What Youth: Christian Fletcher - Fairly Normal

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • An honest, authentic, death-defying Fairly Normal on Christian Fletcher and the infinite and un-ending influence he’s had on us all.
    Filmed and edited by Nate Lawrence and Blake Myers in Bali and Jakarta, 2013.
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Комментарии • 125

  • @gregwebster8784
    @gregwebster8784 7 лет назад +31

    The whole family is classic. His dad sponsored me for years with no exposure, and Christian always acts like a long lost friend, but probably can't even remember where he knows me from. Thanks for the fun video!

  • @christopherbarnett9414
    @christopherbarnett9414 8 лет назад +17

    "Had more fun then most people have in ten lifetimes, for sure."

  • @throttletherapy273
    @throttletherapy273 3 года назад +6

    I come back to this video over and over again, really glad you guys did this.

    • @alva8818
      @alva8818 6 месяцев назад

      Eu também!

  • @Surfmus
    @Surfmus 5 лет назад +26

    10:22 there is no future, we live in a constant present. No regrets, move forward is what I tell people.

    • @thomasrainbow
      @thomasrainbow 5 лет назад +4

      There is only the eternal Now. Past = depression. Future = anxiety. Now = Life

    • @delmanglar
      @delmanglar 5 лет назад

      There's a lot of future.

  • @winsomelosenone
    @winsomelosenone 7 лет назад +23

    The guy front blunted a wave.

    • @MycoMatty
      @MycoMatty 4 года назад

      Lol he was the first guy to do that kinda shit too and catch massive airs and keep riding.

  • @wessmithp5560
    @wessmithp5560 4 года назад +2

    2019 and I still remember jaw dropping photos and stories of this guy and family inspiring me to surf and push the edge a bit.

  • @TheArts19
    @TheArts19 5 лет назад +4

    Raddest footage I've ever seen of him. Respect from San Diego Underground.

  • @anarchyzed1591
    @anarchyzed1591 6 лет назад +22

    One of my favorite surfers. Dude is like the Duane Peters of surfing. You would think with as much as he smokes that marlboro would have sponsored him. haha!

    • @DiamorphineDeath
      @DiamorphineDeath 4 года назад

      I was thinking the same thing watching it, him and Duane probably are buds. They’ve got real similar tastes.

    • @chrishendricks1160
      @chrishendricks1160 2 года назад

      Duane is crazy these days..off his rocker..watch his latest youtube videos and ull understand..hes all kind of paranoid and talks about other skaters like trash...skaters that are legends..I think he is hitting the ice pipe too much, he looks and acts like a tweeker now..but Christian is still Christian..solid guy.

    • @BurninatorTheTrogdor
      @BurninatorTheTrogdor 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah him and Duane for sure. I've met Duane but never Christian. Seems like a real human.

  • @spiritherrington1490
    @spiritherrington1490 5 лет назад +5

    Probably my favorite surfer of all time, forsure. Also my mom use to date Herbie back in the day before Christian and Nate were born.

  • @westleyhall4807
    @westleyhall4807 2 года назад +1

    I love how at around 2:14 the song shifted to the wave, perfect editing 🔨

  • @salty2667
    @salty2667 5 лет назад +5

    I dig his philosophies different angle but it’s true

  • @gulfstatesroofing3451
    @gulfstatesroofing3451 4 года назад +3

    this guys lived the life his way! rad hardcore one of the best sufers ever! respect.

  • @thomasrainbow
    @thomasrainbow 8 лет назад +4

    Some pretty photography and cool vignette of Christian but wish this went into more about the guy. Always been an gnarly dude and would see him sometimes in Newport. Those original aerials were not only gnarly back then but only he could make them look like that. Lives by his rules. True OG.

    • @thomasrainbow
      @thomasrainbow 5 лет назад

      I just watched Billabong Occy and Ripride with Andy Roy podcasts - Check em out

  • @cristobilllumberg2473
    @cristobilllumberg2473 8 лет назад +19

    what blows my mind is how Christian can still surf in bali when he pretty much chain smokes. How do you handle a good sized swell with your lungs all blasted

    • @paulunderpressure4445
      @paulunderpressure4445 8 лет назад

      Radder than most, i couldnt do it

    • @anarchyzed1591
      @anarchyzed1591 6 лет назад +2

      i'm 31 and feeling it... I remember growing up watching comps and he would throw his marlboro down as he took off into the water. just chainsmoking waiting on his heat.

    • @delmanglar
      @delmanglar 5 лет назад +2

      He would be more consistent if he didn't smoke. Drugs have done him some damage too

    • @lifeguard92646
      @lifeguard92646 5 лет назад +1

      How he makes it through customs in Bali is also amazing

    • @alva8818
      @alva8818 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@lifeguard92646🤣😅

  • @nalveyna
    @nalveyna 5 лет назад +5

    I've heard that the Fletchers are gnarly...f this dude goes so fast on that bike weaving thru looks fun he reminds me of Duane P just full punk rock

  • @tsee9013
    @tsee9013 8 лет назад +10

    what kind of speed you wana talk bout it.? Fletcher is probably one of the most hardcore surfers ever. All types of waves the heavier the better.Surfed with him in late 80s at Mystos. mellow guy

  • @amwinters
    @amwinters 5 лет назад +7

    Sons of Herbie...
    Only the likes of Christian n Nate could've survived being Herbies sons.

  • @maguilla
    @maguilla 5 лет назад +3

    Fletcher is and always will be the #1 🤟

  • @travisprince2706
    @travisprince2706 9 лет назад +4

    Christian was the inspiration for progressive surfing in the late 80's, He was a hero of mine back then and it is sad to see what he is doing now. Aside from his Trestles win, he could have gone further.

    • @angebomb
      @angebomb 9 лет назад +10

      +Travis Prince he's having fun doing what he loves. not that sad

    • @heathm511
      @heathm511 5 лет назад +1

      sad for you. Not for him.

  • @im_Phaedrus
    @im_Phaedrus 2 месяца назад

    what is and what could have been has always been the question with Fletcher, Beschen, Andino, etc. Living in San Clemente, So Cal for that matter, was a handful in the 80's and 90's. Easy living led to some good times, but it got excessive. Those who were there know!

  • @johnsheetz6639
    @johnsheetz6639 6 месяцев назад

    I still remember the first time I saw Christian Fletcher surf. Awesome style looked like he was beating the s*** out of the wave. Way more aggressive.

  • @paulunderpressure4445
    @paulunderpressure4445 8 лет назад +3

    Raddest dude

  • @chinabread8980
    @chinabread8980 6 лет назад +5

    Steve-O's big brother

  • @dimebag32080
    @dimebag32080 6 лет назад +1

    LEGEND!!!

  • @juicycreamylove
    @juicycreamylove 8 лет назад +5

    Punk rock royalty

  • @maxdrewe9149
    @maxdrewe9149 5 лет назад +4

    Was he mates with jay Adams

  • @eduardoroman3832
    @eduardoroman3832 5 лет назад +2

    The only RADICAL SURFER TO KNOW 😜🤑💪🤙👍👊🏄‍♂️🎸

  • @Mental707
    @Mental707 8 лет назад +9

    is this greyson's dad?

  • @delmanglar
    @delmanglar 5 лет назад +2

    So much talent... imagine him with a clearer mind, far away from drugs. It's actually pretty sad knowing how he limits himself

    • @delmanglar
      @delmanglar 5 лет назад

      I think indirectly, the video makers are not helping him get out of that negativity in his life.

    • @delmanglar
      @delmanglar 5 лет назад +1

      "Obey your master"... vanity

    • @Prettynoise
      @Prettynoise 5 лет назад +2

      Innovative surfer for sure but the selfish fun over everything else is a bummer. What he could’ve done with his creative mind would’ve been amazing. True leaders are those fixing this fucked up world. But what the fuck , reckless living sells to the youth.

  • @SuperAmin1950
    @SuperAmin1950 9 лет назад

    That was some eye-opening Christian.
    I'm pretty awake, now!

  • @goddamaddog
    @goddamaddog Год назад

    pretty cool

  • @LordFlashheart1
    @LordFlashheart1 Год назад

    True legend

  • @711amiinheaven
    @711amiinheaven 2 года назад

    BREAKING: CF flys above water!

  • @richardduncan709
    @richardduncan709 5 лет назад

    those wedge barrels look so scary

  • @tomitube777xx
    @tomitube777xx 9 лет назад

    LIVE LONG!!! GURU!!!!!

  • @Jkur2009
    @Jkur2009 6 лет назад +3

    I was a big fan of CF when I was a kid back in the late 80’s but i felt like he sorted wasted his talent on partying all the time or something.

  • @sic81
    @sic81 10 месяцев назад

    Yamaha Rx king 135 the legend never die

  • @jimdor8353
    @jimdor8353 9 лет назад +2

    gnar gnar

  • @shaneholstein9881
    @shaneholstein9881 8 лет назад

    Christian....its Brent's dad posting......I knew of your dad Herbie. Thanks for the "pool" lesson last week. Maybe we'll do it again sometime. PEACE

  • @jacobfox9686
    @jacobfox9686 8 лет назад

    How good is that air @ 9:42

  • @kt-tu6jl
    @kt-tu6jl 7 лет назад +2

    Fletcher rips!!!

  • @Surfmus
    @Surfmus 5 лет назад +1

    11:08 Pacquiao as a street vendor. Then as a groupie at 11:37

  • @aaragon8876
    @aaragon8876 8 лет назад +8

    Perfect example of why too much drugs are bad kids...

    • @kt-tu6jl
      @kt-tu6jl 7 лет назад +4

      Alex Aragon disagree Fletcher rip

    • @waltergreene1996
      @waltergreene1996 6 лет назад +7

      Your right you might end up happy and successful and have a chance to inspire thousands and surf every day

    • @markburton8653
      @markburton8653 3 года назад

      Lol

  • @Weitzmanphoto
    @Weitzmanphoto 7 лет назад +1

    use neck mic

  • @punkster023
    @punkster023 8 лет назад +6

    Saw him in a Carl's Jr. at Big Bear a few seasons ago. The guy is way too gnarly looking to be approached. 'Oh my god Christian, I fuckin loved Wave Warrior and Run 69. You are like totally the godfather of progressive aerial surfing.'
    CF: 'If you don't back the fuck away from me in the next 2 seconds, I'm gonna headbutt the shit out of you.'

    • @thebarrochannel
      @thebarrochannel 8 лет назад

      really happened like that?

    • @punkster023
      @punkster023 8 лет назад +2

      Haha no. Just a hypothetical conversation.

    • @thebarrochannel
      @thebarrochannel 8 лет назад +4

      Tim McKee Oh, ok. Cause I dont think that dude is anything like that.

  • @Geoffcwest
    @Geoffcwest 9 лет назад

    anyone know the punk track thats starts at 4.40

    • @Mazzodude
      @Mazzodude 9 лет назад

      Geoff Coombs I didnt hear any music playing at 4.40 are you sure you have the time right I would like to help out.

    • @jockrobertson9731
      @jockrobertson9731 9 лет назад

      if you're talking about the live show at about 3.45 in, then it's 'master of puppets' by metallica

    • @MJDGator
      @MJDGator 8 лет назад

      hmmm...8:40 is Blood for Blood - Ain't Like You

  • @Dd1234g
    @Dd1234g 7 лет назад

    song at 8:40?

    • @greglucero8714
      @greglucero8714 6 лет назад

      blood for blood "aint like you"...... its my shit!

  • @ericatchley6103
    @ericatchley6103 3 месяца назад

    Ya Christian

  • @TheLurker_666
    @TheLurker_666 7 лет назад

    Family tree

  • @johnh4143
    @johnh4143 7 лет назад

    Dane breakage. Like me

  • @MB-gx3jn
    @MB-gx3jn 6 месяцев назад

    we shuldntwatchthis

    • @MB-gx3jn
      @MB-gx3jn 6 месяцев назад

      fukasaca

  • @rodolfogonzales2763
    @rodolfogonzales2763 7 лет назад

    8:28 dog shit on his baldy!

  • @12131AllDay
    @12131AllDay 6 лет назад +1

    Emoji haircut 💩

  • @sklife-hb3wl
    @sklife-hb3wl 5 лет назад +1

    He wants to be Duane Peter's but hes not

  • @jameslaspesa6834
    @jameslaspesa6834 5 лет назад

    Aww man,, he paints his finger nails.... wtf fletcher. .

  • @donaldfaircloth3911
    @donaldfaircloth3911 8 лет назад

    mans a mutant!!

  • @jahkgdm
    @jahkgdm 7 лет назад

    Supersuck at 2:00 is the best wave I've ever ridden. Good luck not hitting the reef. Look how below sea level it is🤕

    • @heathm511
      @heathm511 5 лет назад +1

      another kook throwing names around. No one gives a fuck if you been there kook and don't say the names of waves just to try get attention.

    • @motoz30
      @motoz30 4 года назад +2

      @@heathm511 supersuck is hardly a secret (there's been a surfline cam on it for years.) negative, clueless, dipshits like yourself are the real kooks of surfing.

  • @delmanglar
    @delmanglar 5 лет назад +2

    Ego tripping

    • @xwhite2020
      @xwhite2020 5 лет назад

      Go and live as monk pal.

  • @jimdor8353
    @jimdor8353 9 лет назад +2

    well threres a time just to let go of your youth...............

    • @cooperfranco
      @cooperfranco 9 лет назад +3

      Why?

    • @jimdor8353
      @jimdor8353 9 лет назад +4

      cuz when your his age with kids doing drugs and drinking is just not cool anymore, keep surfing and skating and stay healthy

    • @cooperfranco
      @cooperfranco 9 лет назад +2

      Jim Dor Yeah, fair enough.

    • @jimdor8353
      @jimdor8353 9 лет назад +1

      Franco Cooper hey wats up my man

    • @mikebeckrox88
      @mikebeckrox88 9 лет назад +1

      Jim Dor What youth?

  • @nelsonhardyhotmail
    @nelsonhardyhotmail 2 года назад +1

    Christian did POWER airs unlike the timed out flips you see on the WSL. Air Christian!!!