Surfing the Heaviest Wave in the World - Teahupoo
Спорт
Get barreled win.gs/1alYVe2
May 13th, 2013 will go down as a memorable day in the Tahitian history books. Watch as Tahitian demi-god Raimana Van Bastolaer rode on some of the swell's best and biggest waves, along with professional surfers Maya Gabeira, Carlos Burle and others that were brave enough to take off on what's knows as the heaviest wave in the world.
redbull.com/surfing
_____________________________________________________
Experience the world of Red Bull like you have never seen it before. With the best action sports clips on the web and original series, prepare for your "stoke factor" to be at an all time high.
Red Bull on Facebook: win.gs/redbullfb
Red Bull on Twitter: win.gs/redbulltwitter
Subscribe to Red Bull on KZread: kzread.info_c...
Subscribe to the Red Bulletin: win.gs/TheRedBulletin
Sign up for our Newsletter here: win.gs/RedBullNewsletter
Пікірлер: 1 100
I Have been swallowed, crushed and evrything by waves that were only 2/3 meters high, It's just horrifying when you're under the water and you can't go back to the surface during like 20/30 sec, I can't imagine the force of such waves, Ocean is the strongest and scariest thing in nature
@jonathannava1290
9 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@savannahmeinke4108
9 жыл бұрын
My biggest fear is the ocean but its also my favorite thing
@sirenaluna1
8 жыл бұрын
+Raphael Menudier waw really??? am even scared of small wave but am scared to go far to a place where my feet dont touch the floor. i dont swim. but i like to surffff in dreams of course :D
@sirenaluna1
8 жыл бұрын
+Raphael Menudier can we ware a suit to not drown and go surf even if we dont know how to swim? i like to start learnin on small wave
@lovingmontasoccer
8 жыл бұрын
+sirenaluna1 Sure i think you should wear a life jacket, And knowing how to swim is recommended, And stick with the 1 or 2 meter first, For that i dont think you really need the life jacket if you know how to swim Else just wear it so you are sure about it. I am no surfer but i jumped from 2 lessons of snowboarding to the 2nd and 3rd years experienced people, And i have felt how strong water is even if i know how to swim its a tough fight against the waves. And most of all have fun.
we don`t have any floating material (only the surf board itself). You just take in as much air as you can before diving, then you let the turbulence of the water play with you without trying and resist because its just too powerful. When things start to feel better you need to understand what position is your body in underwater, so that you can start to make your way to the surface. The surf board will get back to surface before you and pull you by the leash with which the board is attached to your ankle, and you know that`s the direction you need to follow to get back up. It`s like being washed in a super powerful washing machine. Many times you think that there is no way you can hold your breath any longer but somehow you do... Your limbs are stretched and pulled apart with violence and you really are absolutely helpless for very long seconds. Sometimes you get back to the surface just in time, or at list it feels so. I hope I gave you an idea of how things work for a surfer.
@greatfratsby2510
8 жыл бұрын
Good description. Pretty accurate for when you're getting worked in just 8-10ft rather than 20+ chopes.
@danb.cooper1778
7 жыл бұрын
don't they have those inflatable vests or is it to shallow
@joshuanesdahl2893
6 жыл бұрын
And then you see the second lip break over you.
@marvmaster2639
13 күн бұрын
@@joshuanesdahl2893 thats the worst. you go up take a biiiig breath and then the second one puts you down like trisomie
Just watching this video almost gives me a panic attack... These guys are absolute BEASTS. I just can't even begin to imagine how thoroughly terrifying it must be to be out there.
@MrTwat144
9 жыл бұрын
baymtl Bare in mind that where the wave starts its a deep ocean water but the actual waves crash onto a rocky shallow reef. Some places just 6-10ft so many get injuries here. The sudden force from the ocean and the surface create this type of wave
@otherreality
6 жыл бұрын
Either way, they are trained and take precautions. They know what theyre doing, and when. If someone is scared, hes ending up dead in such waves for sure.
@TheMrExemplar
5 жыл бұрын
Mate one day I will be surfing these waves being high on LSD
@lanceharper4107
3 жыл бұрын
@@MrTwat144 6-10 ft is way more than I've seen in videos quite a few where the reef is actually exposed in the impact zone. You gotta be okay with dying or convinced you won't if you're surfing here.
@leyvua7362
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheMrExemplar this reads beautiful 💜
0:56 OH HELL NO
@3funny5me23
4 жыл бұрын
Riding these ones is the best but only if you can hold your breath for like 3 min
@shykjkwm5591
4 жыл бұрын
@@3funny5me23 yep....
@Bojannna44
3 жыл бұрын
That's literally a tsunami
Whenever I'm watching surfers take on pipeline, I always get so scared that they won't make it out in time. Kudos to those brave, courageous surfers for putting their lives on the line to do what they love.
i’ve surfed 3-5ft waves and when the wave crushes you it’s the scariest thing ever
@olivialavanga2404
5 жыл бұрын
Niels i know it’s tiny haha but i started surfing 1 year ago
@bilalyildirim8023
4 жыл бұрын
I dont scare waves, even if they 20ft more . I dont know how to surf already
@03ey86
4 жыл бұрын
olivia lavanga for real? im surfing since 3 months and already went for up to 8ft waves ^^
@supportingshen2243
4 жыл бұрын
@@bilalyildirim8023 "waves scare you", not "you scare waves" ...
@eetsman3683
4 жыл бұрын
iv surfed 7ft waves I needed 5 of my friends to talk me in to even going in the water
This makes me nervous to watch
@zakrak1
6 жыл бұрын
easy honey :>
@AndyGarcia-el1bp
6 жыл бұрын
Captain Durp wtf😂
@too_real94
5 жыл бұрын
santa cruz?
@srikarvetcha8894
4 жыл бұрын
Then watch shipstern buff surfing
@danh4435
4 жыл бұрын
Hold my hand
1:47 .....This guy looks calmer standing under this wave than I do standing in my living room.
@Sector_07
3 жыл бұрын
chill as physically as possible
@DeeEllEff
2 жыл бұрын
And they say most accidents happen in the home, so he may also be safer than you are in your living room. Life is weird.🤔
0:48 wft! how somebody could possibly survive that ?
@philippides
6 жыл бұрын
RoNiNk these guys can hold their breath for several minutes. That definitely helps :-)
@djlethalinjection6400
6 жыл бұрын
They have vest filled with air they can pop
@doritoeking1813
6 жыл бұрын
Samuel Adams they train u mean for this
@mircoantonica3143
5 жыл бұрын
RoNiNk have you seen the scene in 0:55
@Mw3noobeata
5 жыл бұрын
mirco antonica n
I've gotten in 7 foot waves and was scared shitless when I wiped out I can't imagine these guys
@newera1739
5 жыл бұрын
Ye I agree with that. I am french and like 5 months ago we went to biarritz with my dad. I stayed there 2 days, the waves were gigantic, some could legit hit 20 freakin feet high. I tried to surf some but like the small one, and tried to dodge the big ones (almost impossible to do with a surf board). Then I saw a wave that was like 12 feet high. It was really the perfect opportunity because it was legit going to break EXACTLY on me. So I didnt think, I just got on my surf board and tried to ride it. But the little problem is that Im 13 and my surfboard is like the ones you find for 20$ or idk what. So the wave crushed, and crushed me at the same time. I rided it for like 0.5 seconds before the fukin power of the wave legit drowned me underwater and maked me go back to the border (I was at like 50 feet far). So yea really incredible x')
@joekid9354
3 жыл бұрын
@@newera1739 bruh r u brainwashed these waves in the video are 20 ft idiot
The wave that bloats up at around :57 sent a shiver throughout my entire body...GNARLY.
this has got to be one of the coolest videos ive ever seen!
That’s no wave... that’s a whole T S U N A M I
@cookiehakim
3 жыл бұрын
lmao fr
0:58 you can just see someone on the left getting pulled up by the wave
@3funny5me23
4 жыл бұрын
Massive OOF
@akivanov554
4 жыл бұрын
Probably the most extreme ride of all here
Hectic, now that is heavy man, gave me goosebumps. Freakin epic. Thumbs up to all those riders, and my sympathies to those who where trying to duck dive and got sucked back over the falls. But this must be some of the best footage of Teahupoo I have ever seen. Awesome, thank you, now I am pumped for another session.
how long does it take fr a person to surface after he falls under such a huge wave?
@garryiglesias4074
9 жыл бұрын
+Sanket Chavan half a second, but the next half second you're on the bottom, then up, then down... Unless you get stuck into the bottom rocks of course... This is called the "washing machine" :).
@DGold109
8 жыл бұрын
+Sanket Chavan it depends on a number of factors but usually not that long here because much of the power dissipates on the initial impact. Places where the wave kind of keeps on rolling as white water after it breaks like Jaws are much worse for hold downs. Most of the drowinings at Teahupoo and similar waves like Pipeline will be secondary to concussion/head trauma.
@sanketochavan
8 жыл бұрын
Daniel Goldin thnx for the elaborate reply.
@brendanours8982
7 жыл бұрын
Longest I've been under is like 12-15 seconds but when you're down there it feels like forever
@Anonumos20
6 жыл бұрын
With a month practice you can make it up to 2-3 minutes easily.
The waves looks more like tsunamis.
Great pictures. The video in minute 1:00 is amazing o.O
@pfnz8012
3 жыл бұрын
Tell me that's a tsunami, seriously..
I surfed this spot in 1985. At this time, there were not many people. With my uncles and some friends, we do not surfed over 4 meters! To dangerous. Today, surfing towed, we see the potential of Teahupoo. GREAT!!!!
Wow!
@miraclejustice725
3 жыл бұрын
😀 now ! U have 9 lakh subscriber
@svftpeaches9531
3 жыл бұрын
Barry Lewis im scared you have the same last name as me
That looks like hella fun if your just going over the wava but looks hella scary surfing on it
the flying surfboard on 1:04
@MrJohanOne
5 жыл бұрын
Yep and i think the board owner is following his board onto the fall. He is the real hero on this wave. Not raimana.
I love surfing! Anyone who wants to try it should, you don't start on these waves obviously but you can work your way up! It's so thrilling and relaxing at the same time!
Best video I've seen all week. Insane.
1:37 Someone's gonna be mad
@box5301
8 жыл бұрын
Y
@Zyphr--
8 жыл бұрын
+Sub And I'll Give You Free Potato Juice cuz he took out the other guy? Maybe?
@surferjo4581
8 жыл бұрын
no reason, it was the green board guys wave, and he didn't fall...
@mattewolf1464
8 жыл бұрын
no... priority works by whoever has front side... the guy who fell has priority on the wave because he was in front
@surferjo4581
8 жыл бұрын
MatteWolf no, its who is deeper in the barrel, and the guy with the green board was definitely deeper in
Why am I watching this? I can't even swim
@codeinout9438
3 жыл бұрын
This shits scary bruh 💀😵
Fantastic, insane. The waves and soundtrack.
awesome vid with great sound. In regards to who had the wave, something went wrong and they both ended up riding it, it happens and in most cases the race is off and both surfers try to get out safe. Once you drop you drop at chopes, there is simply no bailing out except face down on the reef.
0:52-0:54 ------> It's amazing.
Those waves scared the HECK out of me, and I wasn't even surfing!!!
1:53 🤯 That Wave Chase him like a Beast 😬
I only have the biggest respect and admiration to those Brave Ladies and Gentleman who have what it takes to ride this Awesome Wave✌✌❤❤
Being in that wave must be the greatest feeling ever
Amazing!! 2019??
This video is insane.... good editing too
That was epic, great vid!
Watching this after I caught a 7ft wave in Bali, scared my self shitless after coming up after 6 or so seconds of being thrashed around, how they do this is beyond me
0:58 omg the guy in the inside.. damm!!!!!!
@kuronguyra5870
4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P
these guys are absolute legends 🔥🔥
scary as hell, but the footage is amazing
OMG thats awesome.
shit this is great! though my head can't think of a way to get out of those waves alive! how do they do it?
@welikerosafloyd
10 жыл бұрын
Ya, they train to support all the pressure :p
@EhnaRivekan
9 жыл бұрын
Most of them can hold their breath for several minutes often necessary to survive.
@sofiasilon819
4 жыл бұрын
First of all u don’t panic and then if know how to swim and when u have to take the breath everything is ok
@welikerosafloyd
4 жыл бұрын
@@sofiasilon819 lol what a throwback. Thank you!
@3funny5me23
4 жыл бұрын
You acutally don't resist so you save oxygen and get thrown around untill you feel no more turbulences. After that you follow your surf board to the surface i road waves like 2/3 of this and i almost died💀
gives the chills just watching ...
This video is bad ass. That location is awesome and that water looks great!
This gives me anxiety. Even though I love to surf everyday is never go this far
Me: "OMG that looks so scary" Also me: "OMG that looks so fun I wanna do it"
I don't think it matters who you are or what you do... That is so awesome.
Omg this is thundering strom waves 😍😍😍😍😍.im blank omg ..its just awesome 😍😍loved it ,its too dangerous, and can be seen only at red bull😍😍.o love red bull
HORRIFYINGLY POWERFUL WAVE.
So amazing but so dangerous !
@marshalls.g323
5 жыл бұрын
All the amazing things are dangerous and hard to get! ..except for a mother of course 😊
The best surfing video i ever saw!!
Romana Always killing it! ALOHA ROMANA!
Who's watching in 2019?
1:57 so beautiful
INSANE ! 😎 I love how they run away before the wave smash !
OMG these wave are outrageous what a site to see for sure, the slow motion only has enhance the magnitude of the gigantic scale waves.
Hey does anyone know what board to get I have been surfing for a while and want to get a professional board. What size should I get?
@fcgash
9 жыл бұрын
rose luckyin Look at a number 3, long toe.
@weef5968
6 жыл бұрын
rose luckyin What size you should get depends on your size and how good your movement is on the board.
@BaddAtom
6 жыл бұрын
ik it is a little late to say what board you should get but i love thurso surf lancer!
2:00 best one
@shykjkwm5591
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah... He's so cool!
Waves are so beautiful but are so terrifying at the same time
Raimana has the craziest luck. He caught the 2 best waves in this vid. The back was so thick, it couldn't even get into the video frame.
Can someone actually explain to me how people survive these kind of waves when they wipeout? Like seriously how does the power of the water not knock you out or push you so far down that you cant get back to the surface?
@ezravandenbroek8028
8 жыл бұрын
Ikr WTF
@Bryan-fl8gt
8 жыл бұрын
big waves like these the guys have life jackets
@resenhasdoflow7868
8 жыл бұрын
i didnt know about the life jackets, but that makes sense. also I once watched a docummentary with Carlos Burle which is a legend on giant wave surfing and it showed a little bit of the training they do to be prepared for moments like these. They breathed out of a bottle, they also trained a lot of apnea . Because once you are wiped out from a wave like this, you usually stay quite a bit under the water, so you must have a really good apnea training to not drown. There were other exercises, but I forgot. Either way I still wonder, this being a coral reef, how do they not get smashed into the rocks, in normal conditions people are get smashed and get major cuts, on conditions like these I dont know what could happen.
@aukebrinkman
8 жыл бұрын
"we don`t have any floating material (only the surf board itself). You just take in as much air as you can before diving, then you let the turbulence of the water play with you without trying and resist because its just too powerful. When things start to feel better you need to understand what position is your body in underwater, so that you can start to make your way to the surface. The surf board will get back to surface before you and pull you by the leash with which the board is attached to your ankle, and you know that`s the direction you need to follow to get back up. It`s like being washed in a super powerful washing machine. Many times you think that there is no way you can hold your breath any longer but somehow you do... Your limbs are stretched and pulled apart with violence and you really are absolutely helpless for very long seconds. Sometimes you get back to the surface just in time, or at list it feels so. I hope I gave you an idea of how things work for a surfer." This is one of the comments i saw. Credits to +KSA Saami
@weef5968
6 жыл бұрын
BloomingfieldHD It’s a lot of skill. The wave does throw you down and you get pushed under. You have to stay calm and not trash and wait. Freaking out is gonna lessen your chances. Also, the board itself can hit you in the head and knock you out. Surfers learn to calm themselves and hold their breath. I’m only an amateur and the biggest wave I’ve surfed was 18 feet which was crazy for me and a lot of people but a piece of cake compared to this.
I was their my dad surfed on that day
What's up, great film! have a great evening :)
Just learning to surf, been doing it for a few months after work in Waikiki. My buddies and I pooled our money, rented a car and headed to the North Shore. At Haleiwa I paddled my long board out, and if I had bothered to notice the camera men with long telephoto lens on shore I would have realized I was WAY out of my element. Fearless is NOT a viable plan. I'd duck dived under the 5 footers at Waikiki, so that was my intention against the 10 to 12 footers here. Didn't work out as planned. I quickly found myself UPSIDE DOWN clinging onto the board watching the inverted beach scene with a moment of awe. Then it SLAMMED me into the washing machine, and I managed to drag one foot across a coral head, just in case the local sharks were looking for a snack. After doing that TWICE, I limped my way back to the beach, shook it off and spent some time watching the surfers that belonged there. Back to Waikiki and more practice :-)
i wonder if anyones tried to duck dive these waves, XD :D
@gorestfump8935
5 жыл бұрын
I would, thats the calmest part of the wave
I'm too scare to be in open water, let alone open sea
@abrown5526
9 жыл бұрын
weera warakul The ocean is a powerful goddess.. So much energy and the capacity to take a life, but she also gives life. She gives life to all the organisms that live inside her and like to play with her. It's all so beautiful..
0:52 to understand how powerful a wave like this is watch this in 0.25x. he falls, the board gets sucked up and over before he even has time to hit the water; he hits head first and the water is moving so fast he bounces off the surface and is backflipped twice in the air. that's just the power of the surface layer, now imagine what happens once you're UNDER the water and completely immersed in the flow.
Everyone is gangster until sharks join the party 😁
Ada yg lebih menantang dari di gulung ombak. DI GULUNG JANDA😂
Terrible etiquette at 1:38 that pisses me off
@theperuviandawg5541
7 жыл бұрын
do you even know how to surf?
@mateomembrila7115
7 жыл бұрын
Brendan Ours who ever is closer to where the wave hits the watef has priority
Gorgeous and yet deadly waves!!
I tried body surfing some 4ft waves in California, and thought i almost died. Hats of to these folks. Glad they surf these so i can watch.
i cant go to 6ft waves smh btw i dont surf
@jewish_misteak3880
8 жыл бұрын
+Kzi240 XD me to.
@theajitmore
5 жыл бұрын
Charlie don't surf
i'm amazed with those waves 😍
1 minute 1 Inn here and the wave the shot it's amazing!
Awesome! Never had the guts but definitely wiped out many times in my day trying.
That looks incredible! 😱😱😱
This just makes me realize how awesome humans are
@charmaine7301
3 жыл бұрын
No they're stupid sometimes
This is breathtaking
POWERFUL WAVE 🏄AND FANTASTIC VIDEO REALLY 🔝🔝🔝😮👏👏👏THANKS RED 🔴BULL🔥 AND GREETINGS FROM ITALY ✌✌✌😉 🇮🇹
YALL SURFERS ARE AMAZING POWERFUL WAVES ,I COULD ALMOST FEEL THE ENERGY FROM THEM
How beautiful, wiauu.hpw human being has the super power talent..courage, concentration, brave, and more.Amazin!
Is fantastic!! thanks for the video
Raimana is so cool! He still made it to the end... :O
Can't wait for this swell to hit home it's coming this weekend
pause at 1:15 . maybe one of the greatest moments ever! everythings so perfect.
Me:what did you do in the springtime? Pro surfer: got tossed around by 20ft waves that weighed as much as a freight train.
To be under one of those waves is a real nightmare that can't be forgotten in case you survive
I can watch this all day
just had a look at your channel and i've got to say. your pretty good!!! :D and im subbed xD
Thank you for your reply. :)
I envy them. To challenge the massive power of those waves on that beautiful island. It must be a thrill.
Wonderful.... U r amazing 😊😊😍😍😘😘😘😘
Carlos Burle é um monstro do surf !!!
I don't know about you guys but this waves don't really give me chills,i fell like I wanna try it
Good luck riding this thing at the Olympics, Toledo xD
Greatest video ever
Nice edit👍
OMG this is why i love RED BULL
It would be hard to vote who was the best surfer here.Cause you got Carlos Burle,Maya Gabeira,Raimana van Bastolter.All pro surfers.Nice video