It's a wave we usually only see when it's big, windy, and wooly - tow mostly, with the odd paddler spearing in on a 10ft gun.
But here it is smaller - relatively speaking - and it looks...well, manageable. Looks inviting even.
It's raw footage, wave after wave spliced together, and the soundtrack consists of rumbling whitewash and birds singing in the trees.
"That board felt like the starting point for a new life."
The inner mechanics of Russell's mind.
Sniffing out the bounty on land and at sea.
From a day with a low wave count yet high consequence.
Like a hundred social media clips joined together but not on social media.
Seeking darkness on a sunny day.
And Matahi lifts the bar yet again.
Bite size humans in king size waves.
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Loved the Raw footage, awesome
More vids like that please. Great footage and sounds too.
Still really raw and heavy and really, really icy cold. Jeez......you'd wanna choose carefully.
That looks v fun
So good. Welcome change not having a clip that's over-edited and being able to listen to the roar of the ocean with the birds chirping in the background.
I'm with you Bnkref, great to just watch guys surf some solid waves with none of the razzamatazz, a bunch of good old fashioned wipeouts, and a post-surf-stoke chat to boot.
I love seeing the whole thing. The aborted takeoffs, the over the falls misses, the clean knife-ins.
First Irish vid where I could actually envisage myself having a crack
haha have a crack. it is fucking scary man. so fucking scary from the water. it is like "where's mummy" scary
Fuck that actually looks like an easy wave to surf at that size
it isn't. it very very very isn't haha
"Dreamy"American dudes rocking a lot of stickers on their boards for some ok surfing, some things never change.
Waves look pretty fun though.
Sick
How good were the Numb Skulls down at the Holdie .....
Matt anyone ....haha
Like, are we Britney Spears or what, like?
Raw clips like this one shit all over the current vlogs
More of that please. Lovely zone. The whole coast would of been lighting up that day by the looks. Reminds me of solid NW WA, but in cold water, brrrr.
There's no better soundtrack than the soundtrack of the ocean.
Looks like a left handed north point.