)

He’s so good! He’s my favorite surfer. :)

Surfed there in the 90's a couple times when it was head high at most. Such an amazing wave! Absolutely unbelievable to see it so big!! Stoked to see you score and rip such epic waves! 🤙

1998...2005...the past few days 2022. I love Ma'alaea

Some truly sick POV the lip blocking the sun and then flying towards the light at the end of the tunnel... I've watched it a few times because it really feels like being there...even the double snake lol

Kai bailing out for the boogie boarder and other surfer just goes to show what a truly great sportsman he is!

Good job at no water spots on some of those clips super clean! My friend Merril was swimming both days I know he got sick clips of your with his GoPro! 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

surfed there a lot in the early 80s. only just recently have i seen it on yt or heard anyone mention it ever. when that place goes off it's unreal. the wave shape is so clean and perfect and break is so steep and fast

Just to put this into perspective. If medals were given out this day, Kai's session would be the same as Michael Phelps 8 gold medals from Beijing.

Mākena was absolutely nuts

Kai Lenny chargin’ and some of the best ‘from the tube’ footage you’ll ever see. This guy is the cutting edge of surfing.

A huge right handed skeleton bay looking wave. I am amazed on the barrels made on yours and other videos I have seen on this. This is the wave they call the freight train I believe. Such a fast hollow wave it’s very impressive on the people out there even trying especially making the wave. It looks hard to do even by the professionals.

kai lenny will be talking stories about this day with his bruddahs for a long time.

This is the greatest POV ever. And I don't know who is flying that drone but unbelievable not in this video but you know what I'm saying!

THRILLING!!!

That first quad barrel was mental!!!

Thank you Kai. I saw from the other videos the past couple of days that you had a mouth camera and I was hoping you would share. So awesome. Once in a lifetime... or maybe a glimpse into the future?

The best Ma'alaea is when you get it early like that before the trades kick in. What a score. 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

Nice. I found myself watching the barrels at 2x speed to get a better sense of what it's like in there.

Thanks for the footage Kai. what a guy!

Wow, my jaw is on the floor watching this

Just got so homesick. Great footage, braddah kai

ĶAI IS MAGIC, KAI IS WORKING SO HARD TO BE IN HIS POSITION.

So epic and all time...the vast majority of surfers including myself can only dream of catching 🌊🌊🌊 like that. I'm really in awe of how easy he makes it look, unbelievable.

Thanks for doing this! That was amazing! I'm not a surfer, but I love to see the ocean playing with her toys. You got filmed in a bunch of videos where they tagged your name, and then I saw this in the "suggested" row. I dunno how you guys don't run each other over and have bodies falling on you that get caught in the waves, but your reading of the wave and timing seem to be almost otherworldly! Thanks again for the vicarious rush!

Awesome got to love that offshore wind!

Amazing! Incredible! No words to describe how amazed I am! Thanks a lot for sharing

So Sick Braddah! Love the slo mo in da tube, You a legend!

Thank you for this experience. This plump granny would never see what you have filmed.

Excellent footage, thank you for sharing it with us. G-d Bless you, May you enjoy hundreds of more days like this

Unreal score Kai!!

Now we can’t forget the hurricane that hit I believe in 82 or 83. Can’t remember the date but we surfed the swell before the hurricane hit. The days before crowded surf and when small airports existed. And don’t forget the swell of the spring of 2005. Lived on Kauai then. 😀🤙👊

This POV is what i was waiting for

im so astonished by your vision in the water. that wave breaks quick! flat one second, and half a second later you’re like 10 feet up. absolutely wild man, great stuff.

I had some old VHS footage of Freight trains filmed in the 70's it was this big and fast.. forgot the name of the movie but yeah, it looks plenty lively here.... there was talk of extending the breakwall and killing this iconic spot... luckily it didn't happen.

I'm extra stoked and grateful you shared this on account of the fact that I'll probably never get over there to surf it when it's that good in ten more years and by then I might be too old to handle the drop anyway hahaha. That POV is killer. I still feel like it probably felt deeper for you since you're behind the lens a bit. The angles from land sure make it look deeper. Heck of a wave and some serious skill to make that. I'm wondering what size boards you were riding out there?

The perfect wave.

I actually love how you enjoy days like these like anyone else. I mean it’s not like you surf alot 😅😂 Best sport in the world

Magic 🪄

The slow mo in the barrel was so good with that angle of Pov 🤘

Liked, subscribed, and ordering Cariuma shoes.

Barrel after barrel....nice ride kai!!

Looks absolutely insaneee 🤘

PLEASE do more surf cams, this was unreal to watch. I love the angles, the slow-mo, the quiet audio-- it's art.

Kai, this was wonderful to experience this side of the wave! Thanks so much!

What a WAVE!

Crystal voyager. Imagine if George Greenough had, had a GoPro . Insane barrel's man.

how you made that barrel at the 4 minute mark is insane. that's beyond deep

Bummer on the crowd anyway unreal barrels mad respect 🙏 kai

Thanks for this man!

Kai Lenny is the new Laird Hamilton

Kai Lenny must be near the best big wave free surfer today

Woe....I enjoied so much thanks alot

Yeah Kai!!

Been waiting for this drop, it did not disappoint.

It's good to know that even a surf ninja like KL gets dropped in on. That was a historic day of Maui surfing.

Mr.Lenny, we’ll done, good memories and good fortune to you . Hope to have you in one of my flights to Rio de Janeiro one day. AA905.

Right on Kai!! Glad you only got dropped in on one time!!

Really amazing

absolutely mental 🔥🤙🏽

It looks amazing Merging with the water element

Right On Kai! That is the best POV barrel footage I have seen! I was on Maui visiting family and got some fun Wing Foiling in with my niece. She’s on team GoFoil. I stopped by Maalai on Monday and it was still happening.

Can’t believe this was all one session 🤙🏾

Bravo Bravo Bravo 👏 great all time for favorites

パーフェクト チューブ ライディング！！！！！ 素晴らしい！！！！！

Burning Kai Lenny, Ya Know it's a Cage Fight out There.

2:23 Kai gets so burned after making an insane barrel. How does the singer and backside get away with this behavior? Karma will take care of them for sure. Awesome rides Kai, never mind the kooks. Your next wave was even better!, sooo deep behind the spit! You rock Kai! Aloha from the da big Island

Kai legend

2:59 the pre wave scramble is exciting here with all the frothing crowd, followed by an all time epic bazza!

great footage, incredible waves, got dropped in on a couple of times.

So Insaneeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Soo sick! I was visiting Maui last week, I don't surf or anything, (wish I did) I felt super stoked for the people out there getting it though! These waves look crazy and fast!

Wowwowwow

an incredible video... the closest i will ever get to a tube ride...

Legend.....