Raw GoPro Footage Storm Sailing Ocean Beach San Francisco Jan 8, 2017
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Getting my ass kicked on a 3.8. Gusts were in the low 50s
~15 minutes of terror
-2 minutes of upright sailing
-6 minutes of walking
-1min 15sec of floundering on the outside trying to waterstart
-6 stairwells walk of shame
Out of all the surfing and paddling related videos I've seen here on youtube, and this includes guys surfing Mavericks, Jaws, Nazare, etc , guys rafting gnarly rivers, guys kayaking down huge waterfalls, guys trying to surf the waves created when an iceberg falls apart and other nutty things like that, it's this video that I appreciate the most. There's no talking, no boasting, no false bravado, no music, no drone shots, no huge production values, it's just a regular guy charging on a victory-at-sea-day with a freakin go pro strapped to his head. And not just that, he eats it a couple of times but keeps it together. All of us regular Joe's, who try to get in the water as frequently as we can, can relate to this
Walk of shame? I don't think so! Only a few know what it's like in those conditions. Just to go out and come back took great strength and skill. And you probably would've been OK on a 3.0 too! Good for you for even attempting it; there was no-one else out was there? Even more kudos for posting a video of yourself getting pasted, that shows humility and everyone else gets to see what it's really like when it's howling. Thanks for sharing!
heh, i was the only one. i had a friend there, but he did not go out. actually it looked much more manageable as i was rigging. wind came up several knots as i was walking to the water. it was raining before i went out and while i was coming in. you can see even the wet sand blowing down the beach.
exxxxactly ... sometimes we have 10 or 11 bft in here . ... dangerous ground swell due to shallow lake.. Greetings from Podersdorf /Austria
HAHAHA! Been there, done that. I love the part when you're just sitting there at the water's edge wondering "wtf was I thinking" and even contemplating giving it another go. Warrior you are!
My favourite you tube windsurf clip - just back from no wind on beach and this has really cheered me up! hero!
I'm in awe of the cool, the balls, and the technique it took to make this video. The 1:15 waterstart segment is now my official introduction to windsurfing for anyone who says "it looks so graceful and peaceful, skimming across the water". I personally cherish the challenges, although none this large to date, far more than the postcard shots. Thanks Kevin.
Excellent footage and so realistic. everybody shows the perfect days etc but this took steel balls. the weather always looks very tame in 2D especially the waves.
I used to do this kind of session but couldn't handle it now. always had people stopping to look even in bad weather.
well done and may there be many many more days like this (and sunny ones) for you.
Cheers
walk of fame! not shame... this is why we love windsurfing ... cheers
Badass. For those that don't know, Ocean Beach in San Francisco in the winter even on a windless day is sketchy with big waves breaking hard and fast. This is super human.
This video shows how it is many times! Specially for us with no sponsors 😅 you put almost all energy just to get the shit together and get your as out on the water, being so tired already before even get on the board, but because all the effort you been giving to that run you just gonna do that run, there are no options even tho you know already since you lifted your gear down to the water that you're so sooo overpowered! And when you're finally out there strugelling to just stay up you just close your brain for a while and when you wake up you just wanna get back in one piece to the beach without getting hurt 😂 but hey.. that feeling when you're in the car on the way to home and you and your equipment are ok.. that makes it all worth it, cause you where out there that day 👊 and for you who thought it was boring to watch him walking out over that long beach.. just click on another fucking video with a superperfect Hookipavideo or something than 😁 cheers
Exactly! I'm just a noob that had experienced struggling in 40+ kts a few time, still gives me a kick when I recall it though :-D
best answer to the best video
Respect for doing it and more so for showing the footage. If you have been out in conditions like this you know how much fun it can be but at the same time quite scary! You can drive 3 hrs each way for 15 minutes of exhilaration but you feel so alive it’s always worth it. Respect also for knowing to call it a day after 1 run. When you get blown around like a crisp packet just trying to water start
I remember days like these (when I was in my late twenties). Just getting the boards off the roof rack doubled my heart rate. Fully sheeted out and still accelerating in the gusts, arms burning but too scared to hook into the harness lines. When I look back now I just think... what if I had knocked myself unconscious.
That’s what your PFD is for!
@@christianwillis4492 Being unconscious, your head will end up under water. You will die. That is why a pfd is not a life jacket. Don't you KNOW that?!
@@voornaam3191 I do now
Dude, hold your head HIGH! That was real windsurfing! It's not the smooth, gliding over water you see in the pro videos... it's salty, water up your nose, water over your head, terror while you try to get your body out of the water on a waterstart before a shark notices you. You're a monster to go out in those conditions regardless of how long you're upright. Truly elite.
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in how it can get if ur willing to go out in storms THXS NOT ALL ONEHANED DUCK JIBS !!! It made me remember some of the bad ass times I had in them and made it through County line Cal. and Jahama Beach come too mind MUCH LOVE BRO ❤️
Made me really appreciate windsurfing in a gorgeous sunny ☀️ Greek island in a F 5
I suffered a lot when you were in the water till you waterstarted (sharks??) the wind was so strong, but you handled it well. 🏄🏼
The Doors tune "Riders of the Storm" comes to mind. Those south winds are very sketchy. I salute your bravery.
One of my favorite waves to surf. Nice job having a go, and staying safe!
this reminds me of so many sessions ive had in Scotland.........good on you son....
Hahahaha, same here in Ireland.
Brutal. I'm not a windsurfer, but lots of hang gliding, and know brutal. You did a really good job in what looked like min 30 knot sustained winds (+ gusts) where EVERTHING becomes a lifting surface. Good job.
Very very good video! Difficult conditions absolutely. Question: Wouldn't be better of you attached yourself to the board with a liches just like surfers do?
so nice not editing out the struggles. keep it real ;)
Windsurfing in the storm is for experts and men who have guts, nice video, remember the same kind of experience in Normandy years ago the sea was all white, you could only go straight and blow up in the biggest waves, you realize there is point where the ocean and the wind are stronger than you, but the thrill is incredible.
You’ve got a steel pair to go out in those conditions and in that location. Major accomplishment even making it back. How many knots was that wind? Looked like Force 8.
That waterstart looked knackering. Good effort just getting out there.
Thanks for sharing. I'm 42 years old and I'm trying to get to plan even. These videos help me don't give up. Greetings from Spain.
From Spain it is a hell of a surf, before you arrive in SF. Are you really intending to cross an ocean and doing the Panama Canal?! No wonder you need to plan such an adventure. Good luck, mate!
Love how you just step right in the footstraps and then make a huge jump right away.
Conditions look perfect for boosting big air, but a handful for everything else. I like the looks of that board how is it in heavy chop does it carry enough speed for onshore conditions?
Great to see someone else fighting against gusts on a hard day. Very real on one of those days when you do three runs and decide not to push your luck. It's a long swim back when a gust takes your board and rig, and a long walk to find it!
Big respect. This is not easy. Just carrying the gear is a workout. Not many watching would attempt this.
Humbling to see a sailor of your skill struggle it those conditions. But you probably would have styled with a 2.8m 60L!
You are very brave but your level cannot handle this wind strength . You are lucky to sail back !
That s so much the spirit of windsurfing. Congrats for the fight
Unbelievable! Great! One of my favourite footage!
is there a little ding at the nose of your board or is that just the design? :) amazing footage, would love to sail those waters :) really nice board too!
What size sail were you on? Here in the UK we get this quite often. I have used my 3.5 Hot Sails Maui quite a number of times; it does make a real difference. We done for heading out!
It's an S2 Maui Dragon 3.8 (smallest they do is 3.4 in that model). The way he was getting tossed he could have gone down to 3.2 or 3.0 and still be overpowered, but maybe manageable.
When a small board is lifting like a sail you know your probably beat! Hahaha... greta effort, you must have thought "aww sh$t" when you dumped the mast forward at the waterstart! Dooohhh.... and the best bit for me that I 'laughed out loud' at was ploughing right up the goddamn beach! You weren't taking any chances.... hahahah....... !!!
Wow, you accelerated so quickly! Impressive, thanks for sharing the raw footage, reminds us of the adventure before the adventure, so often forgotten in quick edits.
there is an inner and outer sand bar... the tide was low, so i had to walk out to right in front of the inner bar. the water here is very shallow, so you really have to start right in front of where the wave is breaking and time the launch. my timing was ok the first time but i got spun into the wind in the air and the sail got backwinded and it was game over. i count about three seconds between when I hop on my board to when i'm already in the air :-D
You mean excellerated?
I would need a break after carrying the kit down that Long Beach walk!
awesome, crazy, phew. so nervous 4 u just watching. so glad I live maui
Thank you for sharing this, reminds me of some of my windsurfing days here on the shore in the Netherlands. I know the conditions must have been a lot tougher then most people think when watching the video. I got my ass kicked like this many times as well :-)
Yep, one of my friends told me, he has done windsurfing in Zeeland. Some spots over there are pretty scary. And he is not exactly a beginner.
Excellent, we are few who know what it is like to sail in those difficult conditions past absolutely sailing, how good you are in great physical condition. My respects, I've seen myself sailing like this many times, without getting the jibe out there, and with no chance of doing a tack as well, congratulations
Me watching this surfing with 7.0 at 16 knots max wind speed
Epoch. You made it back, that is what matters.. after going out in the ocean at 50 knots. Exhausting, scary, wonderful.
That brings back memories! Sheeted out so far you have to stand up and pray you don't get blasted. Everything happening so fast you can't get in a groove.
You were getting tossed there on a 3.8 sail. Brutal day, perhaps you'd need a 3.0 out there with such a storm, I've seen Köster on 3.2 in a storm in Ireland and he's massive.
looked lively! isn't it very sharky there also?
jim bryan It is sharks and absolutely freezing.
Yes. The sharks have eaten so many people living in SF, that SF is nicknamed Shark Food nowadays. There is just a small country village left. The city is gone. Eaten alive, it is horror down there. Yeah right.
I liked ur video because of your efforts!
I loved it, but it also made me appreciate warm 15-18 knots Levante days in the Med.
I don't know the weight of the sailor but since the first take off and jump the board appears too big...and I'd have had enough of the beach walk!! great bro!!!
190lbs, 86l board.... sail way too big.
Just love it thought ya was a crazy Kiwi looks bloody cold glad I'm watching and warm in dry ha ha ha lots of fun though !
can't wait to go windsurfing again, I'm a broke student and have not been able to sail for the past 2 years, considering cutting a lot my food budget to sail again. thanks for the vids in the mean time tho and fair winds
This brings back memories of my windsurfing experiences in 30knots, it feels like a struggle, but worth it!
The walk to the water is enough for me!
Oh what a nice day for a sail, the sand on the beach is flying by at 50MPH!
Cool video. I'd be too afraid to get out in that. Bummer how GoPro video always makes the waves look so tame when they're terrifying in reality. I've tried some shots from the foot straps and they seem to help a bit, aside from getting in the way.
For those who thinks what's the point and where's the fun. The fun is in the doing itself, taking a challenge realizing more and more as you walk down the beach that you'll be beaten up by the mother nature's power for sure but stop thinking more about it and force yourself to go on. As you crashed and struggle again and again, you'll be wondering to yourself what I'm I doing this for? You want to run back to the beach for safety but you don't want any regret so you keep pushing for more, until you feel you can deal with the regret of not going for more then you stop.
Then comes the best part, the after session when you're back in warm place with cold beer in your hand laughing while shit talking about it with your friends knowing you'll remember this session for the remaining of your life ;-)
The camera makes it looks relatively easier than real life though. I was struggling enough in 40kts a few times with even smaller waves, don't want to imaging how it'd be with 50+kts ;-)
Good effort! The waterstart out back was hair raising. Glad I was on my sofa and not out there. Was willing you to bear upwind for most of the vid!
You did better than all the others since I didn't see any. I would have needed a nap after the carry.
Do you have your Gopro on your helmet?
I have been out similar to that in storm. Know how quick body energy disappears and how small function corridor there is between controll and struggle. My problems where tail walk and spin out, things which are much associated with trimming parameters and pure material aspects. On the other hand locking at the professionals and even semi pros one can't understand how they manage........
This is a true picture of fun!! And how it really looks when you are out there getting battered lol
Is your board broken in the front
Also it looked pretty good on the outside!
Very hard conditions good vidéo . You must be proud to go ride this storm. I like that too it s so afraid but good to progress in windsurf.
epic conditions, I would have been waterstarting with my feet in the footstraps though, good job for tryin!
It's long ago but I did exactly this. I think I had a 3.5 wavesail that I flattened out because the rotation ripped it out my hands. Gybing was a nightmare too.
I like at 3:00 when you flip the rig to get the sand off the other side before having a go, Awesome optimism!!
vision on that day was seriously overrated
Well. First thing to say. If it weren´t by the pioneers we would still be in the stone age. Sport has developed thanks to people like you (all) facing these conditions and learning. Second like to see wise people in action......Observed and respected your limits and went back..Another day come with more experience. Third..Hope u didn´t get back to the see that day.....lol
Wahr board so you use?
Я точно так же катаюсь. Поворот через водный старт. Turn through water start - my favorite way to go back
Makes me so look forward to sailing in Naxos in just shorts and harness with free ride in the bay and some friendly waves on the outside
Nice job. That looked intense!
Definitely overpowered but it’s hard to turn back once you’ve rigged up. I used to sail Berkeley a lot in far more forgiving conditions. Plus no frozen hands👍👏
More downhaul and mast about an inch closer to the bow and you would have nailed it! ....I say sitting on my lanai in Maui with a cold beer in hand. 🤙
you‘re crazy man! what was your sailsize?
It's a 3.8
Yes, 3.8. Very big - why I bought a 3.5 for UK winter storms...(I am 85kg)
Good on ya! I love to get kicked by storm sailing - not a perfect sailor but hold on for dear life. Not all of us are team riders and congrats to you for venturing out in that weather. Bit terrifying but what an adreneline rush! Probably would not have done the walk on the beach though. Wow... and I thought we had a walk and a half.
thanks for sharing the original recording, then I know better about real wave sailing.
Ive got serious anxiety issues after watching that !friggin scary
The nature:Man, you were just suiciding.
Great time, no doubt when with 3.8 you are out of gaz quicly is that the conditions are tough !
Respekt!! Ich glaub jeder Surfer weiß wie sich das anfühlt ;)
I skipped arpund cuz my battery is dead. At one point “OH MY GOD THAT GIANT WAVE” but it was land
OMG, those people typing things like oh that thing! The moment you write half a sentence... Lord, help those orons.
Respect, dude. A full jibe could save you a lot of energy though.
Is it normal to have such conditions in SF?
this is not typical for this spot. usual wind direction at Ocean Beach is NW or WNW (onshore to side on). this was SE storm wind. We do get good conditions here in SF... there are 200+ windy days here depending on what gear you have. My most used sail size is 4.4 with an 85-93l freestyle board (I'm 185lbs). We did have a storm day here at Ocean Beach just two days ago, which was really fun. Not so crazy this time. My friend made a video vimeo.com/207029215
Thank you for your answer. Hello from Spain. Is there something side, side-off with nice waves nearby? I'm not looking for extreme high winds, here we have nuclear winds if you like it, see Pozo or Tarifa, I do prefer to play with waves and strong winds tend to destroy them. I'm planning a trip to SF, by the way :)
There's better wave sailing about an hour south of San Francisco near Santa Cruz at spots like Waddell Creek and Davenport Landing. Wind is side-on to sideshore. Average sail size is in the 4.5 to 5.0 range.
this person has lots of footage of Davenport: ruclips.net/user/thuledog1
this is Waddell: vimeo.com/41681630
nice hard wind
What sail do you use?
It's an S2 Maui Dragon 3.8
@@christinemurray1444 thanks :D
Помню как это было тяжело и великолепно, когда я учился.
Add to that the great whites in that area , pretty ballsy ride
Very brave and in perfect physical conditions! But in such hard conditions, with so much over power, it would be better not to go so much out in the ocean, but only just 100 meters, and concentrating on surfing the waves close to the beach, maybe even jumping. Too dangerous and not worth it outside. But often we can't resist to the pleasure of planing full power, so we go and go and go, then we fall like him at 8:00 and the real struggle starts. Would be much easier and less stressing trying to water start at 100m from the coast rather than in the middle of the ocean
looks mental, good on you for going out mate
He vivido unas cuantas de éstas, y se pasa más mal que bien.
Real windsurfing!
why so many dislikes, we see at least the real content of surfing in such crazy weather, not a mixed tape where Pro make tricks with removed failures
Skip to 3:00 if you don't wanna fall asleep.
... Respect man!!!
Perfect conditions and only out and back!
I love this kind of crazy ja !
Great fight! I like your courage!
Somebody got alittle scared. You actually handled that well. Why didn't you do a second run. You can't seriously think you weren't going to struggle. All those issues were forescene. You didn't get whooped in anyway. Sure you struggled. 💡 The wind was putting you back on the beach. Sure is a crazy feeling though when you go straight into launch without a second to think.
😯Twice 😯.
That other guy.
"Fuckin rain, where is the wind. not windy enough huh". Umm Ummm. "Maybe an 8 you THINK".
😯...👉...
Water starting is exhausting.