SURFING THE SWELL OF THE DECADE IN MADEIRA ISLAND | VON FROTH

Known for its powerful, heavy, long, and perfect waves, Madeira Island is seen by many as the Hawaii of the Atlantic. Surrounded by crystal-clear blue waters and covered lush subtropical vegetation it plays the part all too well. But the absence of big crowds, the fine wine culture, the boulder-riddled beaches, the delicious food and the general look and vibe of Madeira, really sets it all apart. For this trip Nic Von Rupp scored the biggest and better aligned swell we’ve seen here in years. It was a Day of Days at Jardim do Mar, arguably the best big wave pointbreak in the world. Joined by fellow riders, Hawaiian Big Wave Charger, Torrey Meister, Grant “Twiggy” Baker, Miguel Blanco, Lourenço Katzenstein and Portuguese young gun, João Maria Mendonça and with a shooting crew on a boat, it was an unique day captured under a never seen before angle in beyond perfection sort of day. Come and join u us in the line-up.
Supported by @visitportugal
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Special Thanks to
Reid's Palace Belmond Hotel Madeira - www.belmond.com/hotels/europe...
Orlando Pereira - Surf guiding - madeirasurfing.wixsite.com/ma...
Production and Direction
Von Rupp Media
Filmed and Edited by
Kenneth Kemp
Kristjan Taal
Animation
Jaan Sinka
Sound Design
Francisco Schlingenzipen
Production Assistance
António Fernandes de Oliveira
Additional Footage
Hugo Almeida
Mendo Dornellas
Music by
Dead Poet Society - .burymewhole.
Vandelux - NANA
Vandelux - Tulum (MADEIRA)
Afterclapp - Baiao Temperado
Caribou - Home

[@albydamn]

That trip was an eye opener, thank you Mother Nature for providing the goods!

[@detlevpomp]

Thank's for this wonderful video of this wonderful island!👍🌅🌄🏄‍♂️👏

[@johnrobinson5506]

Amazing Episode Nic such a beautiful place and you do it justice keep them Rolling 📽️📸🎬🩵🤙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@isaacjamesbaker]

Amazing video. Visited Madeira 8 years ago -- incredible place!!

[@mattllewhellin1274]

Best episode this one! Incredible place

[@macrovigilance]

yeah boys!!! absolutely nuts.

[@marceloliveira6212]

This kid is legit. And Portugal is just amazing.

[@joehuggard]

Fantastic Giant surf. Great paddle wave.

[@brigittelauper8667]

Beautiful video😍 thanks for sharing🙏🙏

[@mayagupta974]

Thanks for this wonderful video of this beautiful island, I like a lot, the vawes are looking so bright hi nic

[@jpmtlhead39]

The Landscape is just Astonishing. And with those waves it becames even more Epic. Magical Place.👍👍👏👏👏

[@MarcoTNT]

Um dos lugares mais belos do Planeta.

[@Army_lover_Suraj405]

Im from India but i love and awesome this nature 🌄🌄🌄

[@ypure3859]

Great quality vid. beautiful place

[@Prestostark]

Yikes...buried at 6:18! What an epic day.

[@didoview]

Thank you for spoiling one of the last untouched pearls.

[@0warami_7oo]

You promoted it by commenting and viewing 😂

[@Smartin3162]

Great video... ❤ Madeira

[@RaulEdu33]

The production quality is on par with the XXL bombs in this video! Well done Nic, Madeira looks EPIC!

[@nicvonrupp1671]

Thank you!

[@BodhiNDaddy]

Epic and romantic!🔥

[@audbertovelez130]

dude.. thanks.. dope island.. love it.. right on.. ✌😎

[@be-hugues3045]

Magnifique!

[@yantutschka6450]

Wow amazing vid buddy! Incredible waves and incredibly beautiful island!! I need to visit! Thank u!

[@PauloRoberto-zg4zs]

Great bombs, guys. Good waves.👏👏👏

[@princethumper]

Sick edit, perfect mix of surfing and lifestyle

[@nicvonrupp1671]

Thank you

[@pedrorovisco9521]

MAGNIFICO

[@diogoadiasdiogo9445]

Show ... não sabia que a ilha da Madeira era tão bonita assim. Parabéns.

[@pedrorovisco9521]

Já lá fui 2 vezes e quero repetir. É uma ilha mágica !

[@BrolyRajang]

Looks paradise

[@joaoalmeida2720]

Amazing quality, video and WAVES! JM rocks! Keep up the good work Nic. Spot on!

[@Dromeusful]

Beautiful video and amazing vibes! Greetings from south Brazil

[@lightcoloursound3728]

Another epic one Nik! ❤

[@theoutsider6191]

OMG that over the falls moment at 6:20 !!!! That was enough time to take in the scenery as you were heading over 🙂

[@Jeroen12345]

holy damn

[@johnfusco1176]

You rock!

[@hingham147]

INSANITY ❤

[@Finhead113]

This video is inspiring me to revisit Madeira. One of the most magical and beautiful places I've ever been in the world.

[@Lopersen]

Some good! I'll have to visit then!🤩

[@MaximKondratev]

Dope🔥

[@nottyR6]

Nice video, lots of passion. Really like the extra dialogue Nic.

[@jefrigo8410]

Epic

[@slkslk15]

Sickkkkkkk

[@SecretSpots]

Been fantasizing about the waves there for 3 decades and in more recent years found out how amazing it also is for mountain biking. I NEED to go!

[@nicvonrupp1671]

It’s a dream island

[@Scotty_P]

Can confirm the biking is so sick!

[@erhanoz1207]

I'll be there soon.

[@michaelj8793]

Well Thanks for rubbing it in like always my friend Hope that you have a prosperous New Year Be well and God Bless You and Yours 👍🤙

[@joaoramos940]

You are the man!!!

[@scottc3165]

It's perfect. Love old world culture and clean big waves!

[@nicvonrupp1671]

Who doesn’t eheh

[@DarknessYT2010]

Turismo AD ....but yeah sick waves lads

[@chriscaffee4932]

Great stuff. Great filmmaking and story. Fkn A.

[@JesusSavesandRomeEnslaves]

I remember reading about the waves of Madeira in a surf memoir and it always stuck with me. Seeing it actually on film is amazing to put together my imagination of the experiences I read to what you just lived! Thanks for the vid brass! And most importantly God bless.

[@user-rd9sv6wd8q]

Barbarian Days?

[@JesusSavesandRomeEnslaves]

You know 😉

[@oliveralbers6657]

William Finnegan. Fantastic lecture and biography

[@ALX-GAMING07]

​@@JesusSavesandRomeEnslaves❤geeetve❤2txxz Ç

[@cassiomorais5868]

Que linndo madeira

[@frankviterise7333]

I could comment on how awesome this video is for about a 1/2 an hour or more. Absolutely awesome in and out of the water. Thank you, Nick and aloha, Son

[@nicvonrupp1671]

Appreciate it 🙏🏼

[@DeadPoetSociety]

Thanks for using our song dude! Honored!

[@stone34]

what song?

[@PocketOKrypto]

I'm currently in Nazare on a longtime bucket list trip. Now I want to go to Madeira! Your video really captured its beauty for sure! Thank you!

[@BiswanathShil-jn1lf]

11:22

[@DineshKumar-ob6qr]

😊​@@BiswanathShil-jn1lf

[@Sea_New_Things]

Liked Madeira so much that I got my first tattoo of the coordinates of the island on my forearm. Beautiful place , Great food, and super friendly people. Made several friends and looking forward to meeting them again someday. Always tip your waiters and waitresses well

[@brucepedersen4032]

They had a jet ski for safety and did Paddle-In catching waves. ooh good😊

[@brainiacmarco4014]

Bacana seus vídeos, valeu!

[@johnsongibbs6567]

Incredible

[@gilsonalmeida3231]

radical

[@alexvite5065]

Very cool Video!👌🏼

[@kevinf.7586]

What da hell! This looks like the eddie!! Madeira is wild! 🤙

[@UMEK12]

Top man 👌

[@MattMus]

What's the song at 9:10 ? couldn't find it in the "Music By" section/ description. Awesome surf and quality!

[@FranklinDattein]

Production quality is top notch.

[@nicvonrupp1671]

Thank you

[@gerardneedham]

The lieca man aye

[@hugoleger8395]

Beautiful video showing everything about Madeira’s amazing atmosphere. Thanks to your video you did a year ago, I chose to go on a surf trip, and it didn’t disappoint at all. I had crazy waves in Paul do Mar and Ponta Paul. Almost alone in the water. I had the chance to met Orlando. The people on the island are very welcoming. Cheers for everything Nic !

[@user-xw7hg4jh9x]

ただデカい波は他にもあるがこれだけ綺麗に走れる波はそんなに多くはない。美しい島である。

[@bennolyon]

came to watch big wave footage, got a tourism advertisement... and then some great big wave footage... lol, ok we get it, come and spend money in Madeira

[@J_Smith7]

An important thing to note...the wave was even better prior to the construction of the break wall. Fortunately this wave still exists in some form but a good reminder of how development can entirely or partially ruin a wave.

[@mikemoloney506]

Mr Van Rupp. Thanks for the trip... and emphasizeing experts only. Which you and your crew are. Gladiators!!!

[@baitandtackle]

Incredible surfer. Beautiful edit. Really really awkward bro-hugger! 😂

[@cspenglerstrategies]

Great job in making it even more crowded just so you can get some clicks. What happened to keeping places secret or at least make people work to figure it out. FYI I was there in 1997.

[@peterjasienski410]

nic strikes again

[@oneminutefixed5003]

I'm portuguese and had no idea Madeira had such surf

[@virginiaaguiar9933]

we sure do :)

[@ikaikaboo]

epic mountain biking there too: surf and turf!

[@MrRonnmaui]

What a gorgeous place! And the waves, you should have kept that to yourselves.

[@ErfolghinterlasstSpuren]

Dude you are amazing a keep up living your life and letting us in 🔥🫶🏻🙏

[@roguebossa]

Aloha and get it Froth

[@stevegavin3327]

Paddle in commitment,I love it for the purity.👍

[@paulsitton9671]

Great video. The footage was high quality. What’s the name of the surf break you were surfing?

[@stivklif]

06:17 great views from here

[@_surflifewahine]

Beautiful! 🌊

[@lawtonloraine4144]

Hey nick I know you surfed figuera do foz , I dnt know if you surfed it big, if you did how does it compare to Madeira. We chatted once before , as I surfed figuera do foz out by the lighthouse down to the river in 1979 with some guys including Graham Nile who you may have heard of. Surprised if you haven’t. He is in his seventies now and I’m 66 this year. Still surfing as is Graham from what I hear still trying o win everything

[@gregstewart3126]

Such a beautiful place Nic...Thanks for showing us the beauty of Madeira and its powerful waves ....Would definitely have a condo there for vacations.....

[@nicvonrupp1671]

🙌🏻

[@gregstewart3126]

Nic ..what is the best month to visit for best waves...I'm just there to photograph and watch the surfers..I'm kinda retired from surfing..I will fly into Lisbon....Thank you ..Greg @@nicvonrupp1671

[@AlainGo4surf]

Amazing, Nic!

[@ajj4483]

Video production getting better and better..great trip🤙

[@hapapower]

Love the intro of the region and history and then the boys charging!!!

[@KaiserSoze-dp1hw]

Amazing. Thanks!!!

[@Hitch93gerKim]

what a beautiful video! Not just the surfing, also the island seems to be unreal! Thanks for sharing!

[@buckstraw925]

Doooode

[@BeachJazzMusic]

That place is amazing even if you don't surf! Great Video!

[@nicvonrupp1671]

The best!

[@finzfan47]

Your surfing has taken a next step. I am not a surfer but I skate and watcha lot of surfing videos. You working out a lot or just surfing a lot and progressing? You have developed into one of the most technically sound balls to the wall surfers on youtube which means the world. YEWWW

[@nicvonrupp1671]

Appreciate the feedback thank you 🙏🏼

[@WickBeavers]

Dude. Great Vid. BUT. Is there no place left that's still secret? shhhhhhhhhh!

[@pedrohm6271]

Fantástico vídeo, no começo pensei que eras americano mas quando falas-te a primeira palavra em português, obviamente num sotaque perfeito que só um português poderia ter, pensei como é possível um americano ter este sotaque perfeito, quando ouvi a segunda palavra em português disse logo, é português 🙂 Parabéns por divulgar o surf e a Madeira

[@edgarmalveiro5315]

Português/alemão...

[@pedrohm6271]

🙂@@edgarmalveiro5315

[@incognito7479]

Narrator is solid

[@sergeia.8795]

Awesome videos - they bring you to the right mood 💪🏽🏄🏽‍♂🤙🏽

[@nicvonrupp1671]

Yes they do!

[@VERDOENGO]

Estivemos na ilha da Madeira no último julho, em família. Lugar fantástico, um verdadeiro paraíso na terra. Para voltar muitas vezes. Parabéns pelas grandes ondas surfadas! Estivemos aí no verão e logicamente estava flat. Baita vídeo! Funchal, vilas, mar, serra, trilhas, uhuhuuuu🤙🤙🤙

[@ericmeechglobalnetwork2273]

Rad

[@ODL957]

Amazing episode, please keep posting

[@aderiley6592]

Gr8 vid cheers 🤙💙

[@aniballopes7]

Hello, which drone you use to film on the waves?

[@666iman]

Hey Nic great vid which is best/favourite Madeira or Sao Miguel?

[@frankthomas1983]

👏