Mason Ho Surfing Very CRAZY Waimea River

This week, the Hawaiian Islands were battered with days of 40mph storm winds, massive waves, torrential rain and even hail. With the weather finally clearing, Mason Ho grabs his trusty '96 Fish from ...Lost Surfboards and runs down to Waimea Bay to catch the river overloaded and ready to blow.
Always Listen to the lifeguards and Merry Christmas everyone!
Surfers: Mason Ho, Jamie O'Brien, Dylan 'Muddy' Graves
Filmers: Rory Pringle

[@nocomment2035]

We need more Mason Ho in surfing. Way more entertaining than pretty much any video surfline puts out.

[@Sol_Weird]

So insane!! Glad y'all are okay and you even came home with those beautiful boards!

[@thisismov]

Jamie and Mason are nuts for riding that!

[@johndoe1778]

Gnarly doodes

[@HoStevie]

*So rad 🔥*

[@captainobvious9188]

It’s crazy that the ocean builds up that sand again in almost no time.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Is it?

[@captainobvious9188]

@@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 It is to me!

[@cudavrage]

Got sucked out at night...paddle in was one of the most scary situations of my life.

[@zerox020]

Dude gnarly

[@apache5841]

I get sucked too sometimes

[@samueljenkis6253]

I'm *always* down with getting sucked

[@davidsnyder3799]

@@apache5841 And you should get a paddle in for that one.

[@anthonypayne2526]

I was there in 2014, and we saw the river come to life as guys dug it out. We didn’t see it get quite this big, but it was just so cool to watch the standing waves form and guys go in.

[@mariocondello2353]

Watching Danny Duncan surf that was very cool.

[@jacobejameson]

Absolutely terrifying, I would never think of going in that. Boys got some stones that’s for sure.

[@jimrehman904]

A big wave surfing friend almost drown here.. We lost sight of him. He ended up way down the beach throwing up. He said he just couldn`t get to the surface. And it wasn`t as big as this!

[@OspreyVision]

Insane! You have the coolest boards on the planet!

[@trevortimm2443]

Stout, kudos for hopping in this sans PFD. that is some gnarly WW

[@_ghost_monkey]

I'm old lol. But...I did have an early morning slop session with you in 2004 before ECSC in VA Beach. Good to see the legacy continue. Mahalo

[@santadam]

Mahalo! Some of the best and biggest river break riding yet.

[@crf5370]

Brown water advisory... stoked you didn't die!😝🤙🏽💪🏽

[@John.D123]

That escalated quickly lol.

[@albertmogzec1231]

Best damn river surfing in the Ho world 🤙🏼🌺

[@805centralcoastcalifornia4]

The Ambassador of Fun Mason Ho Ripping the Waimea River Love it. Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄 and Happy Holidays to all the Ho Ohana 🌊🌊🌊🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

JOB was ripping HO just stood up

[@Seadog22-]

Wow STUNT SURFER doing it again loved that clip stay safe mason yo thx

[@Nikkii18]

I love the lifeguard on speaker “if you fall in you’re going out to sea” 😂😂😂 and when the dude belly flopped and they all in unison went “ohhhhh” 😂

[@kirkmoss6100]

2 FOOT HAWAIIAN,SLIGHT RIP & MINOR UNDERTOW!

[@needtashow]

The river was a giant firehose nozzle for a while there! awesome thank you

[@AUBERGINEize]

Great video…. Mother Nature never gets it wrong…..🙂🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@tupid11]

I love it when they do that

[@davidbarrett8058]

ITS LIKE VERTICAL.. ts like awesome.. ITS LIKE LIKE

[@Anonymous-tl6zu]

Nice artwork on those boards

[@livedeliciously]

This is first river wave I've seen with an actual lip.

[@thetawater]

It almost barreled

[@dsc7772]

look up african river wave zambese i think ?

[@sikhswim]

You guys are INSANE! Stay safe and have fun!

[@Brunettebeach]

Almost in my backyard! 🤙🏼👀😆

[@christianislas9275]

Surfer of the year

[@Mitchlittleacademy]

Absolutely mental! Still one of my most favourite places in the world. Spent 2 weeks on the beautiful north shore in 2013. Great vid guys.

[@2011hib]

Time to go again ❤

[@Mitchlittleacademy]

@@saipan4209 it's such a great place. We stayed at turtle Bay resort.

[@Blu2oa]

@@saipan4209 where is it located

[@framed166]

So much moving water!!!

[@charlesford157]

At first I was like "What's the big deal?" That was gnarly af.

[@doodooswirl]

Hope someone got some footage of that sandbar 😂

[@PLILLY514]

so gnarly!

[@AnaSilva-zc6ny]

Wowww, sooo cool. You guys!!! 🎉😯🤩

[@LowtideTv]

Haha...insane...I saw it when ya'll started digging it...Nope...I kept driving east...so much water in that thing! plus 12ft shorebreak. Viewers have no idea how crazy that was.

[@martinbiehl4596]

You are right. I have no idea whether this is dangerous or not. Can't really tell. But the fact that at the end where the wave is biggest and steepest people weren't going for it suggests that this is actually sketchy? Is it easy to drown there? Break your neck?

[@boogieheads]

even riding a 2ft standing wave can be scary

[@boogieheads]

@@martinbiehl4596 its way scarier, you literally get stuck underwater in a washing machine

[@fulltang1]

@@martinbiehl4596 double black diamond shit with a shorebreak that size. You'll get rocked and then sucked out into a rip

[@davidsnyder3799]

@@boogieheads I know that water is dirty, but that's scary if people are throwing old appliances in there.

[@baguettenachos3239]

These guys are the guys who made the river at Waimea in which we see today, let’s be thankful they did this

[@alexcarter8807]

My first experience surfing was on the little break created by the sand bar created by the river running out. Also, the first time I caught a fish was in that river there (I let it go because pilau water) I went to Waimea Bay sooooo many times as a kid!

[@greenwave819]

For me it was Eastern Lake ((inlet) Seagrove FL) when it was unblocked to the gulf and when the tides changed!!

[@Mr.REEP0]

What kind of fish are in that river?

[@jeffjeannette9364]

This looks like fun.

[@MrStepintoliquid]

Awesome 🤙

[@dsc7772]

the Gnarliest i ever seen it !!! jaimie on jerrys board toward the end was over head !!! awesome fun i like try think id need fins after getting sucked out to sea Aloha DSC777

[@Flutewala..]

Broooo wot🤯🤯 this is unreal

[@chetrocket]

These videos are always so entertaining

[@rdeezer9845]

awesome

[@alev4287]

Yeah dude that was mental, I saw that river and was like that's no joke, super gnarly. listen to da wisdom brotha

[@belo1971]

Intelligent and ecological !!!! 👏

[@Pazair-nq6gl]

Bueno hombre, deja que los chicos se diviertan; a quien cuernos le importa la sequía, el daño medioambiental y que la 1/4 parte de las personas lo tenga jodido para encontrar agua ? (se notó lo suficiente el sarcasmo, verdad ?)

[@MrHailteam]

Pretty cool

[@FrenchFk420]

gnar! crazy spot

[@nicscharing]

Looks like so much fun, Mele kalikimaka from San Diego!

[@robbieevans6536]

Sick!

[@TheWilliamHoganExperience]

That's the gnarliest rip I've ever seen.......

[@scorncrypto8879]

Yeah, full send..

[@PowerlinesProductions]

Epic 🔥

[@blogintonblakley2708]

Wow.

[@scottmcwave9479]

Biggest one yet!!!

[@zacharyrowe8667]

That was wild

[@eionmark7424]

That was crazy

[@cjyoung7372]

Is it better to let the water go on a high tide or a low tide? That looked pretty knarly and fun👌

[@thedimaeatpizza5235]

thats looks so funny!

[@J_Smith7]

Massive!

[@rosstempletonogskater]

Does that section of the beach ever get filled back in, or is that permanent?? Pretty Wild & it happened soooo quick

[@CocoCrispy_]

Yeah pretty sure tides currents and waves fill in all the sand again. This happens naturally they just sped it up a little haha

[@thedak808]

I was there 3 days after this storm and while there was a low area, the sand was back and the river was blocked again. Pretty quick

[@3rdtonefromthesun]

Actual deathtrap

[@thePhished]

double overhead waimea river, hows that for a surf forecast.

[@goprotravelvanuatubyjulian8901]

Eddies on Sunday.. No fear surfing

[@cherylb2008]

I would never let my kid anywhere near that, to watch as a bystander. That sand can just wash away in no time.

[@saltydog888]

Mason doing foreplay on the bump😆

[@ShakaLakaMTB]

GNARLY!

[@hisbloodband]

Legend

[@MichaelDavis-si9bv]

It looks almost as hectic as a big day at Pipe.

[@daviddurand6504]

Where does all the sand come from? Is it being pushed in from the ocean or being pushed out by the river? Awesome video! And love the artwork on your board!

[@ForzaMonkey]

pushed/pulled out by the river when they break the natural dam formed by the sand, but the ocean does dump all the sand off eventually.

[@ianbowden7912]

Weird question! But does that go back to how it was and if so how??? Cool video though

[@emisurfchannel2280]

Eccolo!! YEWWW

[@missinglinq]

That section at 5:48 is gnarly.

[@yh-yd8ku]

It seems that even Mason was out of his depth this time.

[@bigl5018]

you should use rope between to have something to catch to... in this fast water. river surfwaking :)

[@greggreg2263]

Wow, at the end, there was some serious water coming out of The river shooting into the ocean. Pretty scary.😮

[@kurostanich7979]

Sick

[@sanfranciscobay]

6:10 Nice paint job on that Surfboard.

[@hughmac13]

I'd love to see drone footage from above as it goes from a trickle into a torrent.

[@StCyp]

mental. Always wondering how the beach recovers afterwards.

[@outsidechambaz]

Swell and current brings all the sand back and river runoff is actually very healthy for marine ecosystems to flourish

[@alexcarter8807]

It's a natural process. Rivers do this routinely.

[@fraser15432]

Do you guys make it happen or does it just happen. I find it so cool. We don't have that in Scotland lol

[@ajc1080]

@@fraser15432 Both. In the video it was dug out, but if people don't breach the berm the river will do it eventually when it's raining.

[@ryanthecox1]

I shattered my collarbone on my honeymoon on that beach one winter. It’s called “breakneck beach” for a reason. Most beautiful place in the summer with no waves when I went back. Got to swim with dolphins.

[@iansilver-ramp595]

Curious, is this a man made thing, and is it just a ton of beach erosion?

[@user-zb3qp5rl5w]

crazy...

[@Hai2021]

Is it dangerous to get between that river and the ocean?

[@evertonfagner]

Is a ambiental crime.

[@GrandChessboard]

All the freshwater fish are like, "Ahhhh, it burns this water burns. Is this fish hell?"

[@pregooooooooski]

The overflow eventually happens. It’s part of the rainy season, probably one more strong rain would have triggered what they did. I live in at a beach in Nicaragua where this happens every year in all rivers.

[@outsidechambaz]

@@pregooooooooskio add to that, if the river is not emptied before it gets this full many homes up waimea valley get flooded. This past rainfall caused flooding because they didn’t breach it in time

[@walteringham6920]

@Alberto D. Prego Estrada Good to know. I was wondering if this was bad or good for the river.

[@jjthejet69]

Gnarly

[@OSU2010]

Good times at north shore

[@georgepaolucci9029]

Mason you should have the next driver 4.0

[@brunogiusti]

Yeah

[@ehlava]

I got an ear infection out that way and the doc gave me a handful of blue antibiotic pills, he handed them out like candy, probably gave me 30, and said on chocolate days to take a gram after surf, once, to knock out whatever, lepto, dunno, other bacterias. seemed sketchy but I did take them once or twice I think. mason got the natural immunity

[@lifeisthepittz]

Gnarliest Waimea River

[@coloradoriversurfer5421]

That looks like my home break.

[@xAllSystemsReadyx]

Would love to see a Drone view of were the lake water meets the ocean water.

[@marcelodeandradehernandes5499]

You can see it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4fXg2V_mqdqpas

[@xAllSystemsReadyx]

@@marcelodeandradehernandes5499 Wow dude that was sick as hell. Thanks for the share man.. 🤙

[@stupid7648]

Does this happen every day with the 🌊 tide

[@Mephistopholies]

1996 "fish" as in made in nineteenhundred and ninety six?

[@TrophyNZ1]

How long was river blocked for?

[@haydennoble8318]

Wanna see your favorite surfers get absolutely wrecked? Watch this!

[@prototype30]

Dommage pour cette belle plage 😮