Making of 'The Dock'

Back in May, we took a trip to Bali with some of Volcom’s team. We shipped individual pieces plastic and assembled them into what we would later call “The Dock”. For three days, we towed the entire 100 foot, half tonne Dock from Benoa Harbour 13 miles away to a break south of Keramas and filmed. It turned out to be a rather dangerous affair. Actually, afterwards, nearly every surfer spoke of the terror, but more importantly the fun. "I’ve got the same feeling you get when you’re getting barreled so much that you kinda go brain dead because you’ve been having so many crazy and fun times.” Noa Deane after becoming acclimated to the stationary step-off.
“Everything about the dock was dangerous: The whole idea, the ropes in the waves, giant plastic heavy duty industrial blocks coming at your head,” photog Tom Carey, who waddled on the platform snapping photos and dodging it every time it wore a wave on the head told us afterwards. "It’s a miracle no one got hurt. There were some close calls but everyone walked away unscathed."
We’ve received a lot of feedback after releasing this shoot. So, by popular demand, here are some more clips and rides from the shoot. Nothing too cerebral, just a little fun in the tropics.
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[@RealRazorX]

It’s just like...... like real cool and then like the thing is like..... crazy like...... I don’t even know it’s like..... unbelievable.

[@hellothere1202]

RazorX you here? Big fan

[@dvbs3608]

RazorX the fuck are you doing here

[@intensity8912]

That awkward moment when the making of is better than the actual video

[@sammyswank]

The color grading on the interview portions makes everyone look like a gotdam zombie

[@scumbagkyler1959]

its sunscreen you fuck nut

[@macrojr1655]

Its sunscreen

[@sammyswank]

It's nut, you fuckscreen

[@StealthG20]

K

[@BlackYellowGamer]

no, they stay too much in the sun that the skin starts to crack, that could be a cancer of skin. . .

[@thebaynetrain3861]

That poor camera man who is on the dock just gets his ass kicked every wave, lmfao.

[@theprofitmoehammhead4521]

It's great to see that innovation is still alive and well within the sport. Great video!

[@jtmunn420]

Best new idea in surfing I have seen in years

[@ahmadfajarsodiq9531]

We proud of Indonesia, having fun mate :)

[@cmarcabb7869]

..it's really fun to see when you run on the floating platform then you fall, you try to stand up and you fall back in a funny way ...!

[@mikegass2272]

Great idea! A floating dock that flexes with the surf. Looks like it was a hoot!

[@tiffsaver]

CRAZY!!! People are so inventive:)

[@starlight250]

Bless the heart of who ever invented this

[@crisbrackett2067]

Brilliant another new thing to take surfing to yet another level.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Do surfers just talk in one long run on sentence?

[@RandyDrayton]

yes :)

[@samuellinares2001]

Lol

[@josephbishop408]

yeah lol

[@ProSurfCoaches]

The problem is that mommy and daddy thought that home schooling was a good idea

[@alexw8758]

ROFL SO TRUE

[@T3SKATLIPOC4]

...que chingona idea, me gustó

[@clement5392]

2:25 the camera man fell lol.

[@espoonesko783]

Dragfinders Gamers 😂

[@shizukagozen777]

Dragfinders 😅😂😂

[@mariadelasnieves3415]

der Cameramann ist echt verrückt-ob der wohl schwimmen kann?

[@ernestly8961]

Congrats on a creative idea... looked like fun!

[@thedudeabides1881]

This looks hella fun! Noe doesn't look healthy. But damn I could think of a thousand things to do on this thing!

[@BrandonSchmitz]

easily one of the coolest videos ever

[@TJIzzy]

2:24 Would be me filming surfers haha

[@twtwtravelingwiththewind5030]

Good job. Amanzing the dock

[@woolfulrebellion]

The coolest thing I've ever seen.

[@guichiva]

Walking dead surfers

[@isaaclawrence2877]

The Surfing Dead

[@RandyDrayton]

Hang 6! (feet under)

[@id104335409]

Dude, it was like so cool and like, so radical that my mind blew up, dude. And I thought like there's nothing better than just riding the waves, you know. Me: like yeah, totally!

[@themerrigans2734]

Absolutely perfect.

[@FolkLaurr]

That is one of the coolest fun/dumb ideas ever

[@shorefire3747]

THE coolest thing that I've ever seen

[@nelix6276]

5:29 Is he undead ??

[@harryt1450]

probs just suncream

[@erichogan9769]

his lips have color. better get some dragon glass

[@idlehands1111111111]

Sun-damage

[@fishwithawisho774]

FaQ i think his skin is pealling off just like how when you're in the shower and you stay there for too long your skin in your feet starts to peal off but it's just a prediction I'm not 100% sure.

[@blairpalmer3287]

he is wearing zinc cream

[@frankhammer6795]

That looks like fun!

[@steveklick]

That is so cool, I never even thought of that.

[@Henryk5161]

It's like.. too much.. like you know.. like.. like like like.

[@talleyrand299]

Those are some really crispy waves brah.

[@bokchoiman]

"you just like...roll in like..just like...you just like...catch it like....so perfectly

[@TheKruxed]

Now you need an anchor for it and a pair of ski sticks for the camera man :-P

[@movin3148]

The cameraman on the dock to😂😂 comic relief.

[@goutvols103]

Listening to these surfers make babies intelligent.

[@livetyher6669]

What an amazing idea

[@cri_su]

so cool! awesome idea!!

[@cmarcabb7869]

great innovation idea...very funny...!

[@sophiefletcher1500]

Such a lit idea 👌

[@avitarmagnus9090]

Amazing invention to help surfing great concept keep it going we will do the same with our group around the world then less need for jet ski

[@KendraleeMendoza]

That looks so awesome.

[@adamnoce4172]

Who needs pop ups when you have the Dock! haha. Looks fun.

[@miguelmtz9859]

I love this idea

[@RedNovaMedia]

Maybe a stretchy cable that anchors the entire device but has just enough give... this is awesome to say the least

[@ABD-j1r2x]

Dude like the dock is like so like cool and like it was really like fun😂

[@carlosantuckwell]

Brilliant.

[@chrismartinovic496]

balaram stack killin it

[@kitchenmaiden81]

It would be amazing to use that whipping motion at the end as a boost for an amazing flip combo.

[@justsomeguy7540]

wow' what a clever idea', wish I had one of these when I used to surf''

[@brendafoster3080]

WoW!IF you put this out at pipeline,it would be all-time.Imagine a guy in a wheelchair going left in 12 ft.hollows?

[@damdam4117]

Amazing !

[@elite9508]

Is it me but this is so satisfying

[@thereseward7852]

Wow massively awesome and potentially dangerous due to its weight as it moves through shifting water!

[@oykot6670]

That’s a pretty cool invention

[@khristopherbryson8722]

You need to build five more of what you've already got to put them together floating island 💯

[@mofojackson]

I dig that track and had to Shazaam it. Cowgirl Clue "Utopia", way chill :)

[@vantran-iw9ib]

Very funny,very clever, fantastic. I will make one in quy nhơn Việt Nam

[@cgalvin71]

Noa's voice has a scary resemblance to the one son from alaskan bush people hahah

[@kuntdestroyer5093]

gnarly idea

[@reyleyva4089]

Never seen an emo surfer 😂😂

[@79pejeperro]

Rey Leyva The hipster/emo/ modern/retro surfing shit makes me sick too

[@zakariadarif]

@@79pejeperro everyone can surf its a sport lol

[@dannythewatermelon3456]

1:39 me when I try to succeed at anything

[@Melandowski]

WOOO AWESOME!!!!!

[@ajg8600]

That guy just did a 50/50 on a surfboard you can count me in lmao

[@SyrianReviews]

Franky from one piece would be proud of the thumbnail

[@crustycobs2669]

Really cool way to launch

[@ftlstar8496]

Radicalll dudeeeee

[@andrewgordonn]

2:23 rip cameraman wearing the fins lol

[@paulorientetheluffaranch]

Never seen anything like it. I guess it makes it easier to see the sets roll in. What next? Harness yourself to a drone and drop in from 30 ft high?

[@konakg8174]

Not a bad idea tbh

[@YFJSR]

This video will probably get a ton of views, eventually it should reach half a million or more.

[@Coulslaww47]

Thanks captain obvious, you just won youtube's no shit award

[@mikek6150]

+Yu Fujishiro Yes, and I predict that tomorrow your youtube account name will be Yu Fujishiro just as it is today.

[@dystro2376]

Yu Fujishiro holy shit your right

[@omahajoe5421]

um....ok? .....not sure what your getting at but okay....

[@teresesouv]

look so fun!

[@jamesc6945]

So cool.so so cool. Want one.

[@sprucy434]

The photographer is hilarious to watch. :)

[@TheJourneyest2016]

so sick!

[@Blissmonk]

Aside from the danger factor of this contraption, I think using this device would make surfing significantly easier since you don't have do much judging of where to be. You can get into the wave earlier. And you don't have to get to your feet.

[@STAG162]

Looks like it could work with a decent linear anchoring system.

[@angelob.6760]

Looks like fun

[@christopherselleck5150]

"A round of applause who had done this ..How awesome..How was that dock just flicking people way up in to the air like some crazy trampoline lol... l like to see this done at other beaches !!!."

[@Vatsuggggg]

That cameraman falls everytime with those feet, hahah

[@karlalouise2679]

People that surf, fear nothing!

[@ajwins444]

Imagine being on there and seeing a big shark go right next to you

[@mattalexander8919]

Woah man, thats tubular duuuuuuude.

[@PlasmifyOP]

Ahhhh! A 100 foot tsunami! Climb up the dock and jump to the other side!

[@thiagonascimentohilariocos9436]

Caraca Muito Bacana Show de Bola 👏👏👏👏👏

[@mofojackson]

Ha! Way cool idea!

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Totally Out if this World 🌍

[@benjaminwei8841]

The title sounds like a behind-the-scenes of a movie

[@gurpbiedurpbiedurp8811]

this is so sick

[@floydrudolph321]

Excellent. Gotta keep towing it out of the inside zone. Dock management

[@haroldgar12]

it's almost memorizing

[@mohandmenawe1658]

I like it 😅✌️

[@obliv6926]

Zombies don't have much energy to paddle but still wanna have fun... so, there...

[@80milekyle70]

I thought it was connected to shore at first haha. That'd be even crazier

[@robertpaulsin6109]

Awesome idea. How much did that cost? Willing to share?

[@daanm3869]

wait is it not anchored?

[@oscarpineda9308]

Badasses!!!

[@timflorek6917]

On the interview it looks like everyone I wearing a load of sunscreen

[@janaeuraine9161]

Omg still looks terrifying

[@Kidjeffjay]

Awesome

[@Bakso_hunter]

How many hours did it take to put together and take apart the dock? Was it more difficult to assemble or take apart the dock??

[@the40yogamer]

thats sick i like it