This Might Be the Prettiest Footage of Surfing Giant Maverick's We've Ever Seen - The Inertia

Maverick's, in Half Moon Bay, California, is one of the surfing's most menacing and dangerous big waves. This edit shows exactly why.
Shot and Edited by Adam Warmington
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[@PEVPOV]

That last clip though... dudes a legend

[@MrTobinite]

Francisco Portella, had his rear facing GoPro going too if you want to see it. Pretty nutty haha. The wide angle really doesn't do that wave justice

[@brettf3]

@@MrTobinite Porcella. but thanks!

[@richardmason902]

@@MrTobinite kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKCvq2ivaKqNadE Here it is.

[@strahinjamandaric7654]

He had to lay his massive balls on the board for a little rest period

[@paulhetherington3854]

LDZENGEND-- Stone this, interior of, another interior-- Egyptian.

[@FarmerBenny]

That last wave with the guy who almost fell, then landed sitting up while everyone was cheering...THAT WAS AWESOME!

[@painiscupcake5433]

Francisco Porcella

[@golfhax]

i threw my hands in the air too! lol

[@jws2206]

Love the reaction from the one surfer when he watches the other guy pull in and go left.....

[@reddiver7293]

I was thinking he didn't know the guy behind him was going left and thought he had dropped in on him and made him get donuts.

[@albertogutierrez341]

Thank you from not using loud, hard rock, so-called surf music. I have surfed all my life, and whenever I watched surf video, I found loud music distracting. This is on point. I am stoked.

[@baddazzgarage2953]

Alberto Gutierrez im with you brother!! Epic vid im so sick of music norm to !! Alternative rock every vid its gotten repulsive!!✌

[@FrostedSeagull]

Alberto Gutierrez. . . . you said it Alberto. Beautiful music and magnificent photography. Whoever filmed this . . . I take my hat off to you.

[@baddazzgarage2953]

Frosted your right bro i said same thing just beautiful footage and stupid rock/alternative music gives the surfing world a certain image that us surfers are punks when alot of us listen to different music and have more peacful attitudes to life!! This is the best video ive seen with surfing it gives a real insight to the spiritual side of riding a board on waves!! 😊✌💙

[@mariosanchez9316]

Alberto Gutierrez loked the side

[@kelleyhice]

Hit the mute button and play something else in another tab while watching this.

[@gratefulmind5288]

I used to watch Mavericks break back in the 80's when no one but, Jeff Clark was surfing it... That place is named after his dog Maverick! I used to surf Ross's Cove back in the day! Lower point lives!

[@lancejackson3618]

Epic

[@PaulOrientedotcom]

Props to anyone who would even paddle out to it. Great footage.

[@francisw6993]

PaulOrientedotcom I paddled out in my over-sized bathtub once while my grandmother bathed me. The waves were gnarly.

[@chaoticfv]

I've watched many surf vids, and movies too, over the years and I found this to be a breath-taking cinematic Masterpiece! Bravo!

[@thetommoody]

Finally got to Mavericks for the first time in my life this past July...there were absolutely NO swells but just being there and seeing the local monuments to the surfers who'd passed on and to those who continue to challenge these great waves was a huge moment for me. I hope to return one day to see the legendary 30-40 foot swells...until then, it's videos like this that bring the beauty of this place out.

[@dampaul13]

2:52 Just going for a surf with 113 of my closest friends.

[@tom7865]

most of them won't even catch a wave. I really don't understand why those guys even paddle out therw

[@tom7865]

@Spencer Phelps then why go out there on a custom $1000 surfboard designed to ride those kind of waves? they would be better off on a boat or jetski

[@Delmarsurfer]

Love being able to take it all in in slo-mo. Well done!

[@MichaelRodriguez-tv9nx]

I'm a 66 old surfer and I love your footage. WOW! Gotta love Mav's. Great Job Bro.

[@markdinkel9006]

Waves- big ones should come in next month west coast and Hawaii

[@RichardFeynmanRules]

Fantastic video...the magnificent waves of Maverick's! -- and for me, the piano music was perfect! The very last ride, where the surfer *just* avoids pearling and then falls to his butt and then rides it out sitting down on his board with his fist in the air -- I'd be cheering too, if I hadn't wiped out on that monster! -- was a perfect ending shot. Bravo!

[@MrDeadsurfer]

The ghost of Mark Foo haunts that wave.

[@zendean5207]

Mark Foo in over his head? Tha fuck? What the fuck do you know?

[@YourEddieBreak]

WOW! The guy that saved his ass at 5:50 is a bad ass!!! I was watching and started laughing and cheering and clapping all at once. What an epic save. And this video was pretty stellar. I would like to have seen more guys complete their wave, and still this was so beautiful, and the timing was great. Well done on the edit and the music choice. Great video over all. I really enjoyed it.

[@justtowatch111]

Creations Echo, yeah, me too on the last guy. Fantastic stuff, I would love to see at real speed. As it was I ran through that ride 5 times, still laughing and whooping!.

[@travkatz]

this is one of the sweetest surf edits I've ever seen. It worked on every level for me. Captivating.

[@blessedingodslove7283]

Wow, watching this I feel like I can relate that to lifes problems, sometimes you gotta just conquer all your fears and ride the HELL OUTTA that wave. I hope others on here can relate. God bless you all & thanks for the great footage.

[@mozdickson]

and the last dude riding it on his ass - and claiming it!

[@danceswithcritters]

he fell back on his board, sheepishly waiting for the assault, then realized he can ride it out. by the grace of nature.

[@symphonyfarm2009]

with out dying!! That was off the hook! I started holding my breath when he dropped in !

[@bipolatelly9806]

he didn't make the drop.... but he made the wave...ON HIS ARSE.... so fuck yeah, he claimed it!

[@sebastianmurach6157]

the best ride ever :-))

[@aburgheim]

Yes...... the best!! To put that at the end of the vid.... so cool or the head above the wave.... did you notice that one.....unreal.....so fucking cool!!!

[@DorvipeRR]

Last dude was like "Witness me!!!!!"

[@goingoffgrid2849]

Did anybody follow the board going over the falls on that first opening wave?? Once the leash snugs up you get a glimpse of someone about to get the beating of their life. Wipeout of the year nobody noticed

[@gingercat777]

Yup, that looked nasty.

[@skatepark1ful]

yes it sure is nasty!!! it has happened to me several times---NOT AT MAVS!! and still, almost that big!! It really tests your breath saving skills because you are under water already and then get dragged and stretched and beaten up and then maybe a quick breath before the next whitewater hit. JUST GO RIGHT TO YOUR LEASH!!! THEN TAKE CONTROL OF IT AND GO UP TOWARDS YOUR BOARD

[@goingoffgrid2849]

Almost that big eh?? And you pull on your leash to surface? hahaha I live in HB and have surfed everywhere from the Ranch to Tiajuana sloughs for the last 30 years..... I usually just swim up since your so deep(& ears popping) you can feel which way the leash is pulling. But hey whatever works for you.... maybe a pfd would help if you go that big?

[@joshsmithson7955]

Going Offgrid I noticed it, he was paddling out too close to the break, guy went through white hell

[@oopsydaisy07]

Going Offgrid is it even possible to duck-dive a wave that big, and on that big of a board?

[@kaib7569]

How could you dislike such a beautiful video. Surfing is hard and filming people like that in the water takes hard work too. Also great editing my dude👍

[@1hillbilly]

Nothing like surfing a peak with 50 other people.

[@MrPipaluce]

Most poetic surf video ever made,shockingly beautiful, touching .well done

[@FadeLeftGoRight]

Awesome footage. A beautiful chaos

[@jadventures6189]

Lou G hey beautiful chaos was pipeline

[@uprightape100]

That was beautiful.....thanks go to the surfers, film makers, and all others involved.

[@williambremner9022]

Brilliant video! Superb editing and slo-mo speeds...and the audio is sublime. Two thumbs up The Interia!

[@Frankelsteinable]

geez, I hope that guy who went Left is alright and still living.

[@cristobilllumberg2473]

ha! balls

[@manulepo2857]

The look back from the homie going right was great. His view of the nut pulling in on the left must’ve been crazy. I imagine his gesture at the end is signaling for a ski to go yank him from the froth and rock that seemingly await. That’s what I got from it, anyway.🤙

[@poskikatika697]

Ol steely nads wonder where he disappeared to

[@kevinrichardson2151]

I hear that guy is still riding that left to this day......

[@CanecaProductions]

Great Footage. The last drop was insane. Dude was lucky as fuck.

[@luisgutierrez5818]

When it comes down it looks like the start of a waterfall truly amazing

[@dannynysus]

1:55 "Did that guy seriously just go left?"

[@fynnwheatley1568]

people surf the left of mavericks look it up on yt its mad

[@fergferguson7370]

excellent job..very kool..great sleigh ride at the end..chopan is the music

[@jazzysnaps]

Brilliant footage, love the pull backs to give a perspective to the break, respect to anyone who has the guts to even paddle out there.

[@wisp666]

Beautiful video. Thank you!

[@gregplanchuelo]

What a beautiful video and an amazing song. They blend together so delicately...

[@julianodutra75]

Gorgeous. It makes softly. Thank you very much.

[@billyhughes9776]

Unreal,...beautiful work.

[@haydnfischer4114]

Absolutely bloody epic cinematography. So freaking inspired and freaking frothed for surf season. Let’s go baby!!!

[@ProjectV8]

Oh My God!!!! I'm hypnotized. Thank you guys.

[@zonkerr76]

Thank you for making my soul feel warm and purposeful!! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANTLY BEAUTIFUL!!

[@reells571]

Very well done.

[@jon630]

I love the reaction to the guy taking the left.

[@taxrelief9118]

So nice, so massive, so fluid, and absolutely beautiful. Thanks guys.

[@timothyskattum950]

I actually, joyfully cried watching that. Absolutely brilliant! In the early 2000s I played in those waters, rock gardening in my kayak, and although surfing was my true love and “reasoning” at the time, I was never brave enough or close to being good enough to venture out there in that giant green magic and terrifying swell.

[@1945Jill]

Wonderful, wonderful photography - and surfers!

[@jerryhopper1685]

Awesome video thanks for posting

[@fritzkocher]

very well done! LOVED IT!!!!!!

[@fastgurrrl]

Transfixing. Gorgeous. Awe inspiring. Serene. Ty, Adam.

[@wsurfs]

AMAZING...THANK YOU...!!! Stay safe all who surf this majestic wave..!! God Bless and Keep YOU ALL..!!

[@AngelYZ125]

100% fave surf video of all time, I watch it regularly as a quick pick me up

[@Little.x.Little]

This video gets more epic every time I watch it. Top of the list for getting a the “feels” going. Well done!

[@evanthegreat2332]

What a soundtrack ! Beautiful

[@skatepark1ful]

Thanks for the vid!! Made my day!!

[@salzburgsnow8056]

I didn't want it to end. Stirred my spirit.

[@seabirdjim]

Very well done film. Great editing. Weaves a tapestry of sights.

[@PhuongNguyen-rn5ug]

Amazing. So relax to watch but then look can be deceiving.

[@LMCWahine]

It's cool that the guy at 2:17 was looking out for his goofy foot buddy.

[@f.demascio1857]

Lisa Crawford I can't believe he went left. Was that a courtesy or is there a decent left on Mavs? I've never seen it.

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

It really depends on the wave, the time of year and the (weather) front.

[@andwhy1245]

there’s some footage of Mark Healy going left somewhere......quite awesome!

[@gromgang548]

@@ccchhhrrriiisss100 The time of the fucking year? You have never stepped foot in the water I bet.

[@teddyknobel6087]

@@ccchhhrrriiisss100 mavs was originally a left, u wanna get barreled there u go left

[@cretefiends5015]

absolutely incredible... so heavy so beautiful that wave demands respect

[@Toobula]

Beautiful video, beautiful music. Well done!

[@futronixindustries]

THE MUSIC WAS SPOT ON.... LAST WAVE ...INCREDIBLE , LOVE THE SLOW MO... MADE MY HEART POUND.

[@148.gforlife8]

That was killer Adam. Thanks man.

[@wanderalmeida9584]

Awesome! Great job. Good vibes from Brazil.

[@maurofranciscomandujano343]

Beautiful...

[@joehall3918]

love your video , great music , great editing well done man !

[@thejonathanrath]

Incredible edit, well done Adam. I've surfed for 30+ years, but when it comes to Mavs: no thank you!

[@calmstormambience1875]

dam the angle of the video footage is truly amazing. Hats off to the videographer as you feel like you are there.

[@EnricoduPlessis]

Beautiful!

[@chrishonninger]

good stuff, thank you.

[@dianebays5484]

Beautiful footage!

[@peacequiet]

Wow,I agree,this is gorgeous filming

[@mauryrosenbergsmusicchanne743]

Love it...thank you.

[@ziggyspaz]

gorgeous video edit.

[@montero3180]

Amazing video thank for making it

[@19markz67]

Awesome!!! Great editing.

[@dannynesen6783]

So much peace and chaos in one video, good work!

[@lukelosin9895]

Great clips and edit 🔥

[@JustSwell]

Beautiful footage.

[@clayknight5442]

Ya Adam! So Sick!

[@000piper000]

Nicely done, and you let us go with a good laugh!

[@voixdelaraison9637]

This an amazing quality footage of the truly magnificent way of the spirit of what is to Be a big waves Riders

[@ZehNettoOficial]

Genious!! And the music was very well choosen!

[@gregoryclemons8043]

Superfine video! Great to watch and listen.

[@teamloony]

Brilliant!

[@toned6411]

The music is perfect!

[@jerrywalla6016]

Very WELL done!

[@hurleycapetown8420]

40ft waves a few Johnnies underneath you,ice cold water and jagged rocks,sounds like a fun day out......if you absolutely crazy.Mad respect for these guys.

[@jamescameron5801]

its awesome knowing that huge waves like these live about a mile away from where I live.

[@captainamerica3531]

Truly amazing. The piano music is mavs haunting intensity! A best ever film and short version. Next shop a million views God willing. Tnx

[@HowardINo-cu4pl]

That last moment was amazing! xD

[@sharronswan4178]

That is fantastic. I wish I would have made a bigger effort to see Mavericks when I lived in Northern California to see these fantastic waves 💗

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Wow that last take off was insane. In super slo mo you just know he's not gonna make it. He did the right thing just sitting it out & was probably so relieved he wasn't barrelled over. That is such a beast of a wave.

[@meyer7312]

Beautiful Mavericks, beautiful music

[@himankthakkar9129]

I am mesmerized! Simply amazing

[@n13roy]

Fantastic Footage Indeed......

[@BEACHLIFE78]

Awesome video

[@DansDailyVids]

Beautiful film , wow !

[@robertmanley3472]

That last wave was the cherry on top. Wicked drop and revovery. Stoked

[@Purakai]

Well done!

[@Aquacentric]

Great edit.

[@markchurm7573]

Why have I only just found this - but so glad I did. The music is perfect. That last ride was epic and should go down as one of the all time greats - even if he was sitting down.

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

That music was a refreshing change with the angle into the tube and the slow mo footage.

[@KevinRodriguez-pr1nz]

Wow! This video is a beautiful as it is powerful. Big thumbs up to the surfers and the editor. Wow.