A RARE SOUTH SWELL AT THE WEDGE
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- A RARE SOUTH SWELL AT THE WEDGE. A South Pacific storm over-performed to deliver solid, late-season SW/SSW swell this October. The local summer has been treating Newport Beach well with a good season of hurricane swells.
Surfing The Wedge is not for the faint of heart. Huge wipeout and barrels went down this session. The same south swell MXP Warriors event at Puerto Escondido. This specific swell ranks in the top-five largest swells of the SPAC season and reminded us a lot of the fire swells of 2007.
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I remember as a teen in LA learning about a place where you could break your neck trying to ride the waves. ‘Well I gotta go there!’ So we did. 🌊
That opening drop was legit
I don't normally comment on videos, considering my job doesn't want me on the internet, but your videos are what we call, "all KILLER and NO FILLER". Well done sir, carry on. Out.
U work for Area 51 ?
@@kharndowdell9117 ____
@@kharndowdell9117 Ssshh(!)
30 yrs since I've been there. Glad to see it's pumping again.
The Wedge is so interesting to watch on video, but you have to see it in person to appreciate just how explosive and dangerous that wave really is. Nearly every wave ends in a train wreck.
not to mention these waves are breaking on the shore
I found the Wedge driving up and down the coast when I was 16 yrs old. 41 yrs ago. Never heard of it, never saw pictures. But when I saw it as I came down the street, I couldn't park my motorcycle fast enough. It was about 13-15 feet on the faces at the peak. Didn't board surf it, but bodysurfed the shit out of it for 3+ hrs. Absolutely loved the energy and explosion up the sand bank. Never will ever forget that session.
@@nolan7110 corect
@@bobbyandpiper10 understand your rush...✌️
I would love to see it one day. But it still looks pretty knarly even on video tbh
Shoot I dont mind a little fun getting worked on some shore break barrels
But this is a whole other level of getting worked 😂, much respect!
Breh no shot
THIS IS ONE PLACE YOU DON'T WANNA GET SLAMMED LIKE A PANCAKE ON THE SANDBAR IN 3 FT OF WATER WITH A 15 FT FACE BEHIND YOU.... ALL THAT ENERGY ENERGY FROM THE WAVE WILL RAG DOLL YOUR ASS LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE BREAK THEIR NECKS AND BONES AND OTHERS PARALYZED AND EVEN SOME KILLED... IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OTHER SHORE BREAK AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING I WOULD HIGHLY CONSIDER STAYING ON THE SAND AS A SPECTATOR! ✌🏼🤙🏼
Blown away, by how many people complain & talk shit, about free content, that they can choose to watch, or not watch. Totally insane. Thanks for the upload 🙌
It's a nice video...Autumn at the Wedge. l like the afternoon, autumn light and the ground breaking camera angles!
Amateur camera angles
"Ground breaking" is right since Wedge waves break on about a foot of water.
Love that October lighting, many the times I took off going right on bigger fall days only to be blinded as soon as you drop in. Nice footage at one of surfing's premier stunt waves.
The Wedge: where you go at low tide to dig your friends out of the sand. I belly boarded there in the late sixties and it always scared the shit out of me. Who wouldn't be scared of a shore break that had an emergency vehicle posted on the beach at all times.
12 Hurricanes in Florida but still doesn't compare to the bouncy power of the wedge, a deep water wave suddenly approaching shoreline. A neck breaking nut buster. But whoa, what a challenge. Looks rather fun.
Surfings not a sport it’s a way of life, it’s a way of looking at that wave and saying, hey bud let’s party!
😆🤘
Yewwwwww!!!🤘🏽🎃🤘🏽
Unfortunately, the Wedge has always been a way of death or severe injury. Props to Spicoli, tho.
@@kurtschulten5369 Oh Gnarly! 😆
right on spicoli
@@ozzielinkin Well you know I did battle Some humongous waves out there but like I told the guy from the Network,
Danger is my biz. 😹
Hey where’d you get that jacket? 😹
the comments are always so wholesome and dope on these kinds of surfing vids, love that. great vid bro!
If anyone responds to my comment ill know they are the real deal. This was my home. Born and raised in New Port bch. I was surfing here at 14 years old, the year was 1979- 80. Lance Collins and Richie Collins would be out here with my buddies and i some times. My buddy Guy Hahn and I would visit Lance Colins surf board shop almost every day. Richie Collins was very very young. I remember the first Wave Tool thruster surf boards Lance started making. They were simply the best stick you could buy back then. The other surf shop we went to often was the Frog House located on PCH. I am 57 years old now living in Louisiana with terminal cancer. If not for my childhood youth been spent growing up in south Cali I would say my life was a waste but, it was a glorious time and a better life could not have been lived. 🤙 to all my brothers out there who lived and loved the 80's in south Cali as a teenager. You may not know it but you are truly fortunate to have lived such a blessed childhood.
0:17 "come here, my son's surfing" * dies *
It’s so cool to watch but I could never attempt it, I feel like I’d break my neck 😅
so good. favourite youtube movie I've seen this year.
this is terrifying, I'll stay on the beach, thanks.
Sage burke’s make was siiiick
Love the vid, some of the rocks ruined the shot
Thanks for this Wedge video!
Reminds me of Sandy Beach on steroids.
Great sound on tgis. Loving the rumble of the wave youve captured, great with headphones!
The guy who busted the elrollo on the bodyboard is a god
Mar Bravo
Aye, the Seas were hungry. They had their fill.
Kudos to the chargers!
That air reverse was sick, especially with the lighting.. I think that was Tanner Mcdaniel?
Imua SoCal Surfer 🏄🏽♀️
The Wedge is over there by the Jetty. Looks more like Cylinders,.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but those guys don’t where leases hey?? Why not
Falling on a wave of this magnitude can cause a slingshot effect when wearing a leash and knock you unconscious.
Slingshot 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 if a leash stretches that far it's tombstoning and will never flick back and knock you out......the real reason....strangulation....nothing worse then a leggy wrapping around a body part and pulling tight during tombstone....especially the neck....why listen to what a guy that films rocks has to say. Ask a real surfer why
How do you duck dive that when it’s crashing right on you though
This is in one of my favorite places in Newport Beach
I was going to go out, but I had to mow the lawn!
Saw a little kid get sucked down the slope one night by a rogue wave. Lifeguard raced down the slope and caught the kid just as he was about to get sucked in by the under tow. Whole beach cheered for the heroic rescue. Saved his life.
Such a savage wave...
Rocks, ice plant, waves, occasional surfer, more rocks, sand, oh look a wave, more rocks…
These guys are insane 😂
These blokes have balls of steel
I love these types of videos. This one just frustrated me. The angle of the recording makes me wonder if this was their first time doing this.
Seriously, like why is 1/4th the screen sand and shrubs, get closer.. this hurt to watch
Wedge and Pipeline are easily the most dangerous spots to surf
I will never ever.. ever.. ever.. ever.. surf the wedge. I said that a long long time ago. When I was 16 years old. I'm 56 now. There's one thing you can say about me.. no,.. it's not that I'm a pussy,. lol.. it's that I'm a man of my word!. And if there's another thing you can say about me,.. I have never broken my neck. Gotten close but all my vertebrae are still in place!.. but thank you, for all you brave souls that are out there pushing the limits!. You guys are f****** crazy! And I love it!
Yesterday afternoon? (October 23).
Looks a little bit rugged, with the onshores.
Yes all clips were filmed on October 23rd. The high tide and Northwest wind swell made it tricky.
@@SoCalSurfer Great job on the video....thanks SoCal!
whoah😮🏄♂️
Awsome 👍🌊🌊🌊
@0:05 - that's a heavy drop there ... can't say I've ever taken that on
Ok that second wave that had to hurt
Looks like a nice option to kiss the sand and support the leash industry
Great angles. Needed some trees to help block the view.
When did the transition from The Wedge being a predominately body surfing wave to a board surfing wave occur ?
when people became not afraid to surf it.
BACK OF MY DAY YOU NEVER SAW THAT KIND OF THING AND ANYBODY THAT DID TRY TO DO THAT WAS CONSIDERED A GUY LOOKING FOR A FAST TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL, BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY THIS PLACE WOULD BE GOING OFF THE RAILS!
I used to live on Oahu, Hawaii and bodysurfed Sandy's and other island shorebreaks including Waimea, Ehukai, left of 'Off the Wall' and more....and even Sandy's over at the reef has become a board surfers spot....
I bodysurfed The Wedge back in the late 80s and I don't remember boards at that time. Lots of bodyboards, or what we used to call Paipo's at many what used to be exclusive body surfing spots. I gave up board surfing after having too many accidents colliding with my board in wipeouts, and throughly enjoyed body whomping and the thrashing I'd get from device free pounding !!! I'd break every bone in my body now if I got slammed like I used to.
Fun watching the boards at The Wedge, and would like to see more bodysurfers getting theirs there too !
around the 1900s
@@boogieheads Lmfao
Anyone who surf there, does one pretty much always hit the bottom?
Not really a surfing spot unless it's a certain break/swell. Primarily bodysurfing.
Why are you so far back in the dunes. ? Wrecking a good video with foreground in the way
Bone crushing shorebreaks
Charging 👍
Nice vid👊
Used to body surf there..called it pounding sand ......
The nurses at the E.R. tell me I was at the wedge before I arrived naked because my shorts got ripped off 😆 lol
Would love to know how it's possible for a south swell or even a Southeast swell to hit the wedge and break at any point considering there's a 2000 ft jetty there. It doesn't really make much sense to me. If there was a sandbar like three or 4,000 ft north of the jetty and then I can see a solid south swell hitting that. But how is South swell is making it 50 ft on the other side of a 2000 ft jetty Just doesn't make any sense.
Probably just rebound against the jetty from big S swell. In fact you can see it in some of the clips that show way down the breaking wave. Also there was probably decent N windswell
south east swells are usually short period and miss the jetty completely ive only ever seen stromy SE swell but if u look at a map the jetty is directly south facing. biggest wedge gets is 30ft not very ridable thob
Guy who shot this video really screwed himself with this angle foreground , especially those rocks blew the shots, I'm surprised , cus these guys should know better, odd time of year to see this occur
Looks like he filmed this while laying down.
I doubt he cares lol still cool footage
It was a robot.
I been surfing for over 45 years and I like this angle with the rocks. Stoked the guy films and shares this stuff.
You old fart! Stop complaining and enjoy!!
Body boarding that must be the funnest shit EVER
damn str8
ouch..hurt my back watching this
South swells always break there.
Onde é o Point?
Great footage! I'm just curious though, aren't these waves mostly travelling north up the coast? I did see a couple heading south but it seemed like more were north, unless those were all just reflections off of the wedge or something! Either way, awesome video cheers
The waves hit the jetty from the South and it creates a side wave to the North. The following wave wedges up to a massive peak, hence the name. The beach is very steep so it becomes shallow quickly, so the wave is super hollow and meaty. Rode it several times when I was younger, its a hell of a ride.
@@luisnaranjo4745 Awesome, thanks for the further info. I tend to watch Beefs TV (youtube / BEEFSOFFICIAL) as he heads out there with Kalani Rob and others to film the mayhem regularly. Don't think I ever saw a set moving this sideways there tho, real cool. Props for catching some waves there, it can be completely gnarly for sure!
Back in the 70s the wedge was almost the exclusive domain of body surfers. The shitty boards of the era just didn’t work there I guess.
Só fechadeira
I only ride 2-4ft waves, the thought of entering that water gives me heart palpitations haha
Where's that guy on the jet ski?
That wave will make ur board broken
3:17 fckn killed it
So rare, they come every year. 🤔🤣
Surfed this. I’ll never walk again.
Appreciate the video, but please work on your angles. Nobody likes to see the blurry rocks / beach instead of the rides.
This is what we call a smoke show
How much you wanna bet that if instead of sand this break had rocks ,junk cars and broken bottles, it would still be surfed.
Dude, you need to frame your shots much better.
What’s with the weird angles
We’re you trying to be all arty
Didn’t work
This frankly doesn't look fun or safe.. looks pretty much like the wave is about 7ft and the sand bottom is only about 3ft beneath the bottom of that wave..
Sounds pretty fun
@@Nofishnoclue If you like hospital beds and concussions
Looks and sounds like a symphony of violence.....
Wedging😉
The guy from 4:12-4:20
Hi there
That boog at 2:00!!!!
Any one know who? Looks like hubb
I don't know what you're thinking the 1st 8 minutes We're hiding from somebody behind the rock then came come out and go to the right get everybody going down this face and finishing out Why do you start with that next time
I can't imagine the amount of sand that guy ate that got pitched from the top
Yewwwwww
this wave is so heavy lol sheesh it’s like one launch pad for a surfer
The high tide increased the amount of backwash which added to the launch pad affect haha
Where does one go to see waves like this. I already know where to see crazy people.
BAD ANGLE!
Spines are over-rated.
holy shit
And how is a so. Swell at the Wedge RARE? The only swell that hits there. October has plenty of south swells. Maybe call yourself clueless cal surfer? lol
So what does a south swell do compared the the others. does it work differently ?
Just rare to have at this time of year. Swells only hit the wedge if they are coming from the south due to the way the beach faces
The dirty ol wedge! This is my faveporite spot to watch, NOT SURF, watch
Getting workedddddd
Never understood why people love surfing a close out
never understood why people like riding waves that u cant get barrels on
Why do people surf this? It is obviously a sponger wave. Salt Creek too crowded? Or is it the pay parking?
Because it's heavy and it's makeable sometimes.. It's not necessarily a bodyboard wave, if that was true surfers wouldn't be riding slabs now a days because those were the waves that bodyboarders found, and were almost only exclusively surfing for decades. All of the crafts are progressing.. won't happen surfing trestles day after day... but I do understand that people think because it's a wedging shorebreak that it's a bodyboard wave as that is a playground for bodyboarders but hey, surfers like pulling into pits too. Technically Wedge was a bodysurfers wave in the 70/80's and then BB/BS 90/2000's and here we are with everyone out there even on soft tops. Everyone should be sharing the stoke anyways.
Because Instagram
@@_Jake.From.Statefarm_ yeah, good explanation. I liked to surf slabs in SoCal (mostly San Diego County) that not as many people payed attention to. Definitely can get in some tube time on them. I like taking a smaller shortboard and just barrel hunting. One nice thing about the Cali coast is all the different kinds of waves there. Here in the mid Atlantic it’s mostly shorebreak, some shoals (hundred yards out sandbars with channels), several inlets, and even though they are hard to get to because they are offshore islands, there are point breaks if you have a boat to get to them. I have bodyboarded before but don’t like having my feet in fins. Like standing and generating speed and digging into turns engaging the board fins.
Body boarders get in some sick barrels. my board would get the sand slam on those barrels. Sandy’s on Oahu is like that.
@@robertchiarizia9463 Yeah I grew up bodyboarding the lj reefs. The hush hush ones too lol. I try to explain it to people because they don't really get it but it's okay. They are all hard in different ways, kite surfing, bodysurfing, bodyboarding, stand up surfing of any kind. They are all like fight character in a game with different attributes lol. I find riding all of them as much as you can makes you a better all around waterman IMO. Good stuff.
@@_Jake.From.Statefarm_ no harm in riding anything you want out there I suppose. I don’t like the strings for kiteboarding. One of the things I liked about snowboarding when I stopped skiing and never went back to it was the simplicity of just carrying a snowboard up to the mountain, walking in regular (sort of) boots, and the flexibility in the bindings.
Sometimes I even surf without a leash. Makes you a better surfer that way and there is a weird raw freedom to it.
Loved riding waves with rafts when I was a kid. Surfing gave me a way to keep up with the speed of the falling lip. Get you some 🤙🏻
0:16 😧
Don't get me wrong I love surfing, but I just don't get why anyone would want to put there time & effort into being thrown about in a huge washing machine for a 5 second thrill
Whatever floats your boat l guess !
Dangerous 🤣🤣🤣
Just ditch your board 🎉
Jeez is it worth getting smashed in that barrel for these little runs? It’s like a hit of crack - good for 10 seconds then you crash hard. I’ve never surfed or smoked crack 😂but just saying. These guys are brave.
While crack doesn't last all night like meth does, it does last more than 10 seconds. 🤷 Also, drugs are bad and better not to be messed with. Surfing on the other hand, rent a board (a long board) and try it out! 😁
John 14:6 🙏
@@JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL it that before or after Lot had sex with his daughters?
@@nathancole5850 is WHAT before or after? You give no specifics to your irrelevant question, but if you did I might be able to answer. 🤷
@@JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL is John 14:6 before or after Lot had sex with his daughters?
@@nathancole5850 John 14:6 is after. John 14:6 is in the new testament. The story of Lot is in the old testament, which is prior to the new testament.
😯😯😯😯
The guy at 12 Seconds no way he survived that 🤷♂️
i like seeing different angles of the wedge, but why tf are you hiding behind rocks and shit?