RIP Christopher Brown. Total legend.

@talesfromchannelislands

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

RIP Chris Brown. You were a legend.

@njonebale7889

2 жыл бұрын

dam! how did chris brown die?

@shooter7a

2 жыл бұрын

The Santa Barbara Police Department concluded its investigation into Brown’s passing, explaining that he was high on methamphetamine when he fell from a cliff above Hendry’s Beach and subsequently drowned. “It was determined that Brown died as a result of drowning due to blunt force injuries, which were caused by [his] descent from height to the rocky surf line below,” police spokesman Anthony Wagner told the San Luis Obispo Tribune. “Other significant conditions include acute methamphetamine intoxication,” he added. “According to the investigation and toxicology reports, [Brown] was under the influence of a high level of methamphetamine when he descended from a cliff to a rocky surf line below… He sustained blunt force injuries that were significant enough that he was unable to remove himself from the surf line and drowned as a result.”

@njonebale7889

2 жыл бұрын

wow! what a crying shame, i liked his style, thanks for the info!

@Elloguvanah

Жыл бұрын

Anyone remember the Chris Brown wraparound?

@mydogatemyhomework3768

Жыл бұрын

@@Elloguvanah yes sir, used to love going to the pssa contest in Southern California.

I grew up surfing in Oxnard, at Hollywood by the Sea ( our name in those days). We never even considered going out to the Channel Islands in those days. Of course, we had little money nor access to get there. Thanks for letting us know about Shark Park. I can't image an injury out there, it is so far away!

@mendellang8379

Жыл бұрын

Learnt to surf at Hollywood beach as well, lots of love for that stretch of beach. Stays empty even when silver strand is packed 🤙🤙

Good on you Chris Brown(RIP), So Stoked to know he was one of the first to surf this area. Hell it was scary just being an Urchin Tendor out here. Yes the break made you want to explore, but never did. Its truely GNARLy in even aspect.

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

Amen. I was out on this last South swell at Santa Rosa / Skunks. There is a reef just out from the point that popped up, a massive wave that scared the F out of me. I have never seen it break that far out and wasn’t looking in that direction. I can only image what it would be like at Miguel.

RIP Chris Brown

@nathanclark3532

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Man < Chris !! DAMN IT!!

@shacktime

2 жыл бұрын

Brownie🌊🥀

@triggeringusingreality4934

2 жыл бұрын

Always remembered being in AWE of his "Chris Brown Wraparound" Met him at Avila Beach / Pt San Luis Breakwall right sandbar looking like sandspit SB and CB was just dredged the wholeeeeee fucking breakwall. The big Harbor breakwall not the little boatlaunch wave... amazing times

@joeblow1942

2 жыл бұрын

Drug overdose?

These comments about exploiting it are hilarious. That's a two hour boat ride from Gaviota. Windy more days than not, and those winds are about the most unpredictable in the sailing world. Conditions could look just right in the morning, and four times out of five you'd arrive to a blinding fog or 20 knot winds blowing it to hell with the sharks laughing at your lost cause.

@jeffraia7068

2 жыл бұрын

you are so right, I used to surf and now kayak fish and that whole area is prone to fog, wind, chop, heavy current, and big surf in a storm swell (especially in the winter), so be careful as the central coast is no joke, it gets rough fast

@gmc8810

Жыл бұрын

How true ! I grew up there and surfed. Wasn't even spoken about. We were content to be able to surf Rincon off Serena point. Crazy to surf there 😳 😅

RIP Chris. Worked a lot of days as a tender for Urchin and Abalone divers at the west end of San Miguel and watched this place break on occasion, its very spooky. Anyone that surfs it is both brave and nuts. Its a white shark migration route feeding zone. I've dove the west end of Miguel near this spot, once, it felt so exposed and not fun I never went back in the water out there.

@tonysmario817

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. If there was no cameras and vainglory to be had, how many would surf that place for the thrill alone? Those people are crazy fucking heroes!

@AlohaMilton

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonysmario817 honestly quite a lot would. There is no glory in the grind it takes to get good at surfing, at least not in cold California waters. People mostly surf because they love it and are addicted to the feeling of ridding a wave. Some in LA and more in San Diego might be in it for social and cultural reasons and get to be sort of OK at it, but farther north in 45 degree air and 50 degree water and hitting it before dawn to avoid onshore winds, it takes a love of ridding waves not a need for attention.

@joeblow1942

2 жыл бұрын

I have lived and surfed on Kauai, Maui and Santa Cruz so have seen a lot of sharks (mostly tigers and great whites). The creepiest shark spook I ever felt was the last time I surfed Ano Nuevo alone one foggy winter afternoon. Didn’t see a shark but the message to get the hell out NOW was loud and clear.

@zuzannawisniewska4464

Жыл бұрын

@@tonysmario817 I agree...

@kurthenze2900

Жыл бұрын

@@joeblow1942 I know that feeling. I had to get out, I rode my board till I hit the sand. Prior to that moment I was surfing the best in my life, when, all of a sudden a feeling of dread over came me. I looked around and I was all alone. Everyone else had gone home.

Hysterical that anyone thinks this spot will get exploited, let alone crowded. BTW, there’s heaps of waves like this all up and down the Central and Northern coasts. Almost no one surfs any of them. Big Sur alone is absolutely holding but is so hard to access that it will never be an issue. Crowds prefer ease of access.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely correct either you have a lot of money and you're a experienced Mariner.Or your profession is out on the ocean chances are you won't make it out there to the real heavy spots and if you do you'll probably die if you don't die you'll be rescued and you probably won't even see the waves at their best conditions. So with that said you are absolutely correct there is no way for these waves to be crowded. Only the backside of Santa Cruz island it's safe enough for the average person to possibly make it out there safely . That is as long as they don't get ran over by a tanker on the way out. But even Catalina Santa Cruz Anacapa the Disneyland islands can take your life in a second. Maybe when the VTOL vehicles come onto the market for the general public there could be a possibility then.

@dukehong7491

2 жыл бұрын

So true. Just drove through Big Sur and saw what looked like ridable waves, but hard to tell if 4ft or 14ft with no one out there.

@shacktime

2 жыл бұрын

@@dukehong7491 Almost certainly bigger than it looks. I’ve scoured the Big Sir coast for waves many times. Every spot always turned out to be bigger and heavier than I thought. That whole coast is an absolute swell magnet.

@garrettcirrincione3208

2 жыл бұрын

a simple 5 minute walk from the parking lot to the break is enough to keep the masses away...

@symbolicexchange

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah I've seen bigger waves than this in the Humboldt Jetty. Not to mention waves like this all over the Lost Coast. Where should I look in Big Sur? Don't worry only like 10 people will see our comments and no one will blow up the spot as you say

Always wondered if waves were there. Looks gnarly. Hats off 🤙🤙

Those waves are just intimidating at every level. I think you can smell the fear.

Back in the 80's and 90's the Vision, Truth and Conception would take us out to the channel islands to shoot fish and get abs. Once and a while they would take us on the windward side of the island, more often than not we were on the lee ward side cause the sea was too rough. The guys that surf there are something else, hats off to them. Thanks for the story.

Neat video. Neat place. I did get an 8 pound lobster there... San Miguel Island is incredibly vital.

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

I am surprised that he has not made a film about some Nicholas Island? Back in the early 80s a world record was set there at 55 feet. Which is also part of the channel islands chain off of California.

@talesfromchannelislands

12 сағат бұрын

Access is very difficult. The Navy doesn’t want you there either.

I've been out there both diving and looking for surf. Never found decent waves, but the diving is fantastic and where I had my scuba certification dive. I'll never forget jumping off the boat and clearing my mask and looking down into beautiful clear water full of living creatures. A different word from simply diving off the coast. I never experienced sharks there, but definitely my own stupidity along with the guys I was with on a small boat looking for surf. Low on gas, fortunately a fisherman gave us some or we might not have made it back to civilization. Cool isolation out there for sure.

@talesfromchannelislands

12 сағат бұрын

Just as it’s meant to be out there, one Big adventure.. thank you for sharing your story.

Really great video, nuts!

Awesome video, cheers mate

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

These guys balls for taking this wave on… hats off to them

@andrewcanady6644

2 жыл бұрын

You’re right. I don’t have the nuts for this place I can tell you that.

Brownie!

Brownie! RIP

Cappys black boat. Da Man

Catch a couple good waves and call it a day before your luck runs out.

San Miguel island is no joke. You are too far away if you need help. Come prepared or don’t come. RIP, CB. 805 legend…

@talesfromchannelislands

Жыл бұрын

Just getting out on a calm day can be a tuff let alone with swell! CB would know..

The weight of that wave crashing down has to be at least 1000 pounds. amazing that surfers live to tell the tale of wiping out there

This was super cool

@talesfromchannelislands

Жыл бұрын

We think so! Thanks for taking time to say so..

I would go out there, no problem! I just wouldn't get off the boat 😳

I seen the worst possible situation out there ! and you are alone a long way from help it took coast guard over an hour to get into the area let alone find us. by time they where able to assess the situation and deploy any meaningful help it had been 2hrs. it was 2hrs to long. much respect to the coast guard .

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Ask Adan Coons.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they're good two hours to the island that's pretty incredible.they saved my ass to right in front of whiny view harbour f****** water was above the batteries I put out the maydaythey responded and were on scene in five minutes they had me pumped out in 20. I was blessed it was a glassy day.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

Correction Hueneme harbor

Pretty cool looked like Chris got the best ride probably because he's from Ventura's line up.

@artsilva

2 жыл бұрын

actually SB

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

@@artsilva well that's how well liked he was we claim him here too. I remember surfing around him many days just assumed he was from Ventura

@artsilva

2 жыл бұрын

​@@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252 Nah, he lived in the neighborhood here and just like everyone else in SB, we tend to go surf Ventura/Oxnard on occasion for something different or if the swell is not hitting SB as good.

@christopherconnolly600

Жыл бұрын

He was the only SB guy we liked surfing here in VTA. Ha! Great dude.

I love surfing and no thank you.

I remember an old pal , who was a much better surfer than me talk about the waves in Ventura County Waters. He described these waves as incredibly thick and heavy. The waves at San Miguel remind me of Ship Stern's Bluff in Southern Australia. The water is icy cold and these very thick and heavy waves double up, making them extremely dangerous. Let's face it. surfing is a down right dangerous and ballsy sport. It demands training, discipline, and fitness. But most of all, it requires nerves of steel like going into battle and not knowing whether you'll get out alive. I still have swimmer's ear from that incredible day in San Onofre.

@ymatT601

2 жыл бұрын

Shipsterns Bluff is in Tasmania.

@andrewiida3802

2 жыл бұрын

@@ymatT601 haha beat me to it

@mendoblendo321

2 жыл бұрын

I live and surf in Mendocino California north of San Francisco. Lots of good waves but I'm usually surfing solo so lots of spots I don't paddle out at due to being solo

@sectionmaker

2 жыл бұрын

@@mendoblendo321 I got a tour of your neighborhood during a 20 day run of 20ft plus. so much rain and chaos. Waves were too giant to even comprehend. Looked like a perfect rivermouth left until you realized how large it was. Good surfing to you.

@clintcoop5717

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about Australia as well or psyxlopse

Wow!

God big Cali waves just have this scare factor to them that no other place really does.

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I don't know what is worse crossing the Channel or Riding the waves.

@hospagalief

Жыл бұрын

South africa way worse, try dungeons

Better waves on the lee side.

Sand spit South end of Miguel... Saw it break from miles away. The other deckhand said yaa, the sand spit get huge sometimes

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

I say Run!

So sharky.

Forever Home

Yeah, fuck that lol

Hi I used to comm fish swords out there, have you checked the San Nicolas break off the west side there a spit that goes out a mile to a rock ,check it sometime ,good luck Dan zacha

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually three miles to the boilers and your talkin about the same spot I'm talking about.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

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rip cb

@talesfromchannelislands

5 ай бұрын

Amen

In a commercial lobster fisherman I fish the farthest island out the island of the blue dolphins! Name Joe Ramirez .we have a spot in our fiul area we call it jaws .As a comercisl lobster fisherman I have been in the surf zone rescuing traps like a tow in her ski driver and I have pics to prove it.ive seen 70 foot faces that hold . If you want to know more message me.

@BZ-ki5gc

3 жыл бұрын

let’s see it

@noahi

2 жыл бұрын

Do tell

@surf101-

2 жыл бұрын

I used to go out to San Nicholas Island as a kid. Father was officer out there. Saw some seriously big waves at Sand dollar beach. Tons of seals. I'm sure the whites were patrolling the lineup. Awesome times. Shark Park? The name says it alone. Noooooooooooo thank you.

@marksmith296

2 жыл бұрын

I worked out there for seven years. For a few years the OIC let us surf as long as we had a buddy (chum) on board. Some epic surfing on big long lonely waves. I hold those years dear to me.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

@@BZ-ki5gc I'll post it on dark technology Joe Ramirez check for it in a couple of weeks I'm not at home right now you but I will post the pics for proof from my throw away camera I used back in the mid 90's.

*sea lions other than that ... great video!!

@talesfromchannelislands

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Shipsterns in Tasmania is a Wilder ride than Shark Park

This man said 100 feet

Wave looks a bit slabby on the reef so not a predictable wave dropping into .

@Bryan-jd7os

Жыл бұрын

There are much better waves than this...

RIP bro

Hey EA, from Joey ray.

Cappy,Chris Brown and Josh Bradbury were the 1st to surf it,much cleaner than this

I only like big waves when it's not cold and sharky.

@talesfromchannelislands

6 ай бұрын

Or extremely remote..Happy New Year..

Gnarlburgers....

@talesfromchannelislands

Ай бұрын

And How! X-2

There is a known Lady white shark there that cruises there to Talcott.

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know her name?

@franklindmurphy

2 жыл бұрын

@@talesfromchannelislands hahaha I don’t want to know her name but I know a few urchin divers that have said hi 👋! 😬

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

@@franklindmurphy I heard the same. My friend got bit by a GW out at Talcott 2 years ago surfing. Just trying to close th loop.

RIP Brownie..

It's doesn't have a good barrel. Just closes out. Cool looking wave though. Be safe out there.

To all the s&#t talkers Don't comment on the islands unless you have spent some time out there.

How did Chris pass?

@talesfromchannelislands

Жыл бұрын

He fell from a cliff above Hendry’s Beach and subsequently drowned.

Is nothing sacred?

@shacktime

2 жыл бұрын

Dood, so few people have what it takes to surf this place. Some waves will always take care of themselves.

Not a chance !

@talesfromchannelislands

11 ай бұрын

Double Agree!

This video is way too short hopefully after you see all these comments you'll make a trip out to

Doesn't look fun at all. Anchored there once in bad weather and that place is spooky for sure. The wind was blowing like a sonofabitch, coming over this bluff. The anchor kept dragging and the next thing we knew we were in open ocean again. That happened twice before we got it to hold. I didn't sleep well that night. Maybe next time I'll paddle around and explore. Fuck no I won't.

@talesfromchannelislands

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good time! Ha..NO...Was this at Cuyler?

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

just remember if you drag next time you throw that f****** hook make sure you throw out a lot of scope.

Garret The Wipeout King.. may YHWH BLESS HIM.

@jaydickey1049

2 жыл бұрын

Has he ever made a wave?

I wish I had balls.

@boogieheads

2 жыл бұрын

Grow em

Three words for this place - No Thank You 😂

There are probably thousands of giant junk waves on the planet

@freesoul3371

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't even half the size of the biggest Mavericks waves.

@coleherrington5858

2 жыл бұрын

@@freesoul3371 yea it was

@freesoul3371

2 жыл бұрын

@@coleherrington5858 NO it wasn't. marvericks gets 60+. the video shows wave half that.

@coleherrington5858

2 жыл бұрын

Look at 3:50 easily 30+

@freesoul3371

2 жыл бұрын

@@coleherrington5858 BIG wave 30 feet but 30 isn’t 50 feet like the narrator claimed and it’s bs this break will go to 100. If it ever did or could get to 100 it would be famous not essentially unknown compared to other big waves on the planet like Mavericks. 30 is basically half as big as Mavs…So….there’s lots of exaggeration in this video.

looks like a terrible wave though

What happened to not exploiting spots?

@trumpforKing808

2 жыл бұрын

aint nobody gonna complain about a spot thats far out.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

And you won't have to worry about the van pulling up with a bunch of foam surfboards.

@JohnnyRedmond

2 жыл бұрын

@@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252 I drive a van and I surf softboards. I'll take it as a compliment.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyRedmond I was in my skiff going by the East end of anacapa there's a weird little wave that just kind of almost pitches some white water. Honestly we looked at it a bunch of times and we said maybe with a longboard. But it doesn't go anywhere Andy barely pushes Whitewater in front of it so I have to say hats off to this guy and foam board technology for catching the little face before the Whitewater tries to roll. We rolled over and talked to him he works for the Park service I would say he's the only person to ever surf the East end of Anacapa. So much respect to the foam.

@mikeferrini8884

2 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine 20 surfers in the water out there? The sharks would circle pit.

Theree are no other spots out there - only sharks and caves for kayaking in.

@wesdavis5524

2 жыл бұрын

That’s not true

@wesdavis5524

2 жыл бұрын

Clearly you haven’t surfed here

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

The Nay sayers are either invested some how in Mavericks or just losers who don't know what they are talking about.

The islands never get good. Not worth the effort of getting out there

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

Unless you have spent time out there you really don't have any idea what you are talking about.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

If you lived out there like I have you would know that conditions change with the tide the wind just like any other spot. What I know about the west swells at the islands is tide swell direction and how these spots change with a Southeast blowing into the face of the wave.like I said you better be pro or commercial fisherman or you don't know what you're talkin about because you'll never see the waves at their best just remember you're not sitting in your car every day looking at the break you're at the islands.

@patrickwoods7924

2 жыл бұрын

@@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252 AYE MAN DO YOU WANT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE? IM TRYNA HELP US BOTH OUT HERE

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickwoods7924 hey bro nobody going to go out and pack out the spots that were talking about we ain't talkin Mmdos or Y.banks on backside we talkn story about deep water reefs that are offshore of the islands that needs the good tide and large intervals and has big vertical face to drop into. And nobody's going to go out in a sailboat answer these type of spots

@patrickwoods7924

2 жыл бұрын

@@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252 ok well when I make a comment that is very much seen as a “don’t try surfing. It sucks” and you take me 100% serious I’m not really sure you understand my motive lol

Why are we talking about the Channel Islands? I was sworn to secrecy decades ago. "It's our secret. Never teach the islands." - Wu Strand Warrior RIP BROWNIE!

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

You know why cuz you can't blow these spots up we're not talking Moore Meadows or Yellow banks we speak of the deep water spots and the outer island Nicholas and I can guarantee you never got sworn to secrecy about San Nicolas. Only a handful of people have surfed Nick and I'm one of them and I never told you not to tell nobody hi earned the right to talk about this spot it's my second home. I bet you've never even been there and that goes for shark Park Nik Miguel you are talking about two islands that are very dangerous to go to.

Shark Park is a no go for me, don’t like sharks

@talesfromchannelislands

3 ай бұрын

and I think for most of us.

Over the years I've been around all those islands mostly just fishing, a little free diving/ spear fishing etc. I've taken my board and surfed a handful of spots, more as a novelty to say I did it. But when it's working and there's legit waves and you see commercial fisherman parked on the spots . . . it's theirs. That's where they spend a large portion of their lives, making a living busting their asses to put food on the table for their families.Have some respect. I'd never be 'that guy' who comes in and drops anchor. What is the real point of this video in the first place? Thumbs Down.

@mydogatemyhomework3768

Жыл бұрын

Get over it

@acme9538

Жыл бұрын

@@mydogatemyhomework3768 My Point Exactly.

@mydogatemyhomework3768

Жыл бұрын

@@acme9538 you didn't make a point. You act like there's a hundred boats dropping anchor on people's traps when all reality there's barely rarely anyone that goes out there and they are highly respectable of the fishermen in locals. Your point is about as realistic as saying the Easter Bunny is now stealing Santa Clauses presents that he has for children. Think about it

LOL @ 50 feet and possibility of it being 100 feet. It's a Lousy wave with poor form and not even half as big as the biggest Mavericks. No people will not go 70 miles to surf that junk when they can surf Mavericks and 100 feet is pure horseshit exaggeration.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

Its a fickle wave it needs a South East wind to hollow it up. San Nicolas has a far superior wave than Tal.or mav. We call it Jaws. As long as the west wind isn't blowing and the swell is pumping it's a super man right put a S.East wind on it you get the darkest scariest makeble barrelling right that you will ever see. This wave is for the professionals and their support crew only.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

By the way it's around 40 miles from S. B. Harbor.Just curiosity question:How many times have you been to Rosa and seen this wave? Not many I suspect.

RIP Chris Brown

@talesfromchannelislands

Ай бұрын

You said it…RIP

@chrisbarriere101

10 күн бұрын

@@talesfromchannelislands i grew up with his cousins Ryan and Travis. He was at every one of our soccer games, basketball tournaments ect