A Ridiculous Moroccan Session

Written by Mark Egor Harris. Filmed & edited by Nick Lloyd.
My first ever surf trip abroad was to a secret spot in Morocco when I was 12 years old. I was looked after by Quiksilver and they invited me to a training camp to one of the best waves and at the time best-kept secrets in surfing. An incredible right-hand freight train point break which breaks over sand covered rocks and needs a really big swell in the Atlantic to start pumping perfect tubes down the point.
That first trip was a huge eye-opener for a 12-year-old grommet from Fistral beach and also slightly daunting to surf solid heavy grinding tubes for the first time. I remember watching the best surfers in the world including Hawaiian legend Jeff Hakman, Tom Carroll and the best of Europe charging these heavy tubes and I was on the shoulder of the waves ….. jaw side open taking it all in but without the skill, experience or courage to really surf the waves.
So 24 Years on in March 2017 the moons aligned, a huge winter swell was in the Atlantic and I was back to visit this incredible wave in Morocco with two very good friends. Unfortunately, our boards and wetsuits did not make it on the plane to Morocco with us and we luckily had to borrow equipment from a surf camp. The next day was perfect, big grinding tubes and with the odds against us, we paddled on our borrowed, unfamiliar equipment try and score a dream wave. After figuring out the line-up and the new equipment I suddenly found myself in the perfect spot for a large set wave …… my heart was pounding. I took off and the borrowed 6’6 board felt nice under my feet and I started to weave through one of the longest most perfect tubes of my life which fell amazing! I rode a wave exactly like how I saw my heroes riding them 24 years before at the Quiksilver training camp.
One ridiculous Moroccan drainer!
Then in mid-February this year another huge Atlantic swell roared in sending a great looking swell down to Morocco. I booked a last minute flight to meet the swell which lasted four days at the best wave in Morocco. This time my boards arrived with me on the plane and I had new designs to test out on the long perfect walls. It was a really nice week long surf trip to Africa!

[@thomasf4194]

I love how everyone is an expert/critic to this guy and/or his board... who even cares, the dude is having a great time, getting absolutely pitted. Just enjoy the video of the amazing waves

[@mountainssea9642]

Thomas Friedman agree. Dude is killing it on a beautiful wave that many people commenting will never see anything like, but somehow are experts.

[@MurrayEstes]

Fun...63 year old surfer from Honolulu Hawaii :)

[@djizzah]

beautiful wave, really nice and didnt look too busy, here in australia that wave would be you and 200 of your closest friends

[@iiLeeDz]

I've been surfing there, +50 people In the water + locals who paddle every single wave. You end up scoring at most 4 waves on a 3 hour sesh.

[@philipstallwood9813]

Very nice footage, beautiful long waves.

[@williamscott3444]

Good waves & a good surfer! I liked this guys surfing style.looks like a great place!

[@izibob3429]

Its from morocco city "safi"

[@anonaminee8478]

@@izibob3429 is it raslafaa ?

[@elmantarielmantari4427]

Great tubes n tunes love from Australia 🌏🌊 missed my country

[@switriakram]

the way this guy is surfing like he's just walking, Lit mate

[@mnc1126]

Quality content ‼️ I’m worn out after all those long hauls😀

[@Bastuun]

Thats it! Flying to marocco tomorrow!

[@jacksontallent6201]

That wave just keeps going man yewwww

[@wolf-yw9wk]

what those waves look insanely fun. do you have the name of the actual break this was?

[@izibob3429]

It s from morocco city safi

[@saadboudali558]

Rass lef3a n’amenez of the spot

[@saadboudali558]

Name

[@pierretouzetcortes4049]

Amazing video bro keep up the good work ,nice barrels though

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

Perfect

[@mauifilms5767]

The guy has a board for lefts...?

[@mlombed]

Yew first! That wave goes on forever!

[@clarkewi]

Gorgeous.

[@surfimmomarocvlog6318]

Cool

[@timothylee7940]

Don't eat the $.50 lunch special in the marketplace. R.I.P. Dukey.

[@dennisthemenace57]

Reminds me of Bells, wally and fun

[@niniksulikah8861]

Nice

[@marociobikhirr632]

Welcome to moorroco

[@SenorMartinos]

great wave, that board looks too big for the surfer, though

[@DGT73]

🤣

[@madsteeez]

why?? wtf

[@mountainssea9642]

SenorMartinos you probably don’t even surf. That’s a perfect sized board for that wave. More importantly, everyone’s board size and shape preferences are different for their style and skill level.

[@SenorMartinos]

@@mountainssea9642 not sure why this has to get personal, lol. To me it looks like he’s getting hang up off the top and doesn’t have enough projection off the bottom. It’s good surfing tho, don’t get me wrong. And the wave is awesome.

[@tjitjo]

@@SenorMartinos This is a youtube comment section bruv, everythings personal 😈 it's ridiculous, he even says in the description they didn't get their own equipment, surely frustrating on a perfect swell. But don't you DARE MENTION IT, EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT BRUV EVERYONES DIFFERENT AND ANYTHING I DEEM NOT POSITIVE I WILL TAKE AS PERSONAL INVALIDATION HENCE ANY INSULT ON MY PART IS RECTIFIEDRRRREEEEEEEE @mountainssea9642

[@Vixsurf]

What a wave

[@dianesayohana-gh2vk]

💕

[@ahmedbenelmokhtar8370]

Morocco !!!

[@josephkaaumoana2308]

What months of the year to surf Morocco ? What spots would be recommended?

[@speedstix4474]

November - March . Agadir area is good starting point

[@maroocotop4387]

Dakhla Morocco

[@mountainssea9642]

Reminds me of Ulu going right. Gorgeous wave.

[@SenorMartinos]

This wave is nothing like ulus, lol.

[@mountainssea9642]

@@SenorMartinos right because you’ve surfed both before, right? No, you haven’t. I have, so piss off mate.

[@ze2004]

grandes tubos bora zé

[@QueEstaPasando_YT]

hermoso!

[@timthefireman764]

good shit tus huevos mi hermano

[@ricardopereira1795]

Which surfboard model?

[@biswajitbosebiswajitbose9546]

Surfing little Andaman

[@user-zs6jy8oe9d]

良い波🎵どこですか？

[@superdupont1955]

Could be Safi. Most probably, Casablancais and Hervé P. was one of the first to surf those Wawes. In the beginning of the 90’s. 🤓.

[@omaraouarga5560]

Taghazout ! ©️🇲🇦🇲🇦©️

[@mariyammorroco7427]

No safi

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

wow. which wave is this?

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

If it's Safi, that's normally a very local break I've heard. Pollution too. But wow it looks great.

[@ami7216]

Safi

[@rolson6775]

That board doesn't work.

[@abdelazizsbai2967]

SAFI je l'ai connu par les rochers

[@tjitjo]

Why are people so obsessed with keeping spots a secret? It really ruins everything if you ask me. Isn't everything about the friends you made along the way?

[@tutiksetia2108]

❤🧡💜💚💙

[@burger698]

I would have made that barrel haha, naw jk nice video im jealous.

[@luisdavid681]

Dream waves average surfing

[@mattelmore7316]

Beautiful right point. Dude needs a tail pad though.

[@awannagannaful]

and a smaller board... rails are too high in the water. More rotation in the hips and shoulders especially, decent relaxed style, I'll give him that, but he's not getting any real power in the bottom turn and he's behind and bogging on the top turns because of it. Other than that, decent flowing style, just needs a tweak

[@awannagannaful]

Oh yeah just noticed on 2nd view, his back foot is waaaaay too far forward.. scrap the board change, try a reposition first ;

[@mattelmore7316]

Agreed the dude gets NO drive on his bottom turns and stands too high looking stiff and goofy

[@awannagannaful]

@@mattelmore7316 and he shouldn't be on a quad on that wave ;

[@madsteeez]

it's an asym mid-length ya fooools

[@davidvaneck4856]

Empty... no booze... great sobering trip. Huuummmm

[@Everykneebows]

That board doesn’t work

[@bradward9857]

Board obviously not working well...

[@djizzah]

dude look like he dodged nearly every barrell

[@macrovigilance]

a world class wave that rivals JBAY. Frustrating to watch that board really..I've seen Igor surf much better on more traditional equipment - this board totally handicapped him on what is basically the day of days for a surfer.. but 2:51 was a great tube! But in fairness as surfers we all like to experiment but when it is absolutely pumping and the exprimational equipment isn't suited, it leaves one or us the viewers a bit gutted.

[@aaronjosephs6233]

board looks a little skatey and like the rails don't want to dig in?

[@user-fg8tr3sg6h]

Tarwaso swasont

[@brantrichardson1949]

Not sure if its the guy's style or the board but he's not getting any drive.

[@mountainssea9642]

Please post videos of you surfing so we can critique your kook style. Oh that’s right. You don’t have any. 🤡

[@brantrichardson1949]

@@mountainssea9642 Oh the pain! The killer clown stung me!

[@susuwatarikid]

🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦👍💯💯

[@pg5420]

Hot nuts

[@shaunmcclory8117]

Probably snapped all his others and had to ride his gun! Lovely wave lovely surfing im jealous for one!

[@cameron7671]

So expand on the agenda .. and then show me the part where it says raped .. and then why don’t you read me verse 21-22… or wait I’m sure everyone commenting did that and everyone who watched this or did nobody go and look into it??

[@WhiteNacho]

Nice fake tube exit @ 1:14

[@emocool007]

That's the "no tube exit" technique.