Hurricane Spit

Hurricane Marie brought an unusual summer swell to Southern California, August of 2014. It was an early morning filled with barrels, brutal falls, and hoots and hollers. The wave of the day that Gabe Venturelli tamed is definitely one to remember.
Film & Edit by Tony Modugno
Music: The Growlers - Barnacle Beat

[@supermarinespitfire1]

the barrel on the last wave of this vid was bloody epic

[@WatermanSurin]

was the ride of his life I reckon

[@tomwdanger]

at 3:53 holeeee crap!! Wave of the year! Sickness

[@sleepinglion1192]

That was like a :32 second barrel

[@planetclay]

talk about getting REWARDED!

[@claytonbrown7120]

Gabe Venturelli is the surfer

[@gordonquigg9389]

Wow, venturelli's ride... It looks like he took off behind the breakwall, got set up going fast, and then got about 30 feet behind where the lip was hitting, but the wave was so hollow that he was still able to come from behind without getting hit. Then he gets pitted three times and travels over three hundred yards. I consider myself an advanced tuberider, and I've seen many growing up in Hawaii, but this has got to be one of the most impossibly deepest tuberides I've ever seen. For the first hundred yards it looks like his board was actually surfing below sea level, and the lip was bouncing out towards shore instead of back up into the tube and disturbing the face, so he was able to ride so much deeper. And then hurricane Marie was an abnormally powerful swell, almost angry hidden super power, which made those barrels pitch so hard that most of the guys couldn't even take off without getting hurled into space. Way to go Mr Venturelli.

[@teamconspiracy]

Gyaad dayum SUBSCRIBE

[@cyberxdeth]

Which was his ride the last one?

[@mydogatemyhomework3768]

Excellent description

[@cory_hugs7850]

My wife just caught me jerken to this marathon tube, could be top 10 all time in history of the earth 🤯

[@parraphrase]

That last barrel. The guy might as well stop surfing now.

[@micahclothier]

parraphrase stop surfing in California

[@davejohnsen8540]

For us more mortals...yes!

[@parraphrase]

@@davejohnsen8540 yeah right.

[@Zanzabar5]

That was the best sandspit barrel ride ever.

[@forbiddenbeat]

Agreed, it’s all downhill from there.

[@nickbassett4091]

1:00 I WOULD BE SO MAD!!!

[@AgainstCronyCapitalsm]

That last wave was fantastic.

[@magorkel1746]

2:25...5 guys pitched out on 1 wave!

[@loganghafouri9799]

3:54 Was definetly the best wave of his life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@markrosenquist8259]

Love Sand Spit! Even the inside are little drainers, if you get one good wave the whole day you’re stoked forever. I’m still stoked on one I got in 98-99

[@BobbyJetty1502]

I just woke up my wife and kids at 1:47 am from hooting at that last barrel dude man got. Oh well at least he knows everyone's stoke level hit the roof for him. So stoked for you brother 🤙🔱🌊

[@William-Bill-Munny]

My one surf spot regret......... I surfed nearly everything from the Ranch in the 1980's down to Mexico not long ago.... and it still hurts watching this from Oregon now lol

[@mrbaz796]

That last ride was SICK - wow !

[@mateoerwin9692]

The last guy just got the best wave of his life

[@BigDaddy-hn7oh]

Whenever I'm having a bad day I watch this video and I'm having a great day that is all

[@jonathanhalloran5350]

2:25 - Daaamn! There must be a sniper in the bushes

[@Scuurpro]

omfg haha

[@JimJones-lc1kv]

no doubt man..3or4or5 of em! olny safe place is in the tube!

[@kevinbrown7322]

there aren't bushes at sandspit

[@ChoedanKal]

i think it was chuck norris

[@marcosb733227]

that was the wave of a lifetime

[@gbayr5086]

dude, that was for sure the ride of his life! i would just soul arch to the beach!

[@xxjoexboixx]

That last wave...damn

[@PLILLY514]

That last wave was incredible🤠😱

[@ACCOUNTANTB]

2nd wave noone did....the guy wiped...tube was loooong.....amazing !! Cheers Rio / Brazil !

[@henryssurfshowcase]

One of the better if not the best days on record here, that SE swell angle so rare to make it in!

[@Devondubya]

damn that last barrel was insane!!

[@mikeoxvereyverymassive20]

I’ve watched this video for years, I love it

[@TheBroLounge]

Guy at 3:00 dodged a really deep barrel.

[@BigB2316SB]

I was thinking the same thing! Still a good one though, but it could've been that much better.

[@claytonbrown7120]

Benjamin Tillotson No, he surfed it perfectly

[@dansmith9855]

@@claytonbrown7120 nah he dodged a nicer barrel

[@wallyfx]

@@dansmith9855 he was in a good position too i was smh lol, still got a nice wave.

[@colewhiden9795]

That last wave though

[@christiank_e_l_l_y783]

Unreal. That last barrel was a dream. I hope he ended on that note. FU*$*ING INSANE SWELL.

[@BigDaddy-hn7oh]

Every time I see this video I think about my buddies at commercial fish up north there at Santa Barbara in a couple of times I actually caught this place on fire this video in particular, California soul for sure, California is overrun hold your ground protect what's yours over and out

[@craiglatimer3295]

That last wave was epic

[@HoStevie]

*What a spot!*

[@jeanqbxx]

80% of the people there shouldn't even be there, too much wave for them.

[@DrNoth]

Beautiful little wave.

[@billjohnson2336]

That last wave though holy smokes!

[@ebarnard23]

3:53 EPIC!!

[@sarugbyjohanbasson]

that last barrel :0 like 30 seconds

[@footballfan7348]

Undoubtedly one of the best waves on the planet !

[@JEFFGUITAR]

What a gift from the gods 🤙

[@zrebrutibreniti]

that last wave was a 10 :)

[@1flat5th]

for the density and proximity, very few burns..

[@adjacircidrao]

AMAZING BARREL...

[@madtom8570]

the dude at 2:30 took a wrong turn and ended up back where he started...

[@SuperHamlet666]

im reporting this for pornography

[@caveira13]

2:25 and the winer is... the wave!!!

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

they should call this spot “snowballs”

[@justinballew4871]

That last one speaks for itself

[@henryssurfshowcase]

Nice saved the best wave for last! 3:47

[@olsim1730]

*in Buzz Lightyear voice "Kooks....kooks as far as the eye can see..."

[@timpani1950]

Finally, a spot where the locals are as obnoxious as those at Swamis

[@gottaluvtheserenity]

Some great action! Thanks for that.

[@drewpaolicelli8835]

Awesome song!!

[@natfrancia7866]

Makes me homesick! Thanks for the vid!

[@bonefishboards]

5 people eating it on one wave was the best.

[@JimJones-lc1kv]

that sound you get in the tube cant be explained...understood or comprehinded...unless you've been barralled atleast once for 5 seconds or more!

[@BoomZoom808]

Great wave

[@jeffg4686]

@0:42 - you can't say you can't find an empty wave out there. there it is. @3:54 - oh, they got a michael peterson guy there, huh? crazy, crazy, crazy.

[@fergferguson7370]

Good video...thanks..like the end ride

[@jakeelsner2963]

sandspit thats my hometown

[@WatermanSurin]

awesome footage!

[@Fredchiodi]

AB solutely amazing

[@greatbriton8425]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!

[@olsim1730]

2:53 guy straightened out for no reason, missing best barrel of the wave...

[@alexwoolford_surf]

the shape of that wave is fucking perfect, sick spot, best vid ever bro :)

[@jac9963]

Breaks like a combination of South Straddie ( "The Other Side"), and Kirra....( Both on Gold Coast, Australia...)... Epic!!!...

[@lalufihirudin6287]

small ,power waves

[@Martinique-surfing]

nice footages !!! good waves

[@pickleforknwiggles634]

If you had a choice between this or Kelly's pool for the rest of your life... solo? If Sandspit broke everyday?

[@luccast.george1499]

2:35 the guy is wearing a helmet lol

[@Travel_Cebu222]

Best.

[@astro4dog]

sick bazza @ 3:55 for sure Matt C

[@Funkythumm]

There’s no hurricanes on the west coast..

[@kirkdunn1379]

Everyone saying guys blowing drop probably cant even stand up yet, lol.....most people in water can barely even surf let alone tackle a spot like that

[@TheSilverSurfisher]

Last Rider Is Norrin And quite RADD!!!! ...(but with hair) ;-)

[@nzrota5298]

Is this the training ground for those with zero respect. Worst blatant drop ins I have seen in a surf vid.

[@keylandro7450]

Kook central

[@DustinKeiser]

surf lower trestles, it's worse!

[@keylandro7450]

Oh yeah forgot about that spot

[@Jetty-xd9yc]

And that's why I love growing up Surfing Newbreak and the Jetty. We don't have those problems ⚡⚡🌊

[@relativetruth8889]

Oh mate shocking... and the dipshit who said it's better than snapper.

[@surfbreakrentals]

it looks s fun out there

[@timpani1950]

Too many snakes that can't make the drop

[@Tyler-mz2sm]

Last wave, totally epic... But I feel like he blew it a little bit. He could have been stalled in that thing the whole way through. I realize that guys head was probably going a mile a min, and couldn't comprehend that he even came out of that barrel on the outside section, but I'm just saying... A little stall on the inside, and this could have been that much crazier.

[@XxSLOANEYxX]

completely mayhem out there tho haha

[@alexfilms6114]

gets any surfer amped up to surf!!!!!

[@WhiteNacho]

The smallest dry tube known to man.

[@williamhanley7031]

What's so small about it. Any big wave rider would be more than happy to get stand up tubes.

[@mikeoliver7679]

The ride at 3:53 was awesome. Way to hang on and make it!

[@kbrown100000]

lol i surfed snadspit on a foam board and mostly every drop the nose would dig into the water and id go over the falls

[@bryanfuknc]

1:01 wtf???

[@clarkewi]

Tough take off.

[@clarkewi]

Good music.

[@petecolonelli2792]

epic

[@bryanzuniga9030]

Too many people drop ins

[@chriscurley4781]

Who was that last wave? Rattitty tat boi?

[@helloitsmehb]

Pssst! Just go to the last 1 min

[@clarkewi]

Can only wonder what backside of Rincon looked like?

[@clarkewi]

Or Fernalds

[@palmenas]

Awsome !:)

[@Yewpyewpyewp]

Where is this?

[@sbmobbin4999]

all these fools who've never surfed here acting like they can make the drops and barrels lol

[@EdwinLap]

A lot of guys burning people...

[@antotrytoskateinzegrass9777]

why everyone is dropping on each other

[@ViniAndradeMusic]

What's the name of this spot?

[@famouskamakani7675]

Wea iz dat spot?

[@josiahambrose924]

2:35 wave 5, surfers 0

[@JETFOURLITRE]

What about the absolute fuck knuckle at 1:02 dropping in!? Kook city 😂

[@gswdeclan]

Sure it looks fun... but if you're not from there you can sit out all day and not get a wave.

[@williamkyte372]

Harbor Bill

[@zackieboy]

2:25 - five kooks in a row fall on the same wave.

[@jacksoncortez7543]

zackieboy I saw hahahahahha fucking barneys

[@79pejeperro]

Too crowded to enjoy

[@tacosurfcindy4681]

wow