TERROR VAULT #2 | Mad Moments & Ultimate Wipeouts / The Right
TERROR VAULT | Part 2 Mad Moments & Wipeouts
a Tim Bonython Short
I have spent a good part of my life filming this freak of nature and i have to say its one of most intense, most dangerous waves on the planet.
The Right in South Western Australia picks up monster swells that pound that part of the coastline, especially from April till October. The wave works on a shallow piece of reef about 1 kilometre off the coast. When the waves hit from the right direction, they create huge barrels that pour over and if you become victim, the wave will take you down deep. Deep enough to blow your ears out like so many of the surfers that have been brave enough to take it on.
The Right is darn right WRONG!
Featuring:
Mark Mathews
Ryan Hipwood
Russell Bierke
Mick Corbett
Chris Ross
Jake Stone
Jeremy Hocquard
Chris Shanahan
Shanon Worrall
Dyan Ryan
Benny Serrano
Bradley Norris
Kerby Brown
Taj Burrow
Zac Haynes
Myron Porter
Ross Clarke Jones
Dean Morrison
Sandy Ryan
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Having surfed for over 50 years.... and grown up on WA surf, this video had me feeling physically sick. Seeing half a dozen successful rides and watching those guys go over the falls onto a dry suck out? Seriously, how no one died is beyond me. As stated below, some waves are not meant to be ridden, just admired. Gutsy stuff guys, glad you all made it.
I'w like to be born again...and to be a surfer....but no in such waves!!!
CRAZY .. full respect 👏👏
well... I'm not afraid to die.
ALL waves are meant to be ridden.
@@jpetras16 Yeah- by boats! 🤣 Not by some crazy white man standin on an ironing board, nothing else out there with him but a camera and a deathwish, no! Cannot relate 🙆🏻! Seriously though, that shit does look ridiculously dangerous. I hope everyone just stays safe.
Unbelievable the amount of stress a human body can handle. How don’t they come out of these wipeouts not totally dislocated? Probably they are the best prepared men to travel through black holes
Esses caras são loucos kkkkk😂😂😂, de outro planeta 👽👽😂😂
Was trying to think of a witty comment to express my reaction of awe, admiration and terror but your mention of black holes covers it
@@puffysnowball2261 entendi foi nada
Just one of those would break every bone in my body.
Blackholenauts 😬🤷🏻♂️💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼😂😂😂
I've seen all the other big wave videos, but these have to be the most freaky, frightening waves I've ever seen. The waves were so heavy that the face of the waves became distorted and buckled under it's own sheer weight with a lip forming well below the actual top of the wave and sometimes a second lip below that. Just unbelievable!!! Phenomenal photography and total awe for the surfers that had the conditioning, composure, and confidence in their abilities to attempt to surf those waves. Much appreciation to both the surfers and producers of this video for the opportunity to at least experience vicariously what big wave surfing must be like. It must be the thrill of a lifetime.
shallow reef pushes more water up into the lip so there's less of a face, which is why the lip drops like that. freaky to watch
Actually thats just a reef break, places like this (the slab) or teahpoo have a reef and then a sheer drop underwater which causes the malformation in the break
Proud to be an Australian ... no carrying-on or show-boating for the cameras here ... just a bunch of fearless brothers in a demonstration of the skills amassed from a lifetime of doing what they love ... I honestly salute you blokes and thanks for reminding me of the nirvana that exists on the thin line between life and love for an art ...
Proud to be an Australian? Enjoy your New World Order mate! You are a slave of the government now! The Neo-Nazi New World Order has a hold of you. You are not a free person any longer, nor will your children be unless all of you uprise now and take over your country again. You are now Venezuela. I pray for your country.
@@favorites51066 Enjoy your false world believing in a GOD who is going to magically appear and save us all ? ... nice story that
fuck the music though let us hear the waves
@@favorites51066 🤣🤣 thanks mate 👍 Your comment is really valid. While sitting here sinking a few cold ones after a day surfing and fishing you have really highlighted to me that I'm indeed not free. I'll remeber that tomorrow morning while paddling out in the sunny 28 degree weather. What a cruel and controlling country I live in.
@@favorites51066 also weirdest thing. Ever since I got vaccinated the swell has been a little ordinary. Not bad just ordinary. Do you think the government is behind this? Also are the microchips in the vaccines good at deterring sharks? Haven't seen one since I got mine. Do you think it's the electro frequency?
This wave its like that classic "Alien" scene where the monster open his mouth and then another smaller and spookier mouth comes from inside the big one
Juan Pablo Halty 😂
Ugh. Ugly evil looking wave
Hahahah nice
Imagine bodyboarding it.
all bad till thunker. employees. 3:41 you don't have to
It's like being chased by a T-Rex, and then surprised and eaten by a Velociraptor. That "little" monster wave that breaks inside the mega wave, is just mesmerizing.
Terrifying !
It’s absolutely insane to see. A wave so thick it will hit you twice.
Yessss those little waves that will Breaking Inside the big one is insane
when the wave's not big enough, it seems like none of them make it. The little ones eat everyone. People seem to have more luck with the huge ones. There's more of a rideable shape to those.
Like the little pop out second mouth of a xenomorph.
Each wave is an ocean in itself. Never seen such a mass in a wave before. They hydrolysis of this wave is mind blowing. What great footage.
I don't surf myself. But I've traveled on a moments notice to witness the bravest people on the planet. That's how much I love this.
The heaviness and hydraulics of this wave are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. This wave demands absolute respect.
Not to mention THE EXPOSED FUCKING REEF! Wtf???
Yeah... don't do it!!!
Where uk
It's something special. I think water is angry to people who changes it's wave kkkkkkk. Remember water is alive
@@mahersaber6381 Australia
The biggest lunatic of them all was the 2nd guy with the handheld camera at 11:00 following the first guy. I’ve seen the footage from that wave & loved that perspective & I bow down to that dude for making that sacrifice & taking the horrific beating.
Jason Jackson Russell Ord probably taking those shots floating on the shoulder
link?
I expected the camera man to pop out of the spray after.🤣
There is an interview with him. Balls.
@@spateri728 - I added that interview in a link above
I honestly am amazed these dudes walk away from these wipeouts. Violent doesn't begin to describe how it's just ragdolling them.
Never thought I could feel so much anxiety from just watching a youtube video while safe at home
7:11 the bodyboarder duckdiving that, my god.
Yeah he didn’t make it
Jake stone mad man
Justin Burke Walsh at least the board didn’t make it but i think he did
@Nathan Walters legends say he still doving lol
He got swallowed
You know it's a slab when the wave has 3 different lips on it.
I thought the same which 400 ton lip is gunna getcha, I wouldn't go near it
Yep. When you tuck into the barrel that's forming inside the barrel you're already in! :-0
@@tdsimages4820 What barrels..? Each one was a grenade, upon impact. hahaha
this is really scary
@@tdsimages4820 And then the final barrel is closing in toward you!
Has anyone filmed the ocean bottom on the approach and near where this breaks? It would be so interesting to see the undersea workings to have a true fish-eyes view!
Remotely, with one of those thingies they let tornadoes suck up 😱
Ain't no fish in the impact Zone, knucklehead!!!
@@williamb454 He did not say there were? Don't be so aggro.
5:35 ... Did someone notify the family of that poor soul stuck in the bowl?
This is some of the scariest stuff I've ever seen on youtube and I don't even surf.
Agreeeeeeed. Got my blood pumping, this one.
Same here. I have seen plenty of Waves on tv and KZhead but this gives me nightmares.
It's even scarier if you do surf
@@masonmunkey6136 True. I've shown big wave wipeouts to my wife before and she was 'oh, looks nasty.' She's a month into surfing now, she caught a few four four waves today - and I've *just* showed her this vid. Her reaction was pure horror.
I surf and man. These guys are yelling “fuck you” to death. That slab of water is probably thousands of pounds of force. And the only reason it breaks like that is because the reef is inches deep
Mann, I've been drilled by 15-20ft waves in Hawaii and it was intense, scary, then seeing these guys getting drilled there is mind boggling. I can't believe the human body can withstand such power! Incredible!
Esp when there's a dry reef you can see it as the waves break in a few shots
I get mauled by 4 footers in Santa Monica CA 😆
🌊4:09 THAT's the perfect wallpaper picture right THERE!! 🤙🌊
Ryan Hipwood: "I don't really want to surf this. Me: "I REALLY don't want to surf this!"
Look up his story on a podcast forgot the name on KZhead about being sucked down 90 feet at that place insane
It’s amazing how a human can survive wrecking out in that surf 🏄
It really is mesmerizing. I'm a life-long surfer and enjoy surfing waves of some consequence but this wave is insane. What's also crazy is that big wave surfers, in the midst of their madness, seem to go by a strict code of risk vs reward. That code seems to go right out the window when it comes to "The Right". I applaud their bravery and insanity.
@@mauritano How long they have to hold their breath when wipeouts in these waves? Easily drown?
I got pummeled by a 3ft surf break today...felt concussed haha . . Cannot wrap my brain around the sheer size of these monsters let alone how these blokes aren't killed..go Aussies 😁
@@mauritano and yet all those big wave surfers are conservatives! while left leaning soy boys ride 'waves of consequence' (3 feet?)
@@Timmsy as we Aussies like to say: *"go hard or go home"*
ive decided i really dont need a 35' wave in my life
😂
I like those waves, I need them in my life
Its funny cause to the younger Rothman its just a big wave with a couple of boils, guy said so himself. Crazy
Or a 35 year old woman! 18-25 is my limit. 😏
@TJ Anderson but in hawaii a 35 ft wave is only a 17ft wave. Hehe
Remote, huge, cold, dark, deep, sharks abounding, wave unpredictable, what’s not to love from my viewing perspective? Nothing but props & respect for these amazing, brave, athletic watermen….. and incredible cinematography….
TOTALMENTE INSANO!!! Surfistas que amam a vida mas ao mesmo tempo não tem medo de partir para o “outro lado” !!!
3:40 bodyboarding respect!
Yeah full respect , bodyboarders were first to surf it , whitey n the dogs ,Brad,Chad, Sean,hardy, dogs on dogs, mad respect Chris Ross
Frogman got chewed up with the rest of them.
Great photography, incredibly heavy wave - massive crushing force - 5:43
Omfg. I've jumped 90ft+ doubles and 120ft+ sand dunes on a dirt bike. This video stressed me out so bad, I think I'm gonna have ptsd. You guys are nuts, and my new heroes. Ride on!
Insane water volume! 😮 These guys have iron balls!
This is where courage madness and suicidal tendencies merge into one. Me watching from a distance - " Oh,Hell NO" !!!
5:51 Very dry reef. Omg.
No wayyyyyy!!!!
Jeeez
Almost need pop out wheels
Gee well spotted!!
It's sticking like 2 feet out of the water.. How do these guys not die when they bail, or at the very least get their faces ripped off, or become quadriplegics?
Incredible amount of trust in the skiers! Talented group of nuts, for SURE! Thank you
I'll never understand how someone wants to surf something that's actively trying to murder them
I like to say, this is the ugliest/scariest big wave I've ever seen. About 2:38 or so, you get an idea of the size and force of the wave; you'll also, notice that there's like a small wave-shelf that has to be navigated at the bottom. I don't even fantasize about riding that wave.
I'll tell you with a straight face, if I was as good as these guys, I'd be out there with them The rush you'd get doing this would be a thousand lifetimes of highs 🤘
Some waves are meant not to be ridden....just appreciated.
@@iknowitstextingnew3440 bot?
The physics on some these waves says impossible to ride, physically impossible given the laws of physics
Faxxxs
In English: Some waves are not meant to be ridden.
Well said, couldn't agree more! That's man's problem. Always trying to conquer extreme nature. Just relax and crack open a cold brewski😁!
Tim, glad to see you've kept at it these past 35 years and maintained such a high level of production quality and good timing!
UNBELIEVEABLE!! Where the hell is that? I've never seen such massively thick thick waves before. It's like, if you are right below the crest of one of those beasts, you know half the oceans coming down on you!!! Those curves gotta have 12~15ft thick walls of water in them. Totally impressive what nature can do...I'm still like WOW!! But, as always, that's just my opinion! :)))
It’s called THE RIGHT in Western Australia
I've was brought up in the ocean, that wave is very unique, it's not just the weight, it's the shape, the way it sucks up on itself, very little time to get on it, and to get off it.
Absolutely great piece of filming.. thanks so much - would you consider maybe an additional short film whereby you interview the riders as they watch their own wipeout.. or successful ride - and maybe show a bit more of the beginning and end of the ride? There must be some incredible stories to tell - like what happened to the jetski that lost it's driver.. - and what is it like underneath that wave once you have wiped out.. ? And what does it feel like to be one of the few riders that have actually successfully ridden a wave to the very end.. would love to see their reaction and comment...
Certifiably Insane. Oh, these are Australians (emphasis on the “Alien ” part of that word).
coz we come from the land down unda! where women glow and men plunder! can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover
David that is really COOL observation ... 63 yo never made the connection till now‼ Cheers from the Land DownUnder 🇦🇺👍🏻👏👏
8:00 Jetski ditches the driver and does a sick forward 360 on the shoulder! All the other ski's cheer it on while surfers stay silent
These guys are the true sports heroes on earth.
I have lived in the west Texas desert all my life so the thought of getting in the water with these giant waves is pure insanity! Thank god for insane people!
I am 58 and first was on a board in 1969, surfed a lot of places but I do not think even in my prime would I have tried this. That is crazy heavy. Hats off to you guys.
At 58 you are in your prime bro 😎
@@egret2813 Hey man, thanks a lot, you made my day brother. I need to not forget that.
Some of these are just brutal. That's gotta feel like getting hit by an NFL lineman at full-charge. How they are surviving without getting ribs broken and at the very least the wind knocked outta them is beyond my ability to comprehend. These guys got guts.
Those are the thickest crests I have ever seen. And a wave within a wave is mind blowing.
That is hardcore, respect. That jetski getting sucked in was scary too.
Its a miracle it didn't get obliterated. That's be a costly mistake.
Funny the ski seemed to make the wave, so much respect for these guys , fearless, huh, not really , more foolhardy
9:26 Is that the heaviest wipeout ever? Boy, but when a guy makes one it's like unbelievable. The visual purity of escaping the ridiculous heavy lip is thrilling beyond belief wouldn't you say?
That's why they show him bring picked up afterwards: 'Yes, he actually survived!'
I don't know? Pause the video at 7:56 to see the guy stuck in the lip with reef boil in front of him.
Freaking lunatics! no inflation vests and heavy as hell! the guy on the bodyboard is simply insane. massive respect 👍
I've got to ask, why does it earn your respect when you see the blatant disregard for their own lives? I'm not trying to criticize you in any way, I'm just a bit baffled. Wouldn't inflation vests be the smart call in surf like this?
That is pure nightmare fuel. I’m just getting into surfing and will be sticking to nose riding. PERIOD! I snowboard during winter as I have been over 20 years but Christ almighty you mad lads are on a different level. I don’t know if The Right is what you would name it. More like The Sea Witch!!! Good stuff 👍🏾😎
I can’t imagine what it’s like to be inside that thing.
Amazing. Pushing the limits... in awe. You know your chances are slim when a bodyboarder can’t make the drop. Heroes.
You go, nah you go, nah yeah nah !!!! These guys are insane. Total respect to them.
Fantástico , Magnífico e Aterrorizante !
I can't tell if you have to be brave or just stupid to surf this thing. Probably a healthy balance of both, but I'm glad there are people in the world willing to do it so we can watch!
Dan C they don’t to it so we can watch. Most of them do it for the adrenaline and for fun
I believe brave is just a kinder word for stupid
Experience , talent and balls.
So much respect to all of the brothers!
I love waves watching them. I got hit pretty bad when i was a kid and never been back and never will but whenever i got a chance i will sit there all day and tape and take photos as it is amazing how powerful they are. No one would realise till they are out in it. People who surf these and get smashed it is amazing how much the body can cope with. Thank you for the video's.
Big respect to these surfers, incredible!!!
That’s the most evil thing I’ve ever seen ...hats off to anyone with the Davy Jones’s to attempt to get into it! Intoxicating video🙏🤦♂️😌😳🤠🐾✅💥
One of the best surfing videos I've ever seen on KZhead
Blessed are the cracked spirits, for they will let the light through...😇
Some people around the world don’t even go into buildings that large 😂. These boys= screws loose 😁 Respect
Best and most dramatic footage of the right I've seen but agree with some of the comments that it would be great to hear more of the sound the wave generates when it breaks. Being out in the water and hearing the sound of those waves must be incredible.. and terrifying!
Hey, lose some of the music so we can hear this monster...
The phat
AGREED. WTF MUSIC??? Real ambient sound is better. I had to MUTE. And I don’t get it: The truth is dramatic enough, the footage speaks for itself. Why embellish with canned background sound??
...um, that IS “this monster”.
@@lisar9425 I think you just try to hard to find something to hate about. Why not just say thank you and move on? Always gotta bitch
Sorry, what? Not hatin’ just sayin’ Gerry.
I have a pit in my stomach just watching, I don't know how you guys do it. Beautiful waves.
The Boulder on the end section that’s a widow maker... Full respect✊
What you guy's do for fun down under, never ceases to amaze me.... That wave is beyond sick.
11:39 that's me board going over the falls!
Tim Nathan really?
This guys deserve a statue in their home town 😂 I'm from Portugal and this is worst nigtmare than Nazaré. Nazaré if you have a very good physical preparation most probably you'll be ok. But in The Right its like Russian rolete, you'll never know how you wil be in the end. This wave Remind me of Salty Dogs that was scary too.
God Bless you all. I’m obsessed with surfing from a past life. As a kid wanted to be a marine biologist. Ended up being a nurse and a psychic medium. Not but choice by date. But I’m very much connected to the water. So I watch allot of surfers and pray to the ocean spirits for allot of you. You’d be surprised I’m Latina and I know a few awesome surfers by name. I watch allot of competitions and well my mom is from Nazare. Might I say more?! Makes allot of sense. These waves are too fast 💨 looks like a reef banger. Respect ✊🏽 Careful and May Poseidon himself Carry you fowards,back to shore. You all are inspiring and amazing. Know that !
This is both beautiful and terrifying at the same time
Thank you guys, scarier waves, but understand it why, anything to live in the moment, live a life and before you know it your at the age of 50, chasing these moments are memorys that's with you though out your life. Special on all levels. Go hard and live with the best memorys on the planet, just as great as skydiving from the edge of space.
Take it from me. As you age - I'm 60 - a lot of the stuff you did and achieved as a young person becomes almost irrelevant. A lot of stuff that seemed really important to me as a young man, now means little or nothing to me. Something like surfing these waves cannot be appreciated by anybody but other surfers, and then only other surfers who have experienced waves like this - which would be only a few people. Luckily the footage will live forever.
I went out once, after a hurricane, the swells were easily 20’+. My board was too short. I couldn’t get on the big ones, but i was going for it. And man, I have goose bumps just thinking about the drops I was looking at. You get In position, paddle your heart out and then look down, and it’s like......oh SHIT! Mucho, mucho respect for these big wave guys; THEY HAVE BALLS OF STEAL.
The way the wave distorts is crazy! Those guys are risking life and limb on every ride! You guys are nuts!😁
I used to surf a reef break off California and the waves there were nowhere near as big as these. Even then, those waves at home would sometimes grab me, and make me wish I had chosen a different path in life. Yet, I went back again and again. Not so sure I would ever think about doing this once much less go back for more punishment. Those dudes are amazing athletes.
Superb job here man!. Terror Vault 1 and 2 are my hands down Favorite Insane Wipeout Vids. I just can't help but wanna share them with the world:D
5:43, the steepness of the wave where that dude bailed his board is frightening, you guys are fooking crazy Also the wipe out at 7:53 😳 bet that felt like your body was being ripped apart
I got nightmares just WATCHING this. Very few surfers even made their waves, and the ones that did can honestly say that these were the greatest rides of their entire lives, I'm convinced of that. This is the first time I saw a jet ski not make the wave, the the surfer did!! Kudos to these brave men...
Hands down in my opinion the scariest looking wave.
Best edit of the right Ive ever seen! Awesome when the right one comes through 🤙
A few spots you can see the reef it breaks on...7:24 you see the rocks he's gunna get splattered on. Ryan hipwood jumped off the reef into the water before the next set came and got sucked down 90 feet almost died ..he tells the story on some podcast on KZhead
¡ Alucinante !, gracias por contarnos lo que le pasó !
Jaw dropping… perhaps it’s my ignorance of surfing (I race motorcycles myself and some people call that insane), but this is insane! Respect. 👍
Balls. Of. Steel. All of you. Bravo.
Some of the best surf images I ever seen
Most amazing break I've ever seen. Respect! The scariest thing was that loose jet ski.
Those who rode those waves. It’s their destinies that take them there. Just thankful that rescuers are there-heroes
How can you possibly survive being rolled into this monstruosity of a wave. Just waching at it is so intimidating, looks so powerfull.
I'm glad suicidal adrenaline junkies exist for my entertainment.
Are you not a surfer? :)
TaraDivineLight Oobviously my dear
Darrylizer1 Great comment. As a semi-disabled person, I live vicariously through these junkies. I truly appreciate them.
@@taradivinelight9822 I live in Iowa of course not
They're not 'suicidal adrenaline junkies' - they're Australians.
Best video of The Right on youtube. And I must've seen all of them.
how do people not get knocked unconscious by the impact of those waves? Thats what I wanna know. Truly an extreme sport.
Holy smokes, that jetski wipeout was intense. The way this wave blows out the side like a blowhole is crazy
At 5:45 the triple lip and thickness of it are something that nightmares are made of. The final explosion of this wave seems like it could devour a small village. Try watching this one starting at 5:36 with 0.25 playback speed
Absolutely nuts!!! Love it! Love seeing just some local Aussie chargers heading out into what has to be top 5 craziest wave in the world.
@ring of fire shipstern bluff is pretty bad too.
My top 5 (in no particular order) is gonna have to be The Right, Shipsterns, Nazare (cuz it's just that massive), Teahuopo'o (spelling is hard), and Jaws
hard to believe people survive this wave on a regular basis. amazing!
Loved the optimism of the guy in the water at 5:35 who tries to duck dive below the wall of annihilation coming at him.
Amazing waves, amazing footage!! Savage monster slabs
Thank you for sharing and very awesome footage! :-)
Wow. Respect to all those feeling the full force of Mother Nature. Beautifully terrifying to watch. Awesome!
You reallly have to ride those waves thinking that it might be the last wave you are going to ride ...
Having surfed a bit on the west coast, usa; not sure how any of these guys survive one fall, let alone the day. Yet, a stunning, appalling, existential thrill to see.
how is 6:39 survivable?
I get stressed out just watching!! Amazing men taking that wave on!!
Hats off to all big wave surfers but big wave riders are a breed all their own and to watch guys take on a wave as dangerous and as beautiful as this is mindblowing mother nature saying who wants to play and these guys go me much respect welcome to Australia.
8:32 This wave exploded like a bomb went off inside how insane! He was probably deaf after that!