Kelly Slater on the wipeout that nearly killed him

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  • Опубликовано: 15 июн 2016
  • Kelly Slater shares life-threatening surfing experiences, including two-wave hold-down and getting knocked out in France. Slater calls the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii and Mavericks at Half Moon Bay in Northern California two of the most dangerous surf spots.
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  • @jeenyus720
    @jeenyus720 5 лет назад +1819

    Says pipeline is the most dangerous wave hes ever surfed. Then theres jamie obrien on pipeline doing board transfers off an inflatable flamingo wearing a speedo.

    • @hudsonlawrence7197
      @hudsonlawrence7197 5 лет назад +33

      Kevin Rustles so true😂

    • @ThatSB
      @ThatSB 5 лет назад +220

      Depends on the day though. Also that J.O.B., half is his balls of steel and half is for views. Youre not gona see him doing that on pipe's biggest days and you're not gona see him doing it on the shallowest part of the reef either

    • @keawestephenson7113
      @keawestephenson7113 4 года назад +91

      JOB also almost died at pipe recently...

    • @2299mikey
      @2299mikey 4 года назад +25

      Kevin Rustles job isn’t doing that on the scary days.

    • @setho1727
      @setho1727 4 года назад

      So tru

  • @NareshSinghh
    @NareshSinghh 8 лет назад +2009

    Listening to Kelly describe that moment when you are clawing to the surface for air is such a trip. I'm sitting here pooping but also am hella grateful for the breath of air I just took in.

  • @TrapasaurusFlex
    @TrapasaurusFlex 8 лет назад +3227

    Kelly Slater is literally the perfect name for a surfer.

    • @isaacsantiago251
      @isaacsantiago251 7 лет назад +16

      Pete Pompies Killer Slayer

    • @albertofernandez4014
      @albertofernandez4014 7 лет назад +94

      You obviously don't know much about Kelly Slater. He's basically the Michael Jordan of surfing. Refrain from commenting when you don't know shit from shinola.

    • @brandonflynn8621
      @brandonflynn8621 7 лет назад +8

      Trapasaurus Flex na john John Florence is

    • @Tiger-ms5iv
      @Tiger-ms5iv 7 лет назад +58

      coddy maverick is better

    • @forkii4122
      @forkii4122 7 лет назад +7

      Is it literally?

  • @meatman7471
    @meatman7471 5 лет назад +318

    "A couple of my friends died there"

  • @johnchappell5477
    @johnchappell5477 3 года назад +190

    Kelly Slater has to be one of the greatest athletes that ever lived. It's strange how main stream sports doesn't recognize surfers as much as they should. They say hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports but I dont think they have ever ridden a 50 foot wave.
    Thank you..

    • @rosep8481
      @rosep8481 2 года назад +9

      I think its because such a party atmosphere surrounds the sport. Im sure they are great athletes but you wont find a tour de france winner drinking and partying while doing the tour

    • @kelvindawe5123
      @kelvindawe5123 2 года назад +2

      How true is that surfers are such amazing very very fit athletes unyet no recognition its realy bad especially when you look at the sponsors involved you would think they could get them main stream. 👍

    • @leonardocook4444
      @leonardocook4444 2 года назад

      Know what? You’re right. Surfers don’t get nearly as much attention as soccer players or basketball players. Even though in our sport we sometimes face sharks and massive waves. Not to mention the mental game you have to have to not drown in an emergency.

    • @leonardocook4444
      @leonardocook4444 2 года назад +3

      @@rosep8481 this comment just proves you’re not even close to being a surfer. Most surfers won’t drink or smoke since you need your breath. Party atmosphere? What sport are you talking about? Especially since literal sports bars exist. You can go get wasted and watch the game. If you get wasted surfing you’re gonna drown. Wtf? You’re so incorrect.

    • @ChickenJoe-tq6xd
      @ChickenJoe-tq6xd 2 года назад +3

      @@leonardocook4444 nope you ain’t the real surfer, surfers have roots in party life especially Cali and Florida

  • @stevefowler2112
    @stevefowler2112 6 лет назад +270

    I grew up in Cocoa Beach in the 60's and 70's and was mostly into motorcycle racing but I surfed just enough to say I knew how to surf...when I was in Engineering College in early/mid '80's at UCF I used to surf a little during my free time and one Saturday I was surfing in front of Patrick A.F.B. and there was a young kid there tearing it up...it was Kelly...I would guess he was 12 or 13ish and he was already damn good....Much respect...he is a great guy and a real badass.

    • @ararefind9069
      @ararefind9069 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah Baby.. I'm glad you knew it was Kelly...he needed to be on Baywatch thank God he was on TV once

    • @williamfernandez1022
      @williamfernandez1022 4 года назад +5

      I currently live in Patrick AFB and surf right across the street near Satellite Beach! Honored to surf the Sam spot as Kelly 🏄🏻‍♂️

    • @RPostVideos
      @RPostVideos 3 года назад +1

      @Jeff B no, he had hair. He had hair until I guess he started balding or something. His hair was dark brown.

    • @davepadgett2163
      @davepadgett2163 3 года назад +4

      2nd light! Surfed there in the mid 80's, early 90's! Just north of that was "Picnic Tables".

    • @seremaiamasitabua8814
      @seremaiamasitabua8814 3 года назад +1

      Agree bro surfing is another level and plus Kelly is a legend

  • @patrickboy9417
    @patrickboy9417 5 лет назад +141

    I wiped out on a 3 foot wave and was tired after

    • @aggffdgubfff
      @aggffdgubfff 3 года назад +1

      LOL

    • @jakegravad4342
      @jakegravad4342 3 года назад +9

      I get scared in 6-8 foot waves. I surfed a few years. One time l went out in 12 foot and had to paddle for my life for 2 hours, most horrifying experience of my life.

    • @montagmoon2248
      @montagmoon2248 3 года назад +2

      Bro same. I went surfing for my first time. Was trying to get to calm waters and got SMACKEDDDD cause I froze up.... While I was under I knew I wasn’t supposed to fight it. Came up 4 seconds later, felt like 20 lmao, got smacked by another wave and the cord wrapped around my neck, I came up yelled loud as hell looked at my mate and was like “I’m done” ahahahah still a fuckin great day tho

  • @davitavora508
    @davitavora508 3 года назад +317

    Why is nobody talking about how weird Kelly's legs are at the beginning of the video

    • @jadin1803
      @jadin1803 3 года назад +1

      Thankyouuu😂😂

    • @stephenr80
      @stephenr80 3 года назад +7

      Is like hes surfing air

    • @albertoongaro8388
      @albertoongaro8388 3 года назад +2

      he had to pee

    • @JGCSRT
      @JGCSRT 3 года назад +23

      Yep, he looks like a paraplegic who just got picked up out his wheelchair and plopped down there.

    • @vboytan
      @vboytan 3 года назад +28

      They're out of water he doesn't know what to do with them.

  • @erikdowgin2493
    @erikdowgin2493 4 года назад +188

    No one ever talks about when you finally get to the surface and there is two feet of foam that ya can’t breath through.

    • @papagee3163
      @papagee3163 3 года назад +25

      Happened to me surfing Roco Loco cr. On a big day. Could only suck foam and dive under huge walls of white water. The water was So airated had no bouancy. After 3 attempts to get a breath of air lost completeness deep under water having expelled all the air in my lungs. Sudenly a warm calm came over me last thing I remember was light rays . Thought I died but regained concienceness in a deadman float position 100 yds further out. Coughed up some foam swam in the channel climbed up the cliff and was told by an observer that he thought I drowned not seeing me for minutes. It was a god thing. Can not explain it any other way

    • @James-ip5gz
      @James-ip5gz 3 года назад +12

      @@papagee3163 Horrifying story. Coming to the surface but still being unable to breathe is my nightmare

    • @jemand8462
      @jemand8462 3 года назад

      @@papagee3163 this didn't happen

    • @AndieZ4U2
      @AndieZ4U2 2 года назад

      Tell me about it!

    • @AndieZ4U2
      @AndieZ4U2 2 года назад

      @@jemand8462 😅😆😂😂

  • @etspacejams
    @etspacejams 8 лет назад +88

    So blessed to have Kelly as a spokesperson for surfing. So well spoken and respectful - Slater 4 prez

  • @moosedrummer1
    @moosedrummer1 3 года назад +78

    Dude even sits in a chair like he’s on a surf board.

  • @dianthe5756
    @dianthe5756 3 года назад +55

    “A couple of my friends died there” WHY DOES HE SAY IT SO CASUALLY, that’s so sad🥺

    • @ZmannR2
      @ZmannR2 3 года назад +5

      It's just part of the sport unfortunately....even us novice surfers usually know someone who's died

    • @jonathanking456
      @jonathanking456 3 года назад +6

      He knows they died doing what they loved. They knew the risks of surfing big waves.

    • @dianthe5756
      @dianthe5756 3 года назад +1

      @@jonathanking456 yeah, I get that. Life is so precious though. You only get to live once, and you devote it to a sport that can kill you in an instant? When you have so much more to live for? its just so heartbreaking when that sport eventually DOES take your life. especially at a young age

    • @Eighteen19
      @Eighteen19 3 года назад +1

      Cause.... death is normal.

  • @Ya-average-11B
    @Ya-average-11B 4 года назад +62

    I almost drowned when I was 9 surfing with my dad on the tail end of hurricane Andrew in 92 and it was absolutely terrifying. I got caught in the undertow and wasn't able to do anything. I've been in fire fights and blown up and nothing compares to drowning it's the most helpless/ panicking feeling anybody could ever experience.

    • @Ytnzy250
      @Ytnzy250 3 года назад

      Lying like a rug.
      Lionel.
      Hello.

    • @Ya-average-11B
      @Ya-average-11B 3 года назад

      @@Ytnzy250 oh ok

    • @ZmannR2
      @ZmannR2 3 года назад +1

      Ya man....that feeling of not knowing which way is up is real too....happens to us all who's been in big wipeouts....that few seconds of panic is unforgettable

    • @c.kirchhoefer
      @c.kirchhoefer 3 года назад +2

      Man I got stuck on a rip current during a sunset surf with 10 ft waves and when it got dark and I was still stuck swimming sideways with nobody else I felt ALONE

    • @leonardocook4444
      @leonardocook4444 2 года назад

      @@ZmannR2 who can forget the underwater cartwheels and backflips you do when you’re in big waves and wipeout 😂

  • @arthurwatts1680
    @arthurwatts1680 7 лет назад +171

    He's so right about the 2-wave hold down - particularly nasty if you've just gone over the falls. I miss a lot of things about surfing, but I dont miss the days when it felt like the ocean really was trying to kill me. You paddle out because you want some of that power, but it comes at a price.

    • @b4ssfunk3d
      @b4ssfunk3d 5 лет назад +12

      I had my first 2-wave hold down in OB San Diego. I was surfing at the pier in 4-6 foot surf and wiped out and went over the falls and soon as I got out of the wash I popped up for air and got hit by a wave before I could get a breath and held on for the ride and finally got back up and gasped for air because I wasn't anticipating myself holding my breath that long.

    • @dons1932
      @dons1932 4 года назад +13

      @@b4ssfunk3d That's when it happens man! When the waves aren't even particularly "that" big. You know just nice shortboard waves with some good wind and the double comes so unexpectedly.

    • @kurthenze2900
      @kurthenze2900 4 года назад +10

      I know what you mean, I barely survived a 3 wave hold down at Sunset Beach. And had a Hawaiian spirit guide tell me what to do. It was a spiritual experience that saved me. No shit! A spirit of some kind spoke to me. I wouldn't be here right now telling you this if it didn't happen. He spoke. And said, Relax. My heart went from 200 bpm to almost stopping. Come to find out, that's the secret of whales and dolphins, saved my life.

    • @kurthenze2900
      @kurthenze2900 4 года назад +2

      @Paulo Eclectik No Bullshit! That's not the only time spirits haved talked to me

    • @elenaromeroo
      @elenaromeroo 3 года назад +4

      Kurt Henze maybe it was God

  • @izzojoseph2
    @izzojoseph2 4 года назад +30

    Damn, breathing water when you’re trying to breathe air is the worst.
    What little air you have is coughed out and you’re left empty.

  • @LurgsHowToGuides
    @LurgsHowToGuides 7 лет назад +9

    Literally a living Surfing legend, and still ripping it up at his ripe old age, what an inspiration.

  • @JFerg1984
    @JFerg1984 7 лет назад +35

    "What is the most dangerous place you ever shurfed?" Does anyone know what shurfing is?

  • @StratPIG
    @StratPIG 5 лет назад +13

    I had a 2 wave hold in SO CAL, i surfred with a new friend who took me to his spot. Little did i know it was sketchy ass beach break. I was held down to the point i thought i was gonna drown. I relaxed to embrace death and all of a sudden i was shot onto the beach. Board broke.

  • @Aromatic-ring
    @Aromatic-ring 3 года назад +9

    I don’t know how you can handle that much yeeting underwater. I’ve fallen on 10-15 feet and gotten so sloshed underwater that I swam to the bottom because I didn’t know what direction was up. Almost drowned

  • @sherylrae5375
    @sherylrae5375 5 лет назад +15

    Love him. 2 wave hold down is traumatic and I love that it happened to me on relatively small waves too. Just don’t panic. Mavericks is SO cold.

  • @mantasaukstuolis4377
    @mantasaukstuolis4377 7 лет назад +12

    When he described getting knocked out - I thought he was describing my story. I can't believe I had the identical thing happen to me - except there were no fans on the beach waiting for me. LOL.

  • @STEINSANG
    @STEINSANG 7 лет назад +1

    Graham "2017 Firestone" Bensinger. Much Respect, great listener.

  • @mikewolfee9699
    @mikewolfee9699 3 года назад +11

    this guy has a net worth of 25 million and still lives humbly thats insane i love it

  • @digiprez77
    @digiprez77 7 лет назад +445

    I KO'd myself for a split-second wakeboarding, and when I came to I was underwater so I started frantically trying to swim to the surface but something was holding me back... Then I remembered I was wearing a life vest, so I stopped swimming and just floated up to the surface... Surfing scares the hell out of me. I went to Hawaii once, tried it, and scorpion'd myself on some kind of sandbar in Waikiki Bay. Turns out you want to surf where the other people are, not in the spot that looks good to your Wisconsin-bred eyes... I actually got up on a wave right away, but all of a sudden the water was a foot deep and the nose of my board dug in, hence the scorpion. There was some coral in that sand too, I took some home in my nipple and had to dig it out after it got infected.

    • @captmack007
      @captmack007 7 лет назад +42

      yah when you don't know the waters its scary, in oahu I saw this rock sticking up I didn't see paddling out and then was told by a local oh yeah that's sashimi rock

    • @brussell639
      @brussell639 7 лет назад +32

      I had a mosquito bite on my nipple when I was a kid. nipple injuries are the absolute worst, no shit.

    • @godsnut6350
      @godsnut6350 6 лет назад +5

      You probably only scorpion’d due to you being too much in front of the board or you should try and go sideways instead of going straight forward

    • @billybees3796
      @billybees3796 6 лет назад

      Gnarly are you near the coast now and surfing?

    • @sambudworth5357
      @sambudworth5357 5 лет назад +2

      digiprez77 why the nipple bit

  • @panheaddan1
    @panheaddan1 4 года назад +6

    I can relate in 1975 paddling out in 10-12 foot surf at Huntington Cliffs a wave broke right on my back .. knocked the wind out of me and my board squrted out of my hands ..I never used a leash.. as I was coming to the surface out of air , i saw the sunlight and felt my hand reach air..the next wave pounded me again and washed me onto the beach..you don't appreciate life until it's almost taken.

  • @syren4731
    @syren4731 6 лет назад +1

    This poor guy... the way he described his injury sounds traumatic as all hell and yet he's so open to talking about it with the guy that's interviewing him. What a brave man. Also, I'm here because you SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John amazing surfing fanfic Gimme Shelter. Love all your effort and attention to detail SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John! Love you lots!

  • @thomasocallaghan9145
    @thomasocallaghan9145 5 лет назад +27

    Love Slate, surfed with him a few times and a super nice guy,Fiji almost killed me

    • @ThiagodMoraes
      @ThiagodMoraes 4 года назад +2

      I can imagine, those waves are on same level as Pipeline or Mavs,deadly!!

    • @jakegravad4342
      @jakegravad4342 3 года назад +1

      He watched me surf in Portugal, lm a kook but my wife saw him watch me, apparently it was interesting to see how a beginner -intermediate negotiated 2 footers lol

  • @favrerules04
    @favrerules04 8 лет назад +83

    He got pitted, so pitted!

    • @loki475
      @loki475 8 лет назад +7

      none more pitted

    • @ALGtheMC
      @ALGtheMC 6 лет назад +3

      Cheezeburger Walrus bahh

    • @gel141
      @gel141 5 лет назад +17

      Whapaaaaaa!

    • @95Hammah808
      @95Hammah808 4 года назад +4

      Cheezeburger Walrus so pitted braaaah shackd braaaa fuking pitted pitted

  • @fightrrrrr
    @fightrrrrr 4 года назад +4

    I always admired your professionalism and giving interviews and to have Kelly Slater on the other end of it, I felt as if both of you are just typical guys who are really easy to hang out with

  • @michaelhunziker7287
    @michaelhunziker7287 5 лет назад +5

    My home break was his home break. Islander Hut. Cocoa Beach, Florida. Not Hawaii, Brazil, or California, but Florida. Dude went from water bug to 11x Champ. There will be none higher, ever.

  • @bruce9897
    @bruce9897 5 лет назад

    Another great share 🤙🏽

  • @blursmash7320
    @blursmash7320 8 лет назад +275

    haha 0:38 why is he sitting like that??
    love ya Kelly

    • @RYNOtm
      @RYNOtm 8 лет назад +71

      If you didn't know him and read the title and see him sitting like that you'd think the wave paralysed him

    • @getl0st
      @getl0st 8 лет назад +21

      He looks like he's busting for a piss....

    • @TWEAKLET
      @TWEAKLET 6 лет назад +16

      he is a Japanese school girl they all sit like that

    • @guitaristinseattle
      @guitaristinseattle 6 лет назад +4

      So gay!!!

    • @propertyservices1
      @propertyservices1 6 лет назад +5

      blur smash sitn like he at a bbq with a plate on his lap... lol

  • @skahler
    @skahler 2 года назад +2

    The thing I really appreciate about Graham is that he does simple journalism, which nobody else does now. So that's pretty much why he's so big. By doing the simple thing.

    • @GrahamBensinger
      @GrahamBensinger  2 года назад

      Nice of you to say Shaun. We try to be prepared, and have that in depth conversation with all our guests. Glad you're enjoying the content! -AD

  • @petermcdougall1152
    @petermcdougall1152 3 года назад

    I grew up in Jupiter, but we surfed Sebastian inlet alot, Kelly is from Sebastian. Those waves were sooo awesome! Glad I did it!

  • @HoStevie
    @HoStevie 8 лет назад +44

    Don't die Kelly!

    • @itr0863
      @itr0863 6 лет назад +1

      he won't because he doesn't do drugs like andy irons.

    • @ZmannR2
      @ZmannR2 3 года назад

      @@itr0863 Lotta people have died not doing drugs and surfing yo

  • @JGCSRT
    @JGCSRT 7 лет назад +527

    WTF is going on with how Kelly is sitting at the beginning of the video?!? He looks like a paraplegic who was just lifted out of his wheelchair and plopped down for the interview.

    • @dylancole3861
      @dylancole3861 6 лет назад +67

      JGCSRT I'm dead af bro I was thinking the wipe out did that

    • @jodym2101
      @jodym2101 5 лет назад +28

      He was holding in a massive dump

    • @airindiana
      @airindiana 5 лет назад +29

      I thought he was disabled after the wave and they were getting to “and that’s when I broke my legs in half”. But no, just the way the dude sits lol. Bit like a thunderbird puppet lol.
      Massive respect though. Sounds terrifying.

    • @cakeboss1721
      @cakeboss1721 5 лет назад +1

      JGCSRT lmOo

    • @quincee3376
      @quincee3376 5 лет назад +6

      LMFAO. I noticed that too. I was like " wow, i didn't know Kelly was severely Pigeon toed "

  • @lauriecarter8931
    @lauriecarter8931 2 года назад +1

    I hate it when you wipe out and don't have a chance to take a breath or wiping out and getting the air knocked out of you before going under especially when it's big,so scary having no air in your lungs!!!

  • @Letsgo_ray
    @Letsgo_ray 7 лет назад +1

    Awesome testimony Kelly, respect sir

  • @sherylrae5375
    @sherylrae5375 5 лет назад +5

    “Which way is up?” It sounds simple but it isn’t. Luckily I haven’t been there again. The way he explains is perfect

    • @jakegravad4342
      @jakegravad4342 3 года назад

      Never had that experience. I got crushed by waves way too big but found my way up really quick. Waves are petrifying tho.

  • @flatwater7127
    @flatwater7127 2 года назад +1

    the earth is not a globe !!! Slater is the man,Thank you

  • @zachb7374
    @zachb7374 5 лет назад +2

    Facing death. I too got smashed by waves and didn't know where the FK the surface was- With only seconds left.. I blew the last air I had with my hands cupped around my mouth..to feel the direction of the bubbles--- Learn today how to whistle loud with your fingers-- this also saved my ass in a rip. Teach kids at 5years of age- it's a skill for life people

  • @jakegravad4342
    @jakegravad4342 3 года назад +2

    Out of all the things l watch, this is THE MOST INTERESTING BY LIGHT YEARS....

  • @RiceLilyMeadows
    @RiceLilyMeadows 3 года назад +4

    The one time my dad tried to teach me surfing (after getting the hang of boogie boarding) I wiped out and I had a double wave crash on top of me. I'm a decent-strong swimmer but I panicked when I didn't feel the ground below me. When I finally emerged, I was already traumatized and all I hear from my dad in the BG was him cackling the opening of Sufaris- Wipe Out. And I never surfed again....

  • @ant1985ish
    @ant1985ish 5 лет назад +1

    thats scary. u can see him getting choked up about it. glad he made it out the ocean is a ferocious BEAST!!

  • @desigamboa418
    @desigamboa418 2 года назад +1

    Kelly's interviews are interesting to hear. he's a seasoned surfer and has surfed all the spots. We've had some of those experiences like lost of air. cool interview.

    • @GrahamBensinger
      @GrahamBensinger  2 года назад

      Be sure to check out the full episode: ruclips.net/video/hDOwNLsZ3ok/видео.html -AD

  • @swayjaayy5495
    @swayjaayy5495 6 лет назад +2

    I've been into surfing since I was a kid. The ocean scares the hell out of me. But still something I've always wanted to do. There's no place to safely surf in the area I live in in Washington

  • @karl-heinzvonscharnhorst546
    @karl-heinzvonscharnhorst546 7 лет назад +7

    Kelly Slater, the Great One (respect to Gretzky!).

  • @BigErnMcCracken777
    @BigErnMcCracken777 4 года назад

    Thought he was gonna say teahupo’o and pipe for most dangerous but the way he described Mavericks was terrifying, you can tell he has a lot of respect for that wave in NorCal

  • @seeddub3536
    @seeddub3536 3 года назад

    Crazy, his experience in France is so much like a near knockout I had at pipe in the early 90s, came to, took a while to figure out the surface, the whole thing. Hurricane Iniki swell.

  • @antsinmyeyes9547
    @antsinmyeyes9547 5 лет назад +3

    The thing about these waves, is that it doesn’t look that bad when someone wipes out, but it ends up being really bad, so everyone thinks your fine but your just not

  • @DaveMarkovich
    @DaveMarkovich 7 лет назад +6

    Kelly Slater is one og my all time fav surfer.
    And he also sits funny (00:28)

  • @philippelouis2352
    @philippelouis2352 5 лет назад +4

    Graham you should definitely interview free climber Alex Honnold about his climb of El Capitan in Yosemite!

  • @coenraadloubser5768
    @coenraadloubser5768 5 лет назад +5

    You don't even need to get knocked out to experience that, you just need to do your office job for a few weeks and forget to exercise.

  • @KussKorpFlick
    @KussKorpFlick 7 лет назад +1

    The funny part is that in France we always want to learn surfing where he almost was drawn. I almost died there too, multiple times

  • @surfereverywherees8445
    @surfereverywherees8445 5 лет назад +1

    The best surf kelly slater .... Blessings since El Salvador good waves punta roca

  • @MAKAIOJACKSON
    @MAKAIOJACKSON 5 лет назад +5

    I showed this to my blind friend
    Wait

  • @sgtcaco
    @sgtcaco 2 года назад

    I had the 2 wave hold down in massive surf when I was a grom. I don't think I would survive that in my older age.

  • @WhiteNacho
    @WhiteNacho 7 лет назад +1

    Same thing happened to me in Ventura at The Dredge.

    • @brianfawcett704
      @brianfawcett704 5 лет назад

      Same here, at “The Oil Piers”. Those were the days...

  • @deathpainful3350
    @deathpainful3350 6 лет назад

    Whoa knarly dude! Radically insane trip. Right side up Capa dre.

  • @ThatSB
    @ThatSB 5 лет назад

    Where are those waves in the begining? They didnt mention a spot

  • @Surfmus
    @Surfmus 5 лет назад +6

    I had long hair my entire life. But one time I cut it because I swallowed it as I was catching my breath on a triple overhead wave. Scariest moment of my life. Ain't nothing funny about dying. Not that I died obviously but been close it is the most fearful moment. Forget free falling or skydiving as an ultimate rush. Near death is the ultimate, scariest/rush feeling to exist.

    • @candidlyopinionated19
      @candidlyopinionated19 3 года назад

      Same, went over the falls and ended up tearing ligaments in my shoulder during Hurricane surf, came back up gasping in pain and inhaled a bunch of hair, got pulled back under. It sucked. I’m a girl, so unfortunately cutting my hair isn’t really an option. Putting it up from now on though lol

  • @evmc2368
    @evmc2368 3 года назад

    Anybody able to tell me the type of van this is in the background or the name of what it could be?

  • @RPostVideos
    @RPostVideos 3 года назад

    I grew up in Cocoa Beach. Kelly was a few years older than me, but he was always at the beach of he wasn't touring the world.

  • @sniffableandirresistble
    @sniffableandirresistble 4 года назад +5

    Watch the John Daly interview when he asks this guy "wait so you don't play sports? Then why are you interviewing athletes?" ....lol 😆

    • @rockyevans1584
      @rockyevans1584 3 года назад

      Jon Daly is that typical old guy who thinks it's so cool how unhealthy and rebellious he is. Man can crack the ball, but he seems like a boring dude to have drinks with. This dude doesn't interview strictly athletes anyways

    • @sniffableandirresistble
      @sniffableandirresistble 3 года назад

      @@rockyevans1584 he is a beloved legend ❤

    • @rockyevans1584
      @rockyevans1584 3 года назад

      @@sniffableandirresistble fair enough, certainly he seems like one of the few standout characters in pro golf

  • @pjmcvey436
    @pjmcvey436 3 года назад +1

    I’m from half moon bay🤙🤙 mavericks is so gnarly i can see it form my house

  • @70callen70
    @70callen70 5 лет назад +1

    That’s crazy like losing friends just off a hobby or sport like surfing.

  • @calpilot7
    @calpilot7 4 года назад

    Class act. Great ambassador for surfing.

  • @flaplaya
    @flaplaya 7 лет назад

    Kelly's a really cool dude, haven't seen anything on him in a long time. Glad to hear about his brush with death turned out good.. Cool to see he's still doing what he's best at. Number one surfer 11 times. Living legend.

  • @666zerowolf
    @666zerowolf 7 лет назад +4

    2 wave hold down.....wow!

    • @bru-uh6868
      @bru-uh6868 4 года назад

      I was just watching and wow. Scary

  • @seremaiamasitabua8814
    @seremaiamasitabua8814 3 года назад +1

    Respect kelly is a legend and a big icon to this upcoming surfing champ ...

  • @AprehamLincoln
    @AprehamLincoln 10 месяцев назад +1

    Kelly is such a legend. He's the reason I became interested in surfing. Always wanted to try it. Sadly I have spent all my life near Toronto, didn't even see the ocean for the first time til I was in my 30s so I never got to learn the sport. And now my body is so busted up that I reckon it's too late. Such a shame. From time to time I'll go to a tropical island and I just sit on the beach imagining how awesome it would be to be in a barrel, gotta be the most beautiful experience there is.

  • @jaydubya3698
    @jaydubya3698 4 года назад +2

    Pipe and Mavericks are undeniably dangerous and guys have died at both spots, but I was surprised he didn't mention Teahupoo...I mean, the name does translate as "broken skulls."

    • @bernardogbecker
      @bernardogbecker 3 года назад

      Teahupoo is a really powerfull wave, but People says they feel more confortable there bc you can see where is the channel, so you just have to get there to be safe.

  • @bobbywrongway6494
    @bobbywrongway6494 3 года назад

    I knocked myself out shorting a 2 1/2 in tuck and woke up under water. It was just like he described. You do not know right away which way is up.

  • @jjj-eq7gv
    @jjj-eq7gv 5 лет назад +1

    this is a good video.

  • @cmdctrl4292
    @cmdctrl4292 8 лет назад +2

    I grew up in Atlanta and there's no where to surf on the east coast so for me surfing seems like the coolest thing ever. I dream-envy that whole lifestyle, the sun, the beaches, the waves, the surf, and the girls.

    • @cmdctrl4292
      @cmdctrl4292 7 лет назад

      a.m. remorse Most Latinas are like that. They're awesome to fuck but an absolute headache outside of the bedroom.

    • @cmdctrl4292
      @cmdctrl4292 7 лет назад +2

      ***** Well, they're like dating a middle school girl = Super jealous, VERY hormonal, they talk back, they're super sensitive to any comments, actions, or statements that could set off their bad attitude like a match. They are know it alls but most of them are uneducated and they are the type that wait to speak instead of listening. So personality wise, they're dumb immature bitches.
      Then you gotta deal with their family drama and the mother is a-whole-nother fucking problem.
      But they're hot and they love to get fucked.

    • @billclinton4344
      @billclinton4344 5 лет назад

      Be up theree in da ATL living that gangster lifezzzzz

  • @godbless4731
    @godbless4731 5 лет назад +2

    I hope hes ok that had to be very scary god was with him that day🙏🙏🙏

  • @jeremydipilato1428
    @jeremydipilato1428 7 лет назад +17

    Slaters body language tells how damn frightening that wipeout was

    • @billclinton4344
      @billclinton4344 5 лет назад +1

      Yea, he hasn't been able to sit normal again :/

  • @kylewattssurfing3266
    @kylewattssurfing3266 5 лет назад

    Awesome cool thxxxx

  • @120wphwavesperhour4
    @120wphwavesperhour4 5 лет назад +1

    Kelly doesn't like cold water surfing, it's a pity he doesn't surf Ireland much. I think he surfed Sligo once. I'd love to see him shredding the reef's along Co Clare

  • @adambamf9365
    @adambamf9365 8 лет назад +20

    that dude looks pasty standing next to K S

  • @starlight250
    @starlight250 7 лет назад

    3:08-3:11 this is so uplifting

  • @joseluisgonzalez1219
    @joseluisgonzalez1219 3 года назад

    YOU ARE THE BEST SLATER...

  • @cram7870
    @cram7870 5 лет назад +2

    "realizing im really lucky"
    😆yes kelly u are!!!

  • @Croiseeman
    @Croiseeman 5 лет назад

    Respect.

  • @elmoblatch9787
    @elmoblatch9787 3 года назад +1

    During that wipeout is the only time Kelly Slater would ever appear to be clueless around a surf board.

  • @qubicracks6386
    @qubicracks6386 5 лет назад

    what happens when a 2 wave hold down turns into a 3 wave hold down?

  • @selvakumari1686
    @selvakumari1686 2 года назад

    As surfer my passion for videos

  • @psychoticdaizyproductions569
    @psychoticdaizyproductions569 3 года назад

    I agree. Half moon bay is gnarly. I almost broke my neck there once. The swell is at the shallows. Its too gnarly. 15 foot waves with 4 foot deep water.... too gnarly.

  • @nicholaseachus5937
    @nicholaseachus5937 4 года назад

    You the man

  • @showmesomevideos
    @showmesomevideos 6 лет назад +7

    Welcome to Hurricane Hugo 1989, the Poles, "Jax Beach" (actually Hannah but those reading will know). Got pushed to the bottom (sand) on a '15+ and my board stuck to the sand bottom. Swam for the surface after getting my direction straight, and managed to get within 1' of the surface (felt "air" with my outstretched arm clawing for the surface) before my leash reminded me I left something behind. Had to swim BACK down, dig out my board from the nose, float to the top (holding onto my board like a life preserver) so as to finally experience the joy of AIR for but a brief moment prior to being POUNDED again by wave #2 which drove me back under the surface prior to spitting me out onto the beach! (I too have seen "the angels" while under water during that time). Thank you God, I'm here to "laugh/reflect" now. Hurricane David 1979 spit me out over the breaker-wall into the Howard Johnson's parking lot and there were cars "floating" during that one but David was NOTHING compared to Hugo (in my personal experience).LOL On a side note, I remember surfing with you (Kelly) and Frieda in Flagger....good times;)

    • @duvaldragon324
      @duvaldragon324 6 лет назад

      Mike P 5mins from the poles reading this comment

    • @Surfmus
      @Surfmus 6 лет назад

      Mike P Winter 1999, Wilderness P.R. Dropping in 15 footers, getting washed. Coming out of the water to catch my first breath. I swallowed my 22" longhair. Cut it after that experience to have it about 25" long now. I actually grew long six or seven times after that bad experience.

    • @chrishollar6080
      @chrishollar6080 4 года назад

      Seems like a lifetime too, underwater being thrashed. Used to catch a ride from Mayport to the poles every morning. 11 years old during Hugo but lived in North Carolina. And actually some of North Carolina s best surf was brought in by Hugo. 👌 Never forget those days that almost looked liked night and some monster waves 👍

  • @David-jj7dy
    @David-jj7dy 5 лет назад +1

    Oh my God what a horror of a story. Wow . Almost the same thing happened to me. When he says he couldn't tell what's up or down down in the water , I've been there and it's dreadful . I quit surfing. I have epilepsy . But too when you come to and your way down in the water I breathed and took in so much water I drowned. And the worst part is , people kept laughing at me and I could hear them and I still died. I am gone and have no legacy to this day. My son wrote this in rememberable of his dad.

  • @PurpleElephant808
    @PurpleElephant808 8 лет назад +179

    Gram you need to open your mouth when you talk dude.

    • @jehkjshrfk
      @jehkjshrfk 8 лет назад +13

      you need to not talk. period.

    • @PurpleElephant808
      @PurpleElephant808 8 лет назад +8

      Good questions you ask Gram I'm just saying do some jaw exercises. Nobody is that laid back. You don't need to use a fake moniker either.

    • @Wazzamazizzi
      @Wazzamazizzi 7 лет назад +11

      He is kind of a humble and educated man, features you may not recognize.

    • @flaplaya
      @flaplaya 7 лет назад +8

      He is like one of the only reporters stars will open up to so point nullified.

    • @maccamacca3179
      @maccamacca3179 7 лет назад +1

      Chilly Bandino hahhahaahahaahahahaahhah true

  • @MyHamsterwheel
    @MyHamsterwheel 8 лет назад +1

    Graham interviews the best people and in my opinion is the best interviewer. it would be sick if you interviewed Jeremy Wade from "River Monsters" or connor mcgregor from the ufc

    • @stfuliberal
      @stfuliberal 7 лет назад

      More like, im such a chill dude with a marbles in my mouth.

    • @billclinton4344
      @billclinton4344 5 лет назад

      Thats beavis

  • @kathlenedaniels9401
    @kathlenedaniels9401 4 года назад +3

    The interviewer creeps me out.. "how about when you knocked yourself out in France? ouo"

  • @goneghost1
    @goneghost1 7 лет назад

    What shoes is he wearing?

  • @cbbudy
    @cbbudy 6 лет назад

    That's raddd dude

  • @jaydubya3698
    @jaydubya3698 7 лет назад +15

    I'm surprised he didn't say Teahupoo as one of the most dangerous waves. I mean, the name speaks for itself..."Broken Skulls."

    • @johntuttle9544
      @johntuttle9544 5 лет назад

      Guess it isn't more dangerous than Pipe or Mavs. Kelley would know.

    • @chivoprimo8875
      @chivoprimo8875 4 года назад +1

      He had some scary rides at shipstern in the day.. Didn't mention that either

  • @erikabondy7441
    @erikabondy7441 2 года назад

    Right

  • @izzojoseph2
    @izzojoseph2 4 года назад

    Fascinating he called out Mavericks but not Nazare.

  • @magiccheeseball
    @magiccheeseball 6 лет назад

    if i was out in 50 ft waves i would use ether a inflatable vest or a small spare air or both.