RAW: How A River Wave Forms Part 2 

When I was young, I suppose around 10 yo, there was a creek about a mile back in the woods. It wasnt much of a creek, but after a really hard rain there was one spot that would fill up and make about a 4ft deep pool that we all used to swim in. We rode our bikes back there one day after an especially hard rain and were having a blast. I jumped in from a small embankment beside the creek and the front of my foot landed on a large rock and when I came down on it my Achilles Tendon was torn from the back of my leg. I had to scoot my self back home using my good foot on my bike, it was brutal. I wore a cast on my leg for 8 months after they reattached the tendon. Fortunately your body is very resilient at that age and I havent had any problems with my leg later in life. The scary part is how far back in the woods we were. Had it happened in someones front yard it would have been no big deal. It took me hours to make it back, I was in considerable pain and my foot was just dangling.

I really like the way you showed how the sand moves when the River tide goes out and comes in…it moves a lot…love your content Blair…your the best!!!

Watching Blair and Kai always makes me smile!

I've only been skimming for 2.5 months and already way better than surfing. Keep up the good work Blair and Kai

At 2:31 Blair you should skim that all the way down into a wave BUT I don’t skimboard I just surf. You’re the man at it and your content is always good so keep up the great work 🤙

I always wondered exactly how this river break formed (from watching both you and JOB). I knew it was a build up of water but always thought it came mainly from the river. Now thanks to this video and explanation i realise it's because of a mixture of events, mainly based around the high tide. (If I've taken this up wrong please let me know). As someone from Ireland, we don't really get a buildup of water like this anywhere, as shorebreak waves like this don't really exist. I really love seeing how you analyze the conditions/waves also and that this video shows how it evolves over time. As a lifeguard/surfer/new skimmer, i can appreciate how understanding these conditions helps you make the most of them. #quality

Love to see my native Aliso Creek featured! That shorebreak is nuts, especially during huge south swells. Also brought back lots of memories of opening up the creek mouth. Didn't smell too good though haha.

This looks so fun bro! Thanks for filming this too btw! I learned a lot of cool stuff. Subbed. Keep shredding 🤘.

Awesome! Loved the time-lapse. I've never seen that happen before. Very cool, thanks!

Amazing content Blair!!! Lots of love from Mozambique!!

Thats a mutant river wave blair So cool thanks for the great footage 🌊😁🏄🏻‍♂️the inside was not to bad either.

DOPE! epic creek sesh, these are probably some of my best rides on it. need a smaller board.

I absolutely love your content and your calm strong demeanor but without the screaming in the hype and the jumping up and down and flapping your arms that I really appreciate you just being humble :-)

Hells yeah, that was awesome! loved the time-lapses too, cheers

Rip taking a walk then coming back and seeing this between you and the other side 😂

It’s so mesmerizing watching nature do it’s thing it’s done for millions and millions of years!

Looking through the comments I can't help but wonder am I the only one that feels complete panic just thinking about being in these waves 😶 Respect for being so fearless, I would not even go close to these waves 😅

Hey guys, Thanks for sharing the Stoke! Cheers from Australia 🍻👍

*Damn thanks for the ASMR bro. I use this video to help me sleep.*

Ultimate river ride--surfing/skimming/body boarding down each stepped peak in the river then right into a huge shorebreak barrel.

This is so rad !!! I'm from Canada, we have a couple of surf spots here, but when I was a kid I would go visit family in Carpinteria California, and I remember that was a gnarly surf town

Awesome video it looks like fun!!!🌴🌊🌴

Sick snaps from river skimming! 👌🏽😎👊🏽

Skai is going to need to get another wet suite before to long. That second skin has has seen some action. Great to see the creek in it's various forms too. That looks like a lovely place to spend time.

Dig the vid. Always wondered how it filled back up. 🤙🏼

Oh damn, this is the same place as the other video. I guess this is a fairly regular occurrence here?? Very cool!! I have never saw this until I found your channel.

I love this thank you for your video

love your videos

How many times a year does this creek gets damed up? just curious because I saw many such videos recently

I am a newbie from the 🇬🇧 . Just love your videos.

That's the guy from hiyah!! Raw beeeefs.

Love the old style of raw video from you Blair. Reminds me of the OG skid kids, how was that slab of beefs ...hahaha

Q: "What kind of fish is it?" A: a small one.

Crazy waves man. God bless you idol.

15:33 Kai just got took by the stream love the video

That little boy is flipping adorable!!!

Absolutely your amazing its wow

One of these formed at Sanibel Island Fl when I went on vacation last year. Though the water was filthy a full of tadpoles. I also think the water came from a swamp filled with gators.

This would be so fun to see, where is it? Just found your page, subscribed. Love that there is no long drawn out nothing, no loud crazy music or obnoxious demeanor. Just fun to watch. Wish I was healthy to do play like ya'll do!

amazing video

EPIC BTW MY BROTHER SAW YOU YESTERDAY I WAS SO SAD I WASNT THERE KEEP IT UP :D

Good stuff!

Boi selvagem precisa ver isso na gringa ! Imagina um desses estouros em BC, sinistro da até medo.

I have two questions, where is it and is it often made into a river wave. Because it is my dream to surf one of these.

Sessssh nice weather for skim 🤙

Don’t know why I watched this whole thing but it looked cool haha

I’ve skimmed that beach a few times my self and it is really fun 🤩

One word: "Gnarly"

That's looks fun.

I remember watching Someone that was at the same place

Nice one

i could watch this for hours

for what purpose is this? and how can you do it ?

So sick 🤙🤙

Nice 👍

Let's appreciate that this kid at this key did all of that

When I was a kid, a rather narrow but very long and serpentine one of these formed while we were staying at our friend's beach house in Oregon. It was just wide enough for us to ride a cheap Walmart inflatable raft down to the ocean repeatedly. It was a lot of fun. Not nearly that volume of water.

Is this like unclogging a river I hope it does not dry out

Legit question: When these washouts happen, does the ocean replace and fill in the sand naturally? Or do they have beach crews replace it?

I'd love to do some kayak surfing in this! It looks super dope!

Man I wished my beaches looked like that The waves here, instead of being that beautiful clear blue, are like brown and green

The fish looks like a baby largemouth bass.

That was cool to see

2:03 Kia with the epic action movie scene

That fish took the ride of his life

I thought I recognized that beach! I go there all the time!

Good kick lil guy prod still th3re

When I was young, I suppose around 10 yo, there was a creek about a mile back in the woods. It wasn’t much of a creek, but after a really hard rain there was one spot that fill up and…

That little fish was a fresh water one 😢 rip little fish !!

awesome

I’ve seen that kid at the beach! I live in the same city

¡¡¡Que bueno está el rubito!!!!

is this place the same place a year ago?

I think we can all agree it was indeed gnarly

Massa vou comprar uma

Haha nice bro 😄😄

"this is sketchy" log zooms by on cue LOL

thanks for picking up the plastic 👍🏻

Lil bro got that going hell yea

so this beach is in calliforna but whats the name of it?

I went to aliso the day after this and right when I got there I could tell someone dug it out the day before bumed I missed it

Where was this filmed at?

Scary; the ankle buster (tree) coming down from up stream just B4 Blair retrieved the the octopus! Almost need a spotter ~

You should come out and skim Puerto Rico!

I have a question on how the sand fills that back in is it just the ocean?

"is that your daughter"

Dawg that beach lost so many sand😮😮

ありがとうございます！

That was interesting. I wondered how they silt back up again.

new definition of : " give me a break"... !!

Just one simple question will the water from there not run out?, what if the water there runs out will you be fined?

reminds me of crossing the lagoon at cardiff

You gotta go to surf the Pororoca at Amazonas River

What a Great idea fir these kids

Australia where’s this at… we need one

have you ever gotten in trouble for this? just wondering

Me and Kai are literally the exact same he just has friends

Jit was like fuck that I'm not getting that boogie board I'll let the ocean have that one

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!

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