That GoPro mount must be strong as hell. 😂🤙🤙

When the waves look that big on a go pro, you know they massive

Kai is in superhuman shape. He never looked like he was in trouble during any of those poundings..

Hands down the best, most insane POV ever.

4:20 The board spinning while Kai jumps over the back is so sick

Much RESPECT for your dedication to this life...And being the best you can be 🤙

I've always said I would love to see "raw" video of surf where we see champs get pounded !! To be able to see that champs are also getting pounded and that they are not only surfing the waves of their life all the time, shows what it really takes to be at the top ! Thanks Kai

One of the more interesting surfing vids. Kai's fitness, wave sense and feel for the tube is captured brilliantly. Seems like a genuine waterman with a love for the ocean.

Huge respect for you Kai, this determination and this courage are impressive!

I surfed it about this size several times back in the 80’s when the crowd was pretty much zero, you had to take a miserable hours long bus ride over a washboard dirt road from Oaxaca city with mountain locals & livestock. It was me & my 2 friends out & I’ve surfed a lot of big wave but at this size, feeling all alone & no rescue with 100 miles, it scared the shit out of me. I watch these vids & my PTSD comes back😂😂

Some of the best pov I've seen the barrels went on forever and that wave looked so heavy kai you are a legend never looked phased not once! keep doing your thing 💥✌

I had met 2 persons who just died drowned in Puerto Escondido waters, this is real shit. Even I was in danger in Mazunte early on 2020. Big respect to Kai and everyone who is brave enough to defy the ocean.

Super rad! My best memory of Puerto is drinking a beer on the beach while watching rays jump out of the water in the surf at sunset.

Congratulations on your WIN 🌊✨🤙 That was the sickest POV video I've ever seen... frickin' awesome (brutal) 😱😱

The winning barrel was amazing! >>> POV was off the hook >>> thanks for sharing your 1st win! >> you are inspiring!

Some of the best footage ever in this Kai. Balls of steel as always.

0:10 Surfer in the background in prayer.

thought for a moment there you had gone from jaws to mavericks to mexico to surf the same swell lol

Congratulations Kai! We were hoping so bad that you were going to head to Puerto to surf these killer waves! They are treacherous for sure! You made it look easy amigo, congrats! Love the footage, wow!!!!

Very good to remember a moment like this !! Congratulations on the championship you deserve too much !! I'm your fan here from Brazil !! you are a monster when it comes to any board sport !! hopefully one day I will have the pleasure of meeting you !!

I held my breath with every wave! 😂 Sick video footage man 🔥🔥🔥👌

What an amazing edit! I'm absolutely shitting my pants... I just noticed what seems to be a pectus excavatum, Kai. It would make all of your acomplishments that much more incredible! Could it be? All the best from Portugal, happy new year!

Broke my back real bad there the next year on a "medium" sized day, place is heavy. Yeah, Kai! It was a good show, stoked to see it in person!

2:34 "ohhhhhhhhh fuuuuuuuuuuuuck"

Best surf contest footage I’ve seen in my life

3:40 this was mind-altering; I had to watch it three times

You’ve gotta be in amazing shape my man just getting worked

Such sick footage of someone who I believe will be remembered along the same lines as Laird. His commitment to pushing the boundaries, his enthusiasm and cajones are unrivalled. Kai Lenny Ultimate Waterman 🙌✨️🤙

It’s awesome how you paddle onto one wave and then get the very next following wave in one sequence. So cool

For there to be winners there must be losers. Smoke gets in my eye as my ashtray is piled high while I watch Kai touch the sky. What a nice, positive guy. You go man!

I still come back to the video time and time again and watch the whole thing just amazed at the danger and how thrilling this must be to be out there

Kai “El Gato” Lenny. I woulda died at least 9 times. This guy’s pretty incredible in big water.

Didn’t look anywhere close to 50 feet. Puerto looks brutal though. That last wave at 10:00 was sick

That was FUN man !! Thanks for the ride !!

6:41 superman. Love this. Great pov. Thank you . Stay stoked.

Biggest pounding I ever took was at Puerto Escondido.

Classic. He got first wave of the set with 3 or 4 behind on top of him but “ it didn’t really do much” That’s gotta be an understatement . I can only imagine fighting for my life

Big props to my landlord in Bali, The Silent Ninja. Who rescued surfers at Puerto in 4 to 6 times overhead. In the '80s. FANTASTIC VIDEO !! Thank u.

Maybe one of the best waterman to grace our sport. Thanks for sharing. Mahalos.

Love this video. Really showed one man versus a wave.

Sick!! I wouldve drowned on the first wave probably so much respect Kai.

So heavy bro!!!! Good job! That last barrel was siiiccckkk!

Best POV surfing videos on KZfaq. Hope you had your shots Kai, and I don't mean Covid.

Epic 🙌🏼loving the mid night oil in the background 🎼🤙🏽

First take is unbelievably real it feels exactly as when you get caught the worst way and felt that ache in my stomach !...what a beating ..!

I just stop bye once in a while to see when this guy is going to reveal that he's actually an alien from another planet. He's just that special. He's like the Travis Pastrana of motorsports....oozing with talent and great personality.

That first slow-mo of the board going over the falls was 👌🍻

I loved how that lip nearly took your head off but you just snuck under it. Did you think you were going to get axed or did you go for the barrel as it’s safer to fall in the barrel rather than right in the impact zone? Also what GoPro mount/floaty are you using? A run down of the special mounts and other stuff you use would be cool.

When Kai say big, for us is hugeeeee..!! Well done bro..👏🏽👏🏽🤙🏽

So excited to go to puerto this week for the first time and learn to surf :)

Awe inspiring to see Kai get hammered again and again by those heavy Puerto waves, hanging in there and finally snagging the winner.

That was brutal even to watch. Great perseverance:)

8:46 smooth af

Awesome footage! His stamina and strength is off the charts!

Awesome waves there. Swell is massive and you took a beating. Nice video.

Great one Kai, legendary 👊💪🔥

Went there every year from 1978 to 1984 September & October stayed for 20$ a month at the carpentero's cabanas , got it big 20'-25' with no crowds ! Best day I can remember was 5'-7' perfect shape late afternoon glass off turquoise perfection !

This is the best video I have ever seen hahahaha amazing shots

mad respect, i have no desire to ever surf puerto escondito. looks like the gnarliest beach break ever

Siiiiiiick! 3:40 - 4:20 is the m most surreal, most epic coverage ever. The slow motion diving off the board looks like an astronaut jumping into a nebula. Amazing.

6:46 weeeeeee

You are crazy man, loved the vid!

Those are some mammoth barrels! You are the OG! Unreal!

Maaaate those inside barrel ejections looked full on from the go pro shots. Hectic!! Can't believe how calm you are bobbing in the water in front of mountains of white water.

Respect brother 🤙🏽 and to all big wave riders

Took a massive beating for that trophy, Big Congrats !!!!!!

These are super nice guys dedicated to the sport.. may they catch waves for ever🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

That slow motion in the green room is radical.

best vid iv seen in years nice one bro

Heaviest waves I've ever surfed was in Puerto. Lucky I was 21 years hold and in better shape back then.. now at 42 I'd have a broken back. We flew into Acapulco and rented a van and drove 8 hours to Puerto Escondido. Such a great trip!!

Unreal footage. Cajones of steel on that lad!

Did you release your leash on wave 1 and 2 or did they break?

🤙greetings from Huntington Beach. Thanks for sharing your videos.

the commitment is ridiculous

Fn insane footage Kai 💪❤

I miss this event so much ! Such a gnarly place

Hello Kai, Which WaveRunner is better (tow in) GP1800R HO or FX HO. I ordered a FX HO from Cycle City on Oahu.

Beautiful video of inside the green room. Funny thing though, you can tell it's Mexico by all the poop you can see peeling in the barrels!! Getting into one of those large waves in a day is awesome, getting two or three takes a ton of energy, catching this many really requires an infant amount of energy

my god man. cant believe im just now seeing this. this is so rad

those chemtrail milky clouds are horrifying. you rock KAI..aloha from happy valley maui ! ( cop canyon )

HEAVY. thats a session right there. I like the spray shooting off his rail in slow mo. nice board.

Waow. Like if we were with you in the water. I think than I've hold my breath... Aloha and happy new year 2021. Keep on riding 🤙

I'm only 3 minutes in having to comment "Holy shit you got pounded"

Kai is a f*in beast.

wow, best big wave footage .. Kai you look at home in big swell

getting caught under a wave is like dying and popping out, unexpectedly, to the surface is like birth, and the next few minutes feel like a new chance at life haha

Love what you do Kai and I get you want view but if it’s 50 ft puerto where’s the beach view of that? Not sure it gets quite that big

You are the bravest man in the Universe. Glad you made it out alive.

This is a good commercial for gopro mounts. Kai you mad genius

I got mad respect for u Kai but everyone has to give respect for the guy at the first clip who took that MONSTER TO THE HEADDD.

45 years ago my best friend and I made only 2 out of 5 waves there. Nobody there to see it...yet same score as now. It is mostly a big close out.

That was really hard to watch, those sets that appeared just when he came up for air...whew

Man, the shot of the turning board and Kai whiping out in the background was crazy...

Stay psyched and stay safe everyone! God bless🙏🏼🙏🏼🤙🏼

Man looking at a wave coming at you like that must be real humbling

sorry I'll stop commenting but when Kai got smashed by the lip it was so terrifying.

This is so wild!! Rollercoaster of emotions just watching this footage!!

This video is nuts! 🤯 He breaks leashes like rubber bands 😝 so much power in Zicatela 🔥

Irado brow 💪🔥🔥 Imagens são impressionantes

Some great footage. Real POV