Makua Rothman: Huge Wave Wipeout at Cloudbreak

[@joogsquad]

Anybody talking crap in the comments has no idea what kind of balls it takes to charge a wave like that. Hats off Makua

[@martin35145]

that wave was gnarly holy shit!!! if people talk cap about this wave i would give them a shortboard and a wetsuit and send em out to see if it was a bad wave!!!

[@martin35145]

that is true!! they wouldnt survive a second on that wave!!

[@scottsullivan3362]

Amen to that. But it looks so perfect

[@parabola8933]

I like making the surfings

[@adonijah7774]

he was wearing air vest and towed in...kinda gay...

[@thee_werner_alexander7314]

Best explanation I’ve ever heard with the least words ever used

[@73gmiller]

That's the best description of a wipeout beat down I've heard. I've had my ass beat on a five foot wave. I can't even imagine dropping in on a beast like that.

[@kingleunitas5920]

I don't think people understand how scary it is when u come up for a breathe and get pounded right back down to the bottom!

[@sleepinglion1192]

King Leunitas best way to go

[@matapalo58]

they just DON'T understand who frightening it is

[@sleepinglion1192]

Sean Johnstone I know exactly how it feels. I surfed rocky point on a 15 foot swell. Got dragged through insanities , ended up at pipe. Took 10-12 waves on the head. Loved every minute of it.

[@sleepinglion1192]

greenhouse Productions shut up

[@sleepinglion1192]

kawika dav you don't need to take me there. I'll surf it if I want to. Spoilt rich kids surf pipe. It's not THAT scary. It's not like your a warrior if your a surfer. I'd surf it any size and not think twice

[@robertrodriguez2719]

MAN that is the heaviest CRAZY pull IN I've seen thank you for going I got to watch again

[@jaredpollara469]

Makua, a true soldier, no fear, out of the best in the world, one of the only ones that I've ever heard tell a story about almost dying and embracing it with positivity and respect for Mother Nature. In my book the best ive ever seen all around. Keep ripping brother, I'm inspired every time I go out there by guys like u to push my self to be better all round. 🌊🌊🌊, Shaka brother.🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@bcooper7618]

So many kooks in this comment section its cringe worthy. Makua lives it while half of the people here would be lucky to paddle out in a 3 foot beach break.

[@martynweigh4541]

What's a beach break?

[@rebeccagilman2020]

I'm glad to see you alive Makua and taking us along with you on that ride! Damn, so happy to see you around.

[@helicart]

Biggest wave I caught was during an Australian cyclone around 1981. Took me 20 mins paddling to finally get a break between sets to get out the back. there was only one other guy out there.... cos no one else was fit enough. I caught two waves, riding the second one in. Both were 18+ foot. Take off straight down the face, big bottom hand turn, then off the back on the first. The second held up for a 70 meter ride, then I dropped onto the board to ride the wash in. Those waves wouldn't have had 1/4 of the energy of Cloudbreak barrels.

[@ulooklikeachickennugget6343]

who else is just trying to find a comment talking crap

[@keithbrock2061]

I live in the same hood as these guys and let me tell you these guys effing CHARGE. AND they are real nice folk; their father, Eddie, is a real nice guy .

[@beemoney217]

No Eddie the hug dealer.

[@beemoney217]

He accepts cash or ebt at 50 cents on the dollar.

[@karinas.5433]

Yes, just embrace Mother Nature!!🤙🏽 Makua, always so positive. Never takes anything for granted🌊

[@WjB_96792]

Its blown up big on the wall outside the polynesian market by my house. I look at it almost every day and shake my head... what a wave makua!!

[@stinkbandit]

Waapah! Dude, you dropped down into the barrel and got pitted, so pitted. Swoopah!

[@selectsovereigntydefendlib9884]

So a bazillion photogs in the channel and nobody got the first part of this wave? Or the wave after?

[@TheZacdes]

They were all so gobsmacked they forgot to keep rolling on it,lol

[@scottprimavera1983]

All of us don’t even understand the courage it takes to want to surf that. No words!

[@michaelthomas366]

No guts, no glory!

[@rohiwaldo2774]

That wave was a beautiful monster!!

[@adamnoce4172]

Thank god your still alive man. That wave is ZERO joke.

[@sponger-qo9wf]

don’t think god had anything to do with it

[@THEBIGKUSH420]

Braddah Makua you and Borg are serious WATERMEN , RESPECT !

[@TheZacdes]

FARRRRKKKK, it was his balls in the way that slowed him down, they were dragging behind him:) hats off Mak!! Full on AWESOME!!!

[@eternallykey]

That wave gave me chills like if was 0 degrees in a blizzard .. and everything after that I can't even imagine since my heaviest wipe out was gnarly to me but not even on the same planet compared to something like this guy went through. Making it through that washing and hold down is like making it through an avalanche on K2 or Everest. Absolutely insane

[@benhulme7401]

Props for him going on that wave, but he didn't get taken out by foam ball as he says - he caught his rail. Perfectly understandable as it was his first wave! I'm sure if this has been later in the session he would've made it

[@clarkewi]

One of the heaviest ever ridden.

[@hoolawagardens2766]

Even if the foam ball didn’t get you that next section was toooo deep. Amazing whip-out

[@TheZacdes]

Ohh WOW man, that was HEAVY!!!!!! Props to your fitness for surviving:)

[@jasonsmith7518]

Three bows to Makua for having balls of steel. There's never any doubt that Makua is going to send it. I've gone over the falls of a 15 foot wave before but a wave with 50 to 60 foot face would be scary!.

[@davenicholstas]

Put in a woopin' to my back side What a legend! I wanna here the full interview ahaha

[@aliens5142]

"What a legend! I wanna here the full interview ahaha" hear ahaha

[@TheZacdes]

Dont think there is anything more to be said:/

[@caiocesaraguiar2876]

Monster!!! Huge respect for you guys!! From Rio,Brazil

[@Sam-hf8nq]

Even it he had stayed up he probably wouldn't have made it out...ocean did a giant Pac-Man there at the end, would have swallowed him whole. Truly a massive wave and heroic attempt.

[@barbarycoasters7436]

Surfing in the South Pacific is a whole new level of surfing. Makua gets an A+ for effort, to say the least. He's also an amazing musician.

[@rossco-dps5392]

Total Respect!.... Side note :don't drink that monster shit.

[@surferdude8086]

I know why he couldn't break the surface.... His nuts were holding him down. Shaka 🤙😁🌊🏄 Brah

[@michaelthomas366]

Oh, man, that's good!

[@Ibprius]

It just baffles me survived that.

[@superorangeish]

Wow! Thats some psychotic cloudbreak! 🙏 nuff respect! It's amazing any human can survive a wipeout like that!

[@kawikadee9670]

Props to you man, I mean taking a beating like that and being able to tell other about it. I can honestly say I most likely would have been killed.

[@luciaseacreature8705]

OMG ... i am happy you are well (that was so scary giant wave) may the GIANT wave Gods keep all you guys safe

[@mmadaddy6751]

Been following Makua for a minute. Homeboy and all that do this are fucking nutz! Badass 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽💯

[@douglaswade5876]

So crappy that the board let him down, when he put himself into position like that...Cloudbreak is the BEST WAVE IN THE WORLD.....It's not even close ..So big, so perfect, so round, someday I want to ride the wave....big......

[@TheZacdes]

That wave is heavy at 10 to 12, that one was just nuts!!!! I love the place, but not at that size!

[@AsPrettyDoes]

Can anyone tell me how big it was (estimate)? Landlocked viewer here, no idea how to eyeball a barrel size.

[@surferdude8086]

35'

[@robdobson5056]

Monster barrel. These guys have balls of steel!

[@FeedYourGreed]

The thing about this family is they are acutely aware of the power of the ocean.

[@caliguy2318]

People don’t realize the power these waves have . When you’re at the beach , you’re never in the same place on a wave that surfers are . And being pounded with a board sucks way more than without . One of these waves is equal to I think 2 Olympic size swimming pools being dumped on your head .

[@bolshevikY2K]

holy shit i don't think i've ever seen cloudbreak this big

[@weaslebronco2867]

Killer ass wave , you almost made it .

[@bernardkriel1]

Dude...i feel for you....you told that so good ...

[@1adammorton133]

Crazy stuff all you hard core wave rider's. Get amongst it. Fear is for the weak. It is just water. Much respect for everybody. O

[@richardconner15]

THAT WAS A GNARLY WIPEOUT.INVEST IN THE VEST, A LIFESAVER.

[@rickteasley2237]

That guy has unreal courage...bravo

[@robdobson5056]

Crazy big barrel!

[@rodrigoironsmetal_art1455]

Absolutely respect Makua you're a monster .

[@cosmicpuma1409]

Dayummm that's hectic!! #Respect!

[@brookelanesadler9432]

That is Harty!! Your a charger all right brother. I wouldnt try that wave

[@TheShringster]

Wipeout of the year for sure Makua, you got stone eggs brah.

[@johneckhart8198]

one word..... FUCK!!!! Makua and the way he talks us through this is just nutz so like nonchalant. fucking hero status right there. wipe out of year award no doubt. charging like one visa

[@mattnstewart262]

i like this guy's attitude

[@JohnS-gf4sz]

Makua always holding it down for the Hawaiians

[@MartinHernandez-qv4vc]

A Bra you Da Man you are a legend Big Kahuna a Bra my Ohana be praying fo you. Always thank God fo life and Da Surf

[@Appalling68]

Go down in the history books as the largest barrel ever ridden? I think Shane Dorian or Laird Hamilton may beg to differ, kid. Great wave, however!

[@wahn780]

Ramon Navarro's wave was bigger and he made it

[@vincentngahoata4700]

Open your dumb fuckn ears he says one ☝️ of the biggest 1 you that number oh wait naa you wouldn't never been in that place gtfoh

[@Appalling68]

vincent ngahoata Fuck off, troll

[@vincentngahoata4700]

Troll lol is that your come back little boy lol fuckn maggot

[@TKM11370]

The size of a wave is not the same as the size of a barrel.

[@scottsullivan3362]

I wish I was young again and had the access and opportunity to develop my skills to surf that place. Goofyfoots wet dream

[@simono463]

These guys deserve a knighthood or something for the guts to take on these waves. Wow lucky he got the foot out of the strap wow

[@pubrally]

Haha I fucking love this guy! Big waves are fun as fuck!

[@wahn780]

Ramon Navarro's wave was bigger and he made it

[@josephastier7421]

He cut his board loose. Wow.

[@Karlhto]

Imagine if you was kitesurfing that.

[@jerometotes5311]

No jet ski, no more Makua.

[@gotchaSVK]

Siiick wave glad to be alive.

[@Mau-Ra-Bo]

Greeting from Costa Rica.

[@usmcmma]

That one could have ended Makua, thank God it didn't 🙏

[@95Hammah808]

Bruh idk what it is buts its great how he explains it

[@CaptainFantastik1]

Anyone who's ever taken even a 5-7' thrashing knows how hairy this is.

[@goatbacon2977]

Audio too quiet

[@cravenmoorehead7099]

FULL fuckin sacculence....respect👍👍👍👍

[@edwinfarebredin]

That was a f### huge ride

[@sanfranciscobay]

0:52 Huge wave.

[@eamonshields2754]

Your brave bro, insane

[@paulespinoza1994]

It's like a cement truck landing on top of you to leave there without major injury or death is a feat all on it's own! I could never acquire the skill needed to ride a wav that big one I am to old and two I am not that brave or crazy depending on your point of view.

[@AL_theDrifter]

Mad respect

[@mick2881]

Did you remember to stop off at the store to get the milk and bread for your folks.Oh,that was 1 Serious thing you were on.

[@brianjasta3994]

Balls of steel !!!

[@kirkdunn1379]

just an insane amt of water and power, haven't read but unbelieveable some peeps would even be talkin smack, you be shitting your pants in channel, I know I would even at half that size...…..incredible human can even survive that

[@mr.j8690]

Wow, what a great experience 2 live thru...biggest barrel ever....hahaha...plus Wipeout riding the barrel around...pulling your feet out of the straps upside down...ohhhhh...Awesome...Totally Awesome...no one wants that ride...but anyone in it...fights 2 survive...Surfing...

[@joshwhaley1778]

THX

[@davidarbuckle7236]

Wow. that was a huge wave. It looked bigger than any Cloudbreak wave I've ever seen.

[@miles8088]

You know It’s bad when you open your eyes it’s pitch black and your ears are about to pop 🙅🏻‍♂️

[@cintraan001]

We the People 24/7 Livestream

[@pablofierrog]

But Navarro from Chile made it!

[@sponger-qo9wf]

damn u people really back up your own.

[@rogerhaenga6655]

XXL BIG WAVE Wipeout of the year Winner 2018,bro,..D a.m.n. bro that was N A S T Y..but Cool G

[@pyastutik]

My heart stop😱😱

[@tr7b410]

Wipeout of the year.

[@OliOli-k8g]

Down in the history books 😂😂😂

[@adamcoyne230]

RESPECT.

[@sergpato6041]

No es para cualquiera...

[@АндрійСтрижик]

Love monster enerji

[@michaelthomas366]

Intense!!!

[@clarkewi]

Awesome.

[@Znosxz]

Monster Engery 👍🏼Best

[@sponger-qo9wf]

monster engery sucks balls

[@qadeerahmed1068]

Wow so beautiful

[@martin35145]

hats of to makua

[@ArrickthaRed]

That's craaaaaazy