SKOOKUMCHUCK NARROWS; tidal rapids eXpLAiNeD

[@Nick-zy9tx]

So stoked you could come out and ride skook with me! We got such an epic level and so many awesome moments with the crew. I'll get Dave Malcom to fish you out of the tour, so you can upload your next episode!

[@jerrybow8779]

Epic spot bro, where’s your accent from? You sound kinda kiwi/aussie

[@NelsonMuntz1]

​@jerrybow8779 aussie here, he sounds aussie to me

[@Pumphouse652]

GOING ON TOUR

[@Pumphouse652]

In CANADA

[@jimmycricketlopez2746]

Yeah bro so stocked bro. Kowabunga bro let's grow our hair longer and not wash it for a week bro then go surfing and smoke some sea weed bro and then eat some lucky charms together bro without wetties bro. Yeah bro

[@grumpasmirf]

Paddling in to surf this wave is a high light in my life. Surfing that wave and looking at the seaweed and starfish visible on the bottom is indeed mesmerizing. Paddling back in the dark with the seals and the incandescent alge lighting up the bow wave and paddle strokes was surreal.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Epic 🙌 wow incandescent algae ! That must’ve been magic 🪄

[@fprductions]

this is the main representation of the sport celebrating one another's waves and taking the shitty ego to the side. well done Dylan.

[@jimmicane]

He does it again!! Dylan Graves is the greatest KZbinr of all time 👏

[@DiamondRidgeMusic]

His content is so wholesome and well edited. What do we gotta do to get this man to 100k?!

[@brodiwheeler7583]

Best Surf YT Channel guarantee everytime!

[@AronRovers]

not a single video of yours has ever been dissapointing! keep em coming!

[@DylanGravesYT]

So glad to hear it 🍻’s ! I plan to :)

[@AronRovers]

@@DylanGravesYT still waiting for that perfect northsea swell to invite you to score here 😊

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@AronRovers me too

[@blackedmirror5073]

Canada?

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@blackedmirror5073 yes

[@ethanroberts1169]

Love seeing Canada finally having some representation. Its a special place!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Love Canada 🙌 glad to have gotten the opportunity ❤to

[@landscapingbyoasis]

Love that we are all just playing in the water. Such a great perspective! Awesome video.

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@landscapingbyoasis 🙌

[@Levi_Allen]

I love that you made this! Thanks for taking us along

[@DylanGravesYT]

My pleasure 🍻’s for watching

[@n7narcosis]

This is the greatest greatness that I've seen on this great platform on this (now) great day. Thank you for creating this.

[@msanchez5571]

Incredible, love the shots of the kayakers getting so down. I feel like we’re all connected by this flow state that we’re all searching for and crave. I get mine from snowboarding, and love to watch these videos in the off season to keep my stoke up. Love this epic venture that you are documenting Dylan!!

[@DylanGravesYT]

That’s exactly right cheers buddy really appreciate the support 🙌 snowboard, surf, skate, kayak, we all after the same thing ❤️one love

[@ben3989]

So good! Skookumchuck lives in my head as one of the wonders of the northwest.

[@DylanGravesYT]

💯 I back that

[@endangeredmarmot4518]

Flippin' cool. I've been down there to watch the kayakers, but surfing looks like even more fun!

[@RottenlyMoodyChild]

Hahaha that dude with his family at the start was such a vibe! 😂 so hype! "It tells you where the whirlpools are" So gnarly, Dylan! Loved this one 💚

[@DylanGravesYT]

He set the tone for us 💯! Such a special place, glad u enjoyed :)

[@FreshwaterFloof]

Classic Canadian really. That’s a fairly normal interaction up here.

[@laurenjager297]

​@@FreshwaterFlooftime to leave SoCali. So dangerous down here. Bums everywhere.

[@laurenjager297]

​@@DylanGravesYTthat was such a fun one!❤️

[@nathanway803]

I get so stoked when you publish. Thanks for the effort. Favorite channel.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Wow, thank you! Glad to hear it 🙌

[@mikeyp3694]

I watch my fair share of surf videos and this one is among the best.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Hell yeah thank u 🙏

[@thhhx]

In awe at Dylan’s ability to beautifully capture these stunning places, people, and cultures. One of your best yet!!! I would watch a super extended edit as well!

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@thhhx 🙌 thank u ! I try my best to do these places and experiences justice ❤️ there’s a lot more footage that hit the cutting room floor maybe I will someday

[@DanielLane]

Another killer video Dylan! Stoked to see a large tidal rapid, yet another interesting place to surf

[@DylanGravesYT]

The list keeps growing. This surf stuff is getting cooler by the second

[@williamnichols1914]

Awesome Video. There's so much beauty in two sports being able to converge in such a fashion. A collidning of similar but different worlds in a sharing of passion for water is poetic beyond belief. Keep up the good work out there.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Yes, exactly 👍

[@micahbones3658]

Best surf vid I have seen this year!

[@krishorrocks639]

Made it to Skook for the first time this summer and watched the kayakers. Such a great vibe out there. Awesome to see you surfing it!

[@Atraslin]

Cool zone 0:22 ! Awesome to see the original rider getting it done.

[@DylanGravesYT]

💯

[@k1ng5urfer]

Another incredible video man! You just showed me a part of BC i've never seen in all my time there. Love it when you upload dude. So quality every time.

[@danhodgins4015]

The Skook is crazy! Great that you got to see that part of British Columbia.

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@danhodgins4015 one for the books 💯

[@gee4zfpv]

Fantastic video!! I lived in Egmont and worked on that water for 18 years! The “Chuck” is massive water and 16’ tide changes… best perspective I’ve seen on the Big Water in a long while!

[@timvertz3687]

What a beautiful place! Looks like so much fun to experience with a lot of cool people.

[@thequestforzest]

The whole outro/ending of this was so ON! LOVE.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Hell yeah thank u 🙏

[@ericschrdr]

Very awesome!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@remymetailler]

That's so cool! Looks absolutely scary though!

[@barryfagan8558]

Ill never forget doing a hike to come and see these standing waves at high tide at 14.. It was one of the first times I really saw the power of the ocean / rivers first hand. Incredible that you guys are out there surfing that! Next level!!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Truly a white water wonder of the world 🌎 I feel grateful to be able to play in it like we did, memory is seared in there ❤

[@beezersurf]

Once again great job Dylan. That was awesome.

[@JohanBart1]

Love water and love the way all you guys play in it. Awesome video.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank you 🤗

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Thanx 4 sharing Great tidal surf footage! Phenomenal setting! Music decent, except could've left out the gooify whistling over it @ end.

[@itsgoretecks]

Great video, always had an eye out for skookumchuk vids, this one is top tier

[@DylanGravesYT]

Me too, magical place. Thank u 🙏

[@DmcHwick]

I grew up right up the highway from the skook, so cool to see such a hidden spot showcased like this

[@DylanGravesYT]

🙌

[@jrgenhjelseth3971]

I am blessed to have a riverwave throwing barrels head high all for myself and 5 other locals. Just 30 minutes from my home. LFG. Cool video.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Mental !

[@HyperionMV]

I have traveled the world and done so many cool things and this is one of the few things I have seen in a long time that feels unique and special and makes me want to go try it out. What a fantastic experience!

[@FlyFishMike_]

Ya'll have brass cojones that I will never have! Wow~!! Incredible piece of water and some great filming as well. Nice work and congratulations on surviving the Tour!

[@randyolsen8648]

Thank you for always being able to make us feel like WE were there.

[@DylanGravesYT]

I try my best 🙌 thank you for your continued support 🍻’s

[@KG-rn8cy]

Incredible, what a magical spot! Thanks for sharing. Beautiful video. Makes me never want to surf near my home on the East Coast of Australia again!

[@MachuDidgeridoo]

My fondest memories of my whole sports life are surfing Skooks, kayaks of course... love you all had the balls to board it! Tho, wear a PFD next time... the channel is super deep and those whirlpools have sank large boats before... and one surfer!

[@DylanGravesYT]

I believe it! Will do

[@DrTofutybeast]

The chuck' was kind to you.

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@DrTofutybeast I believe it

[@kookvision9295]

Hey Dylan, we have a similar (but smaller and bumpier) river/tidal wave here in Limerick city, Ireland. It needs a near spring low tide to function, but also needs a decent flow in the river Shannon. In the winter the flow in the river is too strong, the water levels never get low enough to break. Almost an exclusive spring /early winter wave. The window in autumn is very small but possible. Very weird wave. Never seen another surfer on it, but there is a group of kayakers who are on it every day it is working. They are delighted to see a surfer turning up. Great bunch

[@DylanGravesYT]

Wow very cool… would love to check it out sometime, have y surfed it before ? Would love to hear more info, can u send me a message on IG?

[@powderpaul1990]

I still remember seeing the wave for the first time in the surf movie "Keep Surfing" from some fellow Munich river surfers in 2009. I really enjoyed seeing more of the wave, thanks Dylan!

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@powderpaul1990 wow rad, never saw that one … is it on KZbin ?

[@DiamondRidgeMusic]

You are awesome Dylan. Thanks for taking us on your adventures and crafting these videos so nicely. You educate the viewer but it’s also an easy watch like Surfers of Bali or Beefs TV. Stay awesome Mr. Graves ✊

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@DiamondRidgeMusic thank u for watching and supporting 🙌 comments like these help keep me out there 🍻

[@bjornhorch7521]

You’re amazing man. Ur videos get me so stoked

[@DylanGravesYT]

I appreciate that 👊

[@MattManuel]

Thanks for this. Great video. I took a boat through Skook but never through those waves. You are brave!

[@marcelboogaard3809]

Dylan, was Nicks board shaped that way to stop it curling or did the nose come off in a previous outing. Also where’s he from?

[@Nick-zy9tx]

Hi Marcel, I started shaping my own boards shortly after I started surfing Skook. The squared-off board I designed to give maximum floatation and surface area to catch the wave at the largest of flows. It's a playboat/ mini-sim inspired hull. The green one is more of a groveller. I'm from Sydney, Australia originally, moved to Canada in 2017 and started surfing Skook in 2020. Nick

[@marcelboogaard3809]

@@Nick-zy9tx thanks for the info Nick. Lived in Surrey Hills for 5 years in the early nineties.

[@happysurfingokinawa181]

That is so very cool...what an adventure!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@JeKla17]

Sick video. Thanks for sharing. amazing to watch.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@msanchez5571]

Thanks!

[@gustavomamor]

Fantastic good energy!!🎉✨💫 Thanks for sharing your experience 🙏✨🇧🇷

[@DylanGravesYT]

❤❤❤ pouring all I have into these, thanks for watching 🍻

[@Babypapayaproductions]

Thank God I subscribe. I needed this. How ethereal. I’ve never seen such a long standing face like that. The carves were unreal

[@DylanGravesYT]

🙌thank you 🍻’s

[@sterlingmorgan9899]

Really enjoying the surf documentary style videos!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank you 🙏 glad to hear it 🙌

[@Manudefillo]

amazing quality and content dude, that waves looks rad!!!

[@jesse_bone]

Welcome to Canada, Dylan, another great video. Music, is on point! Whirlpools are gnarly.

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻’s thank you 🙏 happy to be here :) and survive the whirlpools 🤯

[@_eric_phillips]

Such raw surfing! Incredible episode Dylan!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank u

[@jerrymcarthur2062]

Been wanting to do this for a while! Nice to see surfers getting along with other craft in the water for once.

[@cryptohitlist9324]

I really enjoy how you and your crew tell stories. Organic good vibes.

[@frankling9840]

That is a bloody fantastic vid, so interesting and some rad surfing

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank u 🙏

[@Theinspectionkit]

Magical for sure! That’s a ton of water moving! Refreshing content. Thank you!

[@jacksprat9972]

Wow! That was super cool. A+ video in every respect.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Much appreciated! Thank you for tuning in 📡

[@rossstevenson4616]

This video is a smile generator! Thanks again!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Haha I like that :)

[@WjB_96792]

Unreal guys! That thing looks kinda fun when its in that swelly green stage especially!

[@Lakesurfer618]

Super sick one Dylan, as a freshwater surf junkie I think a river wave is a must try. Loved the tunes as well!

[@joshoos77]

Absolutely Incredible💥

[@samuelajones]

The first person view is hypnotic

[@CantThinkofaCoolOne]

There is something uniquely nice about an overcast and damp day in nature. 10/10 as always Dylan.

[@Alexanderlee904]

Classic. Some super stoked dad just dadding along with his kids. Wholesome

[@DylanGravesYT]

💯

[@topherdean1024]

Nice. Our plastic fantastic fantasies. I have never surfed a river wave or tidal bore, but it looks really fun and chill. A wave that you don't wait for, go when you want. I really love your down to earth vibe instead of the usual ego drive in most surf videos. Keep up the good work.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank u! Certain river waves / tidal bores can be super fun, sometimes chill, but even tho they look small ( or chill) this can be deceiving, as the amount of water you are riding is usually more than you deal with on any wave of similar size in the ocean … but as long as you’ve taken the necessary safety precautions into account and are feeling comfortable with your exit strategy, it can be extremely fun and at times chill :)

[@topherdean1024]

@@DylanGravesYT Ya, I can imagine. I've seen guys ride the Waimea river mouth when they dig out the sandbar, but that's the only standing wave I know of in Hawaii and I don't live on Oahu. I'll just stick to old school paddle in ocean waves. 🤔 But I remain open minded, you never know.

[@pickle6759]

Hahah legend . “I always wanted to end up on tour “ it seems the music never stopped

[@DylanGravesYT]

😂

[@leftymagoo2710]

Hey Dylan, Great surfin’. Your stoke to ride the good , bad and ugly is inspiring. Keep up the adventures. 🙏

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank u 🙏 that’s what it’s all about ❤️

[@courkier]

This made my day. I love the pure joy and sharing the beauty of the water here. Thanks for always pulling through for use keyboard warriors to get our fun vicariously between our days on the water, Dylan!

[@DylanGravesYT]

🫡

[@jamesYoungs-q2j]

I want that ride! Very cool and nonstop (almost)

[@DylanGravesYT]

It’s a worthy bucket lister 💯

[@Deeboskim]

Wow crazy wave! Nice job capturing it with the locals

[@Verymuchmystifying]

I used to practice freestyle kayak when I was younger and now I'm surfing. Great to watch those two in the vid. I like ur content Dylan, cheers from France 👍🏼

[@DylanGravesYT]

Mercí! Santé 🍻

[@abelardoperez7623]

Jeeezzz, I am an avid surfer and I went there but never imagined that I could surfing. Very COOL video and riding. Cheers

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thanks! 👍

[@tylertastemaker]

This episode was so great!!!

[@Nath-sn1mv]

Black waves.. awesome mate

[@BUILDYBUNCH]

Amazing! I think I'll leave that wave to you guys. Crazy 🤪

[@blueman5924]

Woooowwwwww. That is cool. 👍👍

[@Pnaply]

Love the stoke, so good!

[@dylanBPK]

What a fantastic video! Such an interesting spot and subject and you are such an incredibly gifted story teller. Well done sir, so very well done. 👏👏👏

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@bryanbowles09]

Sick!! I grew up on the Sunshine Coast and stoked you did a video shredding the chuck.. 🤘🏻

[@DylanGravesYT]

Amazing zone ❤️ thank u 🙏

[@santosguife]

your videos have the best vibe!

[@measures_of_distance]

Dylan seems like a such a rad dude!

[@charlesgronloh]

Dylan Graves the ambassador of stoke!!!

[@arvdosal]

Otro fantástico video !!! Los canadienses son buena gente. Thanks mate !

[@stevemckenna9667]

spiritual video. i teared up. thanks :)

[@DylanGravesYT]

🙌❤️

[@christopherkane2842]

That was so Mesmerizing‼️ epic rides wow

[@DylanGravesYT]

❤️

[@BrodieOutdoors]

Mesmerizing for sure! Has me trippin over here.

[@JeffreyMoyer-ms7nv]

This is mesmerizing!

[@E.M.D.R.]

I know the pre-surf jitters but your first entrance and pop up was flawless! Cheers!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Was ready to get dunked but always nice to pop straight up 🙌❤️

[@robpace881]

well that is nuts

[@huebdoo]

Skookum (Big) Chuck (water) isnt too far from Earls Cove just south of Powell River and norht of Sechelt on the BC coast. Porpoise Intet is on a shelf and that shelf and tidal change is the main reason for Skookumchuck ... its a pretty wild place, I remember a video when I was younger of a Tug and Barge going under getting caught in the slack tide. pretty crazy spot and if you ever miss the ferry to Powell River, it was always fun to drive down and watch it go

[@DylanGravesYT]

Wow crazy !

[@jameslangridge1674]

"It tells you where the whirlpools are..." Man, that is a scary sentence to hear right before a surf session if ever I heard one! Well done for making the tour.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Yes 💯 just trying to hide my nervousness with dumb jokes ! 😂

[@StoriedSouls]

Another great video wow, you made that look so fun 🔥

[@tonyhowes669]

Great vid. It shows the essense of skooks very well. Good god do boards cover the wave faster than the boats! I surfed there a week years ago from 14.8 to 16kts. Was this one around 15 to 16? Greenout i think is around there. Would love to see a proper oceak surf kayak there to compare speeds too

[@AEVMU]

First time I have heard of tidal surfing! Sweet.

[@filipmelichar5244]

Nice !! What does the whirlpool do? Can't get out of it? Why don't you also use a vest like kayakers?

[@DylanGravesYT]

Take you deep really quickly and once you go deep your under layers of water behaving erratically, and it may be hard to figure out when to make your push back to the surface without panicking 😬 My theory was if I can paddle better and avoid whirlpools altogether that made me go for not having a vest as opposed to wearing one and ending up in the same scenario with more gear on 🤷‍♂️ once your in a whirlpool vest or no vest it’s keeping you down for as long as it wants

[@filipmelichar5244]

@@DylanGravesYT Thanks for the explanation. It's a dangerous but fantastic river wave. Fingers crossed for that tubesteak ride 🤟

[@AtortAerials]

Pretty epic and you seem like a cool chill dude too. 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@ausdenbergen7206]

Damn What a gooood video! Very fun to watch!!!

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻’s thank you!