HOW WE SURVIVE SURFING 50FT WAIMEA BAY, BIGGEST SWELL OF THE SEASON!

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The waves get massive here in Hawaii with what is for sure the biggest swell this season. A lot of people went to Jaws but I decided to stay here and surf Waimea bay with ‪@JJF‬ and ‪@eli_olson‬ In this video i'll explain how we are able to survive surfing massive waves!
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@danrodrigues3531 Год назад

Do an episode talking about the lifeguards at these spots. Those guys are studs of the ocean and I have nothing but respect for those guys. It's definitely not Baywatch bullshit that they do, they are legit.

@ryanlowe988 Год назад

Yes a wassel interview would be amazing 🤗✊🏼

@hibrent Год назад

i second that

@babijii Год назад

This would be awesome to have on the podcast. Interviews with lifeguards

@fredericschilling6416 Год назад

Those lifeguards are great people. Doing good for the right reason in the most beautiful place on earth, North Shore Oahu. 😊

@hawaiianseaturtle009 Год назад

Nah Koa ain’t gonna give the lifeguards any spotlight on his channel 😂 he selfish af

@Blakecartersfs Год назад

As a former lifeguard, the fact there are dudes who actually guard these parts of the ocean, and the people who surf them, is truly a higher calling. They have to guard their own life as much as the lives of others. Real stuff

@dianavanderclute4322 Год назад

I love that surfers are named/labeled so you can spot who it is. It's awesome that you give props to the surfers as well.

@dawna4185 Год назад

same!

@behonestwithyourself3718 Год назад

Crazy the guys used to surf those waves with no leashes or floatation. No jet skis either. Couldn't imagine being out there and having to swim back. Insane.

@Jesterian Год назад

Yeah people died. I don't know if any wave is worth your life. Maybe if you're a single guy with no one who cares about you. But imagine putting your family and friends through losing you just to get a wave.

@robertgregory8936 Год назад

Greg Noll

@robertgregory8936 Год назад

Greg Noll

@someblokecalleddave1 Год назад

Koa's the best, just love his delivery style, he doesn't dress anything up - it's just straight talking, telling it like it is. Seems like a really good bloke.

@mikebranch7928 Год назад

Its crazy that there are that many people who are keen to paddle out in 30 ft surf that it can be dangerously crowded.

@samw2768 Год назад

It's 50 foot that's what Koa said. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 more like 15 to 25 not no damn 50 foot. This kid is a kook

@mikebranch7928 Год назад

@@samw2768 Ye at start of video I assumed there would be 50 foot and started typing my comment but then by the end I was like wtf and had to edit my comment.

@alljets4 Год назад

Thank you for allowing Lydia to make an appearance in the vlog. Makes my day.

@solomon6082 Год назад

8:17 the beat drop, that was sick

@tmomps3723 Год назад

What’s the song name?

@solomon6082 Год назад

Baptized and buried

@wishicouldshowmyname5815 8 месяцев назад

Hope you and Nate are making coin with your channels! You deserve it. I enjoy the personal, living vicariously through you guys. God speed.

@AX1A Год назад

@8:15 heroic & respectful ditch for a brother

@Golfprojosh Год назад

The JJ cut off by Koa(not on purpose) without context is funny. The Nate/Koa podcast story gets better and the idea JJ is messing around getting close to Koa is amazing. Appreciate all of your content, gracias!

@wcc1212 Год назад

Man, you had some great waves. It looked like you took off deeper than anyone else on most of them too. Respect.

@mjay6508 Год назад

Yep guts effort.... was taking off on the inside every wave....

@dianavanderclute4322 Год назад

Love the balance of all in these videos. Loved the explanation of new vest and ankle strap release, the waves, music and jacks great filming!!! Just wish videos were longer.

@davidcarmona4362 Год назад

my favorite surf blog by far . this young man is so talented and humble despite his status in HI. Keep livin it up bro !

@SasoCasablanca63 Год назад

I agree, all these friends, Koa, Nate, Eli, John John (arguably the best surfer on the planet) are so incredibly humble and just soooo easy to root for and like. They bring me a lot of joy when watching from a far.

@psenick Год назад

@@SasoCasablanca63 with you on all of that! 👍👌

@samw2768 Год назад

Talented? He sucks ! Only good at going straight. His turns are weak as fuck and has zero air game. No he sucks and is nothing special

@PaulJ_81 Год назад

Btw, what is his “status”?

@AlphaDonMega Год назад

@@PaulJ_81 Bicurious

@RobbieMcFarland-se1lc Год назад

My favourite part of your videos is that even though I'm at home in Canada in wintertime, for at least a few minutes I feel like I'm in Hawaii. Keep it rolling

@jordansurfs Год назад

Loving the cinematic shots at the end Jack! Well done boys, great vid🤝🏾

@AX1A Год назад

Most authentic surf content online - Great work

@adambane1719 Год назад

"Authentic" ? ? ....... Hahahahahahahaha....

@lopaka173 Год назад

Some of the waves looked like the LA Freeway…. Keep the energy going Koa… you’re a great spokesman

@fredericschilling6416 Год назад

Paddle in at big Waimea takes courage . (Done that w/o vest, like the explanation of the vest though) Kudos to all ya’ll. Especially like the idea of interviewing the men maybe some women who are the first responders of Waimea and Ehukai Beach Park ( Pipe). I never saw a woman life guard at either break when it’s big. I assume there some now. It’s 45 years since I dropped in at either break. 70 year old Florida long boarder now. Made here stayed here. Thanks for your work. I relive the best days of my life through you. 😊

@bobturner3388 Год назад

I've bever surfed before but always respected the athleticism, danger and beauty all mixed in one! Great job guys loving your videos while holding down the snow up here in the USA Massachusetts!

@tomw2687 Год назад

Damn Koa, you were the deepest on all your waves you took off on!! You have balls of steel Brahdah!!! Great video as always. Keep up the great videos!! Look forward to watching them weekly. 👍 🏄‍♂️ 🌊 😊

@richardmckernan2835 Год назад

Love the RCJ visit - legend!

@paulkopy3766 Год назад

"Nowhere is safe on The North Shore Today"...Another great episode, awesome song during the session, and John definitely got close to you on purpose HAHAAHAA!!!!! Koa/Nate/Coldsteel Knives colab, This Is Living Throwing Machetes?!?!?! Keep up the great surfing, filming and editing...

@dis_tanti Год назад

Bro this cinematic slow motion is another level, give me goosebumps with the song too🔥

@greenswampgas286 Год назад

There are not enough ways to tell the gratitude, I have, getting to watch you carve. From the bottom of my heart, Mahalo. I'll pray daily for your enjoyment, skill and safety.

@42papyrus Год назад

Topic for next podcast - What will it take for helmets be just as 'must have' as the Co2 vests?

@jasonsmith7518 Год назад

Awesome waves. Your podcast with Nate is excellent!

@wcc1212 Год назад

They crush it.

@josmith2062 Год назад

Dude taking on biggest waves on North Shore. Chick: 'Oh no I broke a nail' 🤣😂

@firstgear8022 Год назад

I don't know if I'm more jealous of your status for your ability to go surfinh or your ability to get hot ass tail. jeezus bruh

@loyddisaac1280 Год назад

You should call the Podcast "2 Bears 1 Wave "

@Thorniepanda Год назад

Yes! 😂😂😂

@pascquallo Год назад

Love the ending with the waves

@billmurphy9230 Год назад

Man, I miss surfing out there with my Pyzels. Can't wait to come back

@thomassawicki2065 Год назад

Koa and John John taking off from way back, that's where Eddie Aikau would line up.

@Dylanbraaaa Год назад

Dude absolutely chaos . Must be so sketchy to worry about ur drop in but to also worry about other 10ft boards not slamming onto your head

@diverdave4056 Год назад

well at least the safety vest was red instead of black - making it easier to see someone surfing and to find them fast in a wipe out .... BUT perhaps fluorescent Orange with reflective tape like the road construction workers ware ? a mere 1000th of a second with finding you faster in a wipe out ,could mean life or death if a jet ski can't find you fast enough...

@bonefishboards Год назад

The music from Endless Summer, Waimea scene pops in my head watching this.

@williamr6372 Год назад

WOW THE LITTLE TALK HE HAD WITH THE KING WAS GREAT... ROSS CLARK JONES IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SURFERS EVER... HE AND TOM CAROL WERE A GREAT TEAM SURFING PLACES NO ONE HAS EVER SURFED BEFORE AND SOME OF THOSE PLACES ARE SO FOREBODING THEY MAY NEVER BE RIDDEN AGAIN... HE KINDA BECAME A SURFING HERO TO ME... AND SEEING HIM WITH KOA ROTHMAN WHO I HAVE SOMEWHAT FOLLOWED SINCE HE WENT TO CAPE HATTERAS NC IN AN ESPECIALLY BIG EAST COAST SWELL... IT DID ME SOME GOOD HEARING HIM SAY HE HAD NO IDEA EAST COAST WAVES GOT THAT BIG... ESPECIALLY SINCE I LIVE IN CAROLINA BEACH... IT WAS FUNNY SINCE YOU COULD TELL HE WAS CAUGHT OFF GAURD BY HOW MASSIVE THEY WERE...

@maikaimakena9424 Год назад

I really appreciate how deep he took off

@shanejordan575 Год назад

The new podcast is great! Thanks for the content

@cmacdonald7059 Год назад

agreed

@goldeneagle3100 Год назад

Nate and Koa Podcast = "Talk Story"

@mikemoloney506 Год назад

Oh my god i might die....words of a big wave surfer... my brain wont let me be in that position... your a gladiator.

@DrRockso0 Год назад

First podcast guests should be some of those lifeguards and jet ski rescue people. They must have some great stories about dumb tourists.

@DrRockso0 Год назад

I worked in Yellowstone for 2 years. Same kind of dumb tourist nonsense. No you can’t pet the buffalo!

@surfershaper Год назад

Good stuff. Ross Clarke-Jones, Legend! It's gonna be a good year

@GGGinJe Год назад

Big, sloppy, bouncy, crowded waves teeming with snakes, but Koa had fun with his friends. Nice video and commentary. Love this channel.

@qpSubZeroqp Год назад

Wait, there are snakes in the ocean?!

@tommymartin4827 Год назад

Nice cut with the lifeguard on the megaphone 📣. I've been there one time. Walking to the beach you could hear them saying " This is not a man made water park lady's and gentlemen if you do not know what your doing do not go in the water....Extreme conditions today we have saved a number of people today don't be the next victim!""

@zino6310 Год назад

WHAT A KOOK FEST!!! APPARENTLY NOBODY KNOWS THE RULES OF SURFING...... BRO YOU GOT CUTOFF ON ALMOST EVERY WAVE!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍🌊🌊🌊👍🌊🌊🌊👍👍❤️🌊🌊

@dreichert1438 Год назад

That's all I ever see there. Blows my mind that such good surfers would put each other in such a dangerous predicament and show disrespect like that. Honestly, don't see the allure of that wave between it just being nothing but a massive drop and dealing with crowded drop ins all day long

@nickpeall Год назад

gotta love the backward flames board!!!

@seankearney5469 Год назад

"Forgot how gnarly Waimea is its pretty gnarly" who knew??? You learn something everyday

@Sarg3e Год назад

Nice to see a little RCJ in the vlog. Legend! 🤙🏽

@Rogue_wave Год назад

I enjoyed the explanation of the big wave gear.

@jamesgarrison8666 Год назад

Best of luck to you tomorrow, watching Eddie Sunday from the East Coast!

@kylewattssurfing3266 Год назад

Awesomeness yeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!

@bfilbey Год назад

Hey Koa , this is Marcel's Godfather. Please put Jack's face on screen. So grateful for the video memories of my best friend. Hope to connect in a couple weeks. Best luck for the Eddie.

@maxkelter3561 Год назад

Nice environment - beach action always. Timing and positioning the big special bombs are always challenging how to read them. Glad it was a good session.

@stephenfrancis303 3 месяца назад

8:00 i almost thought for sure he was gonna get smoked, best wave i saw, its not dropping in when its that big i seen 2 to 6 people on one wave. That is a scary ass party wave😂😂😂😂

@djmessina410 Год назад

would love a maybe short video/video segment on which wax you prefer and why...just would be interesting to see your opinions on that!

@Joel-McConnell Год назад

How come the deepest guy rule doesn't seem to apply at Waimea? You were almost always the deepest guy. I surfed there a few times when I lived in Hawaii in the eighties, not quite that big though. lol! Same thing back then, everyone just charging and taking off no matter how many guys on a wave! Rocky Point was also my favorite break! 🤙

@A-FrameWedge Год назад

Probably because Waimea is all about the drop and not much else after that.

@panama_juan Год назад

I think it's one wave that's the exception to the rule, because you always see everyone dropping in on each other at the Eddie lol. Looks like complete chaos. Good on ya for getting out there, that looks terrifying. My limit is like a 1/4 of that size haha.

@jzen1455 Год назад

It's one of those spots where every wave is a party wave. The wave peaks in a narrow area, which causes the lineup to be clustered in a small crowded area. The drop is somewhat steep and heavy, but it breaks slowly and mushily and almost never closes out, so each wave can accommodate many riders at once.

@Joel-McConnell Год назад

@@jzen1455 that would be cool in 4ft. surf as you describe it but not 40ft! lol! Waves are way too crowded these days as it is, glad I had my time when it was less so.....

@Lafaugere Год назад

Looks like big wave surfing is getting more and more crowded. I would imagine that makes it even more dangerous. Would be curious to hear thoughts on this. Thanks for content, Koa & Co 🤙🏼

@kendean3645 Год назад

Maybe an airtag for the GoPro? Great footage, scenic times.

@geoffreyyoste45 Год назад

I love that opening scene, he hates the helicopter, but I’m in Mississippi and it so exciting to hear the helicopter and knowing people all over the world are about to ride!!😎✌️

@uncleschu4455 Год назад

the new pod is dope af

@tootsmcgee4223 Год назад

This is one of my fave videos that you’ve done. Loved it and keep up the great content. Best of luck for the podcast. :)

@elnavanrensburg4326 Год назад

Love the soundtrack! Almost as if it’s the wild wild west out there 🌊🏄🏻‍♂️

@jeffreyopine Год назад

Yea Koa! You’re lady seems rad! Way to go dude, keep on livin

@OIBBRIAN Год назад

You already have the perfect name for it. Everyone wishes they were livin like y’all so it only makes since that this is livin works

@gideonwilkin1210 Год назад

Name the pod waterdogs lol

@kacieila Год назад

My dad lives on a forest reservation on the Canadian border and uses a machete occasionally when he cuts a new trail.

@chislands Год назад

Koa hitting da waves deep. Props

@tommathews3964 Год назад

Nothing but respect! Damn those are some deep, steep takeoffs and drops!

@DwainDwight Год назад

awesome, thanks brother. crowded. looks like drop in city.

@sergiomozdzenskijr.9246 Год назад

That was great Waimea session, Koa! You nail it. Congrats 🤙🏼

@goofsaddggkle7351 Год назад

Lot of party waves!

@sferguson1130 Год назад

Great edit. 25 ft party waves never get old. So crazy, to watch that outro recap, and see how far your progression has come, being comfortable in front of the camera, from the early days. 🤙

@booknoteswisdom6799 Год назад

Swallowed up! "throw your heart over the falls, the rest will follow" B.N.W. Peace. Mahalo.

@jonowoodgo Год назад

Fark bro your seriously next level 🤯 and such a humble dude🤙🏄

@rachelrantanen2913 Год назад

Love the outtro montage 🌺

@samdaurua Год назад

Can you get some of the amazing life guards on, I'm sure.thwy have some wild stories of rescues etc.

@jacobycole1541 Год назад

This is livin' truck decal? Get on it brother! :)

@arf138 Год назад

.. after watching all those edits all week .. .. yours is 100%.. this is epic...

@gregstewart3126 Год назад

The ending with sunset & waves is right on point...good job cameraman ,,keep it coming...

@brittnis7294 Год назад

I was out there for one day around the end of December last year and wanted to see some surfing IRL but the weather was so bad it was a literal ghost town not a single surfer 😭 barely even anyone on the beach

@Monkey-biz Год назад

Aloha brudda!! I was out on the east, North shore too big for swimming. Great video!!

@justinm5972 Год назад

AQUALUNG! Should have pic of Ron Burgundy on the front of it. Epic vid as always love it!

@Wacoal34d Год назад

Padillac why no shill? Nice board caddy you have! Awesome video, the music spot on.

@wesleyrussell1860 Год назад

Definitely a good bit of footage to get amped on while waiting for the cyclone swells here in Australia. Cheers boys 🤙🏽

@zachd1404 Год назад

As others have said, most certainly, the podcast should be called "Out-the-Back w/(whoever is the guest)" and you have a large table and everything set up in the backyard overlooking Pipeline.

@kevinrice4887 Год назад

5 or 6 dropping in on every wave,cop one in the jaw back in my day....

@albertocarenini4038 Год назад

Awesome like always .. yesterday we were “there” for you during the Eddie and you delivered!

@ericschrdr Год назад

Great documentary that was a legendary day, watched every second - awesome videos, great narrative, living the life bro🤘

@mm.f262 Год назад

I always wanted to know about this... thanks

@dannyherrera2497 Год назад

K just a sweet sweet vid.......Jack amazing edit with song choice for that wave session.....there is this verse that states "no greater love then he that lays his life for his brother' the way you took that wave for the sake of John was so impressive......checked out that wave on John's clip it was even more sketch with yours... Again my brother....sweet sweet content....blessings upon blessings