@@abdullahimohamed5807 I thought it was the end results of someone messing around with a giant fire extinguisher or melted marshmallow or ice cream but up in the clouds would be really cool like I wanna be living in a huge magical fantasy castle high up in the sky where I could see all the stars and rainbows and magical living balloons 😩✨🥺🌈🌦️🌟🫧🎈🏰☁️
How do people surf these waves without a life jacket contraption like the one he has on? I feel like you would be so confused from the ordeal that you wouldn’t know which way was up.
@Jxcko77 Nah I get the feeling, I boogie boarded when I was little and there was something entertaining about getting thrown around by the ocean. Like a roller coaster of sorts. Ofc none of them were even half as big as the one in this video lol
Re: Disoriented & Swimming to the Bottom. True that! It gets dark down there. Whenever I see these I hold my breath & do pushups until they're up, to get the "feel". Try taking a breath after a wave like that collapses your lungs. 🫁 Then the real fun begins! Zero oxygen until a minute of baby breaths to reinflate them (while more sets roll you on to the bottom. 🎉🎉🎉
It’s like getting hit by a semi truck, and 15 guys with crowbars.. except you live, you’re not bleeding anywhere, and you’re able keep surfing 10 minutes later
I don't think he thought of, said, and recorded his verbal response while he was actually being tossed to and fro in those "conditions"...... I mean, (YES), that would be "Incredible", bc it is Impossible.
Whenever I see these I hold my breath & do pushups until they're up, to get the "feel". Try taking a breath after a wave like that collapses your lungs. 🫁 Then the real fun begins! Zero oxygen until a minute of baby breaths to reinflate them (while more sets roll you on to the bottom. 🎉🎉🎉
@@MsHSpring He was fine from the fairly soft landing. When you come up with a collapsed lung, that first gasp just doesn't happen & you duck dive the next wave. On your way back up (now 20-30 seconds breathless), you plan how many baby breaths it'll take to get any meaningful oxygen in (while you stay calm to conserve when body is screaming in panic). Once 1/2 inflated you/re gtg to paddle back out.
This is why I recommend a life jacket even for experienced swimmers. When you get taken under and swirled around in every direction with your eyes closed it can be hard to tell which way is up, but you can always trust that jacket to pull you in the right direction.
Same. I had no idea 10ft waves were THAT big. I found out they measure from the back! So the drop off is really 15ft+. Rode a few and got my butt kicked by a bunch more. Biggest waves ive ever seen in person. This guy is just crazy tho.
Same and id say the most accurate description is, "its like getting thrown into a laundry machine on max settings." The first time i got thrown under a wave, i tasted sea water for hours. I didnt even know where i was when i first got out, cuz the wind was pushing the waves at an angle and i ended up almost a quater mile down the beach looking for my family cuz i kept going back for more 😂
As someone that's a seasoned wave rider. It is not like getting hit by a semi truck. It's like being stuffed into a giant washer the size of a building. The cycle mode is on psychotic. It's consistently on spin. The tank is always full and bubbles are everywhere. When you get to the surface the bubbles stop you from locating a safe exit. And then another 100,000 gallons of water get dumped on your head in about 1 - 10 seconds. Dragging you underwater into the rinse cycle of death. Yes it's more like that. The semi truck analogy doesn't make sense to me at all.
Thank you. I was confused because the semi truck and crowbar analogy makes me think you should have bruises and broken bones, but I don't think that's what happens. Btw how do you not drown when you're pulled under?
Gee, I got dumped, rolled and dragged through shingle by a rogue wave. Hit me from behind. Gave up swimming in the sea after that. How do these people survive those monster waves!!!
The power of these waves is Incredible. Me and my buddy at 16yo went out in a hurricane to surf. Waves had to only be 4-6ft. But a 6 footer on THAT day felt like a 12foooter. The tide was pulling back so hard that you would catch the wave and then you would literally see the ocean floor and smash down into it. Snapped my board in half. Never surfed a hurricane again
@@shaytokyo782 yea, the large waves they produce! Snapped a few boards myself over the years growing up in fl. Wiped out on a boogie board one time when the center of a 10-12 footer broke under me and just dropped me to the ground and in less than 30 seconds under water I ended up about a half mile down the beach from where I wiped out!
BroH. . it's like holding your breath for almost 10 seconds, and then surfacing to catch your breath. then a whole minute and twenty seconds passes out of nowhere. then you just catch a huge wave, NBD bruhh 🤙🏽
You guys underestimate how rough those waves are. He was under for 10 seconds. Now imagine that being you. Underwater it don’t feel like 10 seconds it feels like a minute minimum and that’s if you don’t panic. Never mind the actual pressure of the waves. I’d rather be hit by a crowbar than millions of gallons of water, are you stupid?
@Barren_soul I never got into surfing but I liked to go in with my friends when they would surf. I had 1 really bad experience where I was just caught in the break and he isn't lying when he says you need to remain super calm. After about 90 seconds of coming up just to being pumbled and incapable of getting air, the only thing I could think of was to go as deep as I could to try and get under the wave and swim outward behind the waves. After that, I had to swim about half a km parallel to the beach to get back to shore. Those waves weren't even these GIANT waves. But the way the ocean floor is structure over here just makes the gap between breaks very very small, so you have little to no time to recover. That's what makes it so bad.
Right .. This looks like the bunny hill of waves compared to Nazare. I know damn well I would ever even think about doing it but would love to come sit on top of that cliff out there and watch those waves. I can't imagine what it sounds like and looks like in person
@Kymoe-hf4yq I live in the states now, but I was in Portugal with my wife for 5 weeks this last summer. My initial plan was to propose to her on the top of that cliff. Back at home ya know. Super romantic and wish. But then covid happened and we couldn't travel there and I couldn't wait any longer... never got that romantic proposal 😔
The guys on the jetskiis are just as skilled. These huge waves surfers go as a team because the waves are so massive they need to be towed onto them and rescued after
A planned retrieval or pickup that goes according to that plan is not a rescue. You don't rescue someone then drop them back into the same situation, then rescue them again, & repeat. All very hyped-up and dramatic-sounding, but very inaccurate use of the word "rescue" lol.
He forgot the most important part which is you don't know which direction is up or down when you are under a huge wave. It can take a lot of time to get above. And when you do there can be the next huge wave. It's super dangerious but I guess he didn't go though this exactly because he had a life vest
The modern impact suit brings you up. There are tabs you pull on the (shoulders’ish?) that uses cartridges to inflate. It would be horrible to ride a wave like that with a life vest, maybe impossible. I’m not a surfer (I mean I’ve been, I can, but I’m not) so someone can correct me.
@@jaxripper251 Everyone who has ever surfed waves this big has used an inflatable vest. This isn't Hawaii or California, it's Nazaré. These waves aren't 25 feet, they're more like 75 feet.
This is so true. It’s not surfing but having gone through navy dive school in the military. It’s so important to stay calm and not let panic set in when you’re being pummeled. There are no positives to panicking.
@@chrtravelsdon't worry it's usually the guys that did nothing that complain since they don't have anything to tell anyone about. Thanks for your service shipmate. I served in Navy and it was best time of my life. Most people couldn't make it so they just hate.
White water canoer here, River waves are quite a bit different from ocean waves. But when he says it’s like getting hit by a semi truck, I know exactly what he means. It’s just like a wall of water smacks you in the face/chest and it kinda hurts. It can take your breath away too. Plus if it’s early in the season the water is hypothermic and it makes you hyperventilate and freeze up. When he says you need to stay calm, he’s not kidding, if you don’t manage your breathing and stay calm, you won’t be able to self rescue. And a lot of times it’s up to you to get yourself out of the water. You just gotta take a deep breath and keep your head and feet above water, and look for an eddie. Then swim like crazy. Plus you need to grab the boat and paddle.
seems not only need to be strong enough to withstand getting hit, but then you need to be mentally prepared for all of that and then be physically fit to go through all that time without air and to swim/paddle. that's crazy. I wanted to try surfing but not anymore lol.
@@Icefanforyou.have you ever seen a moose after getting hit by a semi? They are much tougher than your average surfer I'll take my chances with the wave over the semi thank you.
It definitely helps if you realize that you are going to get hit with enough time to get a breath. You don't want to have just exhaled and get stuck under a big wave. Some of the larger ones can keep you under for over a minute if you are really unlucky.
As a person who has been gone through the situation I know exactly what is he saying is saying it's like getting beaten up and thinking ur done for it and u have to wait until that freaking wave to get over ur head .
‘getting hit by a wave is like getting hit by a semi-truck’? no it ain’t. would you rather get hit by a semi-truck than water? I’ll take the water, you can have the semi
As someone who has surfed and wiped out hard on waves I wasn’t ready for (nothing even remotely like this, but still a wipeout), the biggest thing is just to Not Panic. If you panic, you’ll burn through all the oxygen in your blood by flailing, and then you’ll drown even faster. Respect the ocean man, she will backhand you so hard the minute you don’t.
"Respect the ocean" reminds me of when I binge watched video after video of ppl climbing Mt. Everest, you can imagine some of the horror stories. "Respect the mountain" was a statement that resonated throughout the videos. Mother Nature is a beast for real & some ppl can take her beauty as a weakness.
But how does he know the feeling of getting hit by a semi truck and then getting beaten up by guys with 15 crowbars? But still this guy has guts cuz i would never do that
@@SignzNSymbolzactually, mathematically speaking in terms of energy, it’s not “much much worse” And to the bozo above you, he is pretty tough. Sure, he’s not the hardest guy in the world but stop being a douche.
Sudden water pressure, your entire body is screaming but you can't take a single breath, or you drown. Floating in the ocean is different than being shoved 20 feet underwater by a wave.
My thoughts. I know the wave is insane and hits like a ton of bricks but that's the thing. LIKE a ton of bricks. Not actually this guy has never been hit with a crowbar that's for dang sure or he wouldn't compare the two
That's what I was thinking. It is probably painful but when you know your vest will surface you and a jetski is close it can't be that hard to stay calm, really.
@@piiinkDeluxe plus he wasn't under water for all that time. And the suit should be able to absorb some of the water shock against the skin not by design but for sure it's better than bare skin, maybe there's an Idea for future borders 🤔💡
i’ll never forget the first time my dad took me to sandy’s beach oahu and i got wiped out by a wave that was nothing to compared to the wave on this video but i remember feeling like i was under water forever and then i finally surfaced and asked my dad how long i was under and he said only about 2 seconds 😂 i was so terrified and confused lol.😂 was a good experience to have as a young kid tho
I am a beginner-intermediate kite surfer. A few weeks ago, after not surfing for a while, I went to surf on a stormy day. The waves were between 1.5-2 meters- which is nothing compared to those in this video. But still, I got hit by one and lost orientation and couldn't breath for 5-10 seconds. I was so overwhelmed by the experience that I had a panic attack- which I never had before. I was able to safely go back to shore, and after a couple of minutes went back surfing. My point is- 1) Know your limits, 2) Push your limits slowly. Like the guy said- he trained a lot to be able to stay calm under those conditions. So Keep safe Guys!
as someone with very limited experience with waves, the worst thing about getting hit by a big wave (without surfing) is how disorienting it is. holding your breath is one thing, but even when it calms down you don't know where you're facing, where you're supposed to be swimming, how long you have left before you can take a breath...
Fortunately when you’re surfing, most of the time you have a leash, and that leads cord connected to the floating board can give you some sense of what direction to climb.
I've seen way bigger. In the comfort of my home. On a screen. On youtube. Watching a video. Completely safe. Completely content and Completely fine. It was intense.
I am thankful to have learned this while attending Palisades, California YMCA Camp when I was 10 years old. We frequently trekked down to the beach or busses our way to Malibu. On one occasion, if I had not learned this simple lifesaving advice... I'm am so thankful and blessed. Life is beautiful! Thank you for sharing this information.
@@Huobaojiqiespecially starting out. If you’re not used to it from like boogie boarding. 3 fters feel like 8ft when you’re trying to stand up. But eventually you get used to it and soon you will be ripping 10ft
Actually to prevent things like this, I built in some muscle memory. Constantly train with smaller waves to when you feel a slight loss of balance, or hear the waves catching up to you, immediately, and I mean immediately tense your muscles or prepare for impact in your own way. This reduces the pain a lot more. Also wear a wetsuit. It helps a lot. Physical and mental fortitude is needed, but this helps so much with the initial impact.
I went body boarding when there where some giant waves cause i underestimated the power of the ocean and got slammed way down in the water, fought to swim up but as soon as i got up and took a deep breath another monster slammed into me and that happened 4-5 times in a row. I thought I was going to drown that day. After the first wave I went into survival mode and stopped panicking, and just conserved the precious air I had left. 21 years ago and I haven't been back in the ocean since.
A wave 1/20th that size bruised and fractured 4 ribs. One of the most painful and scary accidents I have ever had. You are very brave, possibly a little crazy but you need that to do what you do. Keep safe.
I'm pretty sure he's making it sound worse than it is... I'm sorry, I've been hit by some big waves... crushed you might say. Admittedly never as big as the ones he's surfing. I also wasn't using a floatation vest like he is, and while getting hit by a truck might hold some parallels, there were never any people with crowbars hiding inside my waves. 😂😂
Sometimes when I surf 4m swells getting thrown around alot it is insane and it can take a while to build up the ability to just go lifeless to conserve breath and energy, I could not imagine surfing waves this big!
So you were under water for 10seconds and you speaking like you would be a titanic survivor. Kind of like the "i have the toughest job on the planet" kind of people
