The Return of Brazil's Avalanche

[@gfrancischelli]

Laje da Avalanche - (Avalanche's slab) - Vila Velha - Espirito Santo Known by local fishermen as Baixo do Pacotes, the slab is part of an archipelago of three islands plus the bench that would be a fourth submerged island, according to them. "Imagine that the surrounding depth is more than a thousand meters, and suddenly it drops to four meters", explains Lucas Medeiros. The change in depth causes large southeast/east swells to violently break the bench.

[@CCMiniBucks]

This is the only comment on this video that matters. Bravo @gfrancischelli In my experience, this wave looks like Shark Island, Shallows and Spot X rolled into one, and we dont even have upwellings like this reef on the East Coast bar a couple of talked about slabs that I haven't had the pleasure of riding...

[@jaydubya3698]

Thanks for the info...I was wondering how something freaky like this would break so far offshore.

[@brodyhall]

Kinda sounds like the Nazare canyon.

[@msalvs]

@@brodyhall no it doesn’t

[@waynelynch3862]

break the bench?

[@johnswimcat]

For it's size it has to be the heaviest wave I've seen, wow!

[@johnmotsko273]

yeah really thick

[@matthewfitzsimmons7355]

Looks like a smaller version of the Right in western Aus but brown

[@CorePathway]

Thicc

[@lswisherl]

@@matthewfitzsimmons7355 The Right is not that clean. I would say more like a smaller Taehupoo breaking the other way.

[@matthewfitzsimmons7355]

@@lswisherl it’s a short slab, teahupoo is a pretty long wave. But I was referring to the thickness of it

[@RhysFiloon]

MAD RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS STUFF

[@brissylion7066]

I have the same profile pic as you and it tripped me out

[@maxkulmer5084]

That last clip of the bodyboarding dropping in is MENTAL!!!

[@renatofonte]

The bodyboarder one is insane. What a drop!

[@danielwitham1791]

Dick dragging fail left in for the surfer's LOL

[@simonssol3526]

@@danielwitham1791 the only ones paddling

[@RayGorman2261]

@@simonssol3526 Another spot that was pioneered by Bodyboarders until ski's. Places like Shipstern's, Ours, Teahupo'o, The Box, etc...

[@Alesxandros]

​@@RayGorman2261 nazaré too

[@isaacdemino]

@@RayGorman2261bs chopes was always a surf wave bodyboarders are extremely rare there dont lie

[@boxhawk5070]

The guy at 0:07 looked like he had plenty of time to contemplate the series of bad decisions that put him on the top of that wave.

[@nurimj5431]

Hilarioussss

[@howdy1487]

LOL, what makes it worse is that it all happens in slow-motion. He had what seemed like an eternity to ponder his doom. Waves warp time. I've been in that spot. Every surfer has. Not on a slab, but a heavy shallow double-overhead semi-point freight train barrel. It's worse than free-falling into the impact zone or going over at the tip of the lip because you sometimes get shot into the air or out in front of the wave by the explosion, then just steamroll a bit or if you're really lucky pop up behind the wave. But getting pulled over by a lip that's already penetrated the trough, if it's shallow you're gonna get drilled into the bottom and probably sucked back up and over the falls again. My record is three cycles on one wave, hitting the bottom hard each time. I've seen guys come out of the water with broken ribs. That's why surfers push themselves, the power, the danger, the rush of adrenalin, the STOKE.

[@AWBepi]

Time for 3 or 4 breaths.....

[@andrewmitchell3816]

Got me so bad 😂

[@whiskeymonk4085]

@@howdy1487 Even three foot peelers give me the stoke.

[@boss_acg]

The skim boarder getting barreled was nuts.

[@floridaspringhoppers.7354]

His names Lucas Fink !

[@boss_acg]

@@floridaspringhoppers.7354 I know who he is. I was just Ieaving a quick comment. I like Blair better than him.

[@floridaspringhoppers.7354]

@@boss_acg yeah Blair has a super good style. You ever watch his skid kids KZbin channel?

[@LTV_inc]

…who in the wild world would even attempt this on a skimmer…?

[@WilliamMitzlaff]

I love the dude saying no more...waiving his arms...please no more...as he comes out of the barrell...amazing stuff

[@danielmenten4403]

My favorite was the pull out. Good judgement on a gnarly wave. That and the last clip of the bodyboard getting pitted and smoked💥

[@deckard2665]

If that guy didn't pull out he might have ended up with some broken bones.

[@DiamondRidgeMusic]

Lucas Fink at 1:11 is bonkers on the skimboard. He said, “nope, nope. That’s enough, got my wave, I’m out!”

[@francesgreen1135]

Looks like my mother in law, Angry and thick with heaps of volume. Whoever gets in that pit deserves a medal,I'm still talking about my mother in law.

[@howdy1487]

LM@O, does she spit too?

[@elizabethjarvie6077]

Lol

[@craigdrysdale4553]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@josephhertzberg2734]

If she ever reads this comment about her pit, she coming for youuuuuuuu

[@torbjornbengtsson342]

Imagining your mother in law picking up your cellphone and reading the comment☠️

[@neexdasneex1288]

Glad you are showing the spongers as well!

[@jayveethreefive5214]

They deserve respect for paddling into those 👀

[@riopmq]

My uncle use to live right across from the beach to it and I always saw bodyboarder literally paddle all the way to the break but I never knew where they were going. 15 years later i discovered this is it! Next time I go to visit my uncle I want to take a boat there just to watch this beast and maybe if I want to put an end in “my life” give it a go lol

[@Smellmipoo4932]

My uncle touched me.

[@tassionegreiros]

Those you saw paddling were probably going to another point, on Praia da Costa, called D2. Much closer to the coast at 1.5km. Avalanche is about 4km from the coast, and good waves only occur in very rare and specific conditions, unlike D2 which is much more regular and accessible.

[@riopmq]

@@tassionegreiros thanks for the explanation..

[@leomiranda2809]

Where is this at? What is the name of the city? What month of the year?

[@riopmq]

@@leomiranda2809 Vila Velha ES - Avalanche

[@artequintanilha]

My city is beautiful and hospitable. There are beautiful and educated people. And to top it off I see this incredible wave from my window. Itaparica Beach - Viila Velha - ES - Brazil.

[@JoseSilva_]

Ninguém liga.

[@maclenio100]

@@JoseSilva_ a mãe me liga

[@ryanw724]

LOL​@@JoseSilva_

[@woodnbikes]

​@@JoseSilva_ I do. I go to Brazil all the time and I'm always looking for new places to check out.. Don't be such a d!ckhead

[@heathstott]

I think that was actually thicker than it was high😂🤙🇦🇺

[@adriantaylor84]

Chode wave?

[@tomutb9793]

That’s what she said

[@gabrielkandler2786]

@@adriantaylor84 no

[@adriantaylor84]

@@gabrielkandler2786 ok chode police

[@florese4804]

@@adriantaylor84 no.

[@Kahuna54]

That wave looks like a back breaker! The amount of mass and energy being expended is hypnotic!

[@fiefdom3751]

Respect to the dudes backhanding that wave!!

[@robertchiarizia9463]

I like to pigdog shacks more than I do frontside. You can drop your ass into it more and won’t rack your jewels as easy. 😉

[@Pete-z6e]

That is a THICK wave!

[@Mar--Mar]

Thick and dirty.

[@fgui11]

@@Mar--Marto be fair, in the state of Espirito Santo, the ocean has naturally this chocolate color

[@natbarron]

*Thicc

[@katyanna1999]

TP is thicker only by the volume and height.Never surfed there but have surfed enough to know.This wave is a stinger though.

[@laurencew5220]

The thumbs down must be one of those guys mums

[@marcbonavia2347]

This is in Vila Velha, state of Espíritu Santo. Northeast from Rio de Janeiro. It is similar to Teahuppo.

[@nicolasdavies4129]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@edbudgen6704]

Dam..that is one strange wave.You guys Rode the Hell out of them!!! Awesome video 😎

[@BobbyJetty1502]

You Brazo’s are nut job’s. When you dudes first started showing up at the Jetty in Ocean Beach San Diego Ca. round about 1980 we used to have issues with you in the line up. Breaking your fins out, chasing you out the line up. But you keep your head down and waited and took scraps until the El Niño of 1983. Other than your wide stance you didn’t back down. You showed no fear took off late on Rock waves, took some serious poundings on bounce waves. I’m stoked to have made some of my best friends during those years and fellow waterman. Then in 1997 El Niño took trips to Killers. Todos Santos. Those sessions can’t be replaced. Much Aloha Brothers 1502

[@MrLanzac]

That wave looks HEAVVVVY

[@frederickhinojosa7248]

Heaviest wave I have ever seen! Wow! Great footage !!

[@renatoreboucas5413]

Back hand on that thing is madness its the gnarliest wave Ive seen in Brazil so far

[@thatlovejones]

Incredible slab, great rides. Takes some stones, make no mistake.

[@songswithcam669]

it’s like teachupo’s mean little cousin who’s always in trouble with the cops

[@Trapper50cal]

beat me to it...thick as a big Teahupoo.

[@humzilla707]

And going the correct direction

[@getitdone5322]

This wave is quick and THICK AF!!! Is like the mother of Silvebacks in Bocas del Toro, Panama.

[@Misterman668]

Check out the break known as the right and shipstern bluff

[@johndoe2690]

0:49 might be the craziest barrel I have ever seen

[@nomadicghostCOD]

that wave is crazy..... great video

[@davidandrade4703]

This place is a wave I live in Espirito Santo , Lots of good waves and several places with surf , this peak is 5 kilometers into the sea

[@machinesrus9212]

omg those waves are so heavy!!! rad!

[@roberthallstrand4167]

Thats one scary ass wave... people surfing this big are totally awesome, my biggest respect

[@jloulify]

that last bodyboard drop is ballsy, and controlled!! sick drop!

[@dylanj3601]

1:14 Guy on a dang skim board! This wave is gnarly!

[@captainamerica3531]

Whoa Nellie! Where was the take off!? Insane wave and skill to ride it! I’d better watch again. Tnx

[@MichaelDavis-si9bv]

Bro at 55 seconds in dropped in late and timed it perfectly. Very nice!

[@paullangan8080]

The guy sucked over at 10 seconds RIP, the guy pulling out at 120 no shame! All stellar rides at a beast of a wave, much respect.

[@cyberanswer]

He was too late, not enough speed and going to eat it big time.

[@jamesmay1796]

Thank you for posting this. My soul needed this video

[@darrenfeelgreat]

absolutely sinister looking wave. so heavy!

[@andyvare8541]

All the neck-snapping goodness of a Heavy Mack Truck...

[@Synistercrayon]

Wave height can be scary. The volume of the water can be even scarier.

[@breesewilson6742]

Love it. Loved the drop in by the bodyboarder on that last yeww

[@Apeunion]

This is the next wave pool Kelly Slater is working on🤙

[@JHallDaBoss]

Da Amazon River 😂

[@toomuchfandango]

love how funnel like that tube stays open on the end!

[@teresabarber217]

That is one heavy wave. Look at the volume of water that is behind it. Balls of steel those surfers have!

[@Mysucculentchinesemeal]

The thickness on that thing shows the raw power of this wave.

[@Ali-7676]

That's got to be scariest "little" wave I've ever seen.

[@levelhead1153]

That lip is a monster. A fast ass ride too

[@nakana_212]

Last wave takes it. Paddles in at the peak. Pshhhh......unreal🤙🏽Spongers are a whole other Fuckn breed man. Respect.

[@mysteriouslyenigmaticbodyp5602]

yeah it takes balls to lie down and hold on. please if you want to reply to this, at least understand i can surf and boogie board well, i have a frame of reference to compare them to each other. not one surfer has written back to me, i'm guessing they either don't care at all or agree, and the only replies are from boogie boarders. if you can't surf than don't comment about it

[@nakana_212]

@@mysteriouslyenigmaticbodyp5602 hating on sponging is a thing of the past. I don’t care how long or how good you are at surfing. If you can’t show respect to ALL water sports your not a true water man. Your just another stick in the water.

[@mysteriouslyenigmaticbodyp5602]

@@nakana_212 I respect things that are difficult but people still do them. you've mistakenly read my comment as though I have disdain for people of lesser skill. not the case. I merely think celebrating mediocrity is stupid. you can keep doing it. I'll keep fighting the good fight. I don't drop in or hassle boogie boarders over any other type of water craft, but I have little respect for what they do. I respect them for wanting to have a go, but if people start worshipping people for lying down and holding onto something I'll probably say something. your comment won't change that. why would I respect things I find easy? I respect people who do things I can't or that are clearly difficult. I bet you're one of those blanket statement people that say retarded things like "all women should be respected", or "we live in a free country". am I right?

[@mysteriouslyenigmaticbodyp5602]

@@nakana_212 having more knowledge and skill about the ocean doesn't make me another stick in the water. it makes me an exceptional surfer, exceptional boogie boarder, fisherman, tow surfer, jetski driver, Thundercat driver, spear fisherman, I swim with sharks (cage free) including whites, tigers, etc... I'm an exceptional waterman, the only thing that would come close is my talents in the sky. I'm a pilot, professional skydiver, BASE jumper, paraglider, speed flyer, and I am a god of the sky and ocean. I do not respect people that get praise for doing things easy. call me crazy. IT IS EASY TO LIE DOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE HOLDING ON. saying that I went for an early surf today with two of my best mates, both boogie boarders. I don't respect them for that, but I do respect them for many other things, and I don't judge them for boogie boarding. people read my comments as though I'm on the verge of tears or something. my comments are completely earnest and have not emotion behind them. they are simply things I believe and want to pass on. my biggest pet peeve is "bodyboarding waves". really they are just waves that take skill to surf, and as bodyboarding is a matter of lying down and holding on, and the risks are far less, there are many more people willing to do it. no surprise. those so called "bodyboarding waves" are the waves I look for. any surfer that uses that phrase can't surf

[@nakana_212]

@@mysteriouslyenigmaticbodyp5602 actually I’m Native Hawaiian and my ancestors have been wave riding for centuries. Paepo’o is one of the most beloved forms of he’e nalu(surfing) in my culture and it resembles what is presently knows as a bodyboard but made of wood. The level of difficulty isn’t why we ride waves. It’s the spiritual connection and relationship with the ocean that fuels our love for wave riding. Am I still one of those “blanket statement people” for respecting and loving all forms of wave riding just the same as my Hawaiian ancestors did?? Is that not a good reason for you?? Try and have some Aloha towards others who don’t want to ride waves the same way you do.

[@dbwrc]

That's a thick, heavy little monster! Fierce! Cool vid.

[@mattringler6483]

Looks like a dirty mini shipsterns bluff from Taz!

[@pachajonathan]

no bump though. It's Teahupo'o times 3. Nuts.

[@thomassquires135]

Mini The Right!

[@the1mega974]

@@pachajonathan not as big though but it takes up in the thickness

[@apolopena]

mini cyclops!

[@shanemarz6742]

Defently looks like the right at western Australia. Just muddy

[@stuarthayward2220]

Knifing that thing looks hard enough towing, hats off to ANYONE attempting to paddle it!

[@songswithcam669]

that’s what all my doodles in high school looked like, this crew is mental

[@aprilsmith3683]

Such a unique wave... Scary... 🇿🇦

[@Iris7te]

So heavy!!! The speed, the power, the amount of water that falls... Scary.

[@playboycaveirasnit]

Sou Carioca do Rio de Janeiro e não tinha visto uma onda tão animal no Espírito Santo!

[@lucasfranco7787]

Sim. Até porque carioca de Ponta Grossa é meio dificil né

[@SlickWilly79]

These waves are like folding a phone book!

[@scoot3221]

looking heavy

[@e3dave744]

That wave is terrifying , I could only imagine what that would feel like landing on you

[@FrankM-w7k]

I'd be more afraid of staph infection from the millions of toilets emptying into the water right off the coast making that wave the poop sludge.

[@robertonotubo]

Onde é? 🤔

[@ronz101]

Respects to all who are in the sport. "Do it while your young and dumb".

[@Nic_La]

Those waves are thick

[@EritonDF]

Costa Beach, Vila Velha - State Espirito Santo, Brazil 🤘

[@rodolfot.5776]

Onde fica essa marola?

[@bobbybabsonjr787]

That feeling when your going over the falls.

[@Nihilist1974]

No fun

[@geophphd5594]

Fuck, am I a kook. I shouldn't be out here

[@jaydubya3698]

It's kind of fun while you're taking the ride, but anticipating possible death or extreme pain is never pleasant to say the least. :0

[@matt_squires_og]

I used to body board heaps when I was younger and I still vividly dream about going over the falls, it's never a bad dream though🤙🙂

[@FirstLast-nt5ui]

It actually breathes water in becoming an avalanche... WOW... awesome!

[@bradg350]

The beating one would receive from that wave would be second to none pound for pound.

[@jcdronography7420]

So many double waves lol, some of the widest ones I've seen 😳

[@domingossaviojunior5642]

Nem sempre temos as melhores ondas.. mas temos a melhor inspiração e motivação.. somos foda 🇧🇷🌊

[@alexkhouri]

Como brasileiro tem autoestima baixa, pqp

[@AdrianoAndrade-zn5iy]

​@@alexkhouriAh mano essa onda aí é escrota pra caramba vamos combinar

[@fatbloke2285]

Truely massive seas. Beautiful!!!

[@BENJIR2D2]

That's the most intense 6 ft wave I've ever seen in my life.

[@Dee-nonamnamrson8718]

Some of those were every bit of 10 feet.

[@Elloguvanah]

@@Dee-nonamnamrson8718 meh. 6-8 ft

[@jtb5867]

@@Elloguvanah It aint the height its the wieght of those waves thats so impressive for the small height.

[@Elloguvanah]

@@jtb5867 obviously. I'm a slab aficionado myself. Live for waves similar to this

[@jtb5867]

@@Elloguvanah So sick man I’m from New Mexico, (noooo water) and I’ve only had the opportunity to surf a couple times out in Florida. So needless to say these look huge to me 😂

[@tanjanovicic2926]

More than Beautifully and very daungerously.🌊💛🐬

[@ninakiernan7227]

As per usual; bodyboarders dodging ski's and holding it down paddling. But you'd never know it.

[@apolopena]

Something only a sponger or a true waterman knows ;)

[@shanemarz6742]

Who cares ya lazy wannabes

[@mysteriouslyenigmaticbodyp5602]

as per usual. lying down and holding on tight can be done by 2yr old girls so yeah some of them do it. I know it. anyone that can surf knows it

[@jimmyrussel5606]

@@mysteriouslyenigmaticbodyp5602 imagine talking shit about guys paddling into something like that, when the only way standups can ride it is by using jet ski’s. Way to show your ignorance. 😂

[@mysteriouslyenigmaticbodyp5602]

@@jimmyrussel5606 hahaha my ignorance. so he can't use his legs but he kicked into it? ok. sounds pretty special. you're right my hat goes off to the quadraplegic charger. wow

[@jarredtremain4644]

Awesome slabs. Bodyboarders don't need tow in. Awesome fella's Avagud1

[@wessley4606]

Id give anything to know what that feels like 😭❤💛💚

[@martinvera5962]

That wave 🌊 should be named the Hurt 🤕 Locker. Looks heavy Bros.

[@Sidetrackification]

This is what causes Nightmares!

[@idugzy7943]

One mans nightmare is another mans dream

[@Sidetrackification]

@@idugzy7943 the footage from inside the barrel makes it look easy 🤣

[@tftg458]

@@idugzy7943 how about a nightmare but might become a dream later? I've seen pro surfers be hospitalized after getting hit by a lip like that :p

[@brainp471]

@nathanflorence please add this stop to the slab tour

[@stephenmarshall330]

Life is beautiful when you look death in the face… huevos grandes

[@mukhlisbinmuslim73]

Woooow,..!!! Amazing ,..!!! 👍👍👍

[@bend-k7695]

I don't say this much, but the boogers had most of the best rides in this video. Epic session!

[@robertchiarizia9463]

Looks like a perfect sponger wave, don’t need to generate any speed with fins, so a slice of foam laying down will still give anyone a ride.

[@SeniorMoostacho]

Does it get like 20+ overhead???? Them film it and post it, this is fun though. TY.

[@jorgealvesdeoliveiracostaj8566]

DEUS É TREMENDO

[@RCDetanico]

???

[@georgeneagu7556]

Very fun! What music is?

[@AsttoScott]

Surfing in sewage... Now i've seen it all.

[@lakerphan17]

Glad I’m not the only one that thought it looked grimy af lol

[@mackash]

Haha, you mustn't be a surfer aye bruv? This is what water looks like after storms and rain. Considering the size its gotta be a storm swell. Its probably near a river mouth too. Go check Mavericks.. Or even Bali after rain.. Its almost always this color in giant swell first few days after the main storm. As are MOST decent breaks and beachies. Normal. Not so much sewerage. Haha. 30% of surfing involves this color water.

[@shawbang7328]

Ive never surfed, skateboarded and long boarded but surfing must feel cool, riding the water at its pace

[@Drojah]

Never did surf, but when I was young, my family took a trip to florida, and I got on a boogie board for the first time. Catching that first tiny little "wave" was a rush. It made me want to do nothing but play in the ocean all day trying to catch more. It made me want to try surfing, but alas, it was the final day of our trip. I never did get a chance.

[@shawbang7328]

@@Drojah dude literally same here, We vacationed in Maine one year and they introduced us to boogies boards and I guess that's like the first baby step I surfing, surfing on your belly, im getting tingles thinking about it now :)

[@0x7FFFFFFFFFFF]

Chocolate Cyclops, wtf

[@MrPhotodoc]

That sir is some good filming!

[@upstartcrow1587]

Like a baby version of The Right

[@Hiddensquid49]

There is so much power in that wave its insane.

[@thebeash1329]

That's such a unique wave formation. Lowkey intimidating.

[@diosantana2659]

“Low key” 🤡

[@godisbollocks]

We need to see a pro bodyboarding contest here.

[@guilhermeferreira8288]

Tem a Ilha dos lobos no RS também.

[@carnsoaks1]

I love how the lead in sets are all of 6inch high waves but once they hit that cliff face they transform into 30ft monsters 50 feet deep

[@dampaul13]

"Dad, was the best decision you ever made to marry mum?" "Nope!" 1:17

[@TheDieselndust]

That first wave looked deadly!

[@HighwayStar71]

Getting sucked over the falls on that wave must be a sick feeling.

[@gaston8512]

That is the Cumulo Nimbus Thunderstorm of waves. I bet surfers past it by for decades before someone attempted it.