This was so well articulated that I thought I was there
@Hodad30003 жыл бұрын
That actually qualifies as epic.
@tobyneo52043 жыл бұрын
Best of the best, a living legend. You deserve more credit for what you have done/ and do for the sport.
@laughteraddict10033 жыл бұрын
For sure
@xyzct3 жыл бұрын
Ian's my favorite big-wave surfer. Hands down.
@growurown2073 жыл бұрын
Gotta respect someone that appreciates getting worked
@mattpiepenburg87694 ай бұрын
What a drop. Good god… I bow my head in awe. I was scared just watching this. Can’t even fathom paddling into that wall. Respect. Total. You must be from another planet…
@yannickromswinckel3 жыл бұрын
crazy for sure, but man that drone operator sure knows how to fly his phantom 🤣
@locksmithdb5987 Жыл бұрын
That take off was absolutely amazing! It looked like Ian was going to make the wave and possibly be wave of the winter.
@HeavyLiftGang193 жыл бұрын
Feeling the bottom turn as you described your experience with the spit!!!
@GuitarWithBrett3 жыл бұрын
Awesome interview , big respect to these big wave surfers 🏄
@rnunezc.45753 жыл бұрын
Damn! Great drop, ride and story bro. Giant barrel. Epic.!
@modgrip8053 жыл бұрын
I feel you man. I felt pretty panicked yesterday falling off some knee highs. Wasn't sure I was going to make it. #lifechanging
@df3kt2 жыл бұрын
He was riding Jaws you were riding lips lol
@toomuchfandango Жыл бұрын
Chandelier on the forehead! Amazing ride that drop couldnt be anymore in the pocket.
@mrh35783 жыл бұрын
Epic to even survive that wave. What a monster. Great drop and turn though...
@hotguk3 жыл бұрын
You’re the best narrator of surfing hands down. The comments are so descriptive, makes me feel like i was there with you!
@hanhendriks19152 жыл бұрын
'... a big chandelier to the forehead.' -Ian Walsh, poet.
@trevorleggo17773 жыл бұрын
Respect...what a drop, what balls !!
@germanshepherd25793 жыл бұрын
Man we have a lot in common.... I had the same experience with my 6 ft wave I surfed & wiped out!!!!
@blairakana99843 жыл бұрын
Great description of what it actually was like from his point of view.
@fxrulz2 жыл бұрын
man ur sick, really impressive what u guys are doing!!!
@hokuinsai42993 жыл бұрын
Farking Heavy Ian! Respect 🤯🤙🏾
@georgegrund63832 күн бұрын
I think in most people's book you made the wave you just rode it underwater at the end. But you definitely made that wave and the fact that you live to tell the story may it make you a ton of money.
@markeggins8902 жыл бұрын
Respects the ocean and its power...probably a key to surviving something like that.
@coachwilson59673 жыл бұрын
You are amazing. Where do the guts come from to huck yourself off the top of a giant building of water like that?👏
@carl17763 жыл бұрын
Your one of the best. And humble. Get one for a 73 year old surfer that can't surf anymore. Thanks.
@businesstradingrealestatev16163 жыл бұрын
Split second time memory , the flow, or on fire, feeling. You'll replay it for the rest of your life.
@noblefalconer85903 жыл бұрын
what an optimist lol
@takanaka01173 жыл бұрын
Respect
@chanthonylizzo61083 жыл бұрын
That was so gnarly!
@jojo-tv2rd3 жыл бұрын
Okay so this is going to be a long comment pls read till end. I am 9 and I am going to Maui this summer and we might watch surfers here before I watched this and Mavericks Nightmere, when u saw wipeouts I was like oh that must hurt however that was before I had a bad wipeout. I was at windnce in CA there was like a 6 foot swell I rode one on my body board however the one I rode was shorebreak. The wave took me to the sand and slammed me down I still remember it vividly it felt like I had lost all my arms and legs and then the lip hit me hard it took me around and threw me over to the sand.
@bkw46623 жыл бұрын
Feeling really good down here
@renko90673 жыл бұрын
Well put
@jasonb64683 жыл бұрын
What a great wave. Nothing but 100 % commitment to fearlessly charge is acceptable. I true test of the warrior heart.
@tracemcsorley40362 жыл бұрын
When I see skaters on a mega ramp I realize I can't do it, but I understand how somebody is capable of it. When I see the pure size, violence, and force of these big waves my mind can't comprehend how anybody does it. Mother nature is unrelenting, the fear of drowning would be extremely high, unbearably high. These cats are a different breed
@locksmithdb5987 Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine the intensity of a Wipeout on a wave that big....I surf in NC and a head high wave is scary when I Wipeout.
@elizabethdeming30232 жыл бұрын
Sea boys you don't have to get towed in! Be a soul surfer!
@mikemakarevich3 жыл бұрын
Man you are legend, keep going!
@wtfftw243 жыл бұрын
Really interesting
@aussiesurfer8053 жыл бұрын
great articulate description ... and maaaasssive balls ... that paddle in and drop were insane (i felt it in my stomach just watching the slow-no) .... For sure I thought he was going to punch through that barrel ... everything looked spot on .. but ... denied ..
@xyzct3 жыл бұрын
0:09 ... Surreal
@aussiesurfer8053 жыл бұрын
@@xyzct yep .. for sure ...
@angelicguidance4443 жыл бұрын
The last statement is in the video is everything...
@godzoox3 жыл бұрын
Amazing story thanks.
@christopherraymond48263 жыл бұрын
...truly great... positioning... kudos...
@monicacampbell46003 жыл бұрын
Unfathomable. WOW. Yikes. Freak crazy awesome!!!!
@rivv49024 күн бұрын
Maui Legennd!
@MrSamb8883 жыл бұрын
Our Hero
@dannyboyle56103 жыл бұрын
The memory loss thing I call the Zone I think it’s 100 percent concentration. Or maybe we’ve been knocked in the head too may times
@rutexas71573 жыл бұрын
Perhaps it was an out of body experience contemplating death - God is real.
@MR1977.3 жыл бұрын
Fear induced heart rate spike causes that. 115-145 bpm. In the line up their heart rate is elevated already and when your wave jacks up and it’s go time you primitive brain thinks you just found a bear in your cave, it doesn’t know you do this for a living. All nonessential systems power down including your memory. That’s not going to help you at the moment so your brain does away with it. Threat focus is paramount. Elite athletes and special forces soldiers are elite because they can manage that if I screw up I die adrenaline dump and remain composed. It’s an art form.
@georgegrund63832 күн бұрын
I want to see what the drone sees.
@davehasenford3985 Жыл бұрын
that's what us home gamers call a "close-out"
@Schnaiblx3 жыл бұрын
mans not okay
@davidprice51002 жыл бұрын
Would have liked to have seen the drone footage, probably did'nt survive the day lol
@gbb14192 жыл бұрын
Critical
@GuitarWithBrett3 жыл бұрын
Inspiring
@vickryan3 жыл бұрын
I think i saw a bird flying. That seagull was supposed to be Ian exiting the barrel. Nope. Just a bird. Where'd he go? He's gone.
@fusedneck76453 жыл бұрын
as my wife always says ....... “impressive “
@williammadray78183 жыл бұрын
Wow. 🙀😺🙀
@ponolovefarms39263 жыл бұрын
Jaws giveth, Jaws taketh away
@xyzct3 жыл бұрын
Ian, with muscling big boards on such insane, windy drops, you might talk to Elysia at Si-Boards about the Commando package. I think it's the ultimate big-wave training tool that no one knows about -- which kind of blows my mind. (I have no vested interest in the company. I'm just a VERY satisfied user.)
@dozer16423 жыл бұрын
It would’ve killed me.
@hukedonfonix16713 жыл бұрын
Its ironic that at jaws the last place you want to be is in the barrel, however it really looked like he was going to make it until that last section just kinda collapsed then so did he, but still making the drop was impressive and he'll get another chance luckily, R.I.P Andy Irons by the way the ocean seems more empty without him
@krustysurfer2 жыл бұрын
Eddie would go!
@automanlastman97023 жыл бұрын
Shout Out from New Zealand 🇳🇿 ,,,ONLY A SURFER 🏄♀️ KNOW'S THE FEELING !!!,,,,2021,april,,7th,,8:14pm,,wednesday,,,Otara,,Auckland,,via 🏄Otaki KAPITI COAST !!!!...
@chanthonylizzo61083 жыл бұрын
That’s a heavy wipeout! You good?
@theoffender31133 жыл бұрын
That second spit has about 6 ton of water in it
@alanmckenzie32283 жыл бұрын
These brave surfers should be getting paid more then someone hitting a little white golf ball.....
@jeffgray53053 жыл бұрын
Massive cojones!!!!
@fiddlestickzmuzik3 жыл бұрын
fair dinkum when he has knifed across up under the lip, you would bet 100% of the time he would make that wave, then it goes from certain make, to Houdini disappearing act in milliseconds..lol
@twmpuketa3 жыл бұрын
That thing did a massive projectile vomiting of tube wash on you brah.What blew out the end was whitewater not mist.