Surfing amongst kelp and sharks at Africa's Pipeline
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Adin Masencamp takes us on a journey to a special wave nestled amongst huge kelp heads in the deep ocean off Southern Africa. But it’s not a wave for the faint of heart.
Surfing here requires dodging abalone poachers and the occasional shark, not to mention the wave itself, which bears a small-scale yet striking resemblance to Pipeline in Hawaii - if Pipeline broke in freezing cold water and was littered with huge kelp heads.
Along the way we discover why this is one of the few places in the world where kelp forests are growing rather than shrinking, and what it takes to surf amongst them.
A Now Now production
Presented by FCS
Director of Photography: Alan Van Gysen
Directed and edited by: Will Bendix
Produced by: Alan Van Gysen & Susan Langston
Executive Producer: Susan Langston
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My new African surf and travel dose channel . NowNow bru. Greetings from a fellow Saffa in NorCal
Surf Skegless? Make surfboard with channels instead of skeg? 🫵😊
…The Faux Attenborough’s narrative was a really nice touch & brought a realism to this great segment…well done production
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Been watching surf videos since the 90s and this is one of the most enjoyable I've seen in a long time. Great job!
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Loved watching this, reminds me of surfing the crayfish factory in the late 90's, The beautiful scenery, the spooky shark feeling in your thoughts, waters freezing, and getting tangled in that kelp while getting smashed by the waves, making a bomb and watching your bottom turns so not to hit the snapped off kelp sticking up. The whole place really made you feel alive. Cheers from NZ.
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Only difference is at pipe the kelp are other surfers
tricky buggahs to surf over
Ah tbh pipeline will give you much more of a beating and a hold down depending where you fall and proportional to the size. Like showcased here same size at pipe is close 2-3x the bear down and you will 100% get smashed on the reef it’s not a matter of if but where 😂
@@dreammaker9642 wow. Sounds like most Pacific island reefs or lava shelves. Cloudbreak is nice. Cocus Keeling in the Indian ocean. Reunion in the Atlantic. Etc.
We're else you surfed? Ulu? Nah, that's not that heavy, IDK Indo on its day in pretty good, once over 8 ft.
@@johndoeyedoe you can’t really compare waves from pacific islands like Hawaii, Fiji or Tahiti because those waves not only are created by massive storms that hit near by they don’t bump into a continental shelf before reaching the coast. SA has strong waves for a continent because Antarctic storms are pretty violent and send swell our way but those waves first hit the continental shelf and the change in depth is gradual so by the time they reach a beach or reef it has lost a lot of power. When you take pipeline or cloudbreak it’s different story cause not only on some days 3 different huge swells could be hitting from different directions but those swells travel uninterrupted in like 1000+m of water union all of a sudden there’s a reef there. That creates some scary ass waves cause they just pop up and crash with all their might. Teahupo’o is a good example cause that wave comes from very deep and hits a wall, so when you near it or even on camera it feels like the ocean just rise all of a sudden and crashes down 😭😂 that being said Cape Town being so widespread has much more manageable crowds
@@dreammaker9642 The swells are generated from a variety of sources. Sure ain't a storm been hitting here on the 1-2 ft of water over the reef with a 5 ft wave. I live on an island in the south Pacific, continental shelf? You give yourself away.
Nice of Dave “the wave” Attenborough to lend his voice
Another epic video! Beast wave. Tommy Botha, multiple South African spearo champ says the biggest great white he ever saw was at Dassen Island, right in the kelp. Just thought I'd mention that 😆
No ways. It was a skaamhaai. Everything look bigger through goggles. Blue Pointers are at Paranoia.
cheers Adrian, thanks for watching and the support.
Absolutely insane barrels. That guy was shredding.
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This is coolest story I’ve seen ever Adin. I want to make stiff like this.
Can’t wait to come back over and hunt waves together again.
The thought of being tied up down there. That’s scary. I don’t know how many surfers have died from being tied down, Mark foo is one that comes to mind but if you all are doing what you love, be safe out there
Loving the quality of the videos you guys are posting. Keep it up!
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Another fine piece of work gents. Adin, you're next level bruv
Thank you John.
This kelp is attached to the sea floor so I imagine your surboard skegs would get stuck on them! (I live down the road from Hawaiian Pipeline) Beautiful wave! 👍
It can get annoying but if waves there had the same power as waves on the NS doubt it would be surfable at all. Like if you had the hold down similar to Haleiwa added to the kelp yeah you better have a long breath but these waves let you go rather fast. Idk what y’all did to Haleiwa but that wave just angry af 😂
Epic! Fun wave but takes no prisoners. AM the local legend! Yeow!!!!
Great video and great spot, have not seen many okes surf it, you obviously need a fair amount of skill (which Adin has buckets full off).
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That spot looks so sharky ....only lawyers are safe out there .
Sharks don't attack attorneys !
Something about professional courtesy !
Good to expose poaching
proper surf video
Epic storyline!!! haha This was so well put together. You got a very well deserved like and subscribe🙌🙌
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Awesome! Safe to say I wont be surfing there anytime soon😂
Love the clip. Enjoyed the more humble and wholesome vibe to this, refreshing compared to some other clips out there.
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First thing I thought was Crayfishfactory and Misty Cliffs. Diaz beach at Cape Point is also kelpy.
Great Job guys! Loved every element of this film. DO MORE!!!
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Amazing Movie!
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Yoh! surfing that kind of wave, in those kind of conditions, is soo next level, normal people just wont comprehend the balls these guys have!
sick and also very informative ❤🔥
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Insane Kelpy Barrels , cutty Kelpy situations..YEWW
The scenery looks like kokkerot but it's a left.. must be closer to cpt side. (I won't say in which direction). I'm a weskus local so I'm used to kelp. Getting your leash stuck in it in the impact zone always adds a new layer of fun.
They did a brilliant job of avoiding the scenery.
I had the pleasure of getting my leash stuck while paddling into a set wave at ledge 😂 plus it clipped right as I was taking off didn’t even have the time to say WTF 😂
@@dreammaker9642 Jirre talk about a shallow takeoff zone. Can at least avoid that problem with the boog 🤙
@@user-gu1ti9me6i yeah Ledge and innerkom at low tides is beyond shallow 😂 hence why you can only realistically surf there at high tide but when it’s pumping it’s one of the longest left handlers you’ll find out there but gotta deal with the kelp. Quite popular with body boarders cause y’all don’t really have to worry about snapping and being out R2000-3000 😂
@@dreammaker9642 True and ja sounds lekka. Get a boog and do it on low tide!
Great story and put together really well. Northern Cali has kelp like that. It will dent your board.
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Nice edit..
Cheers Tim, much appreciated!
Sick! Awesome edit and awesome surfing as always 🤙🏼
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What an intro 😂 brilliant. Good old David Attenborough. Legend
Good old David the shill Attenborough? As far from legend as you can be. He shills for the heliocentric religion you were indoctrinated into without you knowing. You believe you live on a spinning ball in a vaccum, and that you came from a single cell oragnism, because of pricks like this. Heliocentrism came from the church, its the ONE WORLD RELIGION. Ohh yeah, he's a legend.
Reminds me of that wave in endlesssummer 2
That is some thick kelp. I am a surf kayaker...finless.... and I purposely wait for minus low tides in the summer here in Santa Cruz Ca. At that tide the kelp is thick and the amount of surfers are
few. My kayak glides over the kelp like it is not there. Are there surf boards that are finless that could skim over the kelp like my kayak?
I come from windsurfing. We're using weed fins when there's too much seaweed in the water. They also work pretty good against ropes between fishing buoys (haha). So why not using weedfins on a surfboard to surf through forests of kelb? The performance is quite ok even though those fins have much more rake. It's worth a try. Cheers from Hamburg / Germany …
Was thinking about windsurf weedfin too
Or maybe those weird finless surfboard with deep / sharp channels under the hull? Such channels are meant to provide bite and drive and might let you glide over the kelp. A finless board scenario may not be that much welcome in a FCS promo video, though
Great clips, nice edit.
We had the same kelp issues surfing in Palos Verdes, California in the 1980's, but sadly the kelp forrests were devastated by pollution and purple urchins, and have only partly recovered. Great snorkelling / bumpy surfing
Epic Adin!!
brave. not sure if I would have paddled out at this spot
Amazing bradeeeer
Loved this video
Thanks for watching.
Pretty sick!
So sick!!
Looks like there’s a bit of a right too, maybe not barrelling though ? Great stuff I was happy to see someone else in the water at the end , spooky place
Epic video. I cannot place the spot. Well filmed with tit bits of scenery. Cape Point, Scarborough, Witsand, Soet Water, Kommetjie - cannot place it? Throw us a bone here.
Black Rocks in Cape Point? Been trying to figure this out too:/
Incredible 🤙
Thanks. Lovely vid
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Best suited to bodyboarding 🤘
Great intro!
The kelp let's you drop in then Stephen Kings you and let's David Attenborough tell your eulogy
Great vid guys
looks like you need properly sharpened Japanese knives for fins. With a very long leash and mandatory safety jump far from the board before wiping out
I wonder if Adin and that bodyboarder who showed him this wave are still friends after this video?
Such a good vid!!
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great video
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Great vid! Sick wave.
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Great vid 🤙
Great footage and editing too
thanks for watching!
very cool...well told thank you.
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He’s a very good backside tube rider, and I hate kelp! Scary! 😱
That wave legit looks like pipe
Ripping🤙🏼
Funny how we were told sharks dont like kelp beds. Ya, right.
Siiiick...
Saludos de chile🇨🇱🌊🤙👊🌊🌊
Saludos y gracias por mirar!
I don't surf that side much, but took me about 10mins to work out exactly where it is down to a 50 kelp head margine of error. Probably intentional to expose it?
Looks super fun
the bullwhop kelp here in norcal will put holes in your board if youre goin fast enough
Sick wave. White sharks very much will go into kelp beds by the way...Have fun!! 😂
Not really, they can but they don’t like it much. Mostly 7 gills and sometimes raggies but you won’t really notice them unless you diving in the kelp forest. I actually had the pleasure to see a nice size gully or 7 gills swim off but had to surface to catch my breath lost it in the process, Im still bummed cause word on the street is if you follow them they tend to take you to more sharks 😢 I missed out cause my lungs weak, pure skill issue 😂
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Not Betty's at all. Love the narrator, great edit
Not quite Betty's no 😂, great video
dope never knew kelp waves were a thing
Sea urchins love kelp as well, you guys have urchins right?
Yes, millions.
Good.
Yours nate❤️❤️🙏👍😎
Experts only need to apply here.
“Oh noooo, I need to put my prices up some more” landlord.
You missed a very very important perspective.
Ngarly!!
Is it called kelpline
mate i got kelpt once and jellyfish can be a downer too . part of the job tho😉
where is this, i im from cape town and have never heard of this place
Kelp crowded
Where in Capetown is this? Noordhoek?
where is this wave in south africa ? kleinmond
Is this spot in cape Town what's the name of the spoz
Place ya Yell Kelp instead of Help🤪🙏❤️🙏
Surprised to see this kid wanting to reveal his secret spot..
Way to shit on your own plate lunch
Epic wave, but definitely not SA pipeline. There is a place down the coast that is alot heavier and hollower, and it's a left!
Kokkerot?
So. Cal in the 70s
Can you get trapped and wrapped up in kelp?
When it's that thick, yes. Thanks for watching!
Rocked up here a few years ago to easily 50 non bathing 'locals' and 2 rangers keeping an eye on them ...left before i lost my wetsuit and car nevermind chancing the waters
I was attacked by a white shark just watching this! 😮
just take out the fins ;)
Would love to know where that is?
Looks like the outskirts of Chicago
But... what is the name of the point? It's not Kalk Bay, is it?
Far from it...
@@marschantescorcio1778define far. About 12 km I’d say 😄😄
@@markyeadon7271 Further than that
Build less roads 🎉
boland side
Kelp cutters
Sorry..but abalone don't eat kelp. Other than that, great video 🤙
Your a sicko, in a good way!😏🤟