Big Wave Surfing

[@bryansalgado7269]

Legend says he's still surfing the wave to this day...

[@michaelchappina8822]

It's a shame that the white wash gets em everytime, great wave and photography! I'm feeling the rush that this guy is about to feel. Felt like it was me there for 30 seconds

[@KSpotes]

1:06 Surfer: "OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHFUCKOHSHITGOGOGOGOGOGOHOLYSHIT"

[@AustinKloud]

all the years I have surfed.......... I have never seen something like this. Insane, I give this guy Huge Props!

[@peterjon777]

balls of freakin steel man! i'm terrified and amazed at the same time. this is unbelievable

[@leonardomedeiros578]

KZbin old school.

[@EinarKuusk]

Holy fucking shit...wow.

[@vaggelissouth9453]

Is he alive?

[@benz9552]

probaly

[@Duckysaur1]

It looked so unreal at 1st!! This is aweshuumm

[@bayardop]

Wow! This was one of the first videos I watched on KZbin when it was young 6 years ago.

[@madamada5750]

Men with balls of steel

[@TyStreet]

No matter how many times I watch this.. it's amazing!!

[@Louie92801]

His friends and family say they haven't seen him since. Legend has it hes still surfing the wave.

[@texasdustfart]

I don't surf but that was awsome, truly spectacular display of skill, courage and the force of nature.

[@user-ow5wz8lk3e]

The creepiest part of this footage is the silence when the wave is building ... just awesome!

[@chrisj1992]

why do people think every video on youtube is fake? this is amazing

[@Kaysje]

That's one hell of a big wave, gave me the chills!!!

[@Steffenfrei123]

Der beste Surfer den ich bis jetz gesehen habe :D

[@maribelru2011]

I have anxiety attacks just watching! Surfers are super heroes straight up!

[@rusinrockt]

@dannie20feb This is Mike Parsons in 2003 at Jaws. The wave was measured at 64 feet. It was filmed from a helicopter and is the first shot in a movie about big wave surfing call' Billabong Odyssey.

[@flashzordon7]

That was great stuff man,the best wave too need more of this type of stuff wow that guy was great.

[@IvelinaDobreva]

This wave is just enormous! I adore it!

[@alleneh]

@antonioaparicio1997 ... At the time of this video, this was the biggest wave (documented) ever surfed, but this has been broken a few times. So you are correct. In 2009 Miguel Del Toro surfed a wave estimated to be around 100 feet at an obscure break off the coast of Patagonia.

[@tomaskrutak5855]

Somehow I am getting back to this video after watching too many videos on KZbin

[@DaElfer]

@dannoyes its actually not animation. that was a record holding wave at some point

[@jucameron]

I learned to surf in the late 1950s on France’s Atlantic coast in the large swells and reef breaks of Brittany but spent my best years on the pure glass surf of Malibu in California. Across the years I heard persistent rumours of giant waves off the west coast of Portugaland and now Hawaiian Garrett McNamara used the recent storms at Nazaré to ride a 90-foot Praia do Norte deep-water canyon monster to break Mike Parsons' 2001 world record of 77-foot at California’s Cortes Bank.

[@Fatkidsaliva]

this guy is the definition of awesome

[@alleneh]

@georgzp ... Yes, it was filmed at Jaws (the real name is Peahi), but it's located on the north shore of Maui, not Oahu. I used to live about 30 minutes from there.

[@boostedinline4]

awesome vid best surf vid so far pumps me to ride the big ones but, i live on east coast soo waves are tiny here in jax beach florida i hate it. still manage t o tear up our surf

[@Thycid]

For those of you saying its fake, it's not. It's Mike Parsons and that is a 64 foot wave at Jaws Beach in Hawaii.

[@GuildF40]

THE BEST PART OF THIS VID IS THE FACT A BOOGIE BORDER DOES NOT DROP IN

[@neonxpolkaxdots1]

omg, almost gave me a heart attack. we had 10 ft swells todays and that freaked me out enough. EMT's were just chillin on the cliffs...just in case, ya know? You've gota drop straight down that shit....how the hell did he not lean back. I'm thoughorly impressed.

[@nosdradomos]

i like the sound of the wind when brushing over the water^^ beautiful silence :)

[@Pro5niPeZHD]

Awesome, I am interested in starting to surf. Any suggestions for a short board (preferably not very expensive) for beginners.

[@alleneh]

@antonioaparicio1997 ... actually, the official measurement for this wave was 64-65 feet.

[@shininblue]

That was real. Every year the great surfer around the world gather in Hawaii during December where their is a big wave about 15 meters high. One of the greatest dangers is the risk of being held underwater by two or more consecutive waves. These hazards have killed several big-wave surfers.

[@Grom4eva]

someone give dis guy a medal

[@laurenblake1998]

omg....thats sooooooo amazing! have u surfed the Hawian island regionals yet? if you havent then you should bacause you would win by alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TRONwuzhere82]

seriously insane. that dude's got some seriously ginormous cahones.

[@twothousandgt]

If you think it's fake, just rent Billabong Odyssey, the movie which this clip was taken from. Also available to stream on Netflix.

[@hirovvs1]

Legend says hes gone home and lived his life

[@hirovvs1]

frrr he spittin

[@kittyface27]

half way through, id be yelling "i dont wanna do this anymore!" and then id loose focus and die.

[@ScooterMama100]

This is a video of Mike Parsons competing in the Billabong Surfing Competition in 2006. It was at "Jaws" in Maui, Hawaii. It's real. Jaws gets waves of 60-80 feet in winter. This was in November.

[@synchronicity67]

oh God this is one of the most awe inspiring clips i hav ever seen n i cant believe he came out from the first wave so well balanced .. who IS he - chuck norris?? Whoever he is, hope hes still ALIVE !

[@AdoraSarah]

this is unbeliveable. dude got some mad skills

[@Pickuptruckdude]

i surfed on a wave almost that big once. it was loud and you could feel a bit off balance but it felt good!

[@JohnMufc10]

This is much more impressive than the new world record wave rode by Carlos burle in November 2013

[@s88dcm]

yeh its called tow-in surfing, it to get you up to speed with the wave, this is something Tad Hamilton invented/perfected, and the location is Waimea Hawaii

[@strangecow1235]

@antonioaparicio1997 actually no there is now the 100ft wave wich is dont by miguel del toro.

[@janedough8733]

I wonder what kinda speed they pick up when riding waves that big

[@pennywise7160]

8 years ago?! jesus I remember when this came out.

[@ShooterXtreme360]

His thoughts through the whole wave: Beginning: hmm, this isnt the right one but ill go on anyways *wave starting to break*: oh shit...this isnt going good Halfway through: fuck shit fuck shit, dont look back, dont look back... End: Holy hell...lets do it again!

[@TowingTransport]

The surfers name is Mike Parsons who earned a score 10 out of 10 in a tow surf contest in a place called Jaws somewhere off the hawain islands. This is a factual clip and can be found in the documentary called " Billabong Odyssee.

[@deftjess1]

@RastafariPoet no that was chuck norris jumping in the ocean that made that

[@kaos_wind]

yes he's alive and his name is: Mike Parsons surfing Jaws In Maui. Check a documentary called: Billabong Odyssey 1. Enjoy :)

[@supertaj1800]

@GigaFreezer not fake this is Peahi aka "Jaws" in Hawaii look it up, it was just the camera angle that made it look huge

[@AntoAparicio]

@alleneh in the guiness world records the biggest wave ever surfed is 27,7m but the biggest wave ever was in alaska and it was 501m

[@ChocoliThunder]

HOLY cow this is my new hero

[@elasticjoe]

Not fake, I live in Hawaii, this year (2009) we already had a 60ft day and a couple 40+ days. Tomorrow on just a random Tuesday in the winter its going to be 25-35ft on North Shore. This is Jaws off Maui

[@Elchaninovstar]

That's really unbelievable!!!!! Beautiful...

[@p72910]

my pants already wet

[@LegoShow1000]

You know its a big wave when the audio starts to freak out

[@bakedinspiration]

I have seen a lot of people call this clip fake on youtube its from some billabong video im pretty sure there on the tip of africa somewhere. awesome video part only people who get gnar on the daily really understand the importance of this kind of behavior.

[@boroeko]

Not fake. Its from a surf film/documentary called "Billabong Odyssey". I suggest you watch that film.

[@Basis213]

is this Laird Hamilton? awesome, and to all the skeptics, no that's not a fake! I've watched with a friend a few video tapes of big wave surfing he bought. and those waves are unbelievably big like this here!

[@defhalo]

Its probably Maui, thats what the ocean does in the winter there. Also parts of Cali.

[@dkamle234]

Really monster wave - this guy can survive even a Tsunami

[@katanamyach]

@TheMonkeyboy808 Actually, looking at you're probably right, but people do surf waves close to this size.

[@Iffy50]

@Stufrogg It's real.. Mike Parson's.. surfing in a tow-in surf contest. It's from Billabong Surf Odyssey. Jaws (northern Maui) Pahei??

[@cimokkafka]

It was ocurred in Portugal, Nazaré These waves are appering every year and its name was "canhão de nazaré". there's a guy, Macnamara who surf these waves. This year he surf one with 30 meters of high.

[@alleneh]

@GabeAndReagan ... and why, may I ask, have you come to that conclusion?

[@50Pecentbutallthere]

hey i dont worship chuck norris and this wave is huge im going to learn how to surf this summer hopefully never done it before the first time i tried it was a rush and im going back for more

[@mcriser]

Kudos to the camera man for capturing what it's like to ride a giants back.

[@SuburbanConan]

Which surf vid is this the opening scene for??Used to own it but lost it in a move or stolen by mates... These guys and active combat soldiers...the bravest of the brave.

[@Fallen613Angel]

+Michael Wakeling I think it was billabong odyssey, but I'm not 100% sure...

[@Autonova]

beautiful, serene, awesome

[@theoriginalalias]

it's real fella's. I watched a documentary ages ago on the guys that go way out into the ocean to do this... Unbelievable!! Crazy blokes but what a ride!

[@neonxpolkaxdots1]

totally big. gave me a heart attack. maybe we can give it an honorary "tsunami" title :P

[@kless001]

I'm in awe of this too, beautiful

[@shawnysmith8308]

if u keep this up i will take away your starwars action toys

[@pinthn22]

beware the mist! very nice job with this

[@milton123]

Im not a surfer but i have a question, is it considered less "legit" to surf with your feet strapped in within the surfer community or is it pretty much impossible to surf big waves without being attached?

[@Iffy50]

@gotjunk333 This is Mike Parsons surfing at "Jaws" off the north coast of Maui. It's the opening sequence from Billabong Odyssey.

[@daddybearand3]

Dave Travina got lucky from the wave that owned him.Slater missed this time. David got his and found luck the hard way, lived to talk about it, while Hamilton owns luck and tamed this wave with comfortable confidence, hard core bravado,and a surf or die tryin attitude. kudos and props to laird

[@migpilot2899]

that's actually me surfing Frickin waves don't scare me, but the sharks scare me!

[@richyperez_plays]

Hahahahaah they go together perfectly, man!

[@dasharkbaa]

this makes me smile :)

[@simonvisser0]

In June 2008, Immortal Technique partnered with Omeid International, a Non-Profit Human Rights Organization, to lend his support. He dubbed the work as "The Green Light Project". With the profits of The 3rd World album, Immortal Technique traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan to help Omeid build an orphanage without any corporate or external funding. The orphanage, having been successfully established, currently houses over 20 orphaned children from Kabul -Wikipedia

[@AliHSyed]

its so magnificent. i love big waves

[@DeepFriedShoes]

Wow, he was flying down that wave. It's not fake. The guy survived too.

[@Ribosomedreams]

@dannoyes well im sure its not impossible to cut out the sounds you dont want and turning the sounds you want up... if you had the right gear it shouldt be to hard =)

[@lagundafire]

why do people say that this is fake? it looks like its a wave a piahi (jaws) and this stuff is done on a daily basis by people like dave kalama, rush randall and most importantly laird hamilton.

[@MrKurtzaman]

I surf but I cant imagine surfing that! Also go on Foxtel and watch Storm Surfers its awesome

[@darthporkius]

That man was surfing for his life.....out of his own wil. Draft this guy for the space program, we'll be in mars in 2 months lol

[@philly442]

thats legendary, so hard to ride that kind of wave jesus

[@CareMutch]

He is living his live to the fullest

[@Dullen93]

I agree and if you look at 0:10 you can see that he releases the rope he is holding.

[@dpmatsontube]

It's not green screened. This was filmed at Jaws where 50 foot waves are common in the winter.

[@DBSbigtizzle]

Its Mike Parsons. He's still alive and well. he popped right back up from the water. Dont spread rumors.

[@dominicanreploca]

challenge accepted ...*sees how big the wave is and starts shiting bricks*

[@soulbliminal]

Crazy. Look at this crazy footage caught on video. Amazing!!