The Wedge | September 6 | 2015

[@joeweisbrod3645]

Nice memory. I was there that day. Lots of spills and thrills 😎🤟

[@ezazy]

I don't watch every single wedge video, but this is one of the best I've seen.

[@ignaciogc1916]

2:39 that over the falls was so violent

[@Lammalord]

My god Mike, I watched the RAW, then to watch this, the music, the slow-mo, THE GUY ON THE FLOATABLE, Amazing editing, amazing shots, by far the best photographer of The Wedge out there, and the only person that films the Wedge that I thought was worth subbing to

[@ManofWater]

+Mr. Aek thank you Aek, appreciate it !

[@15wingate]

I remember days back in the 70s , when a few ambulances would just park and wait .

[@radius337]

alex devanny damn

[@A-FrameWedge]

And 80’s, also before sponge invasion, when it was biggest many times there would be a few handfuls of people out.

[@dishsoap6895]

A-Frame-Wedge sponge invasion lol

[@mitseraffej5812]

Only body surfers them days. The surfboards of that era were such pigs almost impossible to ride on this sort of wave.

[@MikeSchlesinger]

@@mitseraffej5812 Exactly. Dangerous, scary, a monster made out of water. The challenge was to survive a ride not just get one.

[@jolyoncollier9492]

I've watched a lot of video on the wedge and this has to be one of the best, great music and editing, well done.

[@barlidoyle3006]

Joe Weber relax

[@AMBowers29]

grew up out there, got into a bit of trouble there. living in Utah now, this brings a taste of home to the snow filled winters out here. thanks for the home vibes.

[@lanab4891]

MicroGroover29 why did u get In trouble there lol

[@borisnonceson]

Some say they are still picking sand out of their asses to this day.

[@321Banditos]

best comment here

[@tonygrella9542]

Mike your work is fantastic , the slow mo always flows at just the right time. I feel like i'm there,love the sea.I want to thank you for putting a smile on me. I'm sick and that smile was a long time coming. THANX LOVE & RESPECT

[@ManofWater]

+tony grill awesome to hear man, should have some more swell rolling through this week just got out of the water in fact, get better soon brotha !

[@1DActual]

Just got back from Daytona, FL hitting some 6-8 footers during a full moon cycle; Saw this video and it is the best edit of the wedge ive seen, amazing work Man Of Water

[@TheSilverSurfisher]

man I gotta say.....just watched this and it made my Atlanta GA land-locked, urban, can't wait to get back to visit California even though I can't surf as quite as good as these guy DAY!! ;-D Thank's for creating such a Great Well-edited/Presented Positive Energy Life-Giving Vid!!

[@ManofWater]

+TheSilverSurfisher thank you !

[@thelongranger9238]

I used to surf So Cal in the 70's-80's when I lived there. You've made one very fantastic video here my friend. Thanks for sharing with the surfing community and others at large.

[@ManofWater]

appreciate the kind words ! glad i could share

[@70tony1970]

Nailed it. Footage, editing and music are all on the mark. That was brilliant. Thoroughly enjoyed.

[@ManofWater]

thank you man appreciate it !

[@2HitWonder]

1:15 Ouch!!!

[@gilafunk]

The Wedge takes no prisoners.

[@boxhawk5070]

1:24 in quarter speed is hysterical!

[@jymmyjams1206]

Sick edit Mike, your audio choice is always spot on. I remember last year you had a clip with the funkoars, go Aussie hip hop! I dug my old funkoars CD out after that and had it on a loop for weeks. great work

[@mikemaloney9339]

Absolutely stunning video! Can't stop watching it.

[@indigodumhart4601]

Some brutal backwash yesterday!

[@sixfigureskibum]

i saw one body surfer.. I grew up on Balboa isl and body surfed the pinnesula durring the early 80s NINO it was all body surf at the wedge then... sometimes we couldnt even take out the new "Hand Gun"... I used a flip flop (they were sturdy back then) with my for and mid finger around the toe strap... the viper fin was new also and a good wave got you up on your hand paddle and the fins... and you hydroplane down thet 25 foot face....at mock speed! the compression at 35 seconds is the reason every dr that every looks into my ears says I have the smallest ear canal ... or worst case of surfers ear they have ever seen...

[@ManofWater]

+Alex Hardy sorry youtube put this comment in the spam folder for some reason thats why is didn't show right away, usually flags for cuss words and stuff but thanks again for sharing i always love hearing all the old school stories, I'm 27 right now and have been out at wedge since 14 but is always amazing hearing all the old school stories

[@ManofWater]

+Alex Hardy check out my blackball edits, i only have a couple of them but a good one i did is octobr 9th The Wedge BLACKBALL | October 9th | 2015 , raw footage available too but i really love the song i found for this vid think you'll like it too

[@Biffmax29]

Man that wave is nuts, I'd love to go watch it one day!

[@nthkl]

That Chad Barba on the floatie? So rad.

[@ManofWater]

+Adrian Luna yessir

[@Mikko3m]

2:59 happened to me the north side of Balboa pier it was so fun flying with a huge wave chasing you...

[@backyardjuggler]

Such a great video! That surfer from about 1:42 back into the wall of water ... ouch!

[@adrienansquer5039]

3:00 out of water Duck

[@anotherworldviewispossible]

Barb-aerial.

[@ImSkybii]

2:38 Over the falls he goes!

[@Andreyabish]

+Mercury thouhht I was the only one who noticed lol

[@RNicolasRuvalcaba]

Surf photographer Clark Little has this one picture that was featured in National Geographic that he calls "Marlin". It's when the backwash collides with an oncoming wave and creates that slap that resembles a marlins fin. This is one of the largest "backwash, marlin fins" I've ever seen 0:31

[@dominickomadina1540]

whos that at 3:12 what wave

[@MacDisel1]

Nice work, great editing, The Wedge has Rag Dolled, Injured or Killed more dudes than any spot I know. With it's easy access shore break in beautiful Newport Beach , a lot of amateurs go out and soon regret it.

[@ManofWater]

no doubt ! i don't wanna it but i see more frequent injuries in the future

[@lowtidenapper1812]

Thanks for putting me in here dude. I was the kid the got pounded at 3:09

[@ManofWater]

😄 haha the backbreaker !

[@gavinmcneill1674]

yikes

[@kylerusk11]

This video is awsome! keep up the good work. makes me wanna come north to orange county sometime.

[@geo_cash]

3:02 what is he riding? Was there last week and saw a guy with one of these floaty things and have never seen one in a wave before

[@anotherworldviewispossible]

Inflatable mattress... Before Tom Morey invented a pool-toy for his wife or girlfriend - they were fairly popular. By the late 1980's they were almost extinct. But check out films of George Greenough and some others - at places like Rincon, etc. The can work pretty well. The problem at Wedge is they lack a hard, sharp rail.... So on his big peak, he winds up going straight. You might be able to turn up some KZbin videos - if you type in inflatable mat surfing. They've been making a low-key comeback in recent years, so it might not all be old-school vintage stuff.

[@JC44LIFe]

waves going to get even bigger very soon due to the storm down south! hope you can capture it :-)

[@ManofWater]

+Brandon Van Nostran hell yeah ill be on it !

[@carioca56]

Great vid Dude. That backwash is awesome!

[@CC-gw1ww]

Best wedge video I've seen, cheers

[@ManofWater]

+Capers Carroll thank you sir !

[@williamtaylorwinn6720]

i love the audio in this.

[@justinronberg4936]

Awesome this place goes off 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@cblizay1165]

Best edit ever

[@Lammalord]

@tea motoyama its sand, you can see on his PoV vids, they do break pretty shallow though since this is a shorebreak. Not sure how shallow it is on the massive ones, but you can see some pretty big ones breaking onto the shore or occasional clips of people standing waist high in front of a fifteen foot face. Like the clip at 1:12 you can see he's falling onto pretty much sand. at 3:07 he's standing

[@ManofWater]

+Mr. Aek yes sorry tea and thanks aek is on point, bigger sets break deep and roll onto very shallow water once it gets to closeout, for some reason it doesn't give me the reply button for some people

[@pablomuriel8239]

Who is that legend riding the inflatable in 20 foot wedge?

[@ManofWater]

+pablo muriel Chad Barba !

[@Lammalord]

+pablo muriel That guy put everyone else to shame.

[@thelastrebelshow1627]

diceraw84 He wears duck feet and rides a inflatable? Where did they find the time capsule he came out of? LMAO!

[@BEEBEE159]

+The Last Rebel Show Where is the guy with the inflatable raft you guys are talking about? I've watched the video three times; and I still can't find it? Thanks...

[@BEEBEE159]

+The Last Rebel Show Is it the guy at 2:33? I think that's him, right? Damn, how did you guys ever notice that?

[@s3silverbullet]

awesome video thanks for sharing mike! love the colour of the water too looks amazing

[@ManofWater]

+s3silverbullet thank you sir !

[@scottwoodrich6353]

great footage worthy of thumbs up, music questionable.

[@austeno7399]

2:50 what a legend

[@mumblerocks77]

I hope this channel goes big!

[@Koonsz]

What is name of your typography 4:33 please :) +Mike Lucas Media

[@johnmcculloch5736]

just the sound of the ocean would have been sufficient.

[@jimnote2955]

John MCCULLOCH nahhh the music was firee

[@Andreyabish]

He has 100 raw videos u can watch with ocean sounds so fuck off

[@leroyjohnson8025]

Fantastic Videography, also;)

[@thepochedegg6521]

Great video and music

[@ManofWater]

+ThePochedEgg thank you !

[@ljzitaliano181]

awesome video bro! great editing

[@ManofWater]

+Louis Zottola thank you Louis

[@MrArmfan]

Slow mo with the backwash is cool to watch.

[@deedee0824]

Great video footage! Also, does anyone know the name of the song played?

[@alexhamm2656]

so sick mike! i look forward to these wedge edits!

[@ManofWater]

+Alex Hamm thank you ! just got back, uploading and prepping for another one should be later tonight

[@chazzatheninja]

1:44 *he ded* he so ded

[@bossmcgo9555]

Lol he would've got rekt

[@evan8690]

He actually broke through the back of the wave perfect... Definitely not, "ded".

[@longliveavalon]

@@Shaun_Smith23 LoL!!

[@sbalak]

LMAO!!!!

[@Brandon76v]

How did u get the slo motion to look so good with a t2i

[@SHILLGATESCRYPTO]

Twixtor?

[@ManofWater]

i use an add on called twixtor

[@Brandon76v]

+Mike Lucas Media what software Final Cut Pro???

[@ManofWater]

yeah final cut pro 7

[@Brandon76v]

+Mike Lucas Media how do u get twixtor on that

[@Happycab555]

Great video you get better and better with each one!

[@ManofWater]

+Happycab555 thank you man i appreciate it !

[@qualudia1]

What was the tide cycle? Low goof high or opposite. Where in the cycle? You caught some insane backwash segments. 4K?

[@conorsheridan2998]

Thomas King Hopkins low tide and not 4K he has a canon t2i

[@jonathanstrauss2083]

Wow this video is just perfect in every respect

[@jamesbyrne1930]

2:38 just flyin

[@Gavinnations]

That was a fun weekend!

[@RadioactiveSkating]

Sick video!

[@nobai7847]

nice footage & editing

[@gofasterrob]

We used to make a lot of Wedge trips in the 70s 😎👍

[@Andreyabish]

Bro your channel is fuckin sickkk

[@ManofWater]

+andre chavez thank you Andre !

[@BEEBEE159]

That video was awesome, dude. Whenever I'm having a bad day, somehow, watching these kids get creamed makes me feel better...LOL

[@christopherpaulmorris7162]

“The wedge, the dirty ol’ wedge” -Bruce Brown, The Endless Summer

[@carterbattle8816]

Henry Hill facts

[@nncoco]

That used to be a spot with all body surfers. Where are they now?

[@ManofWater]

+tracy smith yes, black ball goes up and boards have to come out of the water at 10am thats when the bodysurfers charge in

[@vithokosb]

Whats ubication please people? Thanks!

[@marco5w]

No way! Amazing vídeo.

[@jackiepee]

BEST MUSIC FOR THE BEST FOOTAGE

[@mickharryharris6866]

ahh yes the wedge ! guaranteed a good flogging .

[@RNicolasRuvalcaba]

The guy on the raft was killing it - I did not expect him to land this 2:50

[@gnarlystephen714]

what song is this

[@mariosanchez9316]

Gnarly Stephen garcias song

[@acapulcogold4248]

Mi hijo hola . Chad barba

[@michaelreynoso4338]

Love this video, song title?

[@aggffdgubfff]

Vanic x Tove Styrke: Borderline

[@wvgs4441]

what happened to the dude who got injured?

[@ManofWater]

+Wagzy He definitely injured his ankle, looked like he was out of it for awhile too, the lifeguard came to do basic prodedures but no ambulance needed from what i saw

[@wvgs4441]

+Mike Lucas Media sweet! sick as vid man!

[@teanamotoyama9524]

is the bottom all reef or is it sandy?

[@rodneysmart9774]

A cut off the Gitmo sound track?

[@jamestottiten]

best vid yet

[@goumass88]

How big was it that day? I went when it was 9 couple months ago

[@ManofWater]

i think it was 15-20 ft faces i want say

[@GameChanger-hj9jx]

Killer video!

[@andrewdasilva7797]

If you skip to 1:25 it crazy what happens to the dude. He is like flying on two waves bro

[@leroyjohnson8025]

1:45 was like your face hitting a mack truck. damnnnn

[@bearh8928]

surf boards must be cheap there

[@mattoravetz9731]

MAB nah I live here

[@robsgarage552]

just awesome video footage. thx...rr

[@ManofWater]

thanks Robert !

[@williamtaylorwinn6720]

nice editing

[@charliecooke8947]

I like your videos better when there's no music or slowdowns or replays just straight footage. But phenomenal video btw dude !

[@ManofWater]

thank you, and yes i do an edit and raw footage

[@benburan1454]

Dude all ure edits are 💯

[@ManofWater]

+Ben Buran thank you Ben !

[@mr-kx1mf]

Awesome.

[@kikojonesfrank4076]

🙌🏼🙌🏼👌🏼

[@lachiewi]

Nice Edit! Looks amazing

[@aggffdgubfff]

Nice song choice!

[@LJ-qq3lb]

I was there watching this day... Super cool but really scary

[@XaviLucena]

Bro, what lenses do you use with the Canon T2i?

[@ManofWater]

75-300 mm

[@XaviLucena]

Thankss

[@justinsmith4076]

+Mike Lucas Media what is the song

[@SuperbikeDiscovery]

Awesome vid

[@justinsmith3449]

whats the song and that inflatble guy he is crazy

[@AyyItzSam]

Borderline

[@pdspenny8696]

best vid ever

[@tiovoltaterra7796]

Muito bom o video

[@CraighBand]

I love you too Mike

[@ManofWater]

+Craigh Band hahahaha

[@alfons5141]

Whats the name of this Song?