YOUR FAVORITE SURFERS FAVORITE EVENT! '06 Rip Curl Search Somewhere in Mexico RECAP | THE WSL VAULT

[@quintbromley2112]

Andy's style was a beautiful thing.

[@Zozo4-u9w]

So beautiful to watch, nobody comes close nowadays

[@caioaugustoaddonovillela3348]

Wonderfull WSL World Surf League

[@joshualynn9885]

ASL's 'No Contest' about this event is still one of the best surf films I've seen. Andy's section in it is insane

[@masteryoda7924]

yes the music is unreal, this music was crap. its my favourite short surfing film!

[@wsl]

🤙

[@slappygilmore5040]

hands down sickest video ive seen in a long long time!! Corey lopez for the favorite W RIP A.I.

[@wsl]

STOKED YOU ARE STOKED!

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

Thank you World Surf League for opening up the vault so we can remember the past great Surfers and enjoy the championship tour history.... Happy surfing from Virginia Beach! :-)

[@wsl]

Ya Kyle! Thanks man!

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

@@wsl Nooo proooblemaaa. It's really fun to watch people that are good at what they do and me personally helps me to learn how to surf better by watching people that are actually good at what they do and it's highly entertaining and educational and just pure fun to watch high level surfing. Hopefully I will get a chance to see elite level surfing 🏄 with my own eyes one day and not just in video form... Happy surfing from Virginia Beach! :-) Peace and Shaka, Kyle

[@bbbaaa6145]

Andy and Bruce nailed it 🌊🤙

[@wsl]

This admin's favorite surfers!!!!

[@Zozo4-u9w]

Taylor's arcs where amazing as well

[@bm7586]

Many thanks guys ! Was going to sleep but not anymore 😅

[@wsl]

THIS EVENT IS UNREAL LEGENDARY!!!

[@mathdavies9546]

I remember watching this event and Taj saying it was the best waves he'd ever surfed !

[@wsl]

it cant get better for a sand bottom point!

[@Teufel_Resen]

Same here dude. Taj greatest surf never to win a world title

[@mathdavies9546]

@@Teufel_Resen yeah true ! I use to love watching montaj, and Mick's 'fanning the fire' on VHS haha

[@mitchellpanes6363]

Hahahaha that's wassup 😂

[@joaomiguel1988]

same i remember Taylor knox saying the search was over

[@frolilapume]

Yasssss! The return of Mexico is a must!

[@wsl]

🤝

[@filosurfer]

I remember watching this whole event live. Taj's morning barrel and AI's huge air in the final will be be ingrained in my mind forever!

[@wsl]

Bobby Martinez's backhand attack was flawless!

[@mitchellpanes6363]

AI forever 🌞

[@gnarghhfps3239]

Greatest roster for the tour ever!!!!...DAMN I MISS WATCHING ANDY

[@archiejohansson9725]

some of the best waves ever with all the top boys on it.. Andy is phenomenal

[@wsl]

🤯 THIS CONTEST WAS MIND BLOWING!!! Drop a comment and timestamp, tell us your favorite waves!!!!

[@bm7586]

Fav wave was AI’s massive air in the finals !!!

[@wsl]

🤯

[@Surfe99]

Fiji!!

[@Mark.Fritsch]

What were the songs?

[@Zozo4-u9w]

I remember watching this event, but I didn't remember how amazingly powerful and stylish Taylor's surfing was!

[@TheSassita]

All beast ! Real fkn surfers ! And real wave ..👏💯🤙🏼

[@jeffharden2797]

Taj, Taylor and AI3 of course made that one of the best contests ever. It will be interesting to see the current boys next month…

[@mrgibb1883]

Best search event. Would love to see WSL take a page from its own book and throw the guys today in some stuff like this...

[@sylindb]

Such a sick video Bobby’s backhand is all time legend status

[@macrovigilance]

Must be one of the top 3 ASP events of all time? (and fitting that A.I won it!!)

[@wsl]

AGREED!!

[@Soldado_deDios1]

Best contest ever in Mexico… thanks AI..👏🏽👏🏽🤙🏽

[@borednz2982]

Just stay in Mexico for all future wsl events

[@johnmedina5399]

Might be the best waves from beginning to end of the contest I've ever seen. Everyone scored

[@aaronbrowne6370]

7:30 Stand Up an take a bow Taj that is the goat material

[@subgrappling805]

Those silky smooth turns of Andy’s…damn.

[@leninlincolnduavy6311]

Simply incredible. What quality waves and surfers. Andy Irons forever. But, did I need that unbearable soundtrack throughout the entire video?!?!?

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

Yes I did like that... I am going to head over to worldsurfleague.com and stay on World Surf League until I watch everything at least 100 times and then do it again and again until I become the surfer that I dream of in my mind... Thanks World Surf League! :-) Happy surfing from Virginia Beach! :-) Kyle

[@wsl]

ya kyle you da man!

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

@@wsl I got to give credit where credit's due. You guys are one of my favorite channels... I used to stand the magazine section at the grocery store growing up and as an adult staring at surfing pictures trying to imagine what the heck was going on in the picture but with the World Surf League Channel I don't need to use my imagination anymore... I can finallyyy see how awesome it is to ride a wave and see what's truly capable of what a high-level Elite professional Surfer can do on a wave... Nothing beats video footage of amazing surfing... Thanks guys!!!+++:))) Oh yeah, I am enjoying all the host studio time analysis and commentary footage plus the amazing new shows and interviews... Happy surfing 🏄 from Virginia Beach, Kyle

[@fatgiraffe8413]

In the last vid (which was like 2 hours ago) I asked what the new rewind was going to be. Now I know. Thanks!!

[@wsl]

This is The Vault! WSL Rewind this week is JBAY 2017!

[@erik4775]

Awesome place to have a pro contest. The Search vid of the event is called "Absolute Mexico". A MUST WATCH. Kelly Slater called this contest one of the surf events he's ever surfed, in a interview just a few months ago.

[@kyleemsley2033]

So good it's hard to watch!! Now that's a 720 wave🐦🐦🐈it's gotta be chicawa....

[@wsl]

🤙

[@Mark.Fritsch]

It’s at 15:49 that song is sick. Can you guys give the name of the song if possible?

[@bapple7844]

got the like but no answer rip

[@TantrumX]

Awesome video guys! Epic doesn't even begin to describe it

[@wsl]

🤙

[@barracuda833]

Id just improbe the music which can sometimes be boring. But great video and great contest!

[@davidhunt4307]

I wish the wsl would run the whole competition on there site like they are doing with other comps and go back to this wave and what a wave it is 🙏

[@wsl]

head over to www.worldsurfleague.com we are showing the hour long highlight show!

[@oscardaum4298]

thanks for posting this hell yeah

[@wsl]

Stoked you are stoked on it!!!

[@viniciuspaviani]

I can imagine Toledo coming out of a tube ride and then finishing with huge Air....

[@Kidgloves1984]

Remember some of the pros at the time saying how awesome this wave is and to some it was the best wave ever..

[@sandyfootwell]

Keep doing these please

[@alvarorodriguezsanchez4032]

Buenas olas buenos tubos barra de la cruz Oaxaca México

[@coffeewave]

A.I FOREVER!

[@thaimagalhaes4216]

VERY GOOD MUSIC , AND THE VIDEO DONT EVEN NEED COMMENTS ,SO SICKKKKKK

[@wsl]

THANK YOU!!!!! STOKED YOU LOVING THE MUSIC!!!

[@sambaman]

@@wsl dont understand why not say band names....

[@iblong9505]

Timmy Reyes 5 barrels in one wave and Slater's 11 second barrel, among others. Thanks wsl

[@wsl]

🤯

[@Mark.Fritsch]

Please name of the song? It’s so fire. Perfect Mexico vibes

[@davimarsa]

finally!!!!!

[@Emerson85269]

Red Dead Reptemption kkkk...Star Andy Irons...#RIP #ANDYIRONS 🎺🌵🥑🇲🇽🏆🥇

[@afonso_santos]

AI FOREVER la barra de la cruz

[@wsl]

RIP the peoples champ!!!

[@bm7586]

@@wsl It's a shame AI didn't seem to realize that a whole generation loved him so much for both his personality and his amazing surfing ! Mo from Morocco

[@Mark.Fritsch]

What are the name of the songs?

[@frolilapume]

Nice song selection!

[@wsl]

thank you!!! 🤙

[@jeffg4686]

Holy ships - that was a contest. @13:51 - Whittaker VERSUS The Lip --------------->>>>>> Whittaker takes it

[@WaveFlightSimulations]

rad

[@wsl]

Stoked you are stoked!

[@eduardosampaio3547]

Not to take anything away from those guys, but I believe that if this event was held in 2020, we would see guys riding the barrels a lot deeper compared to 2006. The barrel riding technique has improved a lot in 14 years. Some of the barrels on this waves were really wasted by a few of the surfers in my opinion.

[@bm7586]

I wouldn’t agree... different angle and these barrels are filled with foam, if you try going very deep you’ll lose control of your fins !

[@msalvs]

Nonsense. Typical comment from a brazzo. Back then there were many great tuberiders on tour who also had lots of flow and could mix power surfing with innovative manoeuvres (Andy, Kelly, Parko, Mick, Bruce, the Hobgoods and even Taj). Right now you hardly have anyone as complete as this generation as John John.

[@lachness3578]

Ha ha kook comment kook

[@mitchellpanes6363]

Dude it's Andy irons arguably the most stylish surfing beast to ever surf this planet rip AI Forever

[@mitchellpanes6363]

Your right surfing Is different now it's wack😤😂🖕

[@DubiousDubbz]

Anyone got a copy of JBay '96?

[@andremartinez2199]

whaaaaaaat the fuuuck ! BEST EVER !

[@paulmidd5523]

ASP>WSL wsl is a sellout.

[@mattshapiro5834]

I stayed for the music

[@wsl]

THANKS!!!!!!!

[@moomooclark7987]

Hold on pushing pause...making a burrito..now it's 10 times better..

[@justmikehk]

Timeless lines

[@wsl]

for real!!!!

[@grfab]

I wanna see Mason Ho surf this wave.

[@pg5420]

Brad Chadley killed it

[@ironphil62]

👍🍺

[@viannaude3455]

Surfing is no more as how it used to be

[@claytonbrown7120]

Why no thumbs weirdos

[@justmikehk]

Fist full of barrels pant full of nut

[@wsl]

hahahah 😂

[@isaacyamada8461]

Anyone else think Slater looks better on a pu?

[@grfab]

The board shorts were way too long back then.

[@mitchellpanes6363]

Gangster

[@claytenessilveiramorais719]

Andy use cocaína during the event

[@jeffs6114]

Can’t watch Slater with hair, too weird looking!

[@laniakea777]

Irons = untouchable

[@wsl]

RIP THE PEOPLES CHAMP!