GETTING CAUGHT INSIDE, WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO. MASSIVE CLOUDBREAK 

“When the wave breaks here, don’t be there”.

Prayers and thoughts go out to you guys on the big island with those wildfires 🤙🇦🇺🍻 keep livin the dream mate

I was at Cloudbreak today and followed all your instructions after copping a few bombsets on the head after a closeout. Only tip I didn't follow was the one you said is most important - the first lip crashed on me and I went over the falls and sucked down to the reef. Foot copped a nice slashing. These tips were life savers mate, especially when I got pushed into the shallow reef, you helped get me out of there.

Thanks for sharing brotha! Oh and bless you on that sneeze

Thanks, Koa! I’m new to watching you & Nate & others surfing so I appreciate the narration!

Great advice Koa , hope everything at home settles down soon.

Loved this type of video! Keep em coming

Love the videos on tips and tricks! Sick video as always!

Thanks Koa! I hope you are feeling better. Its not the same without Jack. REALLY so very sorry for what has happened in Maui. Sending all the ❤❤❤

That was fun. TY Koa!

Love the breakdown

would love to get more like these super awesome and insightful

thanks for the in depth insight into the ins and outs of dealing with a big wave spot and how important it is to have a strategy. And of course a legend like Abe doesn't hurt. thanks for sharing, brah

Thanks for the experience and safety lessons! 🙂

Enjoyed that. Yeah U and Nate doing one of these would be cool.

Thank you for sharing your experiences with us..

Very cool Fiji trip! I miss that magical place Glad the foot is gonna be ok Happy Healing 🤙

Just ordered my this is living blenders. Hope all is well with fires. Keep making content. Great stuff. Love you and Nate podcast too.

I love these videos when yall do this these, like Nates break down of Ben Gravy almost drowning at off the wall.

Thank you Koa. Grateful.

Hi Koa. I hope everyone in Maui is okay. Terrible fires there at the moment ❤

love the vid... praying for maui

Def enjoy the technical breakdowns.

Really cool breakdowns and inside info for a wave that I'll never surf (too big!)

love the commentary dude

I liked the vid! Would love to see some basic stuff like how to manage a line up and how to know where to sit and not sit at breaks

Saw some clips of the wind surfing... had to be one of the best contest in that format...👌.... koa and the hardcore surfers are crazy good

😥 Koa, if you know anyone who lives on the west side of Maui, my heart, thoughts and prayers go out to you and to them. The news coverage is horrific! I have been watching RU-vid all morning. 😥

How's your foot doing Koa? Hope all is well. I find this video interesting and love your commentary.

Hope you’re feeling better bro. Would be sick to hear travel hacks from you and Nate on the next pod

Koa, my go-out prayers🙏 to your fellow Mauians.

Yooo brodahh great tips , those waves look awesome, I can't believe you got a 6'4 in there, how's that recovery going. Mahalo to da Fam.🤙🏼

Hey Koa you pulled off a decent add, nice. vpn's are the go for sure

very good content!

This is a great post. Focusing on how to look after yourself in heavy surf. A lot of people throw themselves at bigger waves. Unprepared and get hurt. Would like to see move of this. Thanks 🇦🇺

Hey Koa, THANK YOU. MAHALO.

Sweet sticker lol. Dork. Get better soon brotha.

Would you or Nate ever try to do the Nelscott Reef Pro? seems like a pretty big and gnarly wave!

Thanks for the NORDVPN advice, Koa.

That's a good point, Koa, in taking the first wave so as to get out of the impact zone of set waves that are following!

Epic vid........heal up and get er done!!!! Come to the gulf if it gets good during a hurricane swell.......yeeew

Hell yeah Kia! Be safe out there

I been caught inside there to. I went to stand up and thr lip drove my face into my board, first wave of a 10 wave set. You end up lower than sea level and the boats can't see you during sets. Luckily another surfer just as he kicked out looked in and spotted me. I gave him the double double x arms over the head signal that I needed help. Then during a lull one of the Fijians drove his little boat in to very shallow water and picked me up. It was only a 3-5 foot day to. That wave is scary AF! It was when the tower was still there and I considered letting the waves blast me over the reef and try make it to that. I told that to our guide when I got back to the boat. He screwed his face up and said "bro, you would have been sliced."

great stuff- so on a mid size or bigger wave, when you straighten out is it best to ride it in as far as possible? Bailing early on isn't an option? Even assuming there may be a bigger one out the back?

We need the Koa Nate Podcast revenge EP soon!

zero dislikes says a lot about the quality of your content, Koa - keep shredding weapon

The biggest challenge for me when getting caught inside is staying calm.

No one wears booties these days. I guess it's because they don't feel that comfortable, and possibly because they don't look very cool. The advantage of booties is fairly obvious when you have to walk on the reef, but the other advantage is when you wipe out when it's shallow. You can put your feet down rather than getting your back shredded on the reef. It can take one small cut on your foot when you're in the tropics to ruin your trip. I dunno, a bit of a head scratcher for me.

The "I ❤A$$" sticker on his laptop had me laughing goood

Lol, you reckon WSL chat is wild and you get around with an I ♥A$$ sticker on your laptop 😂😂what a legend, you should hang out in WSL chat more often 🤙🤙

well when you were next to me last season on the big swell day we barely made it. and everyone else got wiped. before i duckdove it i looked back at you like lol drama. i duck dove that outside set like a bosss and it was a super long calm hold down slowly pulling me down and moved me a few football fields underwater easily there is so much power and that reef is so nasty. everything he says is spot on and the best and worse times of my life.

prayers for healing from a Ventura boy!!!

"on a small day like this" hahaha bro its pumping

Hey thanks for switching it up with commentary. I’m so over vids / music.

buen video i liked style, como esta tu pie ? espero te recuperes pronto bro

can you do a video where you surf tombstones in Gnaraloo WA?

I was at Cloudbreak with JOB years ago; it was smaller but still pushed me down to shikabobs; but JOB would get right back out after taking off too deep . He later told me he would paddle up reef (away from the channel) into what he called ‘the lagoon ‘and duck dive smaller/mushier whitewaters and wait for the set to clear.

Quick Question, when Duck Diving is not an option, is it Better to Dive down Head First as Deep as you can or go Down Feet First.

Get well

Nothing better than watching the local lads run across the reef like it's grass while you pancake for your life

cant surf? no problem, share some knowledge ! Thanks Koa

Honestly Koa said a lot of nothing there even for north VPN but this is living still

The best person to talk to is a local.

Are water shoes good in any of those spots? I surf in El Salvador and a lot of the spots are rock bottom with sea urchins and sharp rocks with shells so im thinking on getting some water shoes just to try and avoid that.

How long were the hold downs?

Helpful man. Im about to go to Indo to get pounded on some reef so will keep it in mind haha

Hope your foot is getting better

Um thought you were gonna drop knowledge lol nice commentary tho 😂

Follow up on the injury to your foot??

Knuckle Grinders no bueno

Oh so when makua went over the falls there he was at the worst place because he went down with the lip hehe but he lived to talk about it.

keep hearing you and others talking about cloudbreak.What is that. Another thing I'm curious about have you ever had any close calls with sharks. Anyway Hawaii prob isn't going to be like it was when you left that fire is roaring your house isn't close to that is it.

Brooooooooooooooooo that is definitely advanced surfing. It kind of doesn't even look fun. haha

Koa. Where are you🇦🇺🤙😎

How deep is it where it breaks at cloudbreak?

That’s why you wear booties brother! I love them saved my feet thousands of times just get the ones without the split tow or your leash will get caught and you’re always tripping!

How’s the foot Rothman

How is your foot 🦶 Koa

Me happy to just be duck diving successfully…

I just read about the fires you really think we get this many fires in Hawaii. Even the shit that went down in Island Davis was wacko years back. Anyhow just checking on your ankle you good Koa your buddy Look like he rip a good chunk of his elbow too. I think Ivan made it out the best just pukeing in the Safari mobile. Stay safe remember we think were inviable but were only human.

Okay Turtle😂

Do you feel like Hawaii has been targeted with the fires on Maui???

Would it be a waste of time/money as a beginner surfer to goto Tavarua?

Pray for Maui 😢

Unfortunately, the only way to know what getting caught in the wrong spot in the waves is like, is to get caught in the wrong spot.

W0W!

When’s the breadstick dropping!?🥖

@14:50 WHAT A DAY

Hey Koa, What do you love? :D

How's the foot...?🇳🇿✌️

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack…. It’s EVERYWHERE. WHAT….NVPN! Aaaaaaaaaaackkkkkkkkk.

You almost got shish kabobed.

Yeah man shallow reef and duckdiving and hold your rail and yeah... Dry. Cuts the crap out of your hands.

I always get caught inside Rocky rights and Vland lefts.. kook status

WTF is goin on with your foot, and how was the foiling sesson !??

Where are the children of Maui

Never order the shish kabobs, never 🌊

What’s your take on skimboarding? Like? Dislike? Small barrels matter 😂

How's your foot, Koa? Hopefully, you're on the mend bra.

Turn To Christ Amen ❤️🙏❤️❤️❤️🙏❤️✝️