On the Shoulder of Giants: The Cortes Bank Expedition 

That's ok this ole girl will enjoy from the shore, got to give it to sufers male and female y'all all must have a death wish..just kidding AWESOME ×100😦😧😂💯💯

I totally agree Joshua!!!

I've got to surf ,never at a level of even the good groms , but just seeing intelligent experienced surfers get together as a collective group and be humble to these experiences ,and hear them talk.....I do remember getting those butterflys seeing 10 foot faces....loloo I was bugging .

He's talking about paddle in. These giant waves are too huge and fast to paddle in to. Only the guys equipped to Tow-in have a chance on the wave. The earlier you're in on the wave, the better chance you have making it down the face. Then it's good luck from there.

*The brave, and able ones, could be humbled someday.* *First you have to meet Mother Nature on that fateful day she commands respect, at that point there's no alternative, other than death.* *Some just haven't met that challenge yet, and besides, those days are somewhat rare.* *Rest assured; She's the undisputed ruler of mankind, this I know.*

I bought it back in the 200os for the Laird Hamilton stuff, but this was UNBELIEVABLE.

Ho Stevie! could u sponsor me I am a rly good surfer as good as Atua Moe

I’m reading “Ghost Wave” now. It’s a fascinating book!

@Burr Anderson fax

Where was that? I lived in sequim right near the straits...

What happened to him?

so you paddled in? how big? get worked?

Cortez breaks often. I have never surfed it but I saw some 15 crumblers a few times from my Coast Guard ship.

Really!!?? How big was it? That must've been scary asf! What an experience!

LightenUpFrancis FUELED BY REFRIED BEANS & BUDWEISERS NO DOUBT.

@@richardconner15 and an extra chromosome.

LOL call it the taco bell swell!

Haven't laughed so hard in a long time!

Thankfully the Flame was not present to document that epic moment, or there may have bean tragic consequences.

gulls and many others fly _way_ farther than 100 miles offshore. im pretty sure there are small sections of land part of the channel islands that are alot closer to cortes though too

kestrelblue i was thinking the same!

The Pacific Quest (their boat) ran aground last year in San Diego - serious damage - and was (I believe) sold. (I hear) Boat was anchored way too close offshore and engine failed to start when poorly rigged anchor failed/dragged. Skipper was a hellava 'fish raiser' though, or should I say 'Boat" was, cuz it's up an afloat (outta Long Beach) and maxing WSB limits. My Gramps was a ship's carpenter on Clippers. Guy could do anything. No comparison with modern power boat, Party Skippers. Back then, the dead told you what not to do. If you didn't listen, you'd be one of the one's telling people what not to do - by dead example.

catch anything?

Grace Shepherd Absolutely, You can literally put a cigarette butt on a hook and catch some thing there. This place is amazing, sheepshead calico bass, tune

+surfline Oh, my apologies! Awesome video, keep up the good work surfline. :)

Hey Tom... I understand what you are saying. But, let me tell you a little something you might not know. This is about the Neptune Project which was the brainchild of Larry "Flame" Moore longtime photo editor of Surfing Magazine and Sean Collins founder of Surfline. It was the culmination of about 10 years of collaborative effort between these two great men. Larry risked his life (more than once) flying with a friend in a little bi-plane out over Cortez Bank during storms... just waiting for it to break, sure that it would. In the movie Step into Liquid... this fact was "glossed over" at best. Now, don't get me wrong... I think the film was very well made. This little Documentary however, represents the facts a little more accurately and in greater detail. So enjoy them both for what they are... complimentary rather than controversial. Peace.

Tom Scholfield that's right RIP Dana

Celeste Moureaux Thanks for sharing the information and insight. It seems that so many things like this or frankly most things cut out facts or purposely leave the important aspect out of the story or movie . So knowing the truth behind it makes things more clear and factual. So again thanks for the tid bit much appreciated. Sending everyone positivity and love...

Totally true, I've been in 10-12 surf before, it feels massive and the force and turbulence of the water is nothing short of frightening. Can't even imagine what waves that large are like.

That's just what it is, its a great place to fish for tuna and bill fish, and you know what that means!

Knew it looked familiar.

it probably is "old footage" to your zoomer ass, yes. and just a few years before this was an ancient era where humans actually looked you in the eye while in public and weren't walking zombies, staring and affixed downwards to their precious "phones". we had to be more aware of predators while gathering sticks and berries for the tribe back home, ya know.

@@denmun9722 lol

who cares, nerd everyone knows what they're referring to, especially if they specify what it translates to in face-size.

Peter Peter nuts

Snips

snooze.... glad to see the other folks who made parsons ride even possible.

Jim that had to be insane...memories!

Wecan Watersports lol Bullshit

The biggest waves are NOT on the equator. Case closed.

This is what happens when old senile sea captains say things to people who don’t know any better, they believe it, and then propagate the misinformation. Also coincidentally how the 2016 election transpired

Thomas Lally You’re an idiot.

The equator actually has no wind, and read up on ships of the past, before combustion engines and electricity, and how they had to row with no wind in their sails to get their ships far enough back into a wind. The only waves you get there are shock waves from earthquakes in the tectonic plates, and those are too fucked up to surf.

im all for eye-rolling the dramatics too, but name another spot this big that was more elusive.