THE SKETCHIEST EVENT EVER?! Rip Curl Search CHILE 2007 RECAP | THE WSL VAULT

This episode of The WSL Vault takes us to an insane slab in Chile where Andy Irons took the win over Damien Hobgood. The 2007 Rip Curl Search Chile had some of the world's best surfers SHOOK! This psychotic slab breaking on urchin covered rock reef is no joke! Watch the event recap and tell us your favorite wave in the comments below. Featuring surfing from Andy Irons, Bobby Martinez, Kelly Slater, Damien Hobgood, CJ Hobgood, Travis Logie, Jeremy Flores, Mick Lowe, Chris Ward, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Kai Otton, Luke Stedman and Taj Burrow.
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[@jamsworkshop3370]

First

[@wsl]

🥇

[@lennoxholdaway]

The one at the start with the massive gnarly spit

[@lennoxholdaway]

Leonardo never first wave

[@lennoxholdaway]

It was so gnarly

[@endwido]

It’ll be remembered for the event Andy won dialled off his brain!!

[@ryannolan9410]

And on 80 mg OCs... Andy will be remembered as a bad ass dude who did things to the extreme and lived life as an artist, the ocean his medium...

[@xmanux102]

That's why this wave's know as "The Chilean Pipeline" 🇨🇱

[@Dogedart67]

Andy was ripping!! Bobby got the best barrels of the event!

[@peeeu987]

Arica and México search, such incredible places, hope on the next vault be the Pipe Masters 2006

[@findbluesky]

I sat watching this break in about feb 2007 when travelling alone. There was nobody there and it was well overhead. After half an hour I removed my leash and boots, and walked away. Good decision!

[@isaiasdiaz8558]

Chile best waves in south América for sure!!!!

[@eedsYT]

WSL needs to get this wave back on Tour

[@kieranmurphy5101]

Did u just miss the guy on a stretcher

[@ryliek6832]

@@kieranmurphy5101 What, and that can't happen at pipeline?

[@seag6413]

@@kieranmurphy5101 lack of money, support and viewership there.

[@mopesone1]

These pros were way gnarlier to surf against then these pros nowa days..Intense group back then

[@bh2861]

Nah, surfing ability and talent grows exponentially over time from generation to generation. What the crew these days are doing is way gnarlier than what crew were doing 10+ years ago. Especially backhand tube riding, airs and big wave surfing...Have a look at what the lady birds are doing, they are what 12 or 13. Smacking the lip and boosting airs way harder than the women's CT surfers. Also, getting way more barreled over in Indo, supreme technique. Edit: bigger personalities for sure though ☺️

[@seag6413]

@@bh2861 nobody is boosting airs of that end section at that left. if youve been there you know.

[@devintanner4154]

World Surf League please post one of these recap videos of the Rip Curl search in San Francisco !!!

[@gerentelobos]

The WSL needs to put back Chile again!!!

[@dukeflyingcow]

In hindsight Chris Ward riding on a 5'5 19 1/4 on those waves is kinda insane

[@jasonshrieves4467]

Great re-cap! How about some more search events! We love em!

[@mikehunt-tm2tp]

i swear the waves were firing the whole contest!! now days theres normally a couple of crappy days.

[@filosurfer]

Great to see footage of Dingo, Bobby, and Andy!

[@wsl]

SOO CLASSIC! SICKEST TIMES!!

[@theskepticalskeptic]

What a great vid - beats tha mag- pics from back in tha day 🙏🤙

[@bernardomenasche419]

Andy was in another level🔥🔥🔥

[@mikeholdaway7160]

I just watched all the video and they are amazing

[@Baitline_NBC]

Can’t believe Andy ripped so hard being so high haha

[@harrycoffey6943]

@@Dill_doh Watch the documentary Andy Irons 'Kissed by God' It's about his life. It's really heartbreaking to see what happened to Andy, but you'll be shocked by the story of this particular contest and just how off his head he was the whole time. They literally dragged him straight away from the contest after his win, in a car because he was in such a bad drug-induced state. He was still surfing amazing, but not in a state to be seen by the public or speak to a camera! Really bloody sad!!

[@theviciousviking3659]

@@Dill_doh how do you not know is the real question scrub

[@georgeordenes8099]

@@theviciousviking3659 Many of us were there. Sad to say.

[@Zeeslang]

Such a Sick event! Love the old-generation.. RIP AI

[@morris7025]

Damo's last wave really let him down! It just clamped on any chance he had : ( Florida was repping hard in that contest!!! : )

[@WhiteNacho]

Sick and so is the soundtrack!

[@sloaiza81]

almost all my favorites. Andy, Wardo, Fanning, Bobby, Dean, etc.

[@MrBuranimal]

Bobby was the sickest dude on tour

[@sanpedroez3367]

One of the craziest bodyboarding contests happens there every year, those dude push it

[@wsl]

very core!

[@avsavs7660]

Bobby Martinez!!!!🔥🔥

[@osvaldodiazfreeride7029]

Chile, the power its continues

[@bilbilsbilly]

Quality content 🤙

[@jjjackiclacki]

Mick Lowe - the people’s champion

[@clarkewi]

Awesome comp.

[@kylemaritz4673]

So raw and beautiful

[@netosouzalima237]

Sem dúvida um dos campeonatos mais duros da história do WCT, e o Andy Irons, p/ quem sabe os detalhes dessa estadia dele no Chile, provou que era muito mais que um simples atleta da elite, era muito mais que um tricampeão mundial...o cara era bravo mesmo!👏👏👏🏆🙏

[@surfcore]

Se doping pega ele ta pego...

[@sarahandbillysmith4504]

Jeeah that slab looks heavy !

[@joedirt8625]

Dingo Wardo Martinez......epic. A.I Forever

[@wsl]

Its very all time! RIP the peoples champ!

[@CanaldeGonzalo]

qué grande andy irons por la chucha!

[@melissamurdoch4427]

What is the name of the instrumental playing at the start of this clip?

[@rolson6775]

Legend has it that Bobby is still whining about his scores!

[@jaycee571]

Bobby why couldn't you play tennis for just a little longer

[@taonflorian2]

indeed!

[@didymostruespeal]

Epic slab double hob goods Andy irons Kelly with his last bit of hair on. This is awesome

[@natanzamorano3825]

What a powerful wave!

[@wsl]

SPOOKY

[@leigh7424]

The WSL need to hold more contests in waves like this for the men and women

[@vargasjeronimo]

I love this place

[@bonsadventures2036]

Thats gnarly

[@jl.c.8673]

Them barnacles about to have a feast. Not one single air....missed the good ol days.

[@MM-qy7ge]

Bobby Martinez style! What a legend....Will we ever see his likeness again?

[@wsl]

805 STAND UP!

[@parate8628]

I heard he's just really into tennis now

[@lancejackson3618]

@@parate8628 Lol 😂

[@LloydyBey]

Sick edit, nuts wave. Anyone know that last song? Also what was the result of the parko interference?

[@wsl]

STOKED YOU ARE STOKED ON THIS VIDEO!

[@andreasjohannes8402]

Wow Andy!!🔥🔥

[@Sol_Weird]

Amazing stuff! The wipeouts in the first few minutes were barbaric.

[@Baitline_NBC]

TK at 510 so gnarly!

[@matiasmirandaarrredondo8231]

My city 💙

[@alexblane-layder3902]

All my mates that went on chile trips say it was the scariest by far and those are "all in" guys with some kind of a subconciuos deathwish

[@lancejackson3618]

Yip totally

[@lennoxholdaway]

Please go check out sending it kiwi styles

[@tomasribeiro2298]

RIP leo neves!

[@grahamjarman]

i wish andy would have won a 4th title he should have

[@felipedossantosnoret7887]

Onda de alta velocidade! Incrivel

[@janekennedy5241]

Bobby Martinez could have won a world title if he kept competing. Rips.

[@thesilverhawaiian5024]

We need more Gnarly events, rlly shows whos the best

[@intelligenceinathought2461]

Crazy to think AI was loaded and still won the contest.

[@intelligenceinathought2461]

Rip bradda Andy

[@eman5280]

Meds to calm the nerves.

[@huihkjify]

In Chile for sure

[@intelligenceinathought2461]

@@Dill_doh I'm pretty sure his bro said he was in Andy Irons: Kissed by God. If you haven't seen it, you. should watch it!

[@fernandomaron87]

@@Dill_doh Bruce says so in the documentary, he won this contest dialed on cocaine and pills. The documentary is awesome, check it out.

[@alexanderaffrossimoimentel122]

holly molly, Bobby Is insane

[@wsl]

👊‼️

[@mathdavies9546]

I remember watching this thinking I'd never want to surf that thing lol.

[@michaelscurr9046]

heavy unpredictable andy was allways the best 2 watch

[@theronnelson3617]

Very nice just avoid the blow while your in South America

[@IntombiPictures1]

Yowzers - Royden got thumped there, what happened ?

[@Matraka2000]

Tubazos. One of the best contests ever.

[@danieloquendo6591]

what was bobby riding ??

[@ChrisPBacon-zx1nl]

R.I.P Leonardo Neves

[@fernandojerez3444]

we miss you Andy!

[@wsl]

AI FOREVER

[@oliverdesforges8825]

its like cape fear was apart of the ct

[@warmwater1306]

wow, no way did dingo beat slater in that heat. pretty suspect judging

[@taidriscoll1580]

mick lowe charged hard

[@manuelgarciaf2846]

Arica siempre Arica!!

[@guilhermeandrade2730]

10:46 Siiiick

[@briansorel7622]

this was the tour in it's heyday

[@hunterjohns1573]

First! Everyone that reads this have nice day (:

[@wsl]

Thanks for the positivity!

[@b4ssfunk3d]

It's amazing to see the kind of composure Andy Irons had in the water. A lot of these newer surfers train and work their bodies out eat healthy everyday of the week. This guy partied like there was no tomorrow and still would beat anyone any day of the week. Guys like Kelly Slater who embody how the new generation trains probably hated his guts for the fact that he'd show up to the competition hungover and still surf better than you.

[@raullencina3679]

Crazy Times . Chile they don't let Surf .Empty Sweel after sweel .

[@ScottSmith-yh1uf]

Every one of Bobby's waves

[@wsl]

NEXT LEVEL

[@lennoxholdaway]

It is my KZbin channel which WSL inspired me to make

[@wsl]

Thats soo sick! Congrats!!!

[@nottherealChickenJoe]

I really don’t get how this spot hasn’t been relevant in surfing mainstream media since.

[@squirewinter7186]

Andy was a charger 🌠

[@bm7586]

Legendary AI !!!

[@wsl]

we miss him!!

[@NixonVentura]

epic

[@mauririverovillagomez545]

Pour andy irons but in that turnament he and Kelly where riping 🔥🔥

[@sammcgrath1569]

Kelly vs. Andy @ 6:30 .

[@StarWarsComposer]

Bobby before he went scorched earth on competitive surfing 😂

[@wsl]

Bobby is up there with the greatest goofy footers of all time! Regardless of his feelings about the ASP 😂

[@cwalt4089]

and now there's no fiji pro or trestles, Bobby was correct in many ways ...

[@doublestrokeroll]

@@cwalt4089 Surfing is going to go where the money supports it. Where fans come out to watch and pay. Where sponsors give money to have events. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. It's a business. And it's a business that can provide the best young contest type surfers with a living that they would never have in any kind of normal life. It's totally naive to think that contests should be about the "best wave" or "best place". If people in those areas don't support by sponsoring or coming out to pay and watch, then that's their own fault.

[@kuppdaballsstrokedastaff429]

Fuckin tennis tour 🤣

[@jeanpaul8742]

Good

[@wsl]

SOO GOOD!

[@jeanpaul8742]

Yeah good waves

[@Malama_Ki]

So wait; B-Real from Cypress Hill’s real name is Bobby Martinez and he rips!?!????

[@user-jt6wg2fo8r]

😊

[@user-jt6wg2fo8r]

Le buena ola 😅

[@joaquinvenegas5044]

🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@Rich-TheCosmicSurferBand]

Victor Ribas is still sitting

[@StarWarsComposer]

RIP AI 🙏

[@wsl]

THE PEOPLES CHAMP!!

[@StarWarsComposer]

AI FOREVER ❤️

[@calex901]

Dude what's this wave called?? It was sick for the whole fucking event

[@lancejackson3618]

El Gringo. It’s in Arica, Chile. The Chilean pipeline. No need to keep it secret. It’s a mission to get to. It’s pretty remote. And extremely gnarly and intense. Mostly a bodyboarders haunt for obvious reasons. You definitely need to be at least a little bit crazy to surf it. And obviously it’s for experts only. Boards and bodies get broken there every time there’s a swell. Crazy wave

[@lancejackson3618]

El Gringo. The Chilean pipeline. Arica, Chile

[@gnarlycharlie69]

this vs the fucking wavepool. seriously

[@douglasbell8408]

Should be a yearly stop.

[@huihkjify]

Next to Peruvian border. Andy was on coke all day every day and surfing like this.

[@surf_expedition]

that last waves from Andy was just ..... !!!

[@davidguerreiro8511]

bodyboarders boss arica for a long long time in much more dramatic conditions

[@abraun79]

Yeah, but on body boards ....

[@davidguerreiro8511]

Exactly.. allow us to surf better waves.

[@lancejackson3618]

El Gringo should really be left to the bodyboarders. It’s a pretty mental place to surf. Definitely a boog wave really🤙🏻

[@brotixi]

These days

[@calixteguyot4358]

It's Arica, not just "a chilean slab" ! Respect bodyboarders spots pls :)

[@wsl]

👊

[@tomdonnelly7740]

Bodyboarding🤮