I only experienced Cloudbreak once in my long lifetime. One ride many years ago when it was not well known. Its almost a metaphysical experience. Its quite different to Teahupoo which is just raw, dangerous power that last only a few seconds. Cloudbreak seems to take you on a journey and holds you in its hand like it welcomes your presence. When you flip over the back as it closes out, you have a feeling of serenity and beauty, not survival. Its unique. It changes you and restores you. You never want to leave.

@stevo3938

3 ай бұрын

Okay Steve

@SURFINGVISIONS

2 ай бұрын

Thats very true. I hear you.

@Aquwert

2 ай бұрын

Pretty much how my grandfather described it when i said it looks similar to Teahupoo

@tahoe4beauty

2 ай бұрын

Powerful Cool Memory to Share ~ ~ 🌊🌩💦💙🩵💙

Seeing Shamas Kennedy drop in on a monster that's cleaning everyone else out @ 3:20 is such a flex. What a wave. 😵

@itschrishicks

2 ай бұрын

To turn around and go… just wow

Best surfer photography ever. Riding waves like that is to feel what its like to be a God for a moment, invincible even though you know you are not. What chargers!

@bradbloodworth642

3 ай бұрын

Beautifully said bro. Nailed it. 🙏

Tim, I am now 67 and whilst my body is a bit screwed and cant surf any more my 2 boys do. I am and always will be a surfer in spirit, but only watch, dream and remember now. Mother ocean certainly smiled on all the guys in the water including you. I have never seen such an amazing session ever at this size!

@sweetiepienumber1

2 ай бұрын

67 here with disabling arthritis. I was lucky through surfing the South Pacific in my youth.

@beauchamp1763

2 ай бұрын

Me too, I'm in my 60's and have a fucked back due to working in the oil field and started surfing when I was 9 years old, I've had to stop surfing bigger waves and now have a 10 foot mal and occasionally get out there and relive my youth but in two to three foot surf. As long as you keep moving the body will get through it, stop and you seize up like a rusty ol gate. Keep moving forward my chiropractor tells me. I also have a kayak and that keeps me moving too. Stay young, coz old ain't fun.😂

Cloudbreak must be among one of the 7 wonders of surfing.

@SURFINGVISIONS

2 ай бұрын

It is! Teahupoo, The Right, Shipsterns, Peahi, Mavericks, Nazare, Wiamea. (let's call it 8)

@mickc3423

2 ай бұрын

No pipe?

@JulienSorelEatsSabras

2 ай бұрын

Waimea? Meh... just a big shapeless wall.

Surfing in those conditions is one of the most radical things in sports, in anything. Billy Kemper, unreal, and how about Laura Enever, wow, takes legendary beatdowns and comes back for killer rides. Stoked just to hear these guys after, they're stunned, in bliss. Epic video, great photography.

Nate Florence video on this session is perfection

Parkers wave was sick and nath just toying with it ..mind blowing footage love the drone shots

I grer up in this part of the world since 1970 and I have seen like this, maybe ten or fifteen times in over fifty years. Just Epic .Awesome vid

Billy Kemper had an incredible ride it was truly the "crystal cathedral" of tubes how awesome thanks for sharing the epic sess

Wow! Epic above epic! What waves and what performances! There was a Zen-like quality to the flow these long big barrels presented! Well done crew! Whew!

That was pretty dreamy & buttery. I think some of those guys had a lil happy tear in their 👁

Maybe the prettiest, most majestic wave I have ever seen?

Videography absolutely matched the quality of everything else. Every element of this moment was special from action to capture. Well done everyone involved. Simply mind-blowing. Thanks so much for sharing.

What a freaking day. I watched the Nathan Florence's video of this day and it was just incredible as is this one. It honest to God looks like a painting it's just a perfect wave Cloud break is amazing pretty much always but with that blue water and that perfect wave and you throw some sides to it it's just becomes Epic. I don't think I ever heard so many" oh my gods" being said in a video in my life. RLTW 3/75

@libertyblack715

28 күн бұрын

I like the painting analogy. I was thinking like a moving painting and the artist didn't even bother painting clouds. Didn't need them.

Out of all the footage from other videographers, this was by far the best as far as water angles, lighting, etc… Well done capturing an epic day 🤙🏼🤙🏼

Incredible edit Tim! What a day. You've been on a hell of a roll and your videos just keep getting better and better. Thanks for bringing all the stoke into our homes!

2nd greatest cloudbreak swell I'd say..fucking amazing. The swell the CT bailed on is still the best. More amazing rides on this swell though..cheers boys n Laura. You rip

Soli Bailey, the Coffin Bros absolutely charging!!😳

That drop by Parker Coffin at 14 mins was next level

@cwr8618

3 ай бұрын

knifed a triple overhead crater. so sick. i guess wearing a helmet and full football pads helps

@CarlosTiscareno

3 ай бұрын

Light on his feet - quite special that drop!

@DarknessYT2010

3 ай бұрын

yep

@yowie369

2 ай бұрын

Skitz

@itschrishicks

2 ай бұрын

Wave Ki

By far the best wave on the planet... Thundercloud rules..🔥💥

Kemper wasn’t lying this was the most stunning beautiful thing I’ve ever seen….🙌

Perfect wave!

Parker stuck that drop! Insane.

I was sitting on the lounge watching this and whooping, ducking, cringing and just gobsmacked. That was the best footage and record of a special special day. The best surfers in the world just holding edges and almost all going quite strait shows how they make it look easy on such crucial friggen’ 20 foot magic. Thankyou Tim !!

Everyone saying everyone caught the best waves of their lives, 😂😂😂 like a script. Wonderfull agreement. Was mental. ❤

WEll I hear "yuo can drive a truck thru it" for decades but now i saw that as a possibility. I also wonder if deep in some of their hearts they wished they would of paddled 300 or more past and get that first PIT section before the shoulder drop in area? I can dream and thanks to you my visions of heaven are REAL.

Die "Schönste Welle"! Ganz großes Kino!👍📷🏄‍♂️🌅

everything about this is mind blowingly beautiful.... we serve an awesome GOD....!!!!

Got to agree with comments, Tim… classic video… gr8 Team players… and so smooth and glassy… thanks for taking us on the journey and all other swell chases… 👍👍👌😊😉😉

The happiest times of my life have been in swells like this, memorable waves, people, place. Memories forever.

😮I can't believe what I just witnessed. I'm living my dreams through these surfers watching cloudbreak being cloudbreak. Thanks for the 🎽 rush🌊😎

Gonna Have to watch this Again and count the number of waves ridden. 20. 25. 30. I don't know. And still cant believe it. What a show. Thamks!!!

Non-stop epic footage! Probably the best surf video I've seen.

Great footage. It is hard to please everyone and I appreciate you putting your own style to it with your sound track. Keep up the work .

OMG this next level. Has to be one of the greatest sessions of time ⏲️

Great to see Nathan Florence stand tall in the barrel instead of dragging his backside in it,classic session, thanks.

Haven´t surf in about 5 years and I´m desperate to start again. Thanks a lot to all you guys (surfers, producers, videographers, lifeguards, jetskiers and all teams & assistants). You truly help me keep super excited about the comeback! Aloha from the Caribbean!

Swell of a lifetime! Absolutely Epic and mesmerizing to watch. Thanks for sharing this masterpiece with surfing community.

The quality of this footage is so dope…and those surfers have some serious brass! The slo mo drone shots of the wave is spellbinding! Nicely achieved

Omg omg omg. Thundercloud reveals itself!!!

Absolutely awesome surfing on one of the world's 5 star classiest waves. When I was in Fiji hears ago nobody knew about it yet.

Unforgettable day epic I must say 😮

P.S. Ya Tim B. thanks so much for all your travels and hard-honed skills as a videographer. Your cameras and lenses helped immortalize this epic surf day of majestic proportions! Cheers!

What can one say about a session of such sublime surf, surfing and surfers? Love the interviews with such a lovely bunch of humble, gifted and articulate human beings. Great footage - a credit to all involved.

Absolutely mental footage, makes you feel like your sitting in the channel watching!

Got goosebumps watching this exhilarating showdown of exquisite surfing!!! Respect and thank you for sharing this timeless footage! I'll be watching this over and over again! Peace... from the UK. P.S. loved the soundtrack to it!

I only ever had 'Cloudies' twice in my life---(Too addicted to D/Pnt and G-Land in Indo' I guess! but--One of those two sessions was one I'll take to my grave as being in my TOP 10 ever! A Beautiful place, Epically proportioned Reef and to see it like this, in this Stunning footage (Thanks Tim!!---You Bloody Legend you!) with barely a drop of water out of place is VERY, VERY, Special. If you don't have this spot on your bucket list, put it on there -RIGHT -NOW!!.!!! 'Thommo' Auckland. NZ.

Joy comes in many forms 🙃 few as good as this! -MAHALO!!

After seeing quite a few awesome videos like this one now of this incredible session it is still hard to fathom the sheer size of these waves and barrels as the conditions are so perfect and glassy it is like watching a dream

One of the best surf videos ever. We actually (for a change ) got to see them paddling in !! Incredible footage !!

Unreal Footage. Best big waves I’ve seen in years! Keep The Music Playing…….Hawaii Boys…..Hold The Line….From The 50th !

thats the best looking wave ive seen

insanity. so big but perfect. thanks for sharing this incredible day--

Just WOW WOW WOW! Insane surf and surfing. EXELENT footage!!

One just never gets sick of watching BIG Cloudbreak full stop. What a beautiful wave and place. These surfers rock. their front doors have to be circular, cause you gotta have big balls to surf waves that big. Go boys!!!!!

Brother you're the best ..... this is crazy perfect aloha from Brazil

Goosebumps brothers! YOU people are crazy though! Man that was beautiful, epic and huge! Great videos! keep it up!!! Insane!

Great SURF VIDEO ! - 11 out of 10 on the mind blowing score rating. Just awesome....😧

Looks a good day 🤙👍👊🤛🤟🙏🤟🙏👍👊🤛

A big thank you Tim for bringing all of us on a journey, into the ocean to capture moments of people pushing the limits on what’s possible on a craft. Such beautiful footage 🌊

7:24 best drone footage I've ever seen :O

This is the best one yet Timmy.... Bravo you AUSSIE HAMMAH

The VERY BEST Cloudbreak footage I have ever seen! Many thanks !!

Unbelievable waves surfing & conditions great filming

Absolutely stunning! Experience of a lifetime. Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏼

One of the best captures of this swell that could ever be put together. Beautiful footage from all angles and great interviews. In two words you "NAILED IT" Mate.

This has to go down as LEGENDARY

Unbelievable footage mate Unbelievable rides!!!!!

Nathan Florence for mayor of Tavarua. What a production!

Absolutely epic, I'm hunting every second of video I can find of this.....un...real.

That was so lovely. Just listening to everybody talk about mellow crew and dreamy waves. Superb film.

❤Insane work Tim, Loved it and wish I was there to witness Cloud Break in all her glory 🩵💙 Respects to all the surfers and shout out to the Local Crew 🫡 keep them coming Tim….

Credit to the surfers but the Queen here has to be the wave itself, utterly magical...a day when God/The Mystery gives us a twinkling smile.

crazy session, great coverage. loved the interviews at the end too.

Absolutely epic Tim. Was waiting for this to drop and you nailed it. Thanks for capturing mate. Unreal.

@IT-fr4wb

3 ай бұрын

totally!

The bigger Cloudbreak gets the more perfect the wave is.

Totally the best day ever!

Nick Van wave was absolutely one of best waves i saw crazy. Shot out to all the Warriors for the show Bravo 👏 boys thanks for the show 👏

14:00 wow

@bayly1977

3 ай бұрын

What a drop

@lymanmj

3 ай бұрын

Cray

@chrisjenkins7591

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely sick

That has to be the most perfect wave in the world(?). Awesome photography!

Best footage Ive ever seen! WOW!

Watching from Hongkong with Australian surfer & wake surfer friends.. always shouted (ohh!! omg!!) whenever someone made a fall from higher wave.. Very nice edit amazing steady footages in that very big difficult waves

Those drops are insane!

Simply incredible. I've been around surfing and surfing photography for most of my life, however this was the best day I've ever seen.

Much love from America, Ventura county via Kansas City , Missouri .Epic.🌊 Wish I was there.🙏 Heaven on Earth.

50 now and best surf I’ve ever seen.

seeing the waves with nobody on them made me feel something, that perfect curling lip, those waves exist out there somewhere in the pacific, perfect 20 foot barrels it looked almost heavenly and scary at the same time, then seeing the guys on them....psshhh

I was struck by the emotional maturity of these men and women who are chronologically quite young, you know? That says so much about what surfing is and what it can provide for young people in terms of mental health and spiritual centered-ness. You know, even the guys who ate shit the most were humble & balanced. And, to an individual they were right-sized after that session. Not the faintest whiff of puffiness or bragadosio. Hell, I am spiritually moved myself, just by their calmness and their show of decades of maturity & perspective. And I was in a different hemisphere watching on my phone! This is exactly why my very young neice & nephews will have surfboards, certainly before their 10th birthdays. It's like Kai Borg said in White Rhino, "it's good to be in awe of it. You know, God's creation, here and in effect".

In a world full of rights cloud break is goofy’s revenge 🏄‍♂️

best footage ever, if you have surfed there ,your admiration for these guys is grows,

Best soundtrack I have ever heard for surfing and then some. Paddle in! Makes the pipe look like a sewer pipe

What a beautiful wave

18:57 Great etiquette with the no splash duck dive

Epic! Looks like an expanded and stretched out version of Teahupoo.

This is monumental big wave surfing great job producing this video.

MAD!!! Great footage. One the day of all days. SCORED

Wow, this is incredible. What a session. Congrats to all the boys and girl(s?) in the lineup.

All positive. The best big waves I’ve ever seen. The wave is just like a Pipeline point. Other big waves spots just don’t have this quality. Perfection huge.

One of the best sessions ever recorded. IMO