Paddle out starts at 4:30 Surf starts at 14:45

@drewatkinson2366

4 жыл бұрын

Paddle out reminds me of getting out in Lake Michigan on a gale force storm, maybe only topping out 10' but a lot of water moving. All energy wasted, followed by getting cleaned up all the way back in.. that barrel looked psychotic! Maybe greatest POV risk vs reward video to date. Every second Worth It!

@jubajuba1223

4 жыл бұрын

Huahauajuahauau.... At least you still have power to surf... Hauhaua 💪🤙🤙. Always wanted to see how guys like you paddle out on a big day!!! Thanks for sharing bro 🤙 Keep up the good vids!!

@PauloSantos-tl1fd

4 жыл бұрын

No one deserves that suffering!

@joem3686

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll never complain about having to paddle through white water again! 🤣🤣

@glennkirste2774

4 жыл бұрын

Bra..I'm 55..do I need to put down my coffee..get off my couch..and show you how it's done ???

Usually, after a paddle out like that, it goes flat for the next hour.

@user-cs9sl1zq1b

3 жыл бұрын

lavapix so true

@lukebable

2 жыл бұрын

Every Friggin' time...haha

Guys glad you loving the vid so much and all the suffering in that paddle out 😂 i was honestly in disbelief and koa and i got to a point where we were like we are not going to stop trying to get out till board or leash breaks or we make it haha! And dodging the lip in that barrel was one of the most intense moments ive had in big wave surfing! Yew! Thanks for support lets fuckin goooo!!!

@minorgray

4 жыл бұрын

That backside massive tube footage is gut wrenching and fkn glorious.

@WebbedFootage

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing. I love that you post all the hard work and the pounding that it takes to get those epic waves, it makes the pay-off that much more emotional. Those were some hard-earned waves.

@TSIXGaming

4 жыл бұрын

more videos like this man cool split screen angles but no need to speed up tho cool to see full experience!

@MrBreakthompson

4 жыл бұрын

You should have used the channel kook! :p Amazing footage and watermanship as always. Your vlogs are a blessing!

@philda1698

4 жыл бұрын

thanks so much for these videos!

This paddle out is what it feels like when I’m going out in 3ft swells hahaha

@CEnjoyer

4 жыл бұрын

oh god so true hahaha

@unclesuperfly

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, literally 90% of my session in 2-3ft is exactly that..

@Moto_Therapy_808

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet I'm not the only one.

@dasurfengine1492

4 жыл бұрын

you hit the nail right on the head for us average surfers - ha!

@xkupi

4 жыл бұрын

So dam true LOL!!

I've paddled in stuff like that, then look back 15 minutes later, and the beach is 30 feet behind me.

@ttank7241

4 жыл бұрын

so true. Funny

@michaelfarar4232

4 жыл бұрын

Me too...the beach, 5' behind me...

@xacute2937

4 жыл бұрын

I've done the same. In 7ft waves.

@lavapix

4 жыл бұрын

ended up in a different zip code.

@cubul32

4 жыл бұрын

The same, but I ended on the beach atop somebody who was trying to get a sun-tan ... wave power.

When u are you paddling out the gopro makes the waves look so much smaller

@MoonbeamBear61

4 жыл бұрын

IKR?!

@drewfinn2

4 жыл бұрын

# everything waist high through GP

@Randsurfer

4 жыл бұрын

The contrast between the gopro and the overview camera is amazing.

@robertg5791

4 жыл бұрын

gopro has wide angle lens

@joshuabaham877

4 жыл бұрын

Think they call that the go pro effect

Boss level cardiovascular and stamina. That looks so scary...felt myself needing to catch my breath as I watched this. It was interesting seeing you use the Technique that you described in a previous video... as you flip over and bear hug your board and then pop up ...that is until it got to the point where you couldn't do that anymore...then it got really exhausting.

@intelligenceinathought2461

4 жыл бұрын

"turtling" is used in small and big waves

@Vlerkies

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of people who might watch this wont understand how well conditioned you need to be to do this, and also completely at peace and comfortable with the environment you are in. The laughs and jibes in the paddle out are epic while getting pounded, and just shows the guys comfortable in the space they are in. 99+ % of the global population would just panic and drown. Thx.

@joeknight7454

4 жыл бұрын

Twice as hard with a GoPro mouth mount

@kevinraabe457

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vlerkies perfectly said

On Saturday here in Sydney I was faced with my first ever 10 foot wave on my head and I heard your voice ‘don’t bail just duck dive and hang on’ i survived, board survived! Keep the advice coming.

@NathanFlorence

4 жыл бұрын

Jude Lamb thats epic man!!!

Several people, watching this video in their rooms, drowned

@countryee

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaaa - I almost did - gasping !!! That's really funny :-D

@nmorrow209

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

These videos make monday a whole lot better.

@defdog7515

2 жыл бұрын

and now it is Monday, 1 year later

@tfee1243

2 жыл бұрын

@@defdog7515 wild. this felt like yesterday

Holy moly that second wave

@ThomasTaylor11

4 жыл бұрын

It's holy moly bro

@alvarosouza3494

4 жыл бұрын

Exaaaactly

@winark66

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasTaylor11 Thank you 😅

@remsenostrander3809

4 жыл бұрын

Yes that second wave ride was biblical epic

That's surfing. 99% effort. 1% bliss!!

@NorthFactory

4 жыл бұрын

Except that 1% feels like 75% ^^

@johnrobinson3852

4 жыл бұрын

Just being in these hawaiian waters is 100% bliss lol

@NathanFlorence

4 жыл бұрын

madal55 so true legend so true

@billdelicatessen948

3 жыл бұрын

That's why I opt for kitesurfing (and surf coast is 2 hours drive)

Love that you can hear his buddies laughing their asses off in the split screen as he gets absolutely pummeled. Hilarious!

Exactly how I feel paddeling out to a 4ft beachbreak

I laugh inside thinking of all the non-surfers who thinks this looks so easy. They'd have noodle arms halfway out and be washed in the rocks begging for a helicopter rescue. 🤙😁🌊🏄

@jonm9538

4 жыл бұрын

True dat brother. The North shore is for real. There's no way to understand the power unless you've experienced it.

@tyson9419

4 жыл бұрын

I got noodle legs by watching it.

@subparsurfer2860

4 жыл бұрын

Bro half way is still insane

@freakingbored

4 жыл бұрын

GIVE ME THE HELICOPTER!

@al-dorifto1631

4 жыл бұрын

Man I can honestly say after that first wave pounding. I woulda been facing the beach paddling back in hahaha

9:30 Me: I would give up. Nathan won’t give up. I would ride the whitewash in. Nathan eskimos...countless times. QUALITY CONTENT

@AimeeNolte

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never been prouder of someone I don’t know in real life. 😂🤪

@jakeruth4603

3 жыл бұрын

Aimee what the hell lol I'm a jazz guitarist I had no clue you'd be in this comment section hahaha

@AimeeNolte

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakeruth4603 Nathan is my favorite KZreadr! Lol Best improviser around!

These perspectives make you realize just how good of shape you have to be in to surf big waves Hawaii.....most would have drown 30x just paddling out in that. That lightning bolt board is so badass too....kind of wish vans sticker wasn’t there though. 🙈🤙🏾🤙🏾

@lukasconrad7732

4 жыл бұрын

Atort Photography he has to represent his sponsers though

This is INSANE! One of the best youtube videos I've ever seen! Got it all... chooks, cats, insane paddle out, mad barrels, brilliant surfing, awesome music and editing (onya Zoard). Honestly one of the best channels out there, please don't lose this authenticity. Sending love and huuuge vibes from Australia!

@NathanFlorence

4 жыл бұрын

Gemma Dawe thanks!!!

dude, your videos are like little works of art - i honestly think you could find a wide audience beyond surfers just cause of how beautiful and moving the shots are. the whole sequence starting at 16:20 could be a commercial

@zoardjanko

4 жыл бұрын

hoorayimhelping 🤜🏽🤛🏽

@MoonbeamBear61

4 жыл бұрын

Plus he's so cheerful. When it's bad, he'll mention it, but he's never whiny, nor boastful. No one likes hearing that stuff.

@MoonbeamBear61

4 жыл бұрын

@@zoardjanko ur terrific, too kid!

@dr1nkm1lk

4 жыл бұрын

@@MoonbeamBear61 yea he has a great attitude

@ThePerpetualStudent

4 жыл бұрын

Does anyne know the soundtrack???!!

The things we do for one good wave, 30 minute paddle out, 30 second ride..

Watching that paddle-out gives an indication of how fit these guys are.

@MoonbeamBear61

4 жыл бұрын

Nathan uploaded his workout a while back. They go HARD & LONG! (gaawd that sounds sexual, but srsly)

Yaaa bro, love that you film and show the paddle out, all my non surfing friends have no idea. Now they do lol. Cheers and keep em coming!

@pauljensen5562

4 жыл бұрын

Mmm... I’m a job fan, but honestly, it’s u bro....

I've died like 7 times watching this video, maybe even more. This footage makes me appreciate a lot big wave surfing over regular surf. Fantastic job Nathan.

I love seeing you get worked on the way out! pros are human after all!

@franklinwilkerson2061

4 жыл бұрын

Ben King the fact they made it out proves you’re incorrect. Super human! (I wouldn’t have made it even in my best years).

@englishbulldog94

4 жыл бұрын

The paddle out blows my mind. How they can just keep paddling for 25 mins straight taking waves on the head nonstop is unreal to me

@jubajuba1223

4 жыл бұрын

Hah hahaha 🤙Tooooooootally!!!

17:04 only a surfer knows that feeling. That made it worth the paddle. Thanks for showing all sides of surfing because 7:57 is just as real ;D...once again only a surfer knows the feeling.

I love how you show you paddle out it atuly helps me a lot and I learn from your videos, thank you and keep it going

The GoPro effect is so crazy the way it makes everything look so small

Excellent POV work on that last wave. Great edits!

You are a warrior Nathan no doubt about it !!!! I will keep you in my prayers brother you bring me joy every week

Wow. That barrel was absolutely mental! When you kicked out at 16:58 the music, the water and air blowing everywhere, and your face at the end reminded me of that scene from Avengers when Cap was facing Thanos' army all by himself. LOL It was just sheer SUPERHUMAN MOMENT of EPIC PROPORTIONS! . What a BEAST!!

Wow, that second wave. Stunning.

Absolutely brilliant, the smile at the end when you make it to the channel is priceless!

These are best vids. Raw and real paddle out and poundings. And some outer reef bombs. Can’t imagine ever getting out thru that impact zone, let alone with a GoPro in my mouth. You are a legend

@07maitai

2 жыл бұрын

Truth.

That paddle out footage was insane! I felt like I was drowning just watching it.😅 worth it though because you got a sic one!👍

In 50 years of surfing, making surf movies and watching thousands of videos this is THE MOST EPIC footage/music I have ever seen!!! Nathan you are THE MAN!!

Thank you for your amazing job bro ✌✌✌ its scary asf I always was searching for pov experience of big waves and i so glad i found your channel

That's awesome the music's perfect for that wave Nathan.

Holy smokes! That was sick 🤙🏼😎

Gruelling paddle! But that one big barrel made it all worth it. Sick video Nathan.

That final wave made the paddle out soo worth it🔥🔥🔥 GOOSEBUMPS

Mental pov/ split screen on paddle out. Worked just watching. Second wave was sick. Yah U Boyz!!🤙

@keithallison3756

4 жыл бұрын

Psyched to see Frederick again to. It's classic my chickens eat cat food to when they can get to it

Gnarliest paddle out I've seen. I cant imagine trying to control a 9'8 in that whitewater

I love the perspective your videos give to surfing and the whole ocean environment. Like so many others have said, I could feel my shoulders burn with exhaustion and my lungs gasping for breath as I watched your brutal paddle-out. No other video I've ever seen gives me that "I'm right there with you feeling" like yours. Keep up the great work!

Good stuff Nate. And congratulations to you and Mahina!

I'm digging the soundtrack

@madal55

4 жыл бұрын

Like a starwarz film

@ThePerpetualStudent

4 жыл бұрын

@@madal55 Do you know which one!?!?!

righteous

The face after that barrel says all. You guys are really in another level.

Respect! Goes to show that those who work hard, almost always get a great reward. Awesome video and hats off to you and Koa for your tenacity. Buddy system!

Epic Music!

Bhodi salutes you. He's not coming back.

LEGEND!!!!! I've definitely done a 30 minutes paddle out and haven't made it and turned around and came in. You reaped the rewards of your hard work! Thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks for posting such realistic and intense vids. That paddle out was insane, then that barrel. Wow. No more complaining when I paddle out on a chest high day at Pipes!

Urgh my lungs were burning just watching that! Fair play mate!

@7zero9er7

4 жыл бұрын

Epic stuff, sub'd :)

This is the Ferrari of vlogs

@NathanFlorence

4 жыл бұрын

Carlos Andres Medrano hahha legend!

Your grit and determination is astounding! Long strides Nate Dogg!

The split screen was perfect. Thank you!

Excellent! Best vlog! When the ocean wants you to pay the rent, it gets the rent. 2nd wave, Wow! And you and Frederick need to sort out your issues bud, he thinks you are one sketchy dude, haha

OMG. Paddling out at marijuanas!! Come on Nate, you can find a sketchier place than that! YEAHBUDDY

I have been in some hair balls but this was brutal. Both for its intensity and duration. Prefect mental attitude of just laughing at the absurdity while using the fuel of abject fear. So few will know the joy you feel after one of these sessions. Truly alive! Thank for sharing.

My hat is off to you guys for not giving up. That was some of your best footage yet . Nathan’s wave was amazing

Epic! How come the POV seems 10 times smaller than the real thing😝

@Inthedark72

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Yao wide angle lenses like the GoPro create this effect. Everything seems farther and smaller than it actually is!

@imDezrt

4 жыл бұрын

Lens distortion flattens the wave out on footage

@stevenyao8660

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that’s why I particularly like this film!

"The most unsatisfieing video" but still amazing

Real life heroes. That barrel and what you go through and put on the line to get it is insane. May the surf gods continue to reward you.

Not sure if I'm most impressed with you making the paddle out, the barrel, or the editing job. All are killer!

Tom Cruise and Mission Impossible has nothing on you. I'm making a NF statue ten feet tall!

Sooooo sick! Super educational and inspirational. Loved every second of this mini movie 🍿. Gonna fix my fin boxes and get back in the shack! 🤙

Good job young man!!! You have a lot of courage!!!

Good effort boys! That paddle out looked like madness

this is the video ive been waiting for my whole life, TY brother

Really impressive- both the paddle out and ride!!!!

Dude.. the smile after that big barrel says it all.. loving the POV stuff!!

This is some quality content, showing the nitty gritty of surf, the paddle out! Nice!

The music and the images of you getting that barrel are an awesome combination. Excellent work!

Great pictures and surfing. Thank you for dedicating your life and sharing.

Really interested to see a how a pro does it. Got the feeling you aren't used to it. :) I guess nobody ever is. As an amateur I've paddled out 4 times in South Africa through the white water with really big waves - for me that is. :) Three times it took me over 40 minutes, but I was on a 5' 10" / 6' 2" as I didn't have a bigger board. On the 3 long paddles I gave up before I got outside - once because I got dangerously tired after 45 minutes of sprinting and although I nearly made it in a lull I knew I was at risk (I was on my own on these times), and the other two times because when I got to within 50-100m of the breaking zone I had to admit what I already pretty much expected before I started, the board just wouldn't be able to hold my line on take off. But it was awesome to see and feel the raw power. No matter how deep I went the breaking waves would just reach down, pick me up and throw me around so hard, like giant dog chewing and tossing a tiny rag doll, and I lost just about as much ground as I gained, or more sometimes. For those South Africans out there, the places were Vic Bay (too big to jump off the point, about 12-14' foot), Sedgefield (15'+) and Noordhoek (not sure how big, but they were full close outs from end to end across the whole bay!!! Took me minutes just to ride back in.) The time I did make it out was really interesting. It was at Muizenberg beach break and the waves were 15', big but slow, I saw 2 rips, the outer one started only about 50m diagonally from where the inner one ended, and I managed to catch both rips, got out in about 25 minutes. From the take off zone maybe a mile out from shore I was literally looking into the whole of Vishoek beach. Now this is the interesting part: on my first wave, the lip caught me before I got to the bottom and took me down deep. When I came up, I couldn't see my board. I felt for my leash and it was loose - dammit, it's broken! Where did it break? I pulled the leash in to see the end but before I had pulled two hand's worth it went taut. The wave was long gone, the boils were subsiding, but my board was stuck down there. I pulled on the leash. No give. Weird. I pulled again, harder. No give!! It took as long to do it as it takes to read this. The next wave was coming. I pulled with all my might. No! No! NO!! YES! It felt like something just let the board go and it instantly snapped up through the water and spun into the air. How weird was that. Needless to say this was the deepest I had ever been and I was rattled. I've had a board pulled down by currents before but never for more than 6 or 7 seconds. After diving under the next wave I checked the board for tooth marks lol. Not a mark. But I was too jumpy to stick around. I just paddled like hell to catch the next white water wave and took the long ride in. Only one wave that day. But a memory that will never leave me.

This is so amazing, as a beginner it helps me so much understanding how to manage paddling in tough situation ! And the overview camera is great to realize where you are according to the waves and how big they are !

Musics got me feeling like im about to defeat a sith master! Awesome video as always!

What an awesome perspective.. I paddle out in about head and a half surf and it sometimes gives me a run for my money. This must of been exhausting ! Great vid! 🤙

Wow.. I've done many sports over my lifetime.. Skated, snowboarded in the early days of the sport. Ski both water and snow.. pretty active guy over 55 years. Only surfed a couple times which definitely means 'i don't surf'. But being a California guy and loving watching videos of people who do extremely technical things well.. throw danger in there and I'm a fan. Love watching you guys surf these heavy waves. I've just stumbled onto this channel yesterday and I gotta tell you this is some really compelling stuff. These paddle outs.. especially with the split screen in the corner really add to the drama and effort you guys put in to catching these things. Great idea giving the paddle outs a piece of the lime light. I don't surf but I know the ocean and that shit is epic. Then the up shots of big blue trying to fold you in... F'ing amazing. I watch a lot of surf channels.. You guys are putting up videos that are next level as to putting the viewer (there). Again that's coming from a non surfer. Your water and work footage is so compelling I forget there's world class surfing taking place. "Hey 'Van's.. give this guy whatever he wants.. This Is top shelf entertainment.. More than just a surfer video.

Bloody insane! Excellent musical score! Wish I had more thumbs!

Great soundtrack on the backside barrel! That was so sick

Your youthful tenacity is respected, appreciated , and admired~

Just the nastiest paddle out, appropriately epic music, and your footage is freshest POV out there. Definitely a thumbs up.

You sir, are a real man. I've given up on waves one 5th of the size

one gotta appreciate the quality of these new gopros - they deliver insane shots!

That last wave was some of the best surf footage I've ever seen. WOW!

Loved the gladiator type music. Fitting🤙🏽

This has to be the one of the best views from inside a wave I've seen. Average surfer, athlete, swimmer, etc would've gave up and went in after the 20th hold down.

Awesome, everything about it - thank you for showing!

I haven’t done big wave surfing, but I can still sympathise. Incredible determination and perseverance. Inspires me to push harder, with the reward always being there Legend 🤙

Days like that are great for keeping in paddle shape at least. Especially when your living the dream like you are, living in paradise with perfect waves in the winter and traveling the world to catch dream swells when they’re forecasted. Keep it up buddy. Your always happy spirit always keeps me motivated for my 1 trip every couple years. San Diego can get good and are nearby but our Channel Islands take away the raw swell power so it’s not the same as Hawaii, central Mexico, Nicaragua etc. . .

That second POV backside is absolutely surreal! So good...

the best surf video ever ! this is what surfing means ! Thanks Nathan !! hello from Oleron Island

Incredible paddle out and massive pay off. Well done and thank you for sharing brother!

That second wave and the pov footage was insane.

Thank you THANK YOU so very much! That was absolutely effin INSANE! I could watch this for hours... these types of videos are so appreciated from an OT'er ( 50yr old mother/grandmother)who has always wondered what surfing was like. Just brilliant 😁

Be Safe Bro!! That was breathtaking!!

Epic! Awesome footage after the crazy paddle out.

A must share, epic waves, relentless stamina. Good vid mate!

I'm doing the thing.... your videos are so sick! I love that they really give a taste (better than anything else out there) of what it's like to do what you do. Stay safe, keep up the great work, and congrats on your engagement as well!