'I barely even surfed the next day because i was so sore' ..

@JoeyLaurens

4 жыл бұрын

uh nah that’s the realist shit you’ll hear from an athlete who loves the sport

@curt8806

3 жыл бұрын

Legend

@shaylernoah1178

3 жыл бұрын

I would have never surfed again

@frankbeans5921

3 жыл бұрын

When he said '.barely' 😂☠️

I remember Koa on the north shore when he was a little kid. He and his siblings (you've heard of Makua, I'm sure) were very extroverted and fun kids, now these guys charge the heaviest waves out there. He's not showing much emotion, but you know he was probably freaking while going through it. Heavy, heavy wipeout.

@antichrist7922

7 жыл бұрын

I was always wondering why the two talk differently.

@Puaolena808

6 жыл бұрын

Makua is like 10 years older than Koa, and he grew up around all the old North Shore guys who spoke pidgin with that thick old school accent, Koa and his friends all speak pidgin too, there's a video with a bunch of them, and you can hear it, but they are younger (about my age) and most people in their generation don't talk like our parents did. That thick pidgin accent comes outta the plantation days, it's not common to hear people in their 20s with that accent. To be honest, I think the only reason Makua's is as thick as it is is because he spent his formative language years around all the old school guys when his dad was in jail

@wave8088

3 жыл бұрын

@@Puaolena808 why was hes dad in jail ?

@shockmarkets7384

3 жыл бұрын

@@wave8088 That's not really any of your business. Chelsea Cobb speaking outa school.

@lirider3932

Жыл бұрын

@@shockmarkets7384 Da KZread Po Po

Koa is so super chill, even the crazy scariest moment of his life they couldn't get 2 minutes of video out of it. gotta love this kid.

@ricardobecerra4877

3 жыл бұрын

🤙

Lip of that wave is taller than any wave I’ve ever surfed

@gromgang548

4 жыл бұрын

kanakanokaoi nah shit

@ryankeany8390

4 жыл бұрын

Grom Gang lmao it’s like u read my mind

@intervention861

4 жыл бұрын

No shit

And some people drown in a pool.

@alexconatus7629

6 жыл бұрын

HiddenPower MV hahaha you killed me

@mousebeater6981

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@tommyhofer1176

4 жыл бұрын

😂 lol I know right 🤣

@commie281

3 жыл бұрын

and then create the need for those annoying ass pool life guards

I've been surfing since 2 I'm a Soul Surfer that searches for the best and biggest waves Tahiti is no joke cool you and your brother and your dad much respect

Getting picked up by Laird is a nice perk after not drowning after that. :)

@gromgang548

4 жыл бұрын

He was towed in by laird

@mikeys5169

3 жыл бұрын

Grom Gang thought it was makua who towed him in

@garykramermusic

3 жыл бұрын

Grom Gang and apparently picked up in that last clip.

@gromgang548

3 жыл бұрын

mikey yt nah it was laird. Both are legends tho

That smile on Laird's face... he knew

This wave is straight up way bigger than any others I’ve seen at Chopes

1:18 supported my suspicions of Teahupoo, where there is probably a vacuum of water over the reef that stops many wipeouts (unlike Pipeline) from drilling the surfer into the reef and probably shows Pipeline is more dangerous than Teahupoo.

@intervention861

4 жыл бұрын

No one cares

@BarbarraBay

4 жыл бұрын

@@intervention861 sounds like you care. otherwise you would not have posted. don't forget to take your medication son. also, Jesus loves you

@Dobertathon

Ай бұрын

I don't really think so, Pipeline gets deeper when it's 2nd and 3rd reef, whereas Teahupo'o stays at about the same depth no matter the size. I could be wrong though, more people have died at Pipe than Teahupo'o so who knows.

@BarbarraBay

Ай бұрын

@@Dobertathon another factor is makeability. If we watch the WSL comps, someone like John John is always not making waves at Pipe but rarely wipes out at Chopes. In 2014, Medina who was a novice wiped out only once (in the final) at Chopes when winning the entire comp in big surf and i do not recall John wiping out in 2014.

Nice, that was Heavy. Only thing I would add would be a slowmo clip of it. Any who, thanks. keep up the cool content

Heavyy haha glad you're alive Koa 👊👌

Really well put

Damn Bro !! Takes a set dropping in on that thing 🤘🏻 Sorry ya got worked

Koa... Legend

@ricardobecerra4877

3 жыл бұрын

🤙💪

Is that why it's called the Koa swell?

balls. lucky to survive that koa

@DrKillFeeDZ

3 жыл бұрын

laird threw him into a life or death situation. kinda insane. koa has mentioned it a few times in his videos and hes clearly traumatized by it

And that was the last swell of the season.

@ricardobecerra4877

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

The roller coaster part has gotta be a crazy ass memory in hindsight...

How big is that wave?

Same thing happen to me at Town Beach Breakwall Port Macquarie.

cool to see someone so empowered be so humble. people make jokes duh shatuppp you have no idea

Mind blowing mate.. you got balls fair play.

If I survived that, I’d be so psyched

was it super?

lucky to be alive !

dude....respect!!! that was a gnarly wave..wwwoooowowowoowowoowwoooo!!!

Laird Hamilton swooped in to pick him up.

This hurt to watch. Must be incredibly painful.

Greatest athletes on planet Earth. Always have been. Always will be.

I cannot even explain the amount of courage it takes to attempt to even paddle into the line up at something a fraction this size... Between Koa and Makua's epic wipeouts in these conditions, I'm suprised one of them at least isn't with us anymore... Hawaiian riders for the win!!!

Wow !! That's heavy !! Holy shit !!

so crazy! cool!

i thought he had made that wave...saw another video awhile back

I always wondered, the splash of the lip sucking up the face, why is it called the foam “ball.” What’s the deal with the “ball” part? Was it originally the foam “wall” and the name got changed through word-of-mouth? Anyone else wonder this ?

@MikeD-hn9hf

5 жыл бұрын

Clearly not.

essa foi sinistra

Ya young Koa has more balls guts call it what you want then than 50 men MASSIVE RESPECT TO YOU YOUNG WARRIOR

I think his favourite word is super.

So heavy ! sURVIVez !!

If he says "like" one.. more.. time... Ah god fuckin damitt

Hmmmmmm,.... the video looks so much, so close as the one showing Nathan Fletcher wiping out.....hmmmm.

Riding waves like this is such a gamble. One bump against the reef during a beating like this would end you. It's only worth it till you are dead.

@nikolaskatanjian4226

7 жыл бұрын

Too True that's what surfing is a gamble... by that logic we shouldn't surf at all because we may end up dead dude you should live like Ai and EddieA

@gnosis7662

6 жыл бұрын

Some surfers wear a helmet at Teahupoo. You might look stupid but it could save your life. Most skiers and snowboarders now wear helmets. Why not make it more of a standard practice for surfing?

@Dobertathon

Ай бұрын

​@@gnosis7662It's completely standard and normal at places like Pipe and Teahupo'o, any place that gets big or has a shallow reef it's normal. But when people wear one at a 3 foot beach break... That's when you get to laugh at them.

koas a boss

thats so gnartacular

This might top Nathan Fletcher's wipeout at this spot. Just might...

Nightmare fuel

Такой краисивый мальчик смелый

Not the most eloquent description, but surfer's are not expected to be. The waves are it.

That not a wipeout, that’s trauma!

As heavy as anything ridden during the Code Red swell of 2011

Surfs the next day

Yahowch

No shit it felt like a car crash!!!

I don't get it.I would die 10 x's... From fright

Gerry calls it Total body dismemberment

@warinsidemyhead8939

Жыл бұрын

🤪😝

maddog

5 deaths here since 2000. U can see why.

Say Super one more time

second comment, crazy stuff nice wipeout!

Happy ending..Good lungs & didn't hit the reef. Hope he doesn't have serious pain when he get's to be in his 50's.

It's so big it looks fake

@cookiesandcream2828

5 жыл бұрын

tra789 thats because you dont surf. kook.

@deluxairhead

4 жыл бұрын

So BIG its fakein insane........

this wave is bigger than any wave that will break at nazare

@wilsargisson3626

7 жыл бұрын

buu naahtz Dude, Nazare can produce a 90 foot face. This wave face is about half of that.

@alexgrey9026

3 жыл бұрын

i dont think,but its heavyyy

"Closeout"... lmao, do you even know what that word means?

@missionfishin78

5 жыл бұрын

The wave starts out as a close out farther down that’s why you never see anyone riding right, but it starts to section out at the end

@MegaJ-uh4rg

5 жыл бұрын

i’m pretty sure he knows what it means being a pro surfer.

Like, lose the word like when you like interview, like it gets pretty like irritating like to hear like steadily. Like I’m sure like you were excited and whatever but like, the word like is like just taking up like way too much like of your interview. That said, interesting story. Like thanks.

@leonflorence118

4 жыл бұрын

He was just a kid back then like chill out

The trouble with stupid people is, they get sucked in. My advice (surfer since 1959), think before you allow yourself to be sucked in. Apparently, 5 people have died at this spot. And yes, I’ve done my share of Big. But now I have my vege patch. Bliss!

This if definitely the worst wipeout ive ever seen.