Wipeouts never get old. Performance surfing grows by leaps and bounds every year, but eating shit has essentially remained the same for decades. But we never, ever tire of watching it and hearing the stories behind it. Because, and here's the thing: surfers are generally horrible when it comes to talking about their own surfing. But they are amazing when recounting almost dying. Not sure why, but it's true.
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The worst thing is when they survive that big wave, and look behind theres another one of the same size.
Adelaide Aviation what you mean ?
Every time...
It’s always good if they survive if they want to do it again do it again
Adelaide Aviation With waves that big, you can’t dive through. You keep getting rattled until you reach shore. Especially with the board, it’s like dragging another body through a wave. I’ve surfed 25 footers and it’s not fun when you wipeout.
OK nope. the worst thing is the tube twice under the surface 😂 as a washing machine and the surf which come back hurt you
Bro I get scared when I get trampled for like 5 seconds under a wave ..Respect for these people no joke this is so scary
Ive been wiped out once, its scary
Ellie Boon same
Well said. I cant imagine a wave that big taking me down
@@hanami2258 Same last summer I wiped out, because I dove through the wave by accident. The current was strong and rlly pulled me under. I remember my vision turning red and everything almost went black. I almost drowned but in my head I was saying God please don't have me die. I kept fighting and eventually got out I also hit my knee into a rock and started bleeding. If I hit my head I think I would've died.
Ellie Boon once I got caught by a wave and it flipped me over onto my neck
I love how it clarifies that they mean the worst wipouts
I clicked on the video solely because of that hahaha
You hella gay
Lugadionell go rot in hell homophobe
@@weirdo66636 you hella weird.
What’s a wipout?
When you’re underwater, 5 seconds feels like 20 seconds
Bandwagon exactly
let alone 30 man
Frrrrr
Fells like forever
And when you’re getting ragdolled on waves this big 10 seconds feels like 2 minutes
Been there and done that... on some 3 footers.
The California Natives some 1 footers for me
same.. but in 4 footers lol
Wow!!!! Your insane.
3 inches for me
The California Natives yup same
I think I’ll just stick to boogie boarding
Green Gamer lol same
I am riding big wave with boogie boarding. Btw im 9.
@@MaxtheSirenHunter nobody cares
@@MaxtheSirenHunter dont listen to him
LazerPlayz Na let him learn that the internet isn’t nice
This is legit my worst fucking nightmare
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I can't imagine how scary and dangerous wiping out on these. I wiped out this summer body boarding on a 8 foot wave and that split my toe open and I got sent right back to shore and my board broke. I thought that was bad but that's nothing compared to this
Mayhem Games I bodyboard and I got a big shorebreak barrel , board snapped and sprained my arm but what you said nothing compared to this
Mayhem Games I stubbed my toe on a rock in the sand stop complaining no one cares
@@jacksonbrown1294 Hate to break it to you but his is worse
8 FOOT I CANT GO ON A 5 FOOT AHHHH
Seriously the undertow on these waves can literally kill you
i love how they interviewed the people after 10/10
Were they supposed to interview them during?
Waves are so powerful. Getting crushed is brutal. But worse is when the wave holds you underwater for a long time. Still, I'd rather drown than get killed by a shark.
Tiger H. Lore I rather get killed by a shark because death is quicker
I'd rather get killed by a shark because you don't know you're going to die until it bites you, and when you're drowning you know you're going to die. However, both are still equally feared from my perspective lol
Sierra Not likely... It would probably take a chunk out of you and then come back for more or leave you to bleed to death.
MyName Jeff is a smart guy. That's most likely how you would experience death-by-shark. In other words, you'd know what attacked you. You'd flail in the water for a minute or two, bleeding out as the shark circled. You'd notice your missing limb, shredded flesh, perhaps your organs floating out of you. Then you might watch as the shark starts to eat you. Or maybe it'd just grab you and drag you into the deep--where you'd drown. I'll pick the wave.
Tiger, your body would go numb, and you wouldn't feel a thing. Chances are you'd faint if the torso down would be cut off. Even if it was a leg, your body would probably numb the unsevered part. Don't get me wrong, it's still horrible, but I'd rather get eaten. Actually, now that I think about it, I'd rather drown because then at least people could bury me. If no one knows where my body was, I'd rather get eaten, but if they knew, I'd drown.
I love listening to each surfer talk about each wipeout in detail, such a great video are there anymore like this..?
fiddlestickz muzik and yea
Yeah - in fact, I wish they didn't cut them all so much: clearly there was more to each story...
Someone else made a similar comment from four years ago. Were these types of video not a thing back then?
It goes too 2012 maybe lower level dm there all the same name
no
my soul left my body by watching this
I’ll like because of Naruto
Surfer: I love surfing this is so much fun!! Wave: I'm about to end this man's whole career
Kaurdi Ironic The wave is his career until it ends it
The guys that have the courage to surf waves this big must have respect
and then i went *wapah* just getting barreled in the sick wav- *bah* and dude i'm so stoked *pah*
I’ve been stuck under 3 waves. I thought I was going to die. My last bit of air left while I was still u def water, but I knew I had to get up, so I swam up and boyyyy did that breath feel so good! Best breath of my life.
oh my goddd that happened to me surfing for the first time in hawaii. got trampled by the waves for a good minute, felt like i was stuck forever
@@fantagejas123 I live in Hawaii and the waves here are so scary especially since there so much reef I hate having to surf on reef because of the size of the waves and the fact that I’ll get cut up if I hit any of the rocks
I wiped out on a 6 ft wave and thought i was gonna die, cant even think about waves this size.
Lukasias i'm only 11 i thought i was gonna die on a 1 foot wave cause it crashed on my then i came back up and another one did
i feel like I'm gonna die on a 3 foot wave being swirled around the water
Then stuck to playing fortnite bro
Lmao closest to dying for me in the ocean was in Hawaii. Wave got me and shit it pulled hard, thankfully my dad was dere, I was 7 and i was scared of waves for a week.
Dude some 6 foot waves are gnarly especially if there tons of preppie in the water you gotta be carful of them
I stayed with my brother for a week in california once and I wanted to go swimming so badly so they took me out to this beach and they left to go get snowcones real quick and I wanted to see how far out I could go so I swam out super far and this humongous wave just formed and I look up and it completely knocked me out and I honestly thought it was gonna drag me out so far I couldn't get back without another one forming and just keep taking me back but I fought with all my might to get to shore and so I know what it's like to be totally defenseless compared to a wave, awful and super terrifying
taht's why you dive under
Ashley Buckingham lmao just go under it.
Bon Jour are you kidding dive by yourself under a Mavericks my god
Ashley Buckingham where was it?
Are snow cones like a necessity in America? So many movies show Americans with snow cones it's as if it's part of the everyday culture
Imagine getting shmoked by multiple 2 Hydrogens and 1 Oxygen bois
Ur so funny lol
Ik b
@@baitinq3155 man this is sad
LOL DID YOU FORGET TO SWITCH ACCOUNTS TO REPLY ON YOUR OWN COMMENT
Insanely funny
1:35 You can see him in the top right of the wave
Hence the slow mo for that second
He do be ridin doe
3:24 God: do you know how to skip a rock? Poseidon: no but I can skip a human
Lmao 😂
Isabel R. lol, but its kind of crap coz posidon is god too...
You can have a gnarly Wipeout on a 5 foot wave, this is just insane. Big respect to these dudes.
the biggest wipeout ive had is about 6 foot and i thought it was gnarly AF RESPECT
and one on a 0.5 foot wave be careful out there uwu
I don't know why KZhead recommended me this but it was interesting either way XD
JamesETHD sane
Same
Lol
Cause they know somwhow that we will certainly watch it kk
If you don't surf then you won't know that wiping out from waves is pretty scary.
I don't surf but I got pulled in by large waves and being gelled down underwater and being pounded is so scary
Young Ace just don't panic while your under, remember it'll let you go after a few seconds of pounding
Andy trinh a 10ft wave seems like a monster to me when I'm in there.
Andy trinh it just looks scary, and going to wave pools and sometimes I'll be stuck under water and knowing how bad that is. That seems truly scary and they are true athletes
Skimming and I got caught under a huge wave, that hurts so fucking much
Am I crazy or are some of those waves _easily_ 40+ feet?
orion khan you’re not crazy it’s what these surfers ride the risk their life every wave they ride.
Yeah the one at 2:08 is a fucking monster
not the only one
Nazare surf can ge5 to 110ft
i think you are right
Yea whenever i feel like im getting hit by a truck i just go with it too...
If you surf tho?
If you fight it you lose all energy and drown
AAAAAHHHH DUDE NOOOOO THIS IS SP STRESSFUL TO WATCH NOOOOOO
Tiego Garcia 😅same here... Try smoking a bowl then watching it....
Kyle Rusk what you young punks can't roll a joint. LMAO!
Tiego Garcia no no no try taking a dab then watch lol
Kyle Rusk lmao hell nah I don't want to die of stress OD
Why watch it then?
Surfers all have a vibe of awareness; It's built into them from years of oceanic discipline. Can see it in their eyes and if you don't, they probably don't really surf.
I can't imagine how scary that would be. Like anticipating what's to come and how long that drop must feel at 1:19 - Holy hell!! For some reason, Shipstern's Bluff is still the gnarliest looking wave I've seen.
“I though I was gonna penetrate regular but then my leash caught” Strangely, now I can relate.
The Best (as in worst (as in best (as in worst (as in best (as in worst (as in best (as in worst))))))) Surfing wipeouts
Hard Boiled Aleks you’re not funny.
Funny is the 12 idiots to like he's comm lol
2:12 I would die from fear
I would shit my pants
Those waves just looked beautifully dangerous 😍
i last year, i was waiting for this video. these are the best wipeout compilations. no extra bullshit - just straight to the point. mavericks was beaking 'em off this time. on top of it's size and rocks, it's hella cold there!
Thanks for posting !!! I love it... that's a surfer, definitely. While getting completely worked, he thinks "Oh, this is probably how you die out here...." No panic, just tuck and roll. while you get rag dolled, sneak a breath, same thing when the next wave hits you, until you get a break or die. Respect for the surfers, the photographers (the insanely crazy ones), lifeguards, and Mother Nature. I'm glad they are all ok now and back out and charging.
I've been in some big (relative) waves ~10'? but the stuff these guys are talking about really puts into perspective how different giant waves are. Amazing compilation!
I love how chill these guys are about their near-death experiences XD
I’ve gotten trampled by giant waves whilst boogie boarding, sending me into multiple rolls under the water and making me lose track of which way is up and which way is down. I can’t imagine how terrifying these waves must feel…
same. except I was 13 and the waves actually weren't that big, I was just small 🤣🤣😅
Amazing excellent content!! Great editing. This was truly a and awesome watch! Thank you. Thumbs up
Just surfed for the very first time and had a blast. Watching this was very sobering. I can't wait to get back out there.
You don’t really realize the power and control water has on you, until an 11 foot wave tramples you and it takes every ounce of your power to get to the top.
My worst wipe out was in Morocco i was there to surf 6 to 9 feet max and after a day of surfing 8 feet i was feeling good then a big 10+ feet wave came i did not know it was going to be so big i total messed up dropped out of the wave hit the bottom was held under for over a min leash snapped which was first time for me soon as i got up next wave owned me again under for a long time by the time i was swimming i was so tired from lack of oxygen i could not even move my arms lucky for me a Australian girl was paddling out and found me i was so close to dying it put me off ever trying big waves again. And yes 10+ feet is big to me i'm English i learned on 3 feet waves
I did three cartwheels in a wave, it felt like an eternity, these guys are existing on another unbelievable level.
Man I couldn't imagine getting hammered by a big wave like these! The biggest I have been on 15', and I thought I was going to die!!! Props to these guys!
This is so crazy. People have referred to wiping out at places like Jaws as the feeling of getting hit by a semi truck. Not only that, but multiple waves hold downs in 20 ft plus surf takes so much training and skill, mentally and physically. I’ve had ten second waves hold down in 6 foot surf, and it was extremely scary, so massive respect to anyone who dares to face those tsunami waves 🌊 🤙🏽😬
no joke i would probably die from a heart attack before even getting smashed down by the wave
Quyrew who wouldn’t
When Twiggy said he didn't touch the bottom but he could feel it's presence I can relate. I had many wipeouts where I could sense the bottom before I touched it and then I finally touched it. It's a weird feeling and I don't know how it's possible
This is a really great video, clearly took lots of effort and time!
“I went for a nice long swim” reminded me of the time I fell off a boat and they didn’t notice so I had to swim after it bc the shore was to far away
I was surfing in Hawaii in the 80s and I had a 2 wave take down I started getting tunnel vision. When I surfaced I was literally 10 yards from the shore. Kids and families and I’m inside like I had escaped the jaws of death trying to look as normal as possible..Like just leaving a burning building and the door opens up and your in Chucky Cheese all of a sudden.., Weird
"......and I got really really pounded." UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR!
Are there more videos like this?? would watch hours of surfers commenting on their wipeouts with this quality. Amazing!
Bro when I go to the beach the waves are like 3 feet tall they like 50 here
Hayden Penrod bud there more like 70
That’s because those areas have reefs and rocks that form giant waves. It’s really just the geological formation that makes waves big
@@riotalliance3100 there like 20 feet
Dude these guys are so crazy respect ✊
I went to Hawaii a few weeks ago. Me and my sister were boogie boarding at Waikiki and it was pretty lame so we went to the north shore, and it was super fun. We wanted to try more so we went here, and we took a look and left.
I went surfing today and just watched this and sheesh I got hammered once and I was horified so well done to these people for living through this
McNamara 's wipeout was fuhkin epic!!!
YAAAAAAAAAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAY I FINALLY DONT FEEL LIKE THE ONLY GUY WHO GOES OVER THE FALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lou G Same!!!
Lou G aa
I’m not scared of the size of the wave, the only thing that scares me is the falls.
The real thing that scares me is just how thick it is, that’s what gets my blood Pumpin
I can’t imagine doing anything like that! Hats off guys!
Y’all are insane this is so cool
anyone else really wanna go over waves like this on an inflatable ring lol just me
Ruby you might wanna be careful tho, if you do that in real life the inflatables will bring you far out to sea, if their is a rip
christopher germann You need to be in top shape and perfect swimmer
"i went over the handlebars"
It's an expression
Going over the front of the board
@@wumbosaurus9121 people know that but when I hear it it reminds me what going over the handlebars is like when riding dirt bikes
@@commie_slayer4287 The pain... But yeah, that's basically what the expression is supposed to represent
I find this so terrifying. Even getting dumped by smallish waves is sooo scary
I've been kicked off my board in 7-10 ft waves and getting thrashed under water with no extra breath is pretty scary, I can't imagine what these waves feel like. I've probably never even been held under more than 15-20 seconds and it feels like forever
Amazing vídeo 😱
Coral reef under will tear you up as well
its crazy how beautiful and amzing oceans and seas can just end your lives. wow
I was at a beach just swimming and I got scared for life when a wave tossed me over to the shore, I can't imagine how THIS feels. oh my god
Imagine being able to go over the wave before it was impossible, and you just have a awesome water slide 👁👄👁
jesus christ I'd pull that canister every fucking time dude!
Watching those wonderful wipeouts gives me so much inner peace and joy, still smiling a few minutes later. Thanks for wiping out guys!
GREAT VIDEO!!
"smash in, whAPOW! drop in aahHHHH"
I can’t believe these guys are even alive!
Can't even imagine. I've been pummeled bad where my head hits the sand and I don't know which way is up many times when I was younger and boogie boarding and that was on at most 7-9 foot waves. I couldn't even imagine wiping out on these waves. Scary.
I love the description, “eating shit has essentially remained the same for decades”
That’s enough to make me scared of the ocean
If you are like me, and just boogie board, you know the feeling getting crushed by a 4 foot wave. IMAGINE THESE PEOPLE ON LIKE 50 FOOT WAVES OMG
4 foot damn, I bodyboard 8 foot it is so freaky especially if you airdrop the whole wave and then it just closes out on you.
I went boogie boarding yesterday and I almost freaking drowned by a 4 foot wave I tried to go over it, I was so stupid XD
Much respect 🙏
I like the qualification in the title "(As in Worst)" - it's the kind of sincerity you don't see on the Internet much.
04:10 how does that dude still have a head
The water broke that dudes shoulder?
If you're going fast enough water's surface tension makes it hit as hard as concrete
You really cant appreciate how bad these wipeouts are unless you've been around watersports for a while.
Josias Rivera it as the rock
Josias Rivera if u hit water hard enough or a certain way it can be equivalent to hitting concrete.
Waves are hard as fuck I surf and it hurts
awesome.. thank you
Getting tumbled by a lil wave is just terrifying. I couldn't imagine getting slammed by these waves.
Omg I feel so bad 😫😫
the only reason I'm scared to learn how to surf😩
Ariana you wont surf waves like this
yeh true
Ariana don't worry, you start on small waves.
it's pros who surf the big waves of 20-30 meters
?? its not like ur going to surf that ;: l
as someone who has a irrationally large fear of the ocean, i shouldn’t be watching this but it’s nice to hear the surfers telling the stories.
Finally, a specific thumbnail (And Caption)...Gave a like just for that.
Nice video
surfers are so eloquent
Never have I done a thing close to surfing, definitely gives me a new prespective on things haha.
The interviews are the best part. Some additional interviews that probe deeper into gained fear and respect might be insightful. These interviews sort of gloss over that part.
im only scared of the board hitting me and sharks. well, i never surfed anyways
B᷈ͤ̿l͓̜͛o̶᷁̔o̢᷊̺d͔͌͂Ṭͫ͛i̞g̳͊̕ḙ̥͜r͇̯͑ don't worry about sharks. You're more likely to die from falling of of your bed.
I actually went surfing today, a huge wave sent my board into my head. It's a pretty hard board and it didnt really hurt that much. Got back up and was ready to go again. Both sharks and the board hitting your head is something you dont need to worry about. So if you just have fun and focus on the waves, your fine dude!
Now the 15 ft waves that I surf on look like ripples in the bath compared to this.
The worst part is when a huge wave knocks you out, and when you get up and start getting the sand out of your eyes the second wave comes
I went surfing a couple years ago, caught a massive wave and watched as it slowly revealed more of the reef below me until I became almost vertical and just dropped straight down, I went head first into the reef, just remember hearing a crunching sound... never been in so much pain, it was scary af and I had no idea which way was up for a good 30 seconds as the wave tumbled me over and over.. Last time I ever surfed. Balls of steel these guys..
Did you break anything?
@@JamoonXerxesSauberno the crunch was from a carrot in his pocket
@@Wonkess_Chonkessahhhhh, good ole safety carrot took the impact for him.
Why is this in my recommended
Geoffrey Engel why not
To Remind You of Your Mortality While in The Ocean
mavericks is scary
I can only imagine how downright brutal this has got to be. It’s like throwing yourself out of a window and the. The building falling down on you, and then beating you up while you can’t breathe. CRAZY!
All love gentlemen ❤️