NIAS: TALKING ON THE WAVE OF MY LIFE (ALMOST!)

[@toomuchfandango]

amazing takeoff and commitment! that last lip looked like a near shutdown anyway.

[@reddiver7293]

Respect for paddling into that beast. And sorry about that weird little section that broke in front of you. Awesome ride, mate.

[@UMEK12]

Stand out performance on that swell. Big respect

[@MattBromleySurf]

Thanks man. One of the best days of my life

[@tomotto3208]

@@MattBromleySurf Nathan Florence said that you were the only one pushing the boundaries that day 🤙🤙🤙

[@protectourfreedom8221]

OMG full commitment and elephant balls

[@MattBromleySurf]

Hahaha !

[@Soul-Taker]

Bruh you were nowhere near making that wave. Love your stories, youre an amazing surfer.

[@Rogue_wave]

Wow. Absolutely mental one. That take off was so gnarly!

[@Inzyman100]

Impressed!!

[@tkimoro4541]

I love this guy- Clearly an epic baller and yet always so humble

[@xyzct]

_Waves I Didn't Make_ Finally, a series I can contribute to.

[@marksheehan8026]

Crazy looking at the first aerial view of the point . Only palm trees when l was there , every morning to myself , midday with 2 others , Back then it was the only low tide surfable break l knew of in the islands . But they were not beasts like this . Great commitment to the drop mate .

[@MrIsomer]

Yes, only palm trees and Dougga Warren getting pitted out there with me as well when I first surfed the place!

[@marksheehan8026]

@@MrIsomer awesome what year an month we're you there, june or july 77 for me .

[@MrIsomer]

@@marksheehan8026 I was busy dipping my toes into G-Land June '77. Then I saw Eric Aeder's cover shot of Nias a few years later, and ventured to Lagundri I think Aug. of 1980 and shot some footage of Dougga there for my first movie Bali High.

[@MrIsomer]

@@marksheehan8026 1977 - Wow. Good for you! Almost back in the Peter Troy days!

[@marksheehan8026]

@@MrIsomer myself and 3 others early June 77 had an indo boat organized to go to Glands but the Harbour master wouldn't let us leave port in Bali unless a Yank named Bouyon gave permission his response was 100US $each per day to him or no go , we found out later the indo officials were all tangled up together , he eventually had to flee indo when a few drug deals went bad with officials , lam still a little guttered we were so close in going . There's a doco called sea of darkness about that Era n him . Good for you making there wouldn't have been a soul about for you .

[@SurfRawFiles]

Epic,cant wait for this season!

[@Redbug72]

🌊Big Wave King🌊

[@branlee7373]

Fantastic footage, and nicely done!

[@leighgilmour1702]

Whoop whoop 🙌🏼 🎉

[@moscaman559]

HEAVY 💪🏼💪🏼

[@hman7236]

This is one of the craziest rides I've seen....so nice 👍

[@tnkmch]

Dude you made that drop!!!! The tube pinching, that's on the wave.

[@marcelosurfpaiva]

pretty sick take off, man ....woww Insane moment

[@crayk7598]

That waves was on Nias yesterday? :O

[@tyronelol]

All good you rode it perfect it pinched.

[@JiuJitsuMasterCaique]

Your drop was so radical it was worth a lot man 👍👊💪🙏

[@joemeeker5211]

Very heavy!!

[@mrg.8754]

Big ballz and dizzy balance...Dat' was nuts !!!

[@Gen.Cornwaliss]

Insane drop but that wave closed, you weren’t even close 😂

[@davehasenford3985]

good stuff

[@sumatran]

Holy hell that was heavy...

[@jaydickey1049]

Were you talking to yourself or the fish?

[@guyralls9314]

Lo when typos kinda make sense

[@joemeeker5211]

More please!

[@impactexperts8200]

🔥🔥🔥 Sitting deep in the pack.

[@iankyoko]

Still special

[@killbill5486]

That drop omg.

[@nickr2425]

So heavy!!!!

[@BigDaddy-hn7oh]

Hey brother that was one heavy take off

[@romcallis]

Is this from that swell in 2018?

[@cnfabo]

How U stuck that takeoff brother, 🙏🙏.. incredible

[@MattBromleySurf]

Thank you! One of the best moments of my life

[@billfletcher5495]

Respect

[@hounddog7256]

the only Nias wave that didn't allow any exit...

[@richardrich8010]

That’s awesome I probably would have died😁

[@twmpuketa]

You did everything right. The wave had other plans

[@damianbeattie91]

talking or taking?

[@sandroribeiro2979]

Superman

[@michaelscurr9046]

Nice late drop I think it helped him get a little deeper

[@kg-4062]

Fuck it I'd call that a make ! You got to get near full marks just for the drop . Ballsy.

[@djizzah]

pity it sectioned, not much you could do

[@byronbaybarrels]

gotta hate when ya feet go out of position from a mental drop like that, then you gotta learn how to ride that board with your feet where they are instantly, in a hectic position. composure kept. kudos

[@Jasman-me3cg]

Hallo

[@patricknolan1096]

Blew it goofy

[@justtowatch111]

Awesome takeoff but I have to say that there is no way that was going to be the wave of your life. It could have been the closeout drilling of your life though.

[@mrmr314]

Yeah cos you sat low when Nias requires you to sit high or mid-way up the face. But nice charging that drop. Rare for Nias to close-out like that. Well done. (Of course charging reefs in the tropics always carries more medical dangers than are reasonable).

[@Rogue_wave]

Lol if he highlined that he would’ve been upside amigo

[@CJ_102]

Ricky would have made it lol

[@fritzmuller8246]

Mind and body bending