Surfing amongst kelp and sharks at Africa's Pipeline

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…The Faux Attenborough’s narrative was a really nice touch & brought a realism to this great segment…well done production

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[@NipponRider]

Loved watching this, reminds me of surfing the crayfish factory in the late 90's, The beautiful scenery, the spooky shark feeling in your thoughts, waters freezing, and getting tangled in that kelp while getting smashed by the waves, making a bomb and watching your bottom turns so not to hit the snapped off kelp sticking up. The whole place really made you feel alive. Cheers from NZ.

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[@AdrianTregoning]

Another epic video! Beast wave. Tommy Botha, multiple South African spearo champ says the biggest great white he ever saw was at Dassen Island, right in the kelp. Just thought I'd mention that 😆

[@Deontjie]

No ways. It was a skaamhaai. Everything look bigger through goggles. Blue Pointers are at Paranoia.

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[@DavidHotz21]

Rip

[@ihiihilauakea]

Only difference is at pipe the kelp are other surfers

[@richardpeterson8117]

tricky buggahs to surf over

[@dreammaker9642]

Ah tbh pipeline will give you much more of a beating and a hold down depending where you fall and proportional to the size. Like showcased here same size at pipe is close 2-3x the bear down and you will 100% get smashed on the reef it’s not a matter of if but where 😂

[@johndoeyedoe]

​​@@dreammaker9642 wow. Sounds like most Pacific island reefs or lava shelves. Cloudbreak is nice. Cocus Keeling in the Indian ocean. Reunion in the Atlantic. Etc. We're else you surfed? Ulu? Nah, that's not that heavy, IDK Indo on its day in pretty good, once over 8 ft.

[@dreammaker9642]

@@johndoeyedoe you can’t really compare waves from pacific islands like Hawaii, Fiji or Tahiti because those waves not only are created by massive storms that hit near by they don’t bump into a continental shelf before reaching the coast. SA has strong waves for a continent because Antarctic storms are pretty violent and send swell our way but those waves first hit the continental shelf and the change in depth is gradual so by the time they reach a beach or reef it has lost a lot of power. When you take pipeline or cloudbreak it’s different story cause not only on some days 3 different huge swells could be hitting from different directions but those swells travel uninterrupted in like 1000+m of water union all of a sudden there’s a reef there. That creates some scary ass waves cause they just pop up and crash with all their might. Teahupo’o is a good example cause that wave comes from very deep and hits a wall, so when you near it or even on camera it feels like the ocean just rise all of a sudden and crashes down 😭😂 that being said Cape Town being so widespread has much more manageable crowds

[@johndoeyedoe]

@@dreammaker9642 The swells are generated from a variety of sources. Sure ain't a storm been hitting here on the 1-2 ft of water over the reef with a 5 ft wave. I live on an island in the south Pacific, continental shelf? You give yourself away.

[@opencoast9763]

Nice of Dave “the wave” Attenborough to lend his voice

[@conzy4851]

This is coolest story I’ve seen ever Adin. I want to make stiff like this. Can’t wait to come back over and hunt waves together again.

[@nichofmeyr]

Best bit of surf film I've seen in a long time, big ups to Will and Alan.

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[@John_Morley]

Another fine piece of work gents. Adin, you're next level bruv

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[@murraylloyd6011]

Absolutely insane barrels. That guy was shredding.

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[@TaranakiFrother-oy2dx]

Epic! Fun wave but takes no prisoners. AM the local legend! Yeow!!!!

[@willtheron]

Great Job guys! Loved every element of this film. DO MORE!!! 🔥

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[@surfcircus]

Beautifully created, high quality surf content! Love it 👌

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[@ajstand-gratitude]

Great video and great spot, have not seen many okes surf it, you obviously need a fair amount of skill (which Adin has buckets full off).

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[@markverryn7528]

Love the clip. Enjoyed the more humble and wholesome vibe to this, refreshing compared to some other clips out there.

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[@TucAdventures]

Epic storyline!!! haha This was so well put together. You got a very well deserved like and subscribe🙌🙌

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[@ringoffireradio9575]

proper surf video

[@JoeCPT78]

sick and also very informative ❤‍🔥

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[@GIOBOT-u3z]

Awesome! Safe to say I wont be surfing there anytime soon😂

[@Alexhayess]

Amazing Movie!

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[@ole.strand]

Sick! Awesome edit and awesome surfing as always 🤙🏼

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[@storm2000808]

This kelp is attached to the sea floor so I imagine your surboard skegs would get stuck on them! (I live down the road from Hawaiian Pipeline) Beautiful wave! 👍

[@dreammaker9642]

It can get annoying but if waves there had the same power as waves on the NS doubt it would be surfable at all. Like if you had the hold down similar to Haleiwa added to the kelp yeah you better have a long breath but these waves let you go rather fast. Idk what y’all did to Haleiwa but that wave just angry af 😂

[@studiohost]

Good to expose poaching

[@MrColinManning]

We had the same kelp issues surfing in Palos Verdes, California in the 1980's, but sadly the kelp forrests were devastated by pollution and purple urchins, and have only partly recovered. Great snorkelling / bumpy surfing

[@yusufallie3089]

Alan Van Gysen is a legend.

[@scottc3165]

Great story and put together really well. Northern Cali has kelp like that. It will dent your board.

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[@Surfdronesd]

Great clips, nice edit.

[@BigWaveStudio]

I got caught in kelp before because when i fell off a wave, i went below the kelp and was borderline freaking out because no matter what i did with my arms, they would catch on the kelp. I think the the best thing to do is pull your arms in tight against your body and keep them close as you climb upwards toward the surface

[@SlimJimIce80]

Loved this video

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[@doyletas]

Amazing bradeeeer

[@briancanbefound]

Great footage and editing too

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[@DirtyCiv1973]

Scary shit Mate coming from a homegrown Westside, O'ahuan. I'm good surfing in the sunny tropics.

[@nd4utube]

Good surfing!

[@catchingwildmeats]

The thought of being tied up down there. That’s scary. I don’t know how many surfers have died from being tied down, Mark foo is one that comes to mind but if you all are doing what you love, be safe out there

[@jameslangridge1674]

I surfed a reef break around the corner from this spot, on a similar size swell, which also breaks into a kelp forest/field, then into all kinds of interesting-looking rocks. It is rare that it breaks "safely," so we were excited to surf it whenever it worked. On the 1st wave of the set, I didn't make the drop and basically became the lip. It drove me pretty deep down underwater, beneath the kelp heads. Was very pretty looking up towards the surface, but I knew that the rest of set was on its way, and then noticed my leash was tightly wrapped around a piece of kelp, with me included. So, as the next set wave hit my board, (tombstoning up top), I just grabbed the piece of kelp, held on, and then literally climbed up it towards the surface, (like Jack and the beanstalk vibes), managing to untangle my leash and get yet another set wave on the head for good measure. Paddled back to the take-zone in a bit of state. So, a long-winded story about how I think the kelp actually saved my life, coz I was able to remain in place (entangled) and then climb up to the surface using it as a rope. I have also had it stop me dead in my tracks, mid-face, mid-drop at a well-known spot on a really good-size wave on a crowded day. But I do not know of anyone drowning from it.

[@3to5andglassy]

Great intro!

[@MarchonWestminster]

The scenery looks like kokkerot but it's a left.. must be closer to cpt side. (I won't say in which direction). I'm a weskus local so I'm used to kelp. Getting your leash stuck in it in the impact zone always adds a new layer of fun.

[@punk46664]

They did a brilliant job of avoiding the scenery.

[@dreammaker9642]

I had the pleasure of getting my leash stuck while paddling into a set wave at ledge 😂 plus it clipped right as I was taking off didn’t even have the time to say WTF 😂

[@MarchonWestminster]

@@dreammaker9642 Jirre talk about a shallow takeoff zone. Can at least avoid that problem with the boog 🤙

[@dreammaker9642]

@@MarchonWestminster yeah Ledge and innerkom at low tides is beyond shallow 😂 hence why you can only realistically surf there at high tide but when it’s pumping it’s one of the longest left handlers you’ll find out there but gotta deal with the kelp. Quite popular with body boarders cause y’all don’t really have to worry about snapping and being out R2000-3000 😂

[@MarchonWestminster]

@@dreammaker9642 True and ja sounds lekka. Get a boog and do it on low tide!

[@marshallbravestar031]

Great vid guys

[@as_the_dodo_do]

Epic Adin!!

[@Just_be_lekker]

Great vid! Sick wave.

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[@jimmyconway8025]

Pretty sick!

[@svdb415]

Such a good vid!!

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[@VincentDelValle]

so fun watching! well done

[@lostinfrance9830]

What an intro 😂 brilliant. Good old David Attenborough. Legend

[@karltaylor2857]

Good old David the shill Attenborough? As far from legend as you can be. He shills for the heliocentric religion you were indoctrinated into without you knowing. You believe you live on a spinning ball in a vaccum, and that you came from a single cell oragnism, because of pricks like this. Heliocentrism came from the church, its the ONE WORLD RELIGION. Ohh yeah, he's a legend.

[@timb.4825]

Thanks. Lovely vid

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[@erikhancock98569]

Incredible 🤙

[@jeffgreaves7432]

So sick!!

[@chrisdreyer1064]

I come from windsurfing. We're using weed fins when there's too much seaweed in the water. They also work pretty good against ropes between fishing buoys (haha). So why not using weedfins on a surfboard to surf through forests of kelb? The performance is quite ok even though those fins have much more rake. It's worth a try. Cheers from Hamburg / Germany …

[@hkkh1283]

Was thinking about windsurf weedfin too Or maybe those weird finless surfboard with deep / sharp channels under the hull? Such channels are meant to provide bite and drive and might let you glide over the kelp. A finless board scenario may not be that much welcome in a FCS promo video, though

[@kevincurran8459]

Nothing like a stiff off-shore wind!

[@IamANDYL]

Great vid 🤙

[@krishorst4734]

First thing I thought was Crayfishfactory and Misty Cliffs. Diaz beach at Cape Point is also kelpy.

[@gougaldougal]

where IS this? 🙏

[@bernardkriel1]

Yoh! surfing that kind of wave, in those kind of conditions, is soo next level, normal people just wont comprehend the balls these guys have!

[@planetclay]

very cool...well told thank you.

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[@shawncarty7602]

Reminds me of that wave in endlesssummer 2

[@trotshot]

Looks like there’s a bit of a right too, maybe not barrelling though ? Great stuff I was happy to see someone else in the water at the end , spooky place

[@GloryDaze73]

❤Incredible beauty!

[@reddiver7293]

Brother rides well on a really beautiful break. Must be scary sharky as not seeing anybody out at a break like this AND perfect conditions, swell direction etc: Amazing. No crowd. Too good to be true. Thare has to be some seriously wrong s**t in the mix. Respect and much aloha to SA riders

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[@jasonthompson5324]

Mate that’s classic it looks sharky with that kelp ect You surf well too Have you been chased in out there ever

[@ttank7241]

That is some thick kelp. I am a surf kayaker...finless.... and I purposely wait for minus low tides in the summer here in Santa Cruz Ca. At that tide the kelp is thick and the amount of surfers are few. My kayak glides over the kelp like it is not there. Are there surf boards that are finless that could skim over the kelp like my kayak?

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Another great video NOW! Now!

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[@SamAugust426]

brave. not sure if I would have paddled out at this spot

[@weligtonferreira7749]

Estd vídeo ficou bem legal. Aloha🤙

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[@SURFINGVISIONS]

Nice edit..

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Cheers Tim, much appreciated!

[@Zack-p1b]

great video

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[@jordanjaybird]

Looks super fun

[@Stopcolonizinglebanon]

Sunset Reef? When I rode that spot in the 90s there was no kelp at all.

[@ryantweddle6155]

Best suited to bodyboarding 🤘

[@Pumphouse652]

Insane Kelpy Barrels , cutty Kelpy situations..YEWW

[@sebastianwinter2066]

Love it🙂

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[@wisdomoverfear2685]

That spot looks so sharky ....only lawyers are safe out there . Sharks don't attack attorneys ! Something about professional courtesy !

[@michaelkdx]

Epic video. I cannot place the spot. Well filmed with tit bits of scenery. Cape Point, Scarborough, Witsand, Soet Water, Kommetjie - cannot place it? Throw us a bone here.

[@alexisjacobs8870]

Black Rocks in Cape Point? Been trying to figure this out too:/

[@geemy9675]

looks like you need properly sharpened Japanese knives for fins. With a very long leash and mandatory safety jump far from the board before wiping out

[@in2thewater]

I wonder if Adin and that bodyboarder who showed him this wave are still friends after this video?

[@BrownPeterAnthony]

Great wave..

[@nick8841]

I don't surf that side much, but took me about 10mins to work out exactly where it is down to a 50 kelp head margine of error. Probably intentional to expose it?

[@pietercoetzee9376]

Where did you drop dis bolle of yours

[@dantakeoff]

Siiiick...

[@maxst415]

the bullwhop kelp here in norcal will put holes in your board if youre goin fast enough

[@Fergie962]

Ripping🤙🏼

[@fishbones3177]

Is it called kelpline

[@FortniteBot-i7e]

where is this wave in south africa ? kleinmond

[@dominiquepietersen1477]

Is this spot in cape Town what's the name of the spoz

[@williamvandenheever8197]

where is this, i im from cape town and have never heard of this place

[@LGF2K]

🔥

[@rastanotrasta8699]

Where in Capetown is this? Noordhoek?

[@matthewwillis4892]

Sea urchins love kelp as well, you guys have urchins right?

[@AdrianTregoning]

Yes, millions.

[@kevincarey1356]

He’s a very good backside tube rider, and I hate kelp! Scary! 😱

[@BangzHaus]

The kelp let's you drop in then Stephen Kings you and let's David Attenborough tell your eulogy

[@saleconomos473]

Surfing is the James Bond of sports. So cool and very dangerous.

[@skboog]

dope never knew kelp waves were a thing

[@rezawaheed8879]

mate i got kelpt once and jellyfish can be a downer too . part of the job tho😉

[@markk9772]

Would love to know where that is?

[@didnotplay]

Looks like the outskirts of Chicago

[@nickortcoski6769]

Yours nate❤️❤️🙏👍😎

[@noobsaibot5285]

I bet the black wetsuit helps with that. You know, some bright yellow or red stripes is proven deterrent.

[@nickjmuzik]

👏🤘

[@woodnbikes]

Sick wave. White sharks very much will go into kelp beds by the way...Have fun!! 😂

[@dreammaker9642]

Not really, they can but they don’t like it much. Mostly 7 gills and sometimes raggies but you won’t really notice them unless you diving in the kelp forest. I actually had the pleasure to see a nice size gully or 7 gills swim off but had to surface to catch my breath lost it in the process, Im still bummed cause word on the street is if you follow them they tend to take you to more sharks 😢 I missed out cause my lungs weak, pure skill issue 😂

[@hospagalief]

​@@dreammaker9642they do

[@reinieleroux]

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[@SandyRiquelme-m5g]

Saludos de chile🇨🇱🌊🤙👊🌊🌊

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[@fernandolorenz]

But... what is the name of the point? It's not Kalk Bay, is it?

[@marschantescorcio1778]

Far from it...

[@markyeadon7271]

@@marschantescorcio1778define far. About 12 km I’d say 😄😄

[@TheCaus]

@@markyeadon7271 Further than that