I lived right above Maverick (long before it was called Mavericks or Mavz!) and for about 30 years, I used to walk to the cliff right above the area and watch them surf the wave. The height of the wave has been highly exaggerated, it is usually about 20+' but if there is a storm out at sea, it can get up to almost twice that height, but that's rare. It MAY be that due to icebergs melting in the north, that the volume of water has increased some in our oceans, in the last few years with warmer global temps, but from trough to crest, Maverick is reaching to even be a 60 footer. The danger in surfing that wave lies with the rocky bottom and cliff where the wave breaks. That can be dangerous water if you get get pushed to the bottom. I went out on a boat with a friend from Pillar Point Harbor to help search for Mark Foo two days before Christmas in 1994, but we did not find him; they recovered him two days later. The water had been high for about a week when the news broke that it was pushing heights and people started coming from all over to surf, including Foo who jetted over from Hawaii. The water from the crash of the wave can push right up into the cliff and spray clear up on top where I was sitting when there had been a storm at sea, increasing the water volume. I moved from the area in 1998, but they had lost another surfer there the year before, and probably have lost some since I've been away. I'm in the snowy mountains now and snow is so quiet compared to living right on the Coastside in stormy weather, often the wind would blow so hard and the roar of the ocean was so deafening that I had to sleep in a bedroom farther away from that window facing the sea, which I sometimes feared, would blow in on me! If Maverick has grown substantially, I would probably have heard about it from friends. But who can say, I'm sure when it's stormy, that wave, in front of you, can appear to be 100' tall, which would be a world record!
@davidgough35125 жыл бұрын
That is epic story, thanks for sharing, you really convey the sense of feeling the power even from the shore. I surfed SanFrancisco many years but Mavericks is on a planetary level of awesomeness.
@MJLeger-yj1ww5 жыл бұрын
@@davidgough3512 True, but the danger is when you get caught under the lip at the crest and the wave then pushes you to the bottom, and you roll along rocks and have a hard time surfacing. I understand there is a safety vest now that surfers wear, that has some kind of a inflation device, something like the BC we used when diving, that can bring you to the top of the water, and I also understand they use break-away leashes now, which MAY have been Mark's undoing, if his leash got caught on the bottom (which some surfers believed). Whatever, Maverick it is still an unusual wave and will always be dangerous (and thrilling!).
@patriciafaircloth67175 жыл бұрын
My GOD!! Man versus beast. I have never been on a surfboard in my life but I love to watch this. I honestly don't know why. I was always a horse person. But this just amazes me. And I love it when they get through it!!! I want to cheer!
@IIrandhandleII5 жыл бұрын
As a life long surfer these guys are a different breed.
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed
@scottthoma58173 жыл бұрын
I’ve never surfed or lived near the ocean but I can’t stop watching these guys. Crazy bastards I love it
@mikeyj.36056 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure I would have a heart attack out there. Massive respect for these guys.
@tomseadon99654 жыл бұрын
Mikey J. I surfed back in the 70’s, but these guys are wayyy outta my league! Balls of STEEL!
@lisar94255 жыл бұрын
The not dying...omfg...! Props to camerawork!!! The outtake stills were jaw dropping.
@Layzydayze5 жыл бұрын
Healey's ride charging through that barrel was insane.
@paulhetherington38543 жыл бұрын
O' but-- he isn't listed, as access in Halfmoon Bay! Black listed
@martindevin59146 жыл бұрын
Damn, you can really see the strong progression of comfort and different styles starting to emerge on that wave, now. They're not just trying to "make it" anymore. Sick video.
@TheSurfrer13 жыл бұрын
Best surf video ever.
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Whoa Thanks!
@bcooper76185 жыл бұрын
True big wave surfers paddle in. Mad respect.
@chrisnizer18855 жыл бұрын
Damn, Wilem Banks was fully embedded in the lip of a top to bottom Maverick's beast. That was hard core. Gotta respect those guy's.
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Takes beatings like that to become one of the best out there today!
@8725216 жыл бұрын
great music at the end. usually never hear a reggae beat with a polished, tied together lead guitar on top. all in all an excellent video of an awesome place.
@danigettinger91006 жыл бұрын
yes i had a same thought. Good vibes incomming :)
@I_still_use_winamp6 жыл бұрын
Stick Figure - Fire on the Horizon... you should check them out ...
@wessongroup6 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@skelley1645 жыл бұрын
DUMPaSAURAUS Rex thx man, was wondering which track that was.
@fredericmoresmau43035 жыл бұрын
I have no purpose in Life it's gone since many years............. and since I have no good occupation outside of pursuing sinnlos goals..... it makes me redundant
@noididnt79725 жыл бұрын
Major huevos. The water is ALWAYS cold here. There are rocks from the beginning of time and sharks, just in case you need a little added spice. Some of the very best watermen. AWESOME at every level.
@the10thleper6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful waves, digging the tune. Nice
@dontask4483 жыл бұрын
Another fine production of moving artistry
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Thank You 🙏🏽
@thetawater6 жыл бұрын
Sooooooo SICK!!! Some incredible rides and footage!
@benringenberg62652 жыл бұрын
The part at 3:11 is crazy, he was trying to drop and the wave picked him up and literally threw him over the falls. These guys have some serious balls to drop in on that monstrosity of a wave
@neurobook5 жыл бұрын
Some great drops, awesome pulls into a barrel - not a moment to think about getting nailed. Just pull and go....awesome.
@kristenmaher93006 жыл бұрын
Loved this! Excellent. Thank you! ❤️
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Thank You 🙏🏽
@jac99635 жыл бұрын
The wave where the lad went left and got absolutely barrelled out there, at 4:32, was absolutely insane yeah..(!!)
@davidgough35125 жыл бұрын
Healy I presume
@jac99635 жыл бұрын
@@davidgough3512 Aye. To be sure.(!)
@thejwb15 жыл бұрын
Good night! This is beyond brave to go out there. Even the very best doing it right but still getting worked HARD.
@Josh-Kai26264 жыл бұрын
That last drop was just insane 😳
@garlandremingtoniii13385 жыл бұрын
There was this guy, Hmmmmmmmm, trying to recall his name. Oh wait, I remember it!! Quiet Riding Mike!!! From Oriole Beach Florida. NW Florida. Right near Cedar Key where Florida takes its turn heading down south. This guy was always dead quiet. Always smiled. Always. Had $$$$$$$$$ to burn. Yet was soooooo down to earth. And he could surf the biggest damn waves I’ve ever seen!!! He deliberately traveled the world, north south east west warm tropical waters to ice cold freeze your nuts off water. He surged them all. No fear. He had. And man, did he surf drop down inside 50 60 70 plus WAVES!!!! [
@caldogrun5 жыл бұрын
Nice edit from one of the best who has been filming it there for a long time!
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@drewclancy51744 жыл бұрын
Love that song!
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Amazing Music 💯
@mikemednick5 жыл бұрын
Excellent footage, loved it!!!
@timletchford58415 жыл бұрын
Inspiring guys. Great work
@kellienicolebrooksschettin65985 жыл бұрын
Yeow that is some sick monsters I guess if your gonna surf big waves u need to be comfortable among a lot of other things free falling with it board just dropping out from under u and even if u get good ride the wave still gets u .THANKS wow.
@AX1A5 жыл бұрын
Best Mavs! #Respect Crew + Video Work
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
@funkymonk53444 жыл бұрын
amazing video. Pure art.
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Thank You 🙏🏽
@williammatteo15905 жыл бұрын
Not only r these warriors riding giant powerful waves, on top of that ice cold water sharks and all the gear they have to wear to stay alive. true gladiators.
@davidgough35125 жыл бұрын
Best from any other sport would be humbled to exhaustion or tears just taking it on the head in normal overhead surf (or smaller). This is obviously all that many times squared.
@daves.94795 жыл бұрын
Great footage; thanks for posting.
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
@mikecarroll58532 жыл бұрын
Well that was a pretty slick vid of the real deal. Coughing up blood is better then breaking eardrums. Yay jetski patrol. Amazing athletes.
@Surferboi19974 жыл бұрын
Peter Mel got absolutely detonated on that wave
@clarkewi6 жыл бұрын
Yo Eric. You nailed it. Again....
@pragmaticliving94206 жыл бұрын
Awesome footage/background music!
@tonykaye46205 жыл бұрын
Not for the weak .Fast Cold Mean..
@skelley1645 жыл бұрын
Music was great - especially the last one.
@KrotowX6 жыл бұрын
Damn, that was one crowded wave :) How those swimmers manage to escape timely and avoid getting squeezed by falling water mass from above and smashed all together in one pile - that's beyond me.
@b4ssfunk3d6 жыл бұрын
The only reason is most of those people out there are experienced/crazy enough to be out there in the first place. So they all seem to congregate towards a their floatilla of little stoked out ants on these massive waves and guide each other. What you don't see so much are people getting caught between sets, these are monstrous waves you dont just duck dive through. You have to paddle around the outside or basically dive through the wave without your board and corkscrew your body through the other side and yank your board with your leash.
@davidgough35125 жыл бұрын
Telephoto compresses the image . Plenty of room.
@ronniebaxter72214 жыл бұрын
Incredible!
@DwainDwight6 жыл бұрын
Jan. 26, Australia Day, of course it's gonna be great surf! :)
@louie999996 жыл бұрын
Carlos Burle is Always where the action is!
@valueape8885 жыл бұрын
that wave just jacks up and launches! What is the speed of it, i wonder?not down the face but hurtling forward, i mean? It screams
@davidgough35125 жыл бұрын
Never surfed Mavs or Hawaii but I can tell you the speed rush on a San Francisco wave is well beyond anything wrapping into Santa Cruz, so Mavs must be beyond insane!
@jac99635 жыл бұрын
Mavs is just fkn epic.
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Ya 💯
@marleycourros47186 жыл бұрын
4:33 amazing
@jeffreyluciana87113 жыл бұрын
When I surfed the Mavericks, the A-frames were akaw. I was totally stoked and amped but there were some aggro Barneys that showed up so I bailed
@DaveKentLive6 жыл бұрын
Great video as always.
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Thank You 🙏🏽
@hankspooner90235 жыл бұрын
Some of those sets that rolled through were mean and massive.
@sac973114 жыл бұрын
Nice job honing in on a beat down... Let’s us remember how awesome it feels to make one (& I’m only referring to the little 5-7 footers I b gettin’...lol)🤙🏻
@patrickbyrne92825 жыл бұрын
Free bird at the end was chill...
@ЛилияКунец-е1т3 жыл бұрын
Как это красиво и круто
@kellienicolebrooksschettin65985 жыл бұрын
What wipeouts the guy just landed in that nice white fluffy soft looking white foamy stuff no problem...doigh...thanks just kidding hope every body is good.piece.thanks for the show,mind blowing power.
@lihy14 жыл бұрын
when Stick Figure starts it`s pure magic
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
YEP, Amazing music 👍
@lihy12 жыл бұрын
@@PowerlinesProductions Love Your videos. Greetings from Poland
@jeffdowell98296 жыл бұрын
I lived there for 12 years used to play in the pool with my boat never surfed it I wasn't good enough but I was good on the throttle
@davidgough35125 жыл бұрын
That throttle bit says it well lol !
@inesmayoral91574 жыл бұрын
Which town is that Beach on?
@halheywood39106 жыл бұрын
Has to be one of the heaviest sessions . Way maaaaacho
@MeSA2MeSA24 жыл бұрын
3:10 defiantly the most brutal one
@detroitrockdoc5 жыл бұрын
Insane fuckin' footage! Killer work, dudes.
@PowerlinesProductions2 жыл бұрын
Thank You 🙏🏽
@jaycvu5 жыл бұрын
Here because of argument in another surfing video. Is the waves bigger here or in Nazaré Portugal? Thanks Can see the waves here and smoother and cleaner, Nazaré is like surfing in a washer machine.
@leobeats22556 жыл бұрын
3:11 Cringed so hard. What a wipeout!!!
@b4ssfunk3d6 жыл бұрын
He got destroyed. That is a wipeout that some people wouldn't come back up from. I wonder what was causing him to cough up blood :(
@demboyz8085 жыл бұрын
He dropped like 20 or 30 feet
@llaird26165 жыл бұрын
My main guest is that he had penetrated the water, then sent down to the bottom before the lip would have broken his neck.
@LottiDotti764 жыл бұрын
@@b4ssfunk3d he had tons of water drop right on him. Probably also got slammed to the floor and rolled. I had a 2 wave hold down and got fucked on a 15fter at the Wedge. I can only imagine what he felt!
@furyofbongos6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It would have been nice to let the film clips run out longer, like so we could see the result of the ski getting swamped or Matt Lopez's incredible ride.
@nunyabizness69676 жыл бұрын
furyofbongos I agree but it's still pretty frickin' gnarly.
@Cfass15 жыл бұрын
Peter Mel almost went down for a two count. What a crazy day
@xymbolix5 жыл бұрын
Healy's charge was nuclear.
@marialentini65566 жыл бұрын
How is this real?
@marcatkinson51876 жыл бұрын
3:55....like a house landing on your head.
@markbrown-sb2zm2 жыл бұрын
would be great to see this quality footage of Dungeons in South Africa,or can it simply not be filmed at this level,too unpredictable ?
@RestedDurrow6 жыл бұрын
Who the hell gives this a thumbs down?! Humans are so weird...
@andysmith59974 жыл бұрын
How do they live? Being dumped in 2,3 footers is bad enough.
@drhambone15985 жыл бұрын
4:33 Healey has that left dialed in...threading the needle on that gargantuan barrel
@LottiDotti764 жыл бұрын
Goofyfoot! That's how I ride. Makes those lefts that much better.
@banglevision82075 жыл бұрын
So sick
@0bm317702 жыл бұрын
In the 1970's I got pummeled by 12 foot waves, with a 2-wave hold-down. I sure wouldn't want to get worked by these.
@brucestirling82154 жыл бұрын
Great music who is it?
@camcoulter59935 жыл бұрын
7:01 - 6 seconds later he is standing on his board at the top of the wave!
@news4usunshine5 жыл бұрын
Big wave surfing used to seem hugely impressive and death defying. But then a mild mannered, incredibly humble and unassuming guy named Alex Honnold went and free solo climbed Half Dome and El Capitan, and by comparison big wave surfing now seems positively pedestrian.
@PowerlinesProductions5 жыл бұрын
go paddle out in 10-foot or above surf and then come back and reply to your own comment. Not taking away from those amazing athletes at Half Dome, but at the same time not going to let what surfers do at Mavericks be slighted by comments like this.
@news4usunshine5 жыл бұрын
@@PowerlinesProductions It's simple reality. When it comes to difficulty and death defying risk, there is no comparison. Not only is it far more difficult physically to free solo climb a huge, sheer granite wall, but make just a single minor mistake and it results in certain death. The physical exertion/skill required to surf a big wave for a few seconds is decidedly less, and big wave surfers routinely screw up and wipe out without consequence. And now with those inflatable wet suits they wear, even the small chance of fatality that previously existed has been far lessened. Call it a slight if you want, but the facts speak for themselves... when it comes to superhuman, death defying acts, free solo climbing any large, technically demanding wall stands alone. And if you still don't get it... try explaining why there are hundreds of big wave surfers, but only a very small handful of elite rock climbers who dare to even attempt free soloing, much less attempt to free solo big walls on the scale of Half Dome or El Cap.
@davidgough35125 жыл бұрын
This is literally the first and only time in 50 years of surfing that I've ever encountered such a stunted and myopic sentiment as expressed in your juvenile remarks. It's not about defying death, even though too many big wave surfers have died in their pilgrimage with destiny. These are not stunts. Much is never seen or filmed. It's about soul and beauty and communion with the energy of nature on another level. With all respect, the free soloists get to rehearse on the same rock repeatedly. If they slip there's no rescue, nobody else is involved. Would you prefer the surfers go without safety, knowing that their friends will risk their lives to help them? Your analysis is rather callous and dismissive, from the safety of your spectator armchair. Odd that you didn't include basejump wing-suiting or alpine mountaineering in your reductive, simplistic and false comparisons. Obviously not a surfer. Or a mountaineer. Garantee that it never occurs to the participants in any of these transcendent acts to measure themselves against each other this way nor do they think the the way you do.
@MeSA2MeSA24 жыл бұрын
Not only is mavs big but also super heavy
@kellienicolebrooksschettin65985 жыл бұрын
How are u guys getting boards back ankle straps don't stay on in this kind of waves do they
@teajanevska82085 жыл бұрын
OMG JANUARY 26 2017 THAT WAS MY 17TH BIRTHDAY AND THIS is to much
@4jrtz5 жыл бұрын
Those guys are effin crazy...
@paulhetherington38544 жыл бұрын
Cold heavy water= produces more floatation -- resistance on surface- solid like.
@fredericocr14 жыл бұрын
3:31 and 3:40. Wtf is behind him (upper left crn of the screen)?
@A-FrameWedge6 жыл бұрын
Do I get to ride in a Delorean to go into future and watch this video.
@hammerhead16105 жыл бұрын
Big !!!
@bradjennings87142 жыл бұрын
True "no leg strap" Surfing.
@fatass49855 жыл бұрын
Stick Figure! Nice.
@djamo19694 жыл бұрын
What is that at 2:13? Bottom center.
@paulshearer91404 жыл бұрын
Gonads of steel.
@aaronmiles82862 жыл бұрын
So insane
@henryssurfshowcase6 жыл бұрын
That look scary just watching!
@johnLjelks5 жыл бұрын
Why drop to the *very* bottom where white water catches them ???
@davidgough35125 жыл бұрын
Like there's a choice? No way to hold an edge when that face goes beyond vertical.
@ricardorosales93276 жыл бұрын
Mavericks for power surfers only
@jerrykellerman97253 жыл бұрын
Picture my mouth saying WOW but my mouth is the size of Mavericks biggest wave WOW
@f.demascio18576 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Someone uploaded this same bit before. No biggie.
@PowerlinesProductions6 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was initially an edit for Surfline. It recently came across on our archives so we posted it. So across our own platforms, this is the first time it's been posted AND WE PRODUCED IT. Thank you for your interest and we'll get more recent stuff up as it happens.
@f.demascio18576 жыл бұрын
Powerlines Productions Everything I've seen has been great. Thanks for sharing it all.
@PowerlinesProductions6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it's really cool to hear feedback.
@benhaddon62116 жыл бұрын
Powerlines Productions if jaws was your set you'd have 100x the subs. The drones, boat shots, land shots, left shots, go pro from surfers, you're awesome!! Unparalleled display of passion and dedication!! Thanks
@johnhamilton74955 жыл бұрын
7:30 BIRD GETS A 10
@edsmith2026 жыл бұрын
Nice! If you can't respect that forget it. You got no business.
@scottbell79505 жыл бұрын
Huge wavvels
@uprightape1006 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid......mucho suffering.
@mcm49816 жыл бұрын
Punishing 5 floor drop... 3:09
@valueape8885 жыл бұрын
How did that guy even live?
@paulhetherington38542 жыл бұрын
Already, the TV tubes, were a mis? < /3'v condensor tube Ro'' r < 3'v speed up Lo' variances / >