Wave of the Day: Naxto Gonzalez at Puerto Escondido, June 14, 2021
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How to wrestle a vicious foamball and a firehouse of spit -- and win
Puerto Escondido has had a banner season so far in the swell department. As is usual at Zicatela, it hasn't always been perfect -- closeouts outnumber a-frames 10-1 -- but there's been no shortage of solid to giant surf. Basque charger Natxo Gonzales has been posted up at Puerto for over a month now, and somehow managed to wrangle this crazy spitball of a wave and make it out unscathed on Monday morning.
"I’d been resting for a week after a nonstop swells," he explained. "I woke up at 6am and it was stormy again -- but the offshore was stronger than the last few days. There were some eight-foot a-frames in between rips, so I grabbed my 6'8" and I gave it a try. I spent all morning waiting for a bomb, and when this wave came in, I was almost too far out, so my first reaction was to paddle hard to the inside. I felt the wave sucking hard and I was a bit late and on the top of the wave. It was a crazy takeoff, but I put all the rail in, made it to the bottom and pulled in to a crystal blue, clean barrel. I was too deep, so I had to make a couple pumps -- there was a lot of pressure inside that cavern, I thought it would just explode. I couldn’t see more and just came out -- finally got a perfect wave after a month."
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The view from the side was spectacular
More like Wave of a Lifetime 💗. Gorgeous!
This guy shreds. Remember him well from the Nazare event a few years back.
Totally thought that was a wavestorm for a sec
The kind waves I grew up in Huntington Beach California and search up and down the coast North and South Mexico and man these guys are having a blast in gloryland I prayed for their health happiness and prosperity in Jesus cuz he's our treasure come in Bob Crawford Junior
Like below comments, the side view footage of that drop in particular is just insane. I need the still photo of that drop to stick on a wall. And then he goes and rides the foam ball blind to come out of it. Epic ride, epic footage guys. 👏
Am I allowed to say that was just fuxing insane bud. Keeper for sure. Success happens when opportunity meets preparation.
El País Vasco on top!
Grande natxooo!!!!
Don't get any deeper than that amazing 👏
amazing brother
Really nice.
Well done sir well done
Aúpa Natxo!
wave of the year yuh
Sickkkk
Deep 🤙
How deep?! Riding the foamball, blind, on a gun..Always Wondered why he has lines on his board🤔
Deep
Great footage! Shitty beer! Cheers ya fuks!
Woah
Yowza!
would have been nice to see the ride to the very very end side on..
Wow
EUSKAL OKELA!!!
tht was a drainer
Mexican Pipeline
So deep, where’s JOJo?
dropao
People actually hit dislike, are you shitting me
Mex