DEADMANS MEGA SWELL - Biggest day in 20 YEARS - Max Dodshon bodyboarding - Sydney big wave surfing

An early season swell hit Sydney that was bigger than anything seen at this spot in the last 20 years. As usual the waves out there were far less than perfect but it had a unusual amount of grunt and push due to the high period in the swell. This session was shot from sunrise till midday.
Filmed by : Tim Bonthon, Luke Duce, Sky monkey, Declan Clow, Byron Mcglauchlan, Dan Toomey, Andrew Hoff.
#bigwaves #bigwavebodyboarding #bodyboarding #bigwavesurfing #slabs #deadmans #manlybeach #surfingdeadmans #sydney

[@hurleycapetown8420]

This is honestly one of the sickest bodyboarding videos i have seen in years, thanks so much for uploading.

[@maxdodshon]

No problem mate, glad you enjoyed the edit 🤙🏼

[@craigcashman2275]

That hold down is the stuff that my nightmares are made of.

[@maxdodshon]

Agreed, was a scary one!

[@KirstinPrisk]

That hold down was 17 seconds. Warriors!! Slick clip, great atmosphere.

[@emiliogc821]

RESPECT to all the nutters that had a great time. Awesome. My heart was pumping just watching the video.

[@Tonystarkes888]

Max I think this is a contender for the biggest body boarding waves for 2024

[@maxdodshon]

The session was shot in 2022. It just took me a long time to release the footage 👍🏽

[@skboog]

Well put together clip and the charging was epic!

[@maxdodshon]

Cheers mate

[@warrentuckwell2032]

From a westy you guys have balls keep up the great work love every bit of it

[@Sidetrackification]

Excellent, thanks for posting this!

[@yvanpedron5255]

L'engagement est hallucinant.... et c'est très bien filmé.... vraiment top.

[@alexlittle2929]

It's heavy out there, looks fun!

[@reddiver7293]

Gnarliest body boarding I ever saw.

[@chriswinchester4093]

So sick Max....absolute madman!

[@maxdodshon]

Yeah Bill, cheers mate 🙏🏼.

[@MichaelJames1989]

Wicked 👍🏼🤙🏼🤟🏼 I remember the doco/movie they brought out in the year 2000. BIGGEST WEDNESDAY that was effing insane👍🏼🤙🏼🤟🏼

[@brettsons]

What a swell it was 🙌🏼 I was in the bay a bit north getting slotted on 6-8 foot slabs

[@groundbreaker5525]

GONADS OF THE YEAR BRO GONADS OF THE FRICKWN MILLENNIUM

[@climber222]

That bleached fringe and beanie combo is psycho

[@Nollaig81]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Kisyfurr]

Hahahahaahahah

[@Nofatchickz44]

That’s his natural hair the bloke has spent his life at the beach that’s why it’s so blonde stick to climbing rocks and eating granola bars mate

[@Nollaig81]

@@Nofatchickz44 Savage🤣🤣🤣

[@climber222]

@@Nofatchickz44 ohh noo please don't tell me you've got the same hair doo

[@miketausig4205]

If Tim Bonthon didn’t film a big wave, it didn’t happen. Seriously…homey is at every big swell these days.

[@maxdodshon]

Agreed, he’s all over it!

[@hurleycapetown8420]

I surf is shark infested cape town waters , sometimes alone, if you gave me $1 million i would not go out there alone(or at all) at dawn like that first guy, thats absolute bravery and madness.

[@weedismyreligion]

Brother , these Austr-aliens are really something special ! Fkn impressive 🤙

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

Max, I applaud your skill and courage.

[@maxdodshon]

🙏🏼 adrenaline is a hell of a thing.

[@kaibe5241]

@@maxdodshon How long was the hold down on that wipeout?

[@maxdodshon]

Not too sure about the exact duration but the hold downs at the start and end of the clip were definitely worst I've ever had. The last one in particular, I had nothing left in the tank after that.

[@kaibe5241]

@@maxdodshon Absolutely nuts. Could see you were barely able to hold onto your board after the last one...

[@alexlittle2929]

Yeah Wayno! Your voice is profoundly unique maate

[@captainsensible298]

First time I've ever seen waves at dead mans that were rideable

[@seanattard241]

Well done max. Well done

[@seanattard241]

Wish I was there with you

[@maxdodshon]

Yeah Sean! Cheers mate

[@Secretlyanothername]

Mental. Love it though. Where is this spot?

[@johndoe1778]

Sickkk bro bloody oath!

[@guywilliment9986]

so epic maxy! your a crazy man haha

[@maxdodshon]

Yew. Thanks G 🙏🏼.

[@diegoalejandrorodrigues1439]

que picanteeee !!!! que nivel del Bodyboard !!! brutal

[@jwarne2295]

Northern beaches legend in school if winki or deadies was firing Max was there shared the line up many times! Goated

[@tomg8503]

Your a machine man

[@southcornersessions666]

Legendary

[@maxdodshon]

Chur bro

[@jasonkempshall-shorebreakphoto]

So sick mate!

[@alexlittle2929]

Very honorable as far as simple surfing too.

[@journeyman6752]

AWESOME MATE.

[@donnyazoff980]

Great video mate!!! I can’t surf so can you please explain why other big wave surfers have to be towed in by JetSki yet these guys can paddle in these monster waves by themselves?

[@daYELLOWflashHOKAGE]

That 1st boggie looked like he charged a 20ft double up and went down

[@shawn.bourke.3]

hahaha again with the Atreyu tease! that deadmans swell was gnarly, I remember frothing on swellnet charts although can't remember the specifics.. water looks too clean for a black Nor'easter? speaking of, isn't a huge blocking high about to form over NZ? overdue for one perhaps (6/6/16)

[@maxdodshon]

Atreyu tease in every clip from now on 😜. Nahhhh not the black Nor’easter.

[@NathanLotze-n2t]

The bottom hand turn and the loose severson style legs take a whole bunch of skill on 42 inches finless

[@KyoseiFarmShimanto]

Hell yeah 🤙 looks fun !?

[@danielreynolds6498]

So crazy max !!!!

[@chrisculley3756]

Crazy and with that little secondary wave that's created at the bottom to launch you straight into disaster. That's just pretty sick. That shipstern evil launch ramp. Look at the body borders showing everybody how it's done. RLTW 3/75

[@JohnThomas-i4x]

Boogs don't fall off...

[@Clafff]

So sick, style reminds me of skipp at 2nd reef in his heyday. Making it look way too easy

[@claudiobirnbaum3943]

Great bodyboarders , Great waves

[@1booyaka1]

that's incredible. Respect for charging multiple freights, totally insane! that break is off the charts, my home break 'the wedge' is a joke compared to that shit.

[@Nihilist1974]

Huge and perfect. That hold down though. Not fun. Props to that dude. Glad you made it

[@peterhall6656]

That drop at the bottom of the wave reminds me of Shipsterns. He just launches off it into oblivion ! I assume someone has sent this video to Mike Stewart,

[@tr7b410]

Balls to the wall.Damn that is a Gnar Gnar wave.

[@dragonballzenyamouth93]

I love the song with the hang up

[@BradClock]

hahaha sponger took a nose dive

[@alhassant9204]

Straight chargers! Respect!

[@JBZOOKJB74]

My lungs are filling up with water just looking at that hold down.

[@RicardoDinizPortugal]

Genuinely surprised that he can ride such a smooth line whilst carrying those humungous balls of steel. No wonder the hold down was so long. Steel is heavy.

[@qldabandonedmines]

What a nudge. Legend!

[@Stevos_HookedonRods4844]

Holy Shat, that was Big

[@aidanbotha6556]

lines - that's insanely good big wave bodyboarding

[@Bigboijamal6956]

how deep is deadmans?

[@drewtabke3294]

bro was dominating sheesh

[@beergut8915]

That's awesome 👌 👏 👍

[@justinthorpe9133]

So so big, wonder what other waves were holding that swell. That step = dead people

[@edwena-i7k]

respect, big respects

[@betouretmichel4999]

Respect😮

[@NikMaier]

Is there a name for that, when a small wave breaks inside a bigger wave at 2:01?

[@maxdodshon]

It’s called a step.

[@GarethRichards-q8z]

King of dead man's is Tyson Slade Williams I remember seeing a photo in the Rip Curl store in The Corso that was taken from Queenscliff Headland rip legend

[@courtneymccagh3815]

Nice clip mate. What’s the music for the dead man’s section? Cheers

[@maxdodshon]

Cheers mate. Dreams - nero/zhu

[@jackvolkwyn470]

its called, "generic im a bodyboarder music"

[@GarethRichards-q8z]

4:58 respect legend

[@matthewj9832]

Love the vid but did you use Nate’s music?

[@alistairmills7608]

Great music for the clip.

[@Frostywesst]

RESPECT that was nutts

[@aaronpitts2762]

I surfed deadmans this big. Scored it with Tyson Williams. Biggest beatdown of my life

[@clarkewi]

Heavy stuff

[@jpwl2wl2]

Hard core.

[@ravishingrickyrude303]

Respect

[@phillipadams4691]

Does anyone know the name of this track? I fox with it heavily.

[@maxdodshon]

Dreams -Nero/zhu 👍🏽

[@phillipadams4691]

@@maxdodshon fanks bruv

[@dgordon9645]

I hated boogie boards 🤨 But Respect!!!!!!👀😱🤙

[@RS-sv3bl]

good day for the lids

[@lazer1005]

Im not afraid of water, but I'm very much afraid of heights lol.

[@bluntforc3studios198]

Where is this spot ??

[@alistairmills7608]

We hardly ever see Stationary high pressures west of Tasmania and the one that's driving these incredible swells is 1039 hPa. As High pressures go, that's an enormous H even for Summer conditions when we see this degree of High Pressure. I watch sun wavelengths discharges on a daily basis, Sunspot, Coronal Mass Ejections, X-ray flares etcetera as all earth's weather is driver photo electro magnetically as and that includes the latitudinal transition of High pressures and Low pressures. There is no blocking Low pressure in the Tasman Sea or East of Kiwi land. This is a special event and could last for days to Sunday with continuous Easter Seaboard Onshore swells. What do the ocean swell buoys indicate ?

[@marco_s3025]

yes and a huge huge CME just happened 15 hours ago

[@peterunderdown4374]

Great,loose brave.

[@Jeanetteinnes]

Tons of white water 😮😮😮

[@vvaitkev]

no jet skis, no inflatable life vests... who cares :)

[@maxdodshon]

Boogn 101.

[@notagiantseaslug5523]

Real dumb if you ask me…

[@The98racer]

⁠@@notagiantseaslug5523to close to the rocks for skis, vests are nearly useless cause in 1 wave holdown you’ll be in the rocks. Tell me if they are useful and give me a a reason

[@pesax1]

Heavy!!!!

[@MK-ki1wg]

Madness.

[@user-fu2qc6cv7b]

My herniated disc is applaulding Max and is very jealous!

[@mackakiwinz4353]

Heavy

[@Pabloeskiibra22]

Absolute weapon

[@DXIV12]

off chops bro. you go hard

[@AtollSurfer]

what the band and song ? thanks for the heavy stuff

[@maxdodshon]

Dreams- Nero/ZHU. 👍🏽

[@omniversling]

@@maxdodshon Excellent choice of track for this litlle ripper of a vid...well done bros! And siiiick ledging there Legend!

[@primoshe2]

death on a stick... gotta be insane to go out there in that... most guys realized that they could not stand up and just body surfed in... still the drops were straight down 20ft or more and the churning action intensely powerful... can anyone say death wish...?

[@johnnyboycutter]

What beach was this?

[@grandsupremetoru558]

when was this?

[@PostcardsfromtheGong]

pretty sure this was a couple of years ago .

[@gōl-z3x2x]

Woa!

[@josephparko]

Richie looks like he’s about to punch out 12 yours of work haha

[@maxdodshon]

He's on smoko.

[@nicholasbazarow4135]

12 foot lol / love the way surfers talk down how big it is. wtf

[@metalboxman99]

25-30 ft faces are what matters.

[@nicholasbazarow4135]

@@metalboxman99 that’s it . Imagine if we measured building by the local surfer measuring system . Face slap.

[@nicholasbazarow4135]

@@metalboxman99 agree

[@anthonybernardfamily9258]

Gnarled is the most popular gnarled song in this country and it’s not even close to being a top ten song album in the country world and I love that for it so far but it’s gnarled is a great gnarled song 🎵 I and my friends like to hear it every time we go out of to see it and it just hits the right notes 🎶 it’s a good great make or make song and I it’s just so a song I don’t make it make sense to anymore I just don’t like to hear the lyrics anymore and myself or myself and it’s just so I just don’t want myself and myself and to me to do that and I just want you to know I love to hear the it is so a song that is myself to myself and that’s what it sounds is myself I myself and I don’t love you have a lot to me do it is makes sense I to me and that’s all what you know what you I don’t want you to hear me I and myself of the window 🪟 to make be like 👍 but I just like want a to myself of the window to be honest and I love to you have to do be a little lot more to make you me and I that’s all why I don’t want you and know that you can hear you can know of myself and you I love don’t know of myself I don’t love me and I love me you don’t care what I don’t love myself you I of myself of joy and love me and I don’t love you and of mysterious of you I know I that is not what it was like I just love ❤️ you and so much more of your love and myself your myself and I your family are so precious and I will love 💗 you more and more I love will you guys and I your family love 💗 you 7:25 7:27 myself I myself I and you and guys I am a lot more love and you and guys I don’t love and you know guys and you know that I you and you and know I myself be myself and I love don’t worry I love you 💕 love ❤️ and I’m not gonna get to see each you have 7:47

[@Thisonegoestoeleven666]

Core.

[@flickyt4709]

Thats fkm insane

[@MrJohanOne]

BIIIIIIIG

[@micknkazslater5977]

Nope nope nope nnnnnnoooooope no way ...... balls of steel.

[@jarradrees500]

Where is this?

[@empiresrikesfat]

Stradbroke Is

[@2aa2aa2]

0:55 '12 footer' bleached fringe beanie boy with the massive claim

[@adamwaz5615]

That beanie boy is the forecaster for swellnet! I think he knows waves heights better than you! 😆

[@skymonkey5]

​@@adamwaz5615 craig knows his stuff 👍