Random surf clips
Nate Florence, could be the best vid I've seen. Talk about ballsy.
Old Mavs vid that appeared on my feed with Twiggy taking a sublime line on the first wave.
First time I saw it I wondered if it was a fortunate mistake, his board held up by the strong offshore, landing laterally, so he could drive along the wave and then down and over the lurching step.
A direct descent would've been ugly. In fact, at the 2:05 mark we see the result of that with Twig's infamous air drop. What I've never seen before is the aftermath; the three following waves every bit as big as Twig's, the last one especially coming in from a more westerly direction.
A minute or so of brutality at Cave, finishing with some more sedate waves at Coxos:
In the early 90s I spent a lot of time in Ericeira, so often did the cliff hike between Ribeira d'Ilhas and Coxos. Spent a fair bit of time marvelling at Cave. Didn't have a name afaik, and nobody ever surfed it, and I wondered if someone might one day.
Looks evil in real life.
That Mav's vid was insane- how much punishment Twig copped after that wipe-out.
Brutal.
stunet wrote:
A minute or so of brutality at Cave, finishing with some more sedate waves at Coxos:
Was lucky enough to surf Coxos in 94 a number of times with just a few out.
They can have the Cave!
Supafreak wrote:
The right he scores has to come close for ride of the year.
Incredible. The Jaws wipeout & that backhand Puerto wipeout are just mind blowing. He might pick up a few awards. He comes across as a pretty humble fella too. I really enjoy his content.
Been waiting forever. Not much longer but "89 minute feature film" yes please!
stunet wrote:
'Notes from the Channel | Finding Waves in Madagascar'
Never been there but always wanted to go the Island fascinates fauna and flora wise its amazing and it even has an Indonesian connection,
"Madagascar originally colonized by small group of Indonesians"
Madagascar was first colonized by a small group of Indonesians who crossed the Indian Ocean some 1,200 years ago, reports a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
The research, which adds to the body of evidence showing that Indonesians — not Africans — first colonized Madagascar, is based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA from 266 Malagasy and 2,745 Indonesian women. Mitochondrial DNA passes from generation to generation through mothers and is commonly used to determine genetic origin.
The study concluded that about 30 Indonesian women, and an unknown number of men, founded Madagascar’s human population"
More here https://news.mongabay.com/2012/03/madagascar-originally-colonized-by-sm…
Sprout wrote:
Been waiting forever. Not much longer but "89 minute feature film" yes please!
This should be good.
Tail like that you'd have to store it nose down in the board rack.
Requires a bit of f/fwding - first wave isn't even ridden till I think three minutes in - but there's a few good ones at Portugal's Cave. Getting increasingly visited and filmed.
Im guessing by having a squizz at the current Nth Atlantic charts, this place is quite possibly firing right now.
That low in the middle of the N Atlantic looks insane. Almost positioned to send swell to every nook and cranny on each and every coastline of the N.Atlantic. Like a pebble dropped in the ocean.
2:44 Faaark that lol. How's the tow-in barrel dodging too, weird. Also, Chumbo's was nuts.
Sprout wrote:
2:44 Faaark that lol. How's the tow-in barrel dodging too, weird. Also, Chumbo's was nuts.
Those tow in guys, wtf!
You’d be selling your JetSki and giving up after seeing that footage of yourself. The paddle surfers were taking off deeper than them. That’s fucked
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I met Ewan over in Cactus 15 years ago. Hooked him up with a friend in Vanatu. Ewans been on some incredible rough adventures since in this series but waves they get in this episode on the emerald isle is the best yet. Driving around in their veggie oil powered Frittes van!
Don't think there's a forum thread for random surf clips to share...so here goes.