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Mirage: The ever-changing story of Skeleton Bay

Now Now Media
2020 ж. 26 Қаз.
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Mirage
A short film about the origin and evolution of Skeleton Bay.
Since it was unveiled in 2008, the wave at Skeleton Bay has become part of every surfer's lexicon, a synonym for never-ending sand bottomed tubes. But unlike Pipeline, G-Land, or [insert your preferred iconic world class wave here], the two-kilometre-long left on the edge of the Namib Desert is in a constant state of flux. If satellite imagery is anything to go by, the wave we know today didn’t even exist 30 years ago.
Mirage is a 15-minute documentary that traces the genesis of the Namibian sandspit and how it became one of the most sought after waves on the planet, as told by pioneering locals and some of the best tube riders in the world.
But before you put it on the top of your post-pandemic bucket list, perhaps take heed of Koa Smith’s veiled advice from the film: “People think oh, easy, Skeleton Bay. I’m going to go get the barrel of my life. But then they show up here and realise it’s more like Teahupoo on sand.”
For any media queries, please contact:
Alan van Gysen or Will Bendix - anownowproduction@gmail.com

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  • This is the best example for why the best things in the world are hard to achieve and hard to reach. Imagine the exact same wave in Bali or somewhere else in the world where humans could easily access, crowded lineup and the madness would be out of this world. Long live Skeleton Bay ❤️❤️

    @maazinahamed4317@maazinahamed43173 жыл бұрын

    • Haha the Bali crowd would shit themselves and leave it alone....

      @dantakeoff@dantakeoff Жыл бұрын

    • @@dantakeoff Just wait and see Skeleton Bay getting crowded with hipster surf hostels, cyber cafes and influencer yoga studios. 🤣🤣🤣

      @RaulEdu33@RaulEdu33 Жыл бұрын

    • @@RaulEdu33 Lol i actually saw that happen to Taghazout in Morocco...

      @dantakeoff@dantakeoff Жыл бұрын

  • In 1973, I surfed Puerto Chicamas in Peru with just 2 buddies, all alone for a week. The lefts were so long that we always had to walk back to the point. It was an amazing trip! But watching this video, this wave, the endless barrels, OMG, it made me tear-up! The opportunity to ride this wave must be for sure life changing. What a gift! Awesome video in so many levels! Outstanding! The best left I have ever seen. Thank you!

    @gds5717@gds5717 Жыл бұрын

  • Old mate at 0:40 summed it up best I think. “It’s that feeling of looking down the line and seeing no ending”. That would be such an amazing position to be in

    @1royalwolf@1royalwolf3 жыл бұрын

  • Wow I'm an old retired surfer 64 years young I keept ducking my head on every barrel than raising up as each surfer came out of the tube even though I've been out of water for 6 or 7 years you never forget that feeling of padding and catching it kinda like pushing yourself over the edge of a 3 story building your film capture some of those indescribable moments that a surfer never forgets well done ps I was a little exhausted after watching best Surf film I have ever seen Congrs....Sal DiHarce

    @salvadordiharce9986@salvadordiharce99869 ай бұрын

  • Grew up surfing sand bars on long island, sand bar there one day, and gone the next. Ironically still to this day and even after 3 years on the west coast, one of my best sessions happened at a place that never should gsvd been, and probably never will break again, and it was only there for about an hour. It actually was the long island sound in October of 2002. A Nor Easter hit and waves can get big. But generally not surfable. About an hour before sunset I took a ride down the street from where I grew up expecting to see big storm surf and instead it looked flat. I kinda laughed because my buddy said it was 5 to 7 foot and I saw glass... but I then saw the shoreline all foamy like a set just broke, so I waited and watched. After about a min I saw what looked like whales coming, then I realized it was a set. This storm had hit on such a high tide that it pulled most of the beach off the beach and deposited it about 40 yards off the beach, so now this set came because all the wind generated waves were being blown together into definitive sets because the winds quickly switched to the south, and I happened to be there with a wetsuit and a board. Every wave was the same, about 100 yard right barrels and about a foot overhead. In the long island sound. Not only were the waves killer, but it was at my local grow up beach, I never saw anything like this there, and the conditions have to be more than perfect for it to ever happen again. I caught about a dozen waves, got 2 in/outs on one wave. Sand bars can create heaven, even if it was only for an hour, that memory has lasted 21 years now and I'll remember it on my death bed.

    @donrusnak7230@donrusnak72307 ай бұрын

  • Mother nature, nothing beats it's hidden beauty

    @mgray4254@mgray42543 жыл бұрын

  • I used to draw this wave on my notebooks at school back in 1999, when I was 15, dreaming of it thinking there was no place on Earth where it would exist. And there it is.

    @leonardovieiradesouza8115@leonardovieiradesouza81152 ай бұрын

  • Anyone how plays truesurf knows what’s up

    @masonmikeska2413@masonmikeska24133 жыл бұрын

    • Lol it’s free xp

      @ryankramer123@ryankramer1233 жыл бұрын

    • Yep that’s where i hang on True surf

      @doctorcrypto3048@doctorcrypto30483 жыл бұрын

    • Me too

      @matthewturner5773@matthewturner57733 жыл бұрын

    • I got a 2 minute barrel 😂

      @koolxaids3851@koolxaids38513 жыл бұрын

    • @@koolxaids3851 Forreal lol those are the best

      @Kingof831@Kingof8313 жыл бұрын

  • Well done legends. This is such an epic clip... 🤙🏼🤙🏼

    @iaincampbell_@iaincampbell_3 жыл бұрын

    • Bro you should do an edit here

      @Samuelrathjedrumz@Samuelrathjedrumz3 жыл бұрын

    • Legendary for sure

      @amaturearcadia@amaturearcadia3 жыл бұрын

  • Best feature ever on Skeleton bay! Thanx for shooting that gem!

    @thefl400@thefl4003 жыл бұрын

    • Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • An excellent clip, great commentary and nicely presented overall. And not one jet ski!! ... yet.

    @bellend4412@bellend44123 жыл бұрын

    • Jet ski's don't work on Skeleton Bay. Locals tried it years back and it didn't help much, the waves undercurrent that makes it work, causes wave to rise very suddenly. Plus getting back to starting point is done by walking, not paddling. I'm local and have seen Donkey bay fire every year at least once.

      @sacredlight2110@sacredlight21103 жыл бұрын

    • @@sacredlight2110 So is more just a waiting game for good waves? Should really pay more attention to local surf for when it might be good!

      @Aljonone1@Aljonone13 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

    • @@Aljonone1 It only fires about 3 to 4 times a year, but when its on there is no waiting. Wave after wave after wave. The hardest part for me is the drop in and then keeping up with sections of wave falling over. The speed of the wave is epic. For any intermediate surfer like me, its far more wipe-outs then success. I have even seen pro surfers not be able to make the drop-in/take off and catch nothing all day.

      @sacredlight2110@sacredlight21103 жыл бұрын

  • Ive never been there but ive known the location of this break since 77' and Terry Fitzgerald and his mates went on a Surfari across Europe and Africa via Surfer magazine my favorite youthful escape ! Mahalo , be kine !

    @ericmixer@ericmixer Жыл бұрын

  • Great video. So good to see a surf video that isn't a bunch of guys drinking redbull and getting towed around on jet skis.

    @samdavison-wall4972@samdavison-wall49723 жыл бұрын

    • Cheers Sam, glad you enjoyed it. Stay tuned for more in 2021.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • I got chills watching this so sick.

    @asherginsburg499@asherginsburg4993 жыл бұрын

  • SIMPLEMENTE INACREDITÁVEL. QUE PERFEIÇÃO !!

    @emerbikes3561@emerbikes35613 жыл бұрын

  • I work in the film industry & filmed a few scenes from Mad Max fury road rite opposite this wave.

    @worldchampions4379@worldchampions43793 жыл бұрын

    • Nice

      @gavinmcneill1674@gavinmcneill16743 жыл бұрын

    • @Ahoyjahman my old man worked on the original Mad Max down here in Aus a lifetime ago.....small budget back then

      @1975tbm@1975tbm3 жыл бұрын

    • @@1975tbm Your old man is a legend respect

      @worldchampions4379@worldchampions43793 жыл бұрын

    • How do you get into the film industry?

      @brendoggynolsy7462@brendoggynolsy74623 жыл бұрын

    • @@brendoggynolsy7462 Hi, I went to every production company in my city looking for work I was willing to start at the bottom as an office runner, they took my number told me if something comes up they'll let me know, months went by with no response then one day my phone rang a receptionist at a production company was going on vacation and they needed someone to answer the phone for 2 weeks I said sure can do. I worked my ass off from receptionist to office runner, to production assistant, to 3rd Assistant director, to 2nd 2nd Assistant Director (yes that's a real thing), to 2nd Assistant Director, to 1st Assistant Director in 15 years...that's how I got in.

      @worldchampions4379@worldchampions43793 жыл бұрын

  • Freaking SO epic.....could watch videos like this all day long! Was talking to Anthony Walsh one day and he was talking about how gnarly the shorebreak is just getting out and in was....this video validates it’s not some small glassy barrel and bombs. Who know this wave may disappear one day once the sand shifts super special zone for sure. 🙏🏾

    @AtortAerials@AtortAerials3 жыл бұрын

  • Wow, guys that was SO good! This wave is such a phenomenon. This story had to be told. Going to clock up awards for this production mense. Yew!

    @John_Morley@John_Morley3 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks a lot John! All the best.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • The wave perfect machine! Always on! WOW!

    @cpuvirtual@cpuvirtual2 жыл бұрын

  • Well done, great story and incredible footage

    @robertscott3939@robertscott39393 жыл бұрын

  • The video of koa screaming in the barrel is iconic

    @osobe2026@osobe20263 жыл бұрын

  • This whole production was insane. The one thing that I would’ve tried was a twin fin. Not just because I was born and raised here at Sunset Cliffs Ocean Beach but because of the speed you need to generate and you’re on your rail most of the time.

    @BobbyJetty1502@BobbyJetty15022 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome video. The old man was EPIC!!!

    @facediaper09@facediaper093 жыл бұрын

  • nature perfection

    @martintadilli@martintadilli7 ай бұрын

  • Great video!!! Thank you! Riders of a high enough calibre to really ride truly exceptional surf. 100% 10s waves!

    @reddiver7293@reddiver729310 ай бұрын

  • Did anyone else see that seal that jumped out the back of the wave at 4:50.

    @tayla2624@tayla26243 жыл бұрын

    • Another one at 9:05 aswell

      @patrick3020@patrick30203 жыл бұрын

    • Soo cute!!!

      @yotuttle@yotuttle3 жыл бұрын

  • Yeah you, good to see you back in jersey shedding it!!! Nice to see Mackey too, looking sharp ( darn ) 🤙

    @jameshodge4602@jameshodge46023 жыл бұрын

  • Nature is so awesome, skeleton bay, speachless!!!

    @robertowens3078@robertowens30783 жыл бұрын

  • Love it! Very well done to the team, what a clip!

    @as_the_dodo_do@as_the_dodo_do3 жыл бұрын

  • Crazy, stomach churning surfing!!! WOW!!💓💓💓

    @helen4652@helen46522 жыл бұрын

  • Such a great story, well done gents

    @stuarthablutzel@stuarthablutzel3 жыл бұрын

  • 12:00 YA KIDDING!!! Well done boys! this is a life changing wave! the footage is unreal

    @bakalaox@bakalaox3 жыл бұрын

    • I watched a lot of sick tube rides in my life.......thats the deepest survivable wave sequence I’ve ever seen. Period.

      @mandatethis8024@mandatethis80243 жыл бұрын

    • @@mandatethis8024 it's a damn quick wave to say the least

      @reeffulton8186@reeffulton81863 жыл бұрын

  • Insane gentleman! Insane... Cheers 🤙🏽

    @robhernandez1827@robhernandez18273 жыл бұрын

  • Epic. I kept my eyes wide open and my jaw dropped, drooling.

    @jorgeveiga4592@jorgeveiga45923 жыл бұрын

    • Cheers Jorge, thanks for watching!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • What an amazing wave!

    @johnomahoney7755@johnomahoney77553 жыл бұрын

  • Love this video. Makes me proud to be Namibian!! Best wave in the world. Go Namibia!!!

    @dietmarotto8625@dietmarotto86253 жыл бұрын

    • Cheers Dieter, you live in an incredible country. Thanks for watching.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын

  • Brett loves every minute of it lol

    @johnnyberryman447@johnnyberryman4473 жыл бұрын

  • The happiness you see in surfers is unlike any other

    @travismonahan7225@travismonahan72252 жыл бұрын

    • Cheers Travis, thanks for watching!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын

  • Ahhhh so good i want rn ahhh amazing waves gotta keep myself over I always watch amazed riding the heavy waves with heavy music like Delta Parole or with relaxing music videos in background.

    @amadahita2073@amadahita20733 жыл бұрын

  • Nice work boys, and what a wave

    @negrotski@negrotski3 жыл бұрын

  • One of the best things I've ever watched!!

    @rhyswardhaugh5062@rhyswardhaugh50623 жыл бұрын

    • Cheers Rhys, glad you enjoyed it.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Excellent!!!

    @sanpedroez3367@sanpedroez33673 жыл бұрын

  • easily the best surfing video production i’ve watched, so well put together with music, interviews, pictures, videos…wow. Definitely need a sequel/update in years to come!!

    @thomp860@thomp8602 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks a lot Sam. Stoked you enjoyed it, and we appreciate the comment. Look out for more to come from this series...

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын

  • Great job! Unreal.

    @scottthomasen8978@scottthomasen89783 жыл бұрын

  • So sick. Looks wild n beautiful, violet and mean.. Desolate but but fun as hell. Dylan would've thought this was tight. RIP lil man. Miss u

    @mitchellbliss3828@mitchellbliss38283 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome clip, thanks for posting!

    @mikemorrissey7928@mikemorrissey79283 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you very much Jackson!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Such epic production! Thanks! Jis, nature prepares epic things for us to play with

    @harryhcs@harryhcs5 ай бұрын

  • epic!! awesome short

    @Rica-In-Love@Rica-In-Love3 жыл бұрын

  • amazing doccie!

    @jonesco2866@jonesco28663 жыл бұрын

  • Wow. So heavy ! Respect

    @amitnaamani6207@amitnaamani62078 ай бұрын

  • Awesome ,delicate ,production. Let's the wave speak for its self through showing its effect on its playmate passengers. Loved it 10/10

    @cloudsculptor1@cloudsculptor1 Жыл бұрын

    • Thank you very much!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV Жыл бұрын

  • I'll surf here soon. Such an amazingly epic looking place. Now I know how heavy it is. I'll practice a lot first lol

    @jimihendrixx11@jimihendrixx112 жыл бұрын

  • One of my fav videos ever

    @oscarbaker9999@oscarbaker99993 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you very very much Oscar!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Great mini doco guys.. well done. (In the era of wave pools... it's hands down nature that still builds the best wave machine by far!!)

    @macrovigilance@macrovigilance3 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you for the positive feedback!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • "its like a 15 ft wave packed into a 3 ft wave...hooooly crap!!

    @markstuart-howie5242@markstuart-howie52423 жыл бұрын

    • What does this mean? Like the shape of a 3ft, but size of a 15 ft?

      @yotuttle@yotuttle3 жыл бұрын

    • @@yotuttle Probably the intensity dude

      @amitnaamani5702@amitnaamani57023 жыл бұрын

    • @@yotuttle it means how heavy it is

      @howie6666@howie66663 жыл бұрын

    • What Howie h said

      @MWALKLETT1@MWALKLETT13 жыл бұрын

  • Absolutely insane intro and one of the best surf videos I've seen..

    @johnnybravo6829@johnnybravo68299 ай бұрын

    • Much appreciated @johnnybravo6829, thanks for watching.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV8 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful monster! Unreal!

    @beachboy4928@beachboy49282 жыл бұрын

  • You can just see the whole ocean moving behind the wave. I’m exhausted just watching.

    @texterbro101@texterbro1012 жыл бұрын

  • most beautiful wave in the world.

    @greg9921@greg99213 жыл бұрын

  • This was really amazing. Fascinating wave!

    @joshuamcdonnell122@joshuamcdonnell1223 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks Joshua. It sure is an unbelievable wave.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын

  • I surfed that same swell in true surf pretty gnarly

    @Alex-rm1wj@Alex-rm1wj3 жыл бұрын

  • Great video, guys 👍 I loved the Billy Kemper series by WSL, but this takes the spot for the best surfing production I've ever seen, keep it up. "Long live Skeleton Bay"

    @Salty_Ocean@Salty_Ocean Жыл бұрын

    • Thank you very much. We really appreciate the comment and support. All the best. Hopefully more of these to come soon.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV Жыл бұрын

  • 11:57 is the most insane barrel i’ve ever seen

    @USCanadian950@USCanadian9503 жыл бұрын

    • kzhead.info/sun/ntCAmcOPkWNtiGg/bejne.html

      @IknowRight-yb8rd@IknowRight-yb8rd2 жыл бұрын

    • Cheers Michael, thanks for watching.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын

  • Well done boys!!!

    @nickjmuzik@nickjmuzik3 жыл бұрын

  • Dream of all Riders🙏

    @BrolyRajang@BrolyRajang5 ай бұрын

  • I literally threw my hands in the air cheering while laying in bed @ 12:04. Soooooo epic!!

    @bradinator123@bradinator1232 жыл бұрын

  • Great documentary.

    @jimfranco9920@jimfranco99203 жыл бұрын

  • Fascinating.

    @clarkewi@clarkewi3 жыл бұрын

  • Fascinating video, very well made

    @johnswimcat@johnswimcat2 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you John. Stoked you enjoyed it.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын

  • 2 this Day Koa is still in the Barrel has not kicked out yet 😮💯❗

    @hwn8088@hwn808811 ай бұрын

  • Gees this was epic... Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

    @butlersracing7692@butlersracing76923 жыл бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • This was really well done, so sick. Subbed!

    @rickeykoga2312@rickeykoga23123 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you very much Rickey!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Remarkable short film, wow well done. Extraordinary!

    @rudismith1975@rudismith19752 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you very much Rudi! Much appreciated. Stoked you enjoyed it.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын

  • Great VID.

    @user-cs4pq7dq4e@user-cs4pq7dq4e11 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful 🤩

    @SBDETAILS805_SERVICES@SBDETAILS805_SERVICES3 жыл бұрын

  • Incredible

    @humansaremonkeys@humansaremonkeys3 жыл бұрын

  • How cool to see Naude Dreyer of Ocean Conservation Namibia in this video. He does so much for the wildlife out there.

    @KaiAdventure@KaiAdventure3 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks for watching Kai. Agreed, Naude is a legend and does incredible work.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • T là william ! C bon ça ♥️ sxm represent

    @muayjay9039@muayjay90393 жыл бұрын

  • Wow this place blows my mind , great video

    @Real.Australia@Real.Australia2 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын

  • This is so sick🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

    @davechuckbass@davechuckbass3 жыл бұрын

  • On point music selection ! Bravo

    @Ronagery@Ronagery3 жыл бұрын

    • Cheers Ronagery!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Dig it! Well done Chaps 🤙

    @veitchimages@veitchimages3 жыл бұрын

  • Fantastic Alan and Will!

    @bartwillemsza@bartwillemsza3 жыл бұрын

  • This is so dope

    @zacspencer@zacspencer3 жыл бұрын

  • this video is amazing! Was absolutely baffled when i saw y'all only had 500 subscribers! very excited to see what is to come from this channel !

    @Kingof831@Kingof8313 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you for the positive response. We've just launched, and we're very excited to bring you more films. Currently working on another two. Stand by...

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Epic 🔥👍

    @spence6226@spence62263 жыл бұрын

  • I never has surf in my life. But this is AMAZING. Sad that the wave will dissappear in a couple of. Years.

    @jesfer9230@jesfer92303 жыл бұрын

  • The best documentary of the donkey bay I have ever seen. 👏🤙

    @johanbobin4712@johanbobin47123 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks a lot Johan! Much appreciated.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Incredible video/story! Keep it up I subbed with the bell!

    @hunterdavis3003@hunterdavis30033 жыл бұрын

  • yeah so i got a 4 second barrel the other day and my mind was blowen seeing this its hard to think how these guys harness all that adreniline in such a long bazza

    @adambamf9365@adambamf93658 ай бұрын

  • That was an awesome vid. Thanks!

    @stevethorne6535@stevethorne65353 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you very very much Stephen!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Love It !!!

    @antoniohenrique7966@antoniohenrique79663 жыл бұрын

  • Great vid, so well put together

    @nor_easterly@nor_easterly3 жыл бұрын

    • Much appreciated!

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV3 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome!

    @Blowfish1972@Blowfish19723 жыл бұрын

  • 'Meat grinders' is a great term to describe these incredible barrels.

    @41bmc@41bmc3 жыл бұрын

  • speechless.....

    @planetclay@planetclay3 жыл бұрын

  • great film

    @tyberlong@tyberlong3 жыл бұрын

  • Goosebumps, need to get back here again.

    @bradleyroberts_@bradleyroberts_3 жыл бұрын

    • kzhead.info/sun/ntCAmcOPkWNtiGg/bejne.html

      @IknowRight-yb8rd@IknowRight-yb8rd2 жыл бұрын

  • This is such a good piece

    @simonbrizard3426@simonbrizard34263 жыл бұрын

  • Makes me cry just looking at it.

    @michaelcleaver3830@michaelcleaver38303 жыл бұрын

    • Same, it's so pleasing to just get a look at it and dream. I wish everyone could get a piece of the pie. Surfing there is truly one of my life's goals.

      @commie281@commie2812 жыл бұрын

    • We couldn't agree more. Everyone should be able to see it with their own eyes.

      @NowNowTV@NowNowTV2 жыл бұрын
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