Big Wednesday Surfing in Malibu. Insane Hurricane Marie swell hits north Los Angeles

Hurricane Marie aka "the perfect storm" as far as Southern California surfers are concerned turned August 27, 2014 into a day to remember . Double to triple overhead conditions brought pros to Surfrider and Zuma beaches including Laird Hamilton, Reef Mcintosh, and Joel Tudor. Local legend Allen Sarlo shot the pier multiple times, including once with Laird on the same wave. Enjoy the footage and don't forget to subscribe!!
Shot with Gopro Hero 3+, Canon 5D mark iii and 6D
Song: Counting Down the Days by Daniel Bambaata Marley

[@tiffsaver]

I've been surfing all my life, but I only remember Malibu breaking at 10' plus on ONE DAY. When I drove around the corner to see the first break, it looked exactly like Sunset Beach in Hawaii!! The waves were perfect, the day sunny and bright, the wind slightly offshore... a truly once in a lifetime occurance All of the "super stars" of surfing were out that day, and the only drawback were the enormous crowds... it looked like the 405 Freeway at rush hour. But what an incredible, unforgettable day. I'll never forget it.

[@rackem6991]

Thankful I don't have to surf in crowds like that.

[@chrismak4859]

CA has become like the 405 freeway of surfing, I only surf weekdays mid afternoon sesh only. So lame!

[@user-xb8kz6qb5q]

Then never come to Norcal. Only one beach is usually working and every person with any type of craft is out at one mile of beach. At least Socal has a few feet of water per human.

[@mountainssea9642]

That’s why I’ll take my Atlantic Ocean Florida waist high longboard waves any day. Even when crowded it’s nowhere even remotely close to Malibu or other breaks out west and always a chill vibe.

[@exxumma]

@@mountainssea9642 yup, lived in Nassau & surfed FL for years,,,moved to Santa Monica, crazy crowds,,,(my 125 Honda took me to all the 'secret spots' ) 😎 🙃 ✌ 🏄‍♂️

[@RichardFeynmanRules]

I has no idea Malibu could have such long rides, and such nice, big tubes, even though the place was "legendary" when I was growing up. Way cool shots -- love the drone views. Thank you, and Hurricane Marie. That is one swell to remember!

[@helloitsmehb]

Those shots were Zuma Beach

[@KEVING1TIME]

Best Drone footage of this swell by far! You were on point with the angles!!

[@clarkewi]

Great shots. I especially like that you showed different spots during the swell. Malibu is such a beautiful stretch - from Topanga to Magu.

[@mikem597]

Nice! Muted the sound track, and really liked the video

[@2wind2000]

Great footage of the "other" Malibu....Surfed there for many years. Wait till the Santanas roll in in a month or two. The place is epic.

[@ziggyman006]

Nice vid. Glad Cali finally scores good waves. Cali home sweet home!

[@DKemnitz87]

Epic footage! Zuma was unreal

[@tuskedbeast]

Spectacular, god-like footage- well done. What amazing perspectives we now can see. I heard a snatch of music then muted it as usual.

[@stevi13]

Beautiful video - made my Monday morning. Thank you.

[@gregm4457]

Holy Yum! Awesome surf, but also beautiful video! Well done!!

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Fantastic film and amazing waves. One of the best videos for a long time.

[@ejwxb2561]

That was a great video that brought back memories...thanks!

[@cafe100mph6]

Best music I have heard long time! Thanks. Buying the album on iTunes right now kid. Outtie.

[@restier]

Awesome footage, thanks!

[@70tony1970]

Sweet. Great footage and tunes.

[@johncosgrove4568]

Top Quality Video... this really captures the " essence " of the bu !

[@RedNovaMedia]

Many fond memories of Malibu, though does not break often as nice as this vid. Great footage

[@javierharth3647]

California Republic Brah. That left-hander in Malibu South of the pier, I have never seen it before. But then I have never seen the point break like that!

[@scottlincoln6286]

What a great video, shooting the pier at the end was awesome!

[@trimbandit9636]

lol Big Wednesday. In norcal, we just call this Wednesday.

[@Yerbur]

true, but the quality of the wave is poorer

[@Johnnycox451.]

In fortnite we call this loot lakw

[@bigcryptid448]

I'm from NorCal originally and your comment is true. You on the Eastside or westside?

[@altheatoldme5003]

Norcal's head high is really 3 feet. If you want real surf try PNW. Cold and big.

[@sleepydogs333]

this is amazing and the videography is amazing with the music it makes it even better

[@HobbieLee]

Beautiful work well done mad props.

[@erindinneen9653]

That is a great video. Enjoyed it immensely.

[@martinmontano5177]

Pretty good footage catching a few of the top spots in Malibu...

[@jymmyjams1206]

the drone view barrel shots look awesome, nice work dude.

[@clarkewi]

Great music mate. Love this vid. I used to surf this area abut 50 years ago. The music takes me back. Blessings.

[@TiZtv]

Keep coming back for the song since I can’t find it anywhere else 🔥

[@bayusuryawan7871]

Epic reel!

[@johnzulu2565]

Great video, pity about the tired same old LA music pitch though, kind of spoils good video, Sometimes just the thunder of big surf is all one needs to capture the magic. Just saying! never the less a good video thanks!

[@Callumkianrees]

The drone would be loud af all you’d hear is brrrrrrrrvvvvvvv

[@Comeonman2010]

Its a great song what you talking about?

[@heenalusurf2500]

@@Comeonman2010 uh no it’s not?

[@zapatashirts]

Wounderful pictures, great swell...shame on these bunch of 31 guys, who pressed a "dislike" on the video...

[@someblokecalleddave1]

Yeah - fantastic bit of footage, I know the name Malibu and the fact that it's embedded in surf history for some reason, but I don't recall seeing anything spectacular in the last 35 years or so, but this kind of indicates as to why the place has a place in surfs history and culture. Spectacular footage that encapsulates what surfing is about and has now put Malibu on the map for me visually!

[@magorkel1746]

huh?

[@JohnSmith-js3po]

Good job nice drone work I get it not my type of music but it does work with your shooting keep it up make a full length movie one day you have the talent

[@Devondubya]

1:48 taken out by the snowball

[@andyrhein5841]

such a great video! I was in the water with you during Marie.. Stoked for you to have gotten such great shots. The music is good too. Dumb set of comments from closed minded people. So easy to criticize. Keep it up ya'll!

[@Ygraphics]

Beautifully........ Thanks :-)

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

RIP Matt Johnson aka Jan Michael Vincent from the original Big Wednesday. Classic movie.

[@ampedboarding9604]

Awesome shooting ya'll! Effin rockstars!!!

[@Marinalva842]

Boa tarde, boa segunda feira para todos!

[@ChadSesh]

god these waves are gnarly! I'm only 30 minutes from malibu, i should really go!

[@tubethis777]

Happy days in California!

[@didoman2645]

Caught a little Drainpipes action. NICE! Bodysurfing heaven on a good S / SW swell!

[@BRIANMWEISS]

Waves look so fun, is that Zuma beach?

[@Zella_7]

The footage is amazing but I loved the tunes that went along with it!!! Loosen up!

[@krystle3111]

Great video thanks for sharing! I love that song who is that ? Surf Hard♡

[@missinglinq]

The guy's barrel at 2:21 - wow.

[@ethanwinters1153]

Fire vid

[@JulienGarros]

So good!

[@spongesurf]

Sooooo good!!

[@phillg2222]

Sickkk perfect waves!! Omg

[@TheMonkini]

FANTASTIC!!

[@MrClips11]

Where is that first spot? The left?

[@wallbags2516]

No drop in rules there... absolute carnage...

[@chrisharringtonuk]

Can someone hit me up With who the music is by?

[@ejectoraircoasters222]

Malibu will never break like this for the rest of my life. Ah good days!

[@searaydrivingguy]

my heart lives in malibu

[@TiZtv]

How can I get this song?

[@DrainPipeJoe]

0:51 to 2:23 is the best Zuma Beach has ever been! From Drainpipes/Zuma1 north to Trancas market unreal left barrels with up to 8 second long tube rides! And it had some size with near perfect winds that all came together in August 2014 the best day I have ever had at my home break. When I got up and went out on my balcony before the sun came up I could see the white water as the waves were breaking and running left without any gaps or sections closing out. I ran back in and woke my wife who happens to also be a rabid surfer who froths at the mouth when the surf is good. She was speechless, then asked me if this is a dream! Ha! within 10 minutes we were on the beach in front of the main life guard offices. I live up off Morning View on Merritt Dr basically above the lifeguard offices with a great view of Zuma from Drainpipes/ lifeguard tower 3 to Trancas market from my upper balcony! My first wave was a nice 8' face that broke a bit at the top and backed off then hit the shallow sand bar and pitched, great thing about that spot that I surf probably more than anyone I know from Zuma is that when there is size it will back off letting you into the wave before the suck! So, my bottom turn was drawn out then hard into a mid face slash, slide up toward the nose and barreled for a solid 5 seconds, spit out into another mid face slash and back in the barrel for about 3 seconds and again spit out into an old school cutback with a vertical slash off the white water back into a slight tube/ head dip then kicked out with my wife and my neighbor who just showed up on the beach screaming like a bunch of little girls! Us three had that spot until about 10am for a good 41/2 hour session with just the 3 of us! I had at least 25 totally dry barrels between 3 to 6 seconds long along with several multiple barrel waves, the very best day ever at Zuma and probably any day in California. My wife had rarely rode any waves over 6' and none as powerful or hollow as she did on this day. I saw her get a solid 10' face with a 3' thick lip that she stayed in the barrel for over 5 seconds, she was pretty damn deep, I was on the inside and didn't see her until she was spit out, that was one of her 14 barrels she got (she was counting). What a day, the next day was good but nothing like that first day.

[@bh2861]

this is BS isnt it mate..

[@petesessa2041]

The surf was top shelf but the music line gets an "F"

[@adaptedlifestyle2807]

song ?

[@zurfer11]

Good job

[@paulthomas2650]

Sound Pollution!

[@LewisBeckman]

Keep this up and your subscriber count will shoot up quickly.

[@Nykko29]

3:00 Laird Hamilton on his SUP

[@pineapplesurf]

I wonder to surf there 💙

[@sunlightfilms5222]

well done!

[@jackokookamyer6472]

so that was actually u that took the epic drone video..u should be on oprah man epic new revolution stuff...

[@wozza77able]

Where’s the left mate?

[@nunyabizness8168]

Whoa....if you can keep up with the line up, you can count cards.

[@Luca-80]

wave is great, but it looks like a zoo out there.

[@tresbender3766]

I like the music! Name?

[@peterzappas8193]

+Tres Bender Yo? Bro?

[@tresbender3766]

whats up

[@mozdickson]

nice recovery 2:02

[@Californiansurfer]

I am going home, waxahachie texas was nice, I surfed bsf waco surfpark. Nothing like nature. Downey Ca

[@walkerlyall9335]

At least 100 guys in one of the shots

[@Reefahholic]

I didn’t realize Malibu was a LT. 😅

[@GaryChavez-nu7uy]

I caught the bu in 1975 hugh south swell Solid 6ft in the ínide

[@louisewhale5807]

dont care bout the music that vid is sick

[@spd13062]

Think I saw some Newport Point thrown in there for good measure.

[@rinaldodantasqueiroz7600]

100%!!!!

[@adventure_trail_guy]

Here on gold coast we call that 3 to 5 foot.

[@drdbailey]

WTF happened to real music?! Awesome rides, btw!

[@Comeonman2010]

Go listen to "real Music" … but this song is awesome. what do you like?

[@nzrota5298]

Videos like this make me glad I live where I do. Even our most popular breaks like Raglan don't get this crazy and people have a ton more respect.

[@LuxeXx]

Be glad you get to surf at all. I live no where near any type of spot, and will always be a novice surfer unless something drastically changes in my life and I can live by the Pacific.

[@nzrota5298]

People just pack up and do it. People are flooding into NZ and its fairly easy to get in here and become citizen's. We have a great economy and fairly high pay rates. Surf up and down the country and where I live is the larges City Auckland and we still get perfect waves up and down both coast on the right day and the crowds are low. Raglan is an amazing wave. You can see on you tube. We have points and river mouths all over the place. We are very spoilt for waves. But still head to Indonesia for some of the best waves in the world.

[@birdmanbl]

Ya Brah huge clip nice work and music excellent Phantom delivery. Are you FPV goggles fat shark or just regular?

[@birdmanbl]

Yep are you running Dji 1000 with 5d or nex? Or is this phantom with gopro dual axis or three axis gimble?

[@birdmanbl]

Nice go to my friend Sergio at Piro Flip RC tell him you know me lol

[@birdmanbl]

he is in Van nuys on Victory BLvd. Has the DJI 1000 and I think 900 now

[@dannyhuffman3587]

That left looks so fun

[@dannyhuffman3587]

I was there the week before smh

[@JSharp-gu7lv]

I love that place, however many people get neck and or back injuries there, novice and sponsored pros alike.

[@KidZgOt5waGG]

WHAT SONG IS THISSSSS?

[@KidZgOt5waGG]

NVM FOUND IT

[@waltysalamander]

1:18 double spit! Don’t see that at Malibu every day.

[@HiGradeMuzik]

Madd!!! #db #MotherNaturesVibrations

[@HiGradeMuzik]

Madd!!! #db

[@ElaineFischerInspirations]

The Music is Counting down the days by Daniel Bambaata Marley. That's Ziggy's Marley's son. Nobody owns the Ocean, and the Music Rocks, great Reggae Music! If you don't appreciate it, that fine, but don't Disrespect it. Tolerance I see, isn't everyones strong suit!

[@ElaineFischerInspirations]

Enjoy your toots, :) I guess I missed the part where I asked for your opinion. I like what I like, what ever you want, or don't want to call it! Peace out Brother!

[@ElaineFischerInspirations]

I'll let it go this time, but no repeats, okay! lmao! ;)

[@boxingboys276]

bagus sekali mas.... kapan kebali? bikin video dibali ya mas ori... salam buat mr john strusinsky

[@giuseppecampa361]

wow

[@jmpicturefly]

drone goodness

[@dasalves]

Malibu! Who knew.

[@StevenMW]

Amazing footage...not sure about the dopey slowjam soundtrack... kinda perpetuates the Spicoli stereotype of surfers...

[@Comeonman2010]

SPicoli is fucking awesome.... this song is fucking awesome. Anyone who hates on either are just lames

[@auldsk8r]

I'll bet the spirits of Mickey Dora and Jay Adams were out there that day !

[@cjessen1269]

Pipe or Cali? Haha crazy!!

[@panamared3681]

Right at 0:20 would be where I say, No Thanks. I surf to be alone with the ocean, not in a crowd. MAYBE one or two friends along.

[@shooter7a]

Laird on the SUP snaking waves...lol

[@stokes58]

why would anyone bother paddling out when you see so many people at one spot?

[@tuskedbeast]

Literal single-mindedness. Same affliction that makes them take off 10 to a wave!