'Swell of the century' at the Right - video
Talk it up! The Indian Ocean XXL swell, that become the 'swell of the decade' in the mainstream news has gone up an order of magnitude. Red Bull are now calling the it the 'swell of the century'...which is, like, really amazing.
Perhaps they're using this moniker 'cos the footage is courtesy of the surfing world's biggest frother, Tim Bonython. Or perhaps they just got carried away like everyone else.
Doesn't really matter what you call it, the footage speaks for itself.
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Extraordinary
Awesome
Dan Ryan @2.23 is actually a lid rider and only recently taken to stand up surfing...!
Dan ryan is a hellman charger lidder & newcomer to paddle in surfing . Im sure we'll see more of him . Actually hes one of my coaches for booging along with Ryan hardy , mitch rawlins , chad Jackson & brad Hughes .
Mick Corbett layfront recovery @ 1.45
Paddling solo sometime last year. Had a mate on a ski so in between sets he'd sit on it and out of the sharky waters.
Dan charges!
Dan ryans discount liquor !!!:
I have heard of this technique . A ski hangs in the take off area & paddle in surfer sits upon it . Wave comes and surfer jumps off and paddles into wave ! This is the new way of the era 2015 ! Fucken shark's can get fucked
What about "the rock" at 2:02. No such cunji on that to cushion the fall. Heavy.
Does it suck dry like that every wave ???
Wat rock ?
bottom right hand corner at the 2:02/2:03 mark. Looks pretty close to where wave is breaking.
yeah that is nuts! its draining off the edge into the channel! That wave had a lot of water down at the end bowl by the looks so it is probably the exception.
Wow impressive footage ,so heavy,the boys have large figs alright....shame about the soundtrack.
Wow impressive so heavy...great insight simba maybe some jack Johnston next time for you
Wow impressive so heavy...great insight simba maybe some jack Johnston next time for you
Or Norcock maybe you could whistle and play the spoons....? fuckwit
Does Bonython actually surf or does he just profit from it?
In his youth Mr Frother was a great kneeboarder......dont know if he still surfs, id say he does, Stu?
Yep he still surfs the kneeboard, Udo. And can I take this opportunity to say that you're a fuckwit Eugene.
Thank you...
Ouuccchhhh;)
fuckwit
Fuckwit ?
fuckwit !
New phones playing up ! 3 x
Incredible
If it weren't for dedicated blokes like Bonython ,average punters would never witness surfing waves of this magnitude , let alone surfing of this caliber. Onya Tim.
Have fun wipping into those thick green slabs Eugene you sick fuck'n hell man.
Awesome power when wave meets reef after the swell was generated many km away.
I winced for the owner of the yellow board at 1:57.
Thanks Tim for another awesome vid!
Definitely no Hellman but I am a fuckwit!
Sorry, sometimes I get a bit bummed about the hype around surfing. You know the feeling. Have you surfed Deserts, Snapper, bingin, winki, lefties, pass, lances, lowers ect lately? Have fun did ya?
Maybe it's time we ALL chilled a bit on the whole $elling $urfing bizo
Sick surfing by the way. crazy, crazy stuff. best ever. I know a couple of those boys and they are total legends in and out of the water.
That's cool that Tim is a kneelo, same here.
You know kneelos are in it for the right reasons coz there's definitely nothing cool about it in a marketing sense. Peace.
Crip stix for life
Dont believe the hype . If u don't like it don't read into it
If you don't read it, how do you know if you like it or not?;-))
Even chrissy ross has a floatation vest now . Watch out ! Nothing is gunna scare this boy now !
go Crossy! Homegrown maniac charging it for the love not the money or the xxl fame Wonder if he made his own float vest too? recycled innertube and a soda stream cannister duct taped to it? Watch this space
Great clip some of the barrels were deep as! Definitely not swell of the century for the right though. For bigger cleaner right have a watch of the Draw movie or one of the last Tension Clips. Some of the unfilmed sessions have been xxxl. Check out Chris Whites instagram account for some bombs.
Simon Baker is going to film his adaption of the Tim Winton novel Breath at Denmark featuring The Right.
Tourism WA is stoked saying it will expose the area to over 200,000,000 people worldwide.
Tourism WA says it's just what the town needs.
I'd say Crossy will be getting a shot at the big screen.
He'll have to dye his hair a little more blonde . Surely Simon Baker will cast himself as the lead . What I'm more interested in is who will be cast as the American expat drug running legend Sandy ? Is the guy that played Leroy the masochists , Gary Bussey to old !?
Any other thoughts on who plays who ?
More importantly , who's gonna put their hand up to paddle into it , you know keeping to the story line and all !!!!!! Crossy you may want to explore insurance policies .... We know you won't need it for the wave , but perhaps once you've hung with " the image men " you won't want to do anymore films .......
That would be epic. The books great
The book breath actually talks about other different waves than the right . Wait & see . There's more to this coast than the nautilus & old smokey
Yeah I wouldn't be so excited if I was Cale or any of the Albany boys .
I'm guessing the guys you mention Southey wouldn't be to excited about the publicity the right gets at the moment then?
Surely they won't go into that kind of detail Camel.
They can film the shark scene somewhere else from where it's based on.
You'd hope that Simon Baker being a surfer would respect that.
Blowin you can bet your bottom dollar that the WA tourist board will want specific locations involved to get people's attention .
Goofy , up until Tim Bonython started showing in his vids how you accessed the place it was all pretty vague . Still to this day it's internationally known as southern WA . As camel said there's other gems / rare spots in the area that don't need to be exposed .
It was vague until they showed the inlet & caravan park scenery .tim has no idea that hes even exposing it . The last few years has really given it away and the wave probably sorts out the men from the boys . Tow surfing is so predominant that the xxl paddle waves are still not even noticed yet . It takes a different eye to notice a paddle behemoth
Yeah your right. The location has been kept pretty low key in the surf media. I reckon I've only read maybe two articles which name the closest town. Which in this day and age is pretty good I teckon
Different power / rhythm down there in comparison to Margie's .( perhaps with the exception of Cow . )
Less continental shelf at albany / hopetoun . Theres some xxl waves in that area that havent even been seen yet