Chasing a big storm swell to Cornwall, UK

[@ChilledFilms]

Watching this from my home in Cornwall and loving that you had such a typical Cornish surf experience 😂 Sloppy beach breaks in the gray wind and rain. Beautiful.

[@KalesBroccoli]

😂

[@SB-vh9bs]

​@@KalesBroccoli you need a pure groveller board 95% of the time in the UK. Something like a Lost Puddle Jumper because the waves are just so soft and slow, even if there's a bit of size.

[@christophermathews313]

That experience of driving the coastline and getting skunked, ending back at South Fistral is very relatable! Great to see you in Kernow

[@KalesBroccoli]

😅 good to know haha

[@aktv5507]

Thats the Fistralia dream.

[@Bighag100]

So true!!!! Drive, check, drive check, drive to S Fistral, drive and check 11 other spots and end up back at S Fistral.

[@garthkite]

Done that many times. Shame it wasn't working for Praa or Porthleven

[@_permanence]

The Wave, London rain and trips to Newquay…. My life in a nutshell! 😂

[@KalesBroccoli]

😂

[@bm7586]

Same here !

[@damiancurrie6991]

Been watching your vids for years, such a trip to see you surfing the same breaks I surf. Good on you mate! :)

[@KalesBroccoli]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@KalesBroccoli]

Thanks Damian!

[@RikAbramss]

Hey guys good morning! I'm a 58-year-old guy making breakfast here in the US Olympia Washington where there are no waves just wanted to say thank you for putting this on for me to watch while I make breakfast your video is the most exciting video I can find while I'm making breakfast just to let you know

[@RikAbramss]

Originally I'm from Los Angeles I grew up as a kid that loved going to the beach that being said I am a surfer to unfortunately living in a place where there are no waves

[@KalesBroccoli]

Thank you Rik!! Happy brekky 😃😃

[@lewisnoisy4224]

great to see you checking out my home town! super stoked to see someone i grew up learning from now surfing all of my local spots albeit poor conditions, Cornish weather...

[@KalesBroccoli]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@adamdavey7609]

You are in my ends!! 🙌 good to see you there

[@cornishrider]

Great to see you in my backyard! Do come back again and give it another go!

[@KalesBroccoli]

Hope to !

[@sideman4501]

As a Newquay local, 17:00 that guy is paddling into the harbour - some people get in/out there instead of on the beach front. And Kale, fistral is a typical beachie - if you want to surf better waves in Cornwall next time head to somewhere like Porthleven which is a far more advanced spot with barrels when conditions are right. Recommend checking some footage out on YT. It is deeper in the south but 100% worth the trip if it is on - beautiful down there too.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Yes I checked but no cigar with the wind - I think it pumped the day after I left 🥹

[@KalesBroccoli]

Yes I checked but no cigar with the wind - I think it pumped the day after I left 🥹

[@ianmajor8227]

Annoyingly that’s the waves we get in Cornwall most of the time. British surfers must be the most motivated surfers in the world to keep putting ourselves through the constant struggle.😂

[@KalesBroccoli]

I love it !

[@craig8638]

Come to Sonoma County in California. It will make appreciate how good you have it. 😅

[@nielskusters7006]

Try the Netherlands

[@ianmajor8227]

@@nielskusters7006 🤣 I lived in Holland for a short while, had to take up kitesurfing

[@nielskusters7006]

​@@ianmajor8227 its fun tho, every session is a (mostly Stormy) mission, and we would consider these UK waves as epic 🫡

[@NomadWA]

As an expat living in WA from North Devon. It was so refreshing to watch this. I think what you described is the wave speed is slower compared to AUS. Literally waves roll into the beach slower so you’re surfing has to slow down in part. It looked like you were rushing everything and missing the power section of the wave. I had major trouble picking stepping up the pace when I first came to WA, AUS. Regardless great episode and happy travels!

[@KalesBroccoli]

I went full kook mode

[@Passionate_living]

Great to see you in Cornwall bro in my home! Super interesting hearing your take on the waves, it for sure gets good, but I have noticed the more time I spend away surfing waves in the tropics etc, every time I come back I feel I can't surf fat conditions like these same as you said...twinnys I guess bro. The banks play SUCH a huge role in the waves for us like any beachy, combined with massive tides and relentless W/SW winds, just gotta find the right banks and tides....plenty more spots outside Newquay bro...give it another shot 😝

[@KalesBroccoli]

I’ll give it another go one day!!

[@richardmayo6616]

Lol. Still wearing my 4/3. The sea is toasty this time of year! 😉

[@tobiassavage6383]

I live in Cornwall, we get some good day now and again. Few good reefs that work now and again. We have a wave most days somewhere, whether its south cost or the North. The occasional time i go abroad to surf is a very special treat!

[@DavidGibson-se1ev]

How cool work events overseas you have a great following and the joy you get seeing people progress in their surfing journey is so good. I have never been to Europe but you are so right their history is mind blowing Enjoy it’s great to see people do at what they love. Thanks Dave

[@KalesBroccoli]

Thanks Dave 🙏🏽

[@nico-em7qu]

Great video, and you accurately captured how bad the surf is here 90% of the time,

[@KalesBroccoli]

😂

[@Christopher12345xy]

Nice to see an Aussie shocked at how expensive things are here 🤣

[@KalesBroccoli]

It hurts

[@paulsumner8797]

It hurts living here! So good to see you exploring up the coast. Right where our breaks are.. frustrating eh 😂​@@KalesBroccoli

[@garthkite]

I went to Melbourne in 2007 and I thought the same, i couldn't believe how expensive it was, how the tables have turned only its worse because we earn way less too. Joke economy!

[@Christopher12345xy]

@ 100% mate, I know things are bad in Aus but I’ve had 2 friends move there this year for a better life, yes the weather and outdoor lifestyle definitely helps, but they’re on a lot more money there and say it’s actually cheaper, this country is doomed.

[@garthkite]

@@Christopher12345xy I'd move there tomorrow I very nearly did, I couldn't leave my family to rot here, gotta go down with the ship.

[@collinssamueld]

In all honesty this film is full of pretty standard 'good' conditions for Cornwall 🤣

[@ChrisDamara]

This is nostalgic. I'm in Sumatra now but this video makes me want to go back to Newquay somehow 😆

[@GeorgeDarwall]

Love seeing you down here in good old Cornwall

[@KalesBroccoli]

So fun!

[@antonlongman.865]

best vid I've watched you do makes me glad i switched to mids in the uk too, shorts boards are just too much work for me especially in wales keep up the good work and being 100% honest loved it .

[@KalesBroccoli]

🙏🏽❤️ thank you!!

[@stevegrose9034]

Love your enthusiasm for the blackberries 😊 cant beat an apple and blackberry pie with icecream 😋

[@KalesBroccoli]

😍😍

[@kiernoify]

Great surfing man, only been to Cornwall once, looking forward to going back soon.

[@janblom5729]

this vid is so relatable. moved to newqay from cali and honestly after surfing fistral it made HB feel like a wave pool, but otherwise still had some of my best waves at fistral on the bigger days. other than north\south fistral i would check out a wave called little fistral at the far northern end of fistral beach on a low tide, there’s a dreamy little right hander there and sometimes there’s no one out lol, i would also check out gwithian & porthmeor, but thx for visiting

[@KalesBroccoli]

Appreciate the tips 🙏🏽

[@ouriceira]

My left ear loved your voice

[@4dadream]

Hell yeah brockoli!! Massive vibes from Peru, that episode with The Gravy was fire!

[@KalesBroccoli]

🙏🏽❤️

[@timwannell6477]

Gutted Kale, if I'd have known you were coming to our neck of the woods down in the Westcountry I would have tried to sort out some coaching. Love your videos, very clear and technical. Hope you enjoyed our shores!

[@KalesBroccoli]

If you’re on my mailing list you’ll never miss out :) kalebrock.com.au/surf

[@my_family5352]

So sorry I missed you at The Wave, Kale. I was on the left while you were running one of your sessions on the right!

[@elliottjonesmusic]

Sickkk video, glad to see you in the UK! Those backside 360s were sweeeeet.

[@KalesBroccoli]

❤️🙏🏽🤙🏽

[@ChilledFilms]

You need to go check out far south west Cornwall too! Such a different vibe and some great waves tucked away

[@KalesBroccoli]

Next time 👌🏽

[@jonniejlo]

Nice perspectives. I found the same surfing in Wales, felt like a total kook at first. Then came home to SA and surfed Day Street to remember I could actually surf. Led to a nice learning curve and actually made me a better surfer and person for it. The amount of water moving from those 8-10m tides is crazy! The connection to history is nice and I always thought it was so lacking in Australia. It's charming at the start but after living in central/eastern Europe it becomes quite limiting to progress and mindset. Interesting!

[@KalesBroccoli]

Middleton and fistral would get along

[@KalesBroccoli]

😅😃

[@jonniejlo]

@@KalesBroccoli Fistral: "So Middleton... what ya got?" Middleton: "Sharks" Middleton: "So Fistral.. what ya got?" Fistral: "Tea" :D

[@leonnikoo]

Thanks for making this, I have been living in Newquay for the last two years but recently left there. I was wondering if I should go back, but after watching this, it reaffirmed my decision because the weather is like that, about 70 percent of the year. Good that you got some surf in!

[@KalesBroccoli]

😂 oh no what have I done !

[@leonnikoo]

​@@KalesBroccoliTo be fair, you probably got it on the worst days

[@mjr1955]

Hi mate, Aussie here living in UK, I should have shouted out to ya to stay with us but we are not near the coast unfortunately. Hope you had a good trip mate. Love the laugh on the 'fat and sloppy' comment - too funny. Love the content and connects me back to my lifestyle as a grommet growing up on the beach in Sydney.

[@KalesBroccoli]

🙏🏽🙏🏽 cheers brother

[@gofiodetrigo8756]

and that's what it is a one minute pumping for just two turns at least it wasn't crowded thanks for sharing

[@KalesBroccoli]

🙏🏽❤️

[@charlie_robin]

Just come back from Cornwall haha awesome!

[@finalben7]

I never realized until this video that surfing Britain and the PNW is so similar.

[@MarkFranklin-ws5jf]

Leaving my birthplace of Hawaii for an extended non surfing trip (2 months)to London was worry some because I knew my gills would dry up. Unexpectedly, I enjoyed 14 days of London so much. Probably the international capital of the world. Then my paid botanical tour of the countryside for 6 weeks. I angered the crew chief by finding a way to swim in the ocean 30 days out of 45, even in the Orkney and western isles. Nice video! Good memories

[@KalesBroccoli]

🙏🏽

[@k4fins405]

Let's not forget how ridiculously busy it gets as well 😆

[@Cabrinhakite]

Awesome Video Kale visit the Highlands of Scotland in the future we would love to have you

[@KalesBroccoli]

One day for sure 👍🏽

[@josemanuelgarciaotero9393]

Travel further west to Ireland mate, your view will change. It's actually being a solid autumn in the mid/west slabs and points

[@KalesBroccoli]

One day. Didn’t have the time this trip. I definitely plan on it

[@mattkaylor6212]

Great vlog Kale - safe travels 🤙🏼🦘

[@KalesBroccoli]

Merci 🙏🏽

[@nickstarboy]

Its pretty tide sensitive. A lower tide might've had more punch, though it looked fairly low....

[@IncrediblePlanet1]

There’s a big surf festival called Boardmasters in Newquay every summer, definitely worth going if you ever get the chance! Saw Damian Marley there a couple years ago

[@GregorStevens-b5d]

Had a great day with you at Bristol, hope to do another pool or resort retreat in the future! As for Cornwall, its not much but it's honest 😀

[@KalesBroccoli]

lol Looking forward to next time brother 👍🏽🤙🏽

[@Outlook2025]

It’s great to see you in the UK and surfing the places like The Wave and Cornwall where I surf. I’m originally Kiwi, and I wonder if you’d ever consider doing a similar thing in Nee Zealand. Piha etc. would just like to watch the video really. Cheers.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Can’t wait to go to New Zealand !

[@sorenhuttemann2498]

Quite a contrast to our Maldives trip. Hope you have some fun in the waves anyway. Looking forward to the next resort with and the guys.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Big contrast! Looking forward to it mate 💪🏽👊🏽

[@FathomsMusic]

Hilarious he’s hooded up this is literally the warmest the sea gets😂

[@bennyday1175]

Its November... really the warmest? 😅

[@paulsmith5167]

Definitely not true, warmer in summer.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Addressed this in video 😅

[@FathomsMusic]

@ sea temp pretty much, global warming innit

[@capcorn100]

Those hedges have walls inside them. Be careful how close your van gets to them! 😬

[@vincentkr3w]

Gotta love the UK surf vibes! Seems like a real community🤙 On European history: it may be more apparent yet what we're being taught today is unfortunately not so true... beautiful buildings regardless!

[@buddafinger]

I thought you were in the Windmill when the vid started. Welcome to London 🙌

[@KalesBroccoli]

🙏🏽 thank you!

[@robwilliams1789]

“There were guys out there surfing really well - certainly not me” literally verbatim what I say to my girlfriend when I get home from a surf in Newquay 😂

[@KalesBroccoli]

😂

[@georgej_28]

You want to get good wedges and tubes you need to ask the bodyboarders. They have the inside scoop 😁

[@thestow35]

Hi Kale. Keen to hear about the board you are riding...if you are just catching up with the hype, or if you have your own 'secret sauce'

[@KalesBroccoli]

kalebrockdesigns.com :)

[@archiecox8245]

I surf Newquay a lot it has some of the best waves in the UK from what I have experienced. If you want barrels check out Lynmouth, but only works when the swell it's absolutely mad everywhere else. Used to be a secret spot, but now when it's good it's one of the most packed line ups

[@MindSurf248]

Alot of the best YK spots are still semi-secret. And to be honest alot of them aren't in Cornwall.

[@CLANK...]

Ah, mate. Definitely hit up some locals of youre ever in Newquay again. We'd be happy to give you a heads up on the better spots around. Depending on the tide there woulda been some firing wedges just around the corner. Cornwall spots shift about sooo much woth the tide, so you really gotta know what all the banks are doing to properly score. Fistral anything but dead low in the north corner is fat mush. Within a 5 minute drive, however, wedges and barrels galore!

[@KalesBroccoli]

Yah I checked a bunch of spots but must have missed the tide !

[@CLANK...]

@KalesBroccoli you have 1/2h windows, and every spot is different. Usually wana get in before it's good, and surf through the good bank (when you know there's one there). Give newquay boardriders a shout when you're next in town, they'll hook you up (especially if you take out some groms and give them a few tips). Gotta come back for a rebate mate!

[@vincentshapland7250]

Love the honesty about the UK. I have lived in England all my life, not too far from London. I hate how crowded it feels. Maybe it's just me getting old, but I long to live by the coast with hardly anyone around - but is that even achievable these days?

[@KalesBroccoli]

Not cheap! Haha it’s certainly dense

[@henrywalton5967]

Depends how close to the coast you're talking really

[@jaysmartin]

For everyone who doesnt want to look at horrible london or wave pools 20:51 for Cornwall

[@sandywyper]

Try turning your shoulder more to lead the turn. Keep at it man, you'll get there!

[@apzzpa]

You can definitely get barrelled in Cornwall. You just need to know where to look.

[@nx9537]

Nice vlog. Get yourselves to Ireland 🤙🤙

[@KalesBroccoli]

One day in the future !! :)

[@DeanNewman-u6l]

I think what you have shown here is very representitive of the south west. A lot of this slopey wave scenario is due to the big tide range. There are of course better spots, but fistral is a safe bet to get something average most days. Longboards and quad fishes are a must for the uk though.

[@robayre482]

No way man as if you’re in Cornwall. Quite sad that you didn’t have a great time… our waves are quite tricky to get the hang of and it’s always changing.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Still had a great time 😃

[@robayre482]

@ that’s awesome man! Your videos have been a huuuge help to me

[@sheaz7553]

Weird seeing the hometown on one if these vlogs haha. Pretty much UK surf summed up. There are good waves occasionally, but it's far less consistent than other surf locations. I actually had the opposite experience when i first arrived in Sydney. The waves here just break harder, faster, and shallower so took me a couple of sessions to adjust.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Love the variation across the globe!!

[@joshfoster9785]

welcome to british surfing grey and cold yet that was a mild day!

[@rls8599]

Kale! Largest WaveGarden in Europe just opening in Edinburgh next week - are you coming?!?

[@KalesBroccoli]

Hope to one day!!

[@robbieevans6536]

The water temp here where I live on the East Coast in America is the same temp 59deg F....If the air was cold i would probably wear a hoodie with my 3-2 mm suit, maybe even booties.

[@AlexanderOffer]

Kale, you were staying about 5mins from where I live! Hilarious!! UK waves are about half the power for the size of an equivalent wave in the Pacific. I spent 3 years living on the E coast of Japan and then moved to Australia for a period so have experienced this first hand. SW France benefits from an ocean trench that funnels and concentrates swell giving it more punch . That’s why your FT felt underwhelming in Cornwall.

[@KalesBroccoli]

So we see

[@KalesBroccoli]

!!!

[@alicichlid6805]

It's just breaks themselves. Fistrals fairly flat really. Plenty of other powerful spots in the UK though, Nathan Florence often shows the Scottish slabs

[@Undergroundffn]

Kale sick vid bro but i think you need to get back on the 72 best surfing youve done on that board you ripp on that thing 🤙🤜🤛

[@KalesBroccoli]

Middy is better :)

[@rootscosmicdubwarriortraveller]

Literally cannot move in the summer months with the amount of tourists that hit up the place.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Yeah surfing in 2024 is busy!

[@ashleyball648]

Thanks so much! My wife and I are stuck isolating with COVID. First time having it, it's brutal. So having your vlog is a really nice escape. Keep up the content!

[@KalesBroccoli]

I hope you feel better soon! 🙏🏽

[@GBLahLah]

Haha you’re on my local spots, how bizarre to see. Did you get ice cream head duck diving? Have a pasty for me I’m in El Salvador.

[@jorisvanimhoff9722]

wow that was a downer...you turned into a whingin pom - must be the water ;)

[@skinrat81374]

Kook lives matter! 😂 Great vlog

[@richardroach5063]

Hi Kale, cant believe you were in Newquay. I live 3 min walk from the Hotel Victoria. Will you be back anytime soon ?

[@KalesBroccoli]

No sorry! Make sure you’re on my mailing list and you’ll hear first about retreats (from Which you might be able to deduct locations haha) kalebrock.com

[@scotchy88]

Didn’t know there was a Broccolini to the Broccoli 😉

[@KalesBroccoli]

🤐

[@bobby9476]

I’ve heard you’re slightly portly 😂 (love you really!)

[@KalesBroccoli]

😂😂😂

[@willb3513]

Crantock bro would have been a better choice maybe just over the headland but you need big swell that was tiny we have continental shelf stopping a lot of the power so we often see a 30% drop in swell. Porthtowan gets the steep gnarly shit in big swells that's our supertubos I won't divulge anymore though......

[@danielcattell2943]

Wish i knew you were coaching at the wave

[@KalesBroccoli]

Gotta sign up to my mailing list kalebrock.com.au/surf

[@Nardvens]

What length middy are you riding broccoli, I might have to order one of yours

[@KalesBroccoli]

That’s my 6’5 kalebrockdesigns.com :)

[@MindSurf248]

Yer swell like that in Cornwall you need to know where to find the reefs.

[@dougie1325]

Have you managed to get to Nazaré Portugal yet?

[@learningchannel4176]

Brand of that jacket?

[@Attik76]

do you know what is the diference between summer and winter in Cornwall? we have warm rain in summer 😜

[@bradybythesea]

My mate owns Nalu 🤘🔥

[@justinfitzsimmons1112]

1st world problems Classic!!! Cornwall is a Peninsula with 270 degree swell window just hitting Newquay isnt' the full story, but yeah you probably need a bit more volume & adjusted expectations.

[@Glazydays54]

What happened to the guy that paddled out really far? Hope he made it back

[@Dadaadad268]

He was paddling to the harbour. Completely safe No rips

[@apeman2981]

I take it you'll be coming to Edinburgh to Lost Shore? The timing seems convenient....Edit: removed "to"

[@KalesBroccoli]

Nope not this time

[@apeman2981]

@KalesBroccoli There's always next time. Due to the lack of swell we had this year I got a surf skate in the summer and I've been using that loads. Looking forward to getting in the water to see if any of it will translate.... All the best mate and thanks again for all the informative content.

[@theoldleafybeard]

21:45 the actual Swell Surfing

[@peacepuffz]

yo what models the twinny bro?

[@KalesBroccoli]

kalebrockdesigns.com :)

[@ginjaturtles]

Come to the dark side Kale and become a fish guy 😂😂

[@KalesBroccoli]

I’m a mid guy

[@agathondmiurgus]

0:45 bro is actually Kelly Slater 😮

[@KalesBroccoli]

😅😂

[@JakeTrewby]

When you coming to Ireland

[@KalesBroccoli]

Next time

[@JeremyRasch]

Hi Kale, My surf spot is Del Mar, CA in San Diego. This virtual thing is so cool that I feel like I know you, but I don’t really. Look me up if you’re ever here in San Diego. Oh yeah, and I’d love it if you could use my music sometime in your videos. If that happened, I would know that I made it.😅 Yew!

[@KalesBroccoli]

❤️ 🎵🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@colcob]

Man you've been spoilt if those waves were shitty for you!

[@BobbyMakepeace]

This why I moved to bali.

[@KalesBroccoli]

I’d prefer Cornwall

[@BobbyMakepeace]

Saw your video where the Local kicked the board at you, it happens quite regularly here. But having lived in the UK for 32 years, I needed to get out to the Hot weather.

[@timwannell6477]

London is NOT the best example of English life. Cornwall and Devon are 🤙🤙🤙

[@JayMTB88]

What's a spand of distance 😂😂

[@RocketDog73]

The most English meal you can have is a curry and not roast beef and Yorkshire pudding 😂

[@simmooz3528]

God the UK looks grey on flim

[@dibdab699]

I’m almost certain you didn’t mean to be as condescending as you were…..

[@Dadaadad268]

It's his nature