Surfing & Wipeouts in Historic XL Swell, Santa Cruz |Dec 28th 2023| Raw Footage

Raw footage of surfers charging and getting worked during the biggest XL to XXL swell of 2023 at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, California. Insane double to trouble overhead waves during this storm swell on December 28th-30th, 2023. Featuring local young shredders including Adam Bartlett, Jack Snyder, & Harper King. This was such an amazingly powerful storm that moved through central California, it was crazy to see these epic waves in person. Rarely do we see fire, lifeguards, jet skis, and water rescue patrolling so diligently in this area and that just goes to show how historic this big swell really was.
Shout out to Ben Gerding for filling in with filming while I was sick!
Clips by ‪@BenInTheWater‬ & ‪@saltynat‬ at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz California.

[@jig7saw]

giant mushburgers !

[@static-remission27]

i remember the steamer lane breakdown

[@stevokatzzz]

Wow just like Mavericks

[@static-remission27]

stanger in this

[@mikewhit]

honestly tho they look suuuuper flat, and on waves like this at first if the size is intimidating you realize the break is so soft in terms of steepness it's more whatever but yeah these are towers

[@ichorousmedia]

trouble overhead...lol. I wanna see water entry and exit

[@timothytice3074]

even the spanking. who were the kook's with flippers an helmet's/ did they have pistol's too?

[@kevinallen6197]

Big. Slow, cold mushburgers