"The biggest brownest barrels you have ever seen": Nias Super Swell Event Behind The Scenes

Marty Paradisis, Matt Bromley, Riley Laing and Ian Walsh talk about the swell of the century at Nias.

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

Very amazing waves and very amazing interviews and thank you for sharing!

[@ReinLangeveld]

Beautiful, hands down and up and down again tot that. I wish you guys can bring us deeper with the pack through more video angles of this. Beautiful

[@paulfenn5060]

Anyone still alive to remember that day in '89 when it got so big it broke across the entirety of Lagundri Bay? I was in Cimaja (a Toronto guy trying to learn how to surf at 31) when that stuff first walloped that southern part of the archipelago. A few of us flew to Nias a day later and arrived in Lagundri the day after that big day. It was still huge. Blond curly-haired Aussie named Johnno lived there, renting and fixing boards. Told me he'd never been so afraid on the water. Houses taken out to sea, 12 broken boards in one day, locals thinking end times thoughts. I stayed for a month, trying/failing to learn. I learned how not to drown was about all.

[@SenorMartinos]

I met Johnno in 2009, west oz guy, great barrel rider.

[@paulfenn5060]

@@SenorMartinos That'd be him all right.

[@bubbabigmin]

This swell was bigger! The old fisherman said it was the biggest they had ever seen in their lives, there were sets that closed out the bay on a reef that nobody had ever seen break before! I was there it was insanity at its peak.

[@MiguelFlores-fs7qv]

Learning how to not drown in the most important part!

[@supremesammm912]

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[@michaelellingson9282]

Cool video of gnarly Nias ! ... never been there, but I've watched many too big to surf but perfect days all over California .. when all you can do is just stand there in awe

[@mateogarcia7695]

Anyone here from Nate Florence's video on this?

[@alfredonski]

Solid find. thanks to Nate!

[@joegibbs2508]

Woah, yep Nias the dream wave turns into a Nightmare!

[@tepitokura]

Yes

[@langsfordmusicltd283]

yep...just watched Nates vid

[@upsidedahead]

Yeah man... I posted the link in comments section after searching up Nate's Matt Bromley reference

[@cloudsrain8753]

wow, incredible waves and tube riding.......really mother nature hitting it good. nice, ty

[@Phuture33]

I feel like we should really talk about WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED WITH THAT BOAT!?!?! 😱😱😱

[@MrSkyliner84]

I think I read that the boat owner was away on holiday so didn't move it, here is an account from the time www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.surfer.com/videos/large-boat-goes-over-falls-nias/&ved=2ahUKEwjC2seHoN7oAhXRh1wKHWNpATIQFjAIegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3AMRrMy4Wdw-XAVP-_0M1t&cshid=1586535453716

[@Sidetrackification]

Glad nobody was on it

[@Ziggysdankgenetics]

That’s insane! 6 foot thick edges 😳😳 that’s some serious power

[@aeph9840]

Pretty sure that is the boat owned by Key Hole Surf Camp. So sad because I know the owner invested a lot into setting up a surf charter boat and he was so proud of it when I spoke to him a few years ago.

[@dalbrecht]

I really wonder how did the boat end up there in the first place?

[@mrquizical]

The waves spoke for themselves, The Brave, spoke for themselves. We got to watch something ultra intense. Thank You.

[@steveperreira5850]

Definitely very brave boys. I enjoyed watching it immensely

[@davidhbrown9767]

I'm a landlocked Kentuckian but I know what it means to be awed. Especially concerning something people know about but then see something new. That's me with lightning(s) and storm(s). I have seen some raw energy pull the heads of trees to one side, hold it there until the trunk just came apart like it was hit by a giant log splitter. NATURE! So very awesome. 🙂

[@oldschoolwaverider]

Hard to believe anyone could make it out of the waves that. . . they made it out of! . . .UNREAL!

[@AlexGreenberg1]

5:50 was unreal!!!

[@adrienmallet909]

how he went in?

[@MrTJSmith1]

great video...insane waves!!!! Yeah!!!! keep Charging!!

[@drvonnostrum2671]

Nathan Florence's vlog about that day is pretty epic. A guy that charges anything, said they wanted nothing to do with the big sets. The wave that flipped the boat he said, was one of the smaller insiders. Amazing energy in the swell that day, wow.

[@christopherliston2371]

Thanks! Did anyone survive the Boat flip?

[@drvonnostrum2671]

@@christopherliston2371 as i recall there was no one on the boat, it was on anchor

[@christopherliston2371]

@@drvonnostrum2671 thanks. That explains a lot, although crazy day to anchor....LOL, Cheers!

[@Tew730]

@@drvonnostrum2671 it wasnt anchored for long and no the boat did not survive i guess how are the waves doubling up? I cant believe anyone made it out of the barrels just to get in the lineup you gotta be thinking Im so small

[@guest3224487]

2:24 boat driver be like: "relax guys i had it all under control, never in doubt"

[@xavierjansenopdehaar4571]

that same boat didn't have it under control at 3:04 which is probable his worst wipeout ever the video gets me psyched though

[@j123poop]

6:01 that wave in the far background

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Jeeze, that take off is vertical straight down, that's commitment if you get that wrong!

[@sublimedingo]

Insane, looks so fast and gnarly.

[@WhiteNacho]

I watch a lot of sick surf vids the sicker the better but this is SUPER SICK!!!!!

[@macka5515]

The outer reef looks even more insane!

[@fvkc-r-e_2_d_9th-pwr14]

Day of days. When the very best big wave riders on the planet want no part of sets, Healy, Paradis, Florence, Walsh, et al, want no part of the sets, you know it's truly horrific.

[@NLGwotlkclassic]

soo jealous of this

[@fltmed]

@ 6:02 Look at the cloud break on the outside!! Holy Crap!

[@cjgamer2140]

Amazing!

[@lorenzo6mm]

I Still remember the (30 years ago) the Coke commercial with Jodie Cooper in a Nias massive barrel.

[@ross2142]

Probably because of “DEATH “ the guys let those sets go by.

[@upsidedahead]

Haha I think so

[@upsidedahead]

Ross . Is that you mate?????

[@zenpai9881]

i doubt it

[@jayegees1554]

Would you take it? Haha I don’t think so.

[@jeremywatt3800]

seeing the smoke rising from the village gives me goosebumps... when we bounced in there (minivan trip from hell, ~8hrs??) in '98 2 policemen had been burnt in stacks of tyres the day before... beaut break but!

[@pjudd2821]

What songs are being used in this video? Awesome music!!! Insane surf (obviously)

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

Very cool very awesome!

[@nicvonrupp1671]

so good boys

[@olivierbolton8683]

Awesome can feel the power...

[@coralgwyn-williams9933]

I'm not a surfer but for me, the most amazing thing is that you guys don't kill each other smacking into each other on the waves...it's amazing...how do you miss each other?

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

Very very very cool music!

[@dantolino1093]

I surfed this spot for 25 days in August 1985, the only Peruvian among aussies, just a few of us, it got bigger than this.

[@stevehapp]

I surfed it that big in 91. Snapped my 7' board. Scary as. You got no idea. No end section, did you notice ?

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

Yeah,,,, that was sick. More like #OfTheEpic 🤙🏼👈🏼🍻💯🎯

[@shaylernoah1178]

Those double ups at 2:33 are super gnar-gnar

[@BaydreamR]

Heroic!

[@BarefeetB]

Easily puts Covid 19 to shame for absolute Sickness 🤙🤙🤙

[@Keraunos.]

Underrated comment

[@austins.2495]

Accurately rated comment

[@kencabeen7786]

Oh please, you bought into that plandemic bullshit?

[@haydenstacpoole7987]

No dis for the chargers pulling into these mutants, however i feel the boat going over was the most gnarly thing on this clip. Especially if there were people on board

[@redeyestones3738]

Faaaahhhhk... Healey's enormous steel balls, charging that beast backside Sheesh, bloody legend

[@K3Flyguy]

3:04 so this is how they make toothpicks!!!! I never knew how they did that! I hope the boat people were on the beach on lunch break when that happened.

[@davidschlesinger5523]

Thanks

[@rickylawrence3171]

4:42. Was hoping Letterman would interview a few peeps. Excellent jokes aside. I love this. Would never ride that shit. I dont even know if Im even brave enough to watch from the land. But I wanted to be there because despite their ability they seemed the most down to earth bunch of people you could ever hang with. Id find a job amongst this crew for myself. Board waxxer or something… landbased only.

[@jazminefawcett8689]

that was next level wonder what indicators was doing

[@tr7b410]

Totally GNAR-GNAR.

[@tiffsaver]

Some ultimate barreling here...

[@hc338]

3:04 that boat got ROCKED! 😳

[@mokowaa586]

Off it’s head! YTFB 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@victorholland6448]

Thanks bro!

[@bryancorts5389]

Fucking 2 years ago wow, what a day that was I bet! You can just feel the adrenaline oozing from this day in paradise!

[@hannotn]

Must have been a few guys in some of those barrels thinking some doom-laden thoughts as they saw the eye of the exit whirling away down the line, getting further and further out of reach... eek!

[@Teufel_Resen]

Nah. It’s days like this and the training involved that separates the the many you speak of and the few that were out, catching, and pulling in or taking a beating.

[@laynekrause4479]

Excellent use of doom-laden

[@killbill5486]

@@Teufel_Resen oh please...🙄

[@Teufel_Resen]

@@killbill5486 😂😂 wait my bad, I thought he was referring to a 2ft shorebreak at Huntington Beach in April where’d you’d only find what I described. There definitely has to be a spring break Wisconsin tourist or 4 out there trying to catch his first wave at Nias on a macking swell 😜😂😎🤙

[@killbill5486]

@@Teufel_Resen I can just spot a poser when I see one.

[@vidpromjm]

Can see why a bit of caution might be in order, it's a pretty sketchy place to get injured, be a long uncomfortable trip to any decent ER facility;(

[@peterdavies5334]

Insane. Where is this?

[@olivierjulian2836]

If you surfed lagundry sorake beach before 2005 and the big earthquake around 8.5 + that elevated the reef about 5 feet , you have to imagine that the take off zone is very shallow now and unforgiving , at this size so much water pouring in that it's "safer" and for the brave who went for indicator at the time and made some 8 second barrel with a nasty rock on the road i can't imagine now it must end on dry reef , anyway those guys deliver big , and at this size i surfed bawa who was a deep water (around 12 feet deep at the take off at this time, less now) right point break who could handle 15 +feet like a sunset backdoor section and

[@benno8561]

I like how the video just moved on from the boat getting smashed lol, isn't anyone curious to know what happened to the people on board if there were any?

[@brock1157]

Bendejo was thinking the exact same thing! If anyone was still onboard they would have been sent on the most horrific washing machine experience of their life hopefully they survived!

[@OrsunVZ]

@@brock1157 Man I'd love to hear from the guy driving that boat - hopefully he still has the ability to talk without drooling on himself... that was scary.

[@pierretripon6218]

@@OrsunVZ boat was empty. Nathan Florence explains it in his video. The anchor rope broke so the boat was dragged in the middle of crashing waves.

[@OrsunVZ]

@@pierretripon6218 thanks.

[@redeyestones3738]

If there was anyone on that boat, it wouldn't have been there. It got broken from its mooring

[@jessyguns6034]

Nice waves bruh !!!

[@JohnSmith-js3po]

Big and fast waves, steep drop set your rail go for it does not get any better than that

[@GregorySLamb]

What about those Gnarlburgers breaking on the outer reefs briefly seen about 6:00 in?

[@johnsurf509]

Wow the Indo natives can really surf!! I noticed the indo guy's were killing it!!

[@surfing4theloveofit]

Wow wish we had waves like that in Australia 🤙

[@byza3331]

we do

[@jackmcbride791]

Yeah

[@bryanbuulolo959]

Aloha... Greeting from nias,come visit! 🤙🏾

[@mias50]

What is the song at the end of the video? Starting at ~ 04:32.

[@robbphillips2845]

Holy shit how was Mark Healy`s bomb? Full tilt double up Nias. Well done

[@godoggies1]

Kudos to the boat… the only one in the the lineup with the balls to try an “el rollo” take off👍

[@A3OB-]

There is no more master a craftsman at board building than Jeff Bushman.

[@clarkewi]

Amazing skill and balls.

[@maninalift]

3:04 the boat from the thumbnail. What was that boat doing there? Was there anyone in it? The clip is just thrown in there

[@onelovemon1784]

Looks like those dudes are surfing at the highest speeds out of those tubes. Like a 🚀

[@Cowicide]

I tackled brownies and other snacks last night and was still able to muster the strength to watch this heavy surf video in the morning. Who is the real surf hero here?

[@lamtiurhia854]

is it on Nias Island, Indonesia?

[@jameswesthart5873]

Great video! It scares the liven Be-Jesus just lookin at it.

[@flaviohughes]

Sickness!! Unbelievable

[@dantakeoff]

Cant even imagine what Apocalypse and One-palm were doing that day....

[@upsidedahead]

Good call

[@bobflendorg1064]

How many bodies were recovered?

[@fredrit323]

I can imagine the fun of getting hurt at a place like Nias... Hospital?

[@theodoreestienne5492]

You re remote there .180 miles from padang Sumatra. Don't get hurt there. But the bottom is a sea weed bed.

[@bryan_garrick_little]

@@theodoreestienne5492 ya, not a good place to get hurt at all, I saw a guy get scalped on the bottom somehow and that was at 6ft . must have been a hell ride home

[@JSharp-gu7lv]

Getting hurt is not recommended as the nearest hospital is on Sumatra... Which happens to be an 8-12 hour ferry ride away!

[@loveu4573]

i guess tradisional medic, better way for help

[@petewally2965]

HORRIBLE STUCKN THE PLACE FOR 10 DAYS 20 YEARS AGO , STOOOD ON A STONEFISH COULDNT WALK INTENSE PAIN LIKE YOU NEVER HAD NO INTERNET THEN

[@mikewilliams1993]

Is that a sandy bottom or a reef break and Was anyone in that boat and did they die

[@jaronsurf]

Love how the video just brushes past the BOAT!?!?!?

[@zootsootful]

Be interesting to see a tally of injuries sustained on that day...

[@rhysjohnston5079]

im ur 1000 subscriber

[@jeffhaase9979]

impressive to say the least.

[@someblokecalleddave1]

What happened to the blokes in the boat?

[@harukrentz435]

5:42 best bit 👏👏👏👍

[@Vlerkies]

Hectic!!!

[@garykewley9415]

RESPECT

[@shinrips]

Deep!

[@AlohamanIan]

Anyone know what instrumental track is playing from 4.37 to the end?

[@ReinLangeveld]

China shop - nightgames

[@kalebfisher2644]

Nias? I tried it out on one of my first extreme ocean search frames, like pictures, or at nias like freight train A Frames!

[@jq9391]

EPIC

[@emilloffler1216]

Only a 10 second maximum ride before total closeout. But the guys got very barreled here.

[@chrisculley3756]

This was just an epic day. But the one that doubled up on that dude was just crazy. I think it was around 2:33. Crazy. RLTW 3/75

[@jeffbauer3425]

Damn . And was anyone in that boat ?!

[@upsidedahead]

Can someone please translate the last lines from Riley Laing

[@AmericasChoice]

Sorry, I don't speak bogan.

[@veromikes]

Crazy

[@cjs5740]

Thick and proportionate. Insane waves! Did i see Nath F in there at 5:18?

[@antpoo]

I would have surfed ‘indicators’ 👍👍

[@henrymorgan3982]

Nuts.

[@johnromolo]

What the hell are those huge boats doing in the surf?

[@romcallis]

That boat was empty, just got loose, surprisingly was not smashed to bits

[@noodles8203]

Music?

[@randalluthe4792]

On a normal day this wave can eat you for lunch. Days like this are only meant for a select few.

[@kicaupemula8212]

Nias Indonesia ??

[@Ibprius]

Let's put this is perspective. The same guys pulling into 50 foot barrels at Jaws literally wanted no part of this day.

[@andreashia426]

WELLCOME to NIAS🇮🇩 NIAS PRO 2022

[@EweCantHandletheTruth]

What was going on out the back at 6:03? Unrideable?