Mirage: The ever-changing story of Skeleton Bay

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Mirage
A short film about the origin and evolution of Skeleton Bay.
Since it was unveiled in 2008, the wave at Skeleton Bay has become part of every surfer's lexicon, a synonym for never-ending sand bottomed tubes. But unlike Pipeline, G-Land, or [insert your preferred iconic world class wave here], the two-kilometre-long left on the edge of the Namib Desert is in a constant state of flux. If satellite imagery is anything to go by, the wave we know today didn’t even exist 30 years ago.
Mirage is a 15-minute documentary that traces the genesis of the Namibian sandspit and how it became one of the most sought after waves on the planet, as told by pioneering locals and some of the best tube riders in the world.
But before you put it on the top of your post-pandemic bucket list, perhaps take heed of Koa Smith’s veiled advice from the film: “People think oh, easy, Skeleton Bay. I’m going to go get the barrel of my life. But then they show up here and realise it’s more like Teahupoo on sand.”
For any media queries, please contact:
Alan van Gysen or Will Bendix - anownowproduction@gmail.com

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@maazinahamed4317 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best example for why the best things in the world are hard to achieve and hard to reach. Imagine the exact same wave in Bali or somewhere else in the world where humans could easily access, crowded lineup and the madness would be out of this world. Long live Skeleton Bay ❤️❤️

@dantakeoff Жыл бұрын

Haha the Bali crowd would shit themselves and leave it alone....

@RaulEdu33 Жыл бұрын

@@dantakeoff Just wait and see Skeleton Bay getting crowded with hipster surf hostels, cyber cafes and influencer yoga studios. 🤣🤣🤣

@dantakeoff Жыл бұрын

@@RaulEdu33 Lol i actually saw that happen to Taghazout in Morocco...

@gds5717 Жыл бұрын

In 1973, I surfed Puerto Chicamas in Peru with just 2 buddies, all alone for a week. The lefts were so long that we always had to walk back to the point. It was an amazing trip! But watching this video, this wave, the endless barrels, OMG, it made me tear-up! The opportunity to ride this wave must be for sure life changing. What a gift! Awesome video in so many levels! Outstanding! The best left I have ever seen. Thank you!

@masonmikeska2413 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone how plays truesurf knows what’s up

@ryankramer123 3 жыл бұрын

Lol it’s free xp

@doctorcrypto3048 3 жыл бұрын

Yep that’s where i hang on True surf

@matthewturner5773 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@koolxaids3851 3 жыл бұрын

I got a 2 minute barrel 😂

@Kingof831 3 жыл бұрын

@@koolxaids3851 Forreal lol those are the best

@donrusnak7230 8 ай бұрын

Grew up surfing sand bars on long island, sand bar there one day, and gone the next. Ironically still to this day and even after 3 years on the west coast, one of my best sessions happened at a place that never should gsvd been, and probably never will break again, and it was only there for about an hour. It actually was the long island sound in October of 2002. A Nor Easter hit and waves can get big. But generally not surfable. About an hour before sunset I took a ride down the street from where I grew up expecting to see big storm surf and instead it looked flat. I kinda laughed because my buddy said it was 5 to 7 foot and I saw glass... but I then saw the shoreline all foamy like a set just broke, so I waited and watched. After about a min I saw what looked like whales coming, then I realized it was a set. This storm had hit on such a high tide that it pulled most of the beach off the beach and deposited it about 40 yards off the beach, so now this set came because all the wind generated waves were being blown together into definitive sets because the winds quickly switched to the south, and I happened to be there with a wetsuit and a board. Every wave was the same, about 100 yard right barrels and about a foot overhead. In the long island sound. Not only were the waves killer, but it was at my local grow up beach, I never saw anything like this there, and the conditions have to be more than perfect for it to ever happen again. I caught about a dozen waves, got 2 in/outs on one wave. Sand bars can create heaven, even if it was only for an hour, that memory has lasted 21 years now and I'll remember it on my death bed.

@mgray4254 3 жыл бұрын

Mother nature, nothing beats it's hidden beauty

@1royalwolf 3 жыл бұрын

Old mate at 0:40 summed it up best I think. “It’s that feeling of looking down the line and seeing no ending”. That would be such an amazing position to be in

@bellend4412 3 жыл бұрын

An excellent clip, great commentary and nicely presented overall. And not one jet ski!! ... yet.

@sacredlight2110 3 жыл бұрын

Jet ski's don't work on Skeleton Bay. Locals tried it years back and it didn't help much, the waves undercurrent that makes it work, causes wave to rise very suddenly. Plus getting back to starting point is done by walking, not paddling. I'm local and have seen Donkey bay fire every year at least once.

@Aljonone1 3 жыл бұрын

@@sacredlight2110 So is more just a waiting game for good waves? Should really pay more attention to local surf for when it might be good!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sacredlight2110 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aljonone1 It only fires about 3 to 4 times a year, but when its on there is no waiting. Wave after wave after wave. The hardest part for me is the drop in and then keeping up with sections of wave falling over. The speed of the wave is epic. For any intermediate surfer like me, its far more wipe-outs then success. I have even seen pro surfers not be able to make the drop-in/take off and catch nothing all day.

@iaincampbell_ 3 жыл бұрын

Well done legends. This is such an epic clip... 🤙🏼🤙🏼

@Samuelrathjedrumz 3 жыл бұрын

Bro you should do an edit here

@amaturearcadia 3 жыл бұрын

Legendary for sure

@leonardovieiradesouza8115 3 ай бұрын

I used to draw this wave on my notebooks at school back in 1999, when I was 15, dreaming of it thinking there was no place on Earth where it would exist. And there it is.

@salvadordiharce9986 10 ай бұрын

Wow I'm an old retired surfer 64 years young I keept ducking my head on every barrel than raising up as each surfer came out of the tube even though I've been out of water for 6 or 7 years you never forget that feeling of padding and catching it kinda like pushing yourself over the edge of a 3 story building your film capture some of those indescribable moments that a surfer never forgets well done ps I was a little exhausted after watching best Surf film I have ever seen Congrs....Sal DiHarce

@thefl400 3 жыл бұрын

Best feature ever on Skeleton bay! Thanx for shooting that gem!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it.

@John_Morley 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, guys that was SO good! This wave is such a phenomenon. This story had to be told. Going to clock up awards for this production mense. Yew!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot John! All the best.

@asherginsburg499 3 жыл бұрын

I got chills watching this so sick.

@AtortAerials 3 жыл бұрын

Freaking SO epic.....could watch videos like this all day long! Was talking to Anthony Walsh one day and he was talking about how gnarly the shorebreak is just getting out and in was....this video validates it’s not some small glassy barrel and bombs. Who know this wave may disappear one day once the sand shifts super special zone for sure. 🙏🏾

@emerbikes3561 3 жыл бұрын

SIMPLEMENTE INACREDITÁVEL. QUE PERFEIÇÃO !!

@robertscott3939 3 жыл бұрын

Well done, great story and incredible footage

@cpuvirtual 3 жыл бұрын

The wave perfect machine! Always on! WOW!

@osobe2026 3 жыл бұрын

The video of koa screaming in the barrel is iconic

@jorgeveiga4592 3 жыл бұрын

Epic. I kept my eyes wide open and my jaw dropped, drooling.

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jorge, thanks for watching!

@facediaper09 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. The old man was EPIC!!!

@reddiver7293 11 ай бұрын

Great video!!! Thank you! Riders of a high enough calibre to really ride truly exceptional surf. 100% 10s waves!

@robertowens3078 3 жыл бұрын

Nature is so awesome, skeleton bay, speachless!!!

@worldchampions4379 3 жыл бұрын

I work in the film industry & filmed a few scenes from Mad Max fury road rite opposite this wave.

@gavinmcneill1674 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@1975tbm 3 жыл бұрын

@Ahoyjahman my old man worked on the original Mad Max down here in Aus a lifetime ago.....small budget back then

@worldchampions4379 3 жыл бұрын

@@1975tbm Your old man is a legend respect

@brendoggynolsy7462 3 жыл бұрын

How do you get into the film industry?

@worldchampions4379 3 жыл бұрын

@@brendoggynolsy7462 Hi, I went to every production company in my city looking for work I was willing to start at the bottom as an office runner, they took my number told me if something comes up they'll let me know, months went by with no response then one day my phone rang a receptionist at a production company was going on vacation and they needed someone to answer the phone for 2 weeks I said sure can do. I worked my ass off from receptionist to office runner, to production assistant, to 3rd Assistant director, to 2nd 2nd Assistant Director (yes that's a real thing), to 2nd Assistant Director, to 1st Assistant Director in 15 years...that's how I got in.

@jonesco2866 3 жыл бұрын

amazing doccie!

@samdavison-wall4972 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. So good to see a surf video that isn't a bunch of guys drinking redbull and getting towed around on jet skis.

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Sam, glad you enjoyed it. Stay tuned for more in 2021.

@helen4652 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy, stomach churning surfing!!! WOW!!💓💓💓

@cloudsculptor1 Жыл бұрын

Awesome ,delicate ,production. Let's the wave speak for its self through showing its effect on its playmate passengers. Loved it 10/10

@NowNowTV Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@ericmixer Жыл бұрын

Ive never been there but ive known the location of this break since 77' and Terry Fitzgerald and his mates went on a Surfari across Europe and Africa via Surfer magazine my favorite youthful escape ! Mahalo , be kine !

@amadahita2073 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh so good i want rn ahhh amazing waves gotta keep myself over I always watch amazed riding the heavy waves with heavy music like Delta Parole or with relaxing music videos in background.

@macrovigilance 3 жыл бұрын

Great mini doco guys.. well done. (In the era of wave pools... it's hands down nature that still builds the best wave machine by far!!)

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the positive feedback!

@BobbyJetty1502 2 жыл бұрын

This whole production was insane. The one thing that I would’ve tried was a twin fin. Not just because I was born and raised here at Sunset Cliffs Ocean Beach but because of the speed you need to generate and you’re on your rail most of the time.

@dietmarotto8625 3 жыл бұрын

Love this video. Makes me proud to be Namibian!! Best wave in the world. Go Namibia!!!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dieter, you live in an incredible country. Thanks for watching.

@jameshodge4602 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you, good to see you back in jersey shedding it!!! Nice to see Mackey too, looking sharp ( darn ) 🤙

@as_the_dodo_do 3 жыл бұрын

Love it! Very well done to the team, what a clip!

@stuarthablutzel 3 жыл бұрын

Such a great story, well done gents

@sanpedroez3367 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!

@rhyswardhaugh5062 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best things I've ever watched!!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Rhys, glad you enjoyed it.

@johnomahoney7755 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing wave!

@bakalaox 3 жыл бұрын

12:00 YA KIDDING!!! Well done boys! this is a life changing wave! the footage is unreal

@mandatethis8024 3 жыл бұрын

I watched a lot of sick tube rides in my life.......thats the deepest survivable wave sequence I’ve ever seen. Period.

@reeffulton8186 3 жыл бұрын

@@mandatethis8024 it's a damn quick wave to say the least

@thomp860 2 жыл бұрын

easily the best surfing video production i’ve watched, so well put together with music, interviews, pictures, videos…wow. Definitely need a sequel/update in years to come!!

@NowNowTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Sam. Stoked you enjoyed it, and we appreciate the comment. Look out for more to come from this series...

@robhernandez1827 3 жыл бұрын

Insane gentleman! Insane... Cheers 🤙🏽

@amitnaamani6207 9 ай бұрын

Wow. So heavy ! Respect

@negrotski 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work boys, and what a wave

@scottthomasen8978 3 жыл бұрын

Great job! Unreal.

@johnnyberryman447 3 жыл бұрын

Brett loves every minute of it lol

@mikemorrissey7928 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome clip, thanks for posting!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Jackson!

@Rica-In-Love 3 жыл бұрын

epic!! awesome short

@mitchellbliss3828 3 жыл бұрын

So sick. Looks wild n beautiful, violet and mean.. Desolate but but fun as hell. Dylan would've thought this was tight. RIP lil man. Miss u

@butlersracing7692 3 жыл бұрын

Gees this was epic... Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot.

@Salty_Ocean Жыл бұрын

Great video, guys 👍 I loved the Billy Kemper series by WSL, but this takes the spot for the best surfing production I've ever seen, keep it up. "Long live Skeleton Bay"

@NowNowTV Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. We really appreciate the comment and support. All the best. Hopefully more of these to come soon.

@oscarbaker9999 3 жыл бұрын

One of my fav videos ever

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very very much Oscar!

@johnswimcat 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video, very well made

@NowNowTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you John. Stoked you enjoyed it.

@beachboy4928 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful monster! Unreal!

@markstuart-howie5242 3 жыл бұрын

"its like a 15 ft wave packed into a 3 ft wave...hooooly crap!!

@yotuttle 3 жыл бұрын

What does this mean? Like the shape of a 3ft, but size of a 15 ft?

@amitnaamani5702 3 жыл бұрын

@@yotuttle Probably the intensity dude

@howie6666 3 жыл бұрын

@@yotuttle it means how heavy it is

@MWALKLETT1 3 жыл бұрын

What Howie h said

@hhhc364 5 ай бұрын

Such epic production! Thanks! Jis, nature prepares epic things for us to play with

@joshuamcdonnell122 3 жыл бұрын

This was really amazing. Fascinating wave!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joshua. It sure is an unbelievable wave.

@nickjmuzik 3 жыл бұрын

Well done boys!!!

@johnnybravo6829 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely insane intro and one of the best surf videos I've seen..

@NowNowTV 9 ай бұрын

Much appreciated @johnnybravo6829, thanks for watching.

@rudismith1975 2 жыл бұрын

Remarkable short film, wow well done. Extraordinary!

@NowNowTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Rudi! Much appreciated. Stoked you enjoyed it.

@antoniohenrique7966 3 жыл бұрын

Love It !!!

@travismonahan7225 2 жыл бұрын

The happiness you see in surfers is unlike any other

@NowNowTV 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Travis, thanks for watching!

@jimfranco9920 3 жыл бұрын

Great documentary.

@rickeykoga2312 3 жыл бұрын

This was really well done, so sick. Subbed!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Rickey!

@TinShackVideos 3 жыл бұрын

The whole world is a professional Surfer

@doogz7669 3 жыл бұрын

Well would you like to go there not professional 🤔🤣

@Smason432 3 жыл бұрын

Your mum is a professional

@TinShackVideos 3 жыл бұрын

@@Smason432 That's why I've never had to work a day in my life!

@TinShackVideos 3 жыл бұрын

@@doogz7669 I see your point, would cost way too much.

@doogz7669 3 жыл бұрын

@@TinShackVideos YESSSSSIRRRR

@johanbobin4712 3 жыл бұрын

The best documentary of the donkey bay I have ever seen. 👏🤙

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Johan! Much appreciated.

@muayjay9039 3 жыл бұрын

T là william ! C bon ça ♥️ sxm represent

@SBDETAILS805_SERVICES 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 🤩

@user-cs4pq7dq4e Жыл бұрын

Great VID.

@bartwillemsza 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Alan and Will!

@humansaremonkeys 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible

@davechuckbass 3 жыл бұрын

This is so sick🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

@jimihendrixx11 2 жыл бұрын

I'll surf here soon. Such an amazingly epic looking place. Now I know how heavy it is. I'll practice a lot first lol

@Blowfish1972 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@tyberlong 3 жыл бұрын

great film

@Real.Australia 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this place blows my mind , great video

@NowNowTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

@KaiAdventure 3 жыл бұрын

How cool to see Naude Dreyer of Ocean Conservation Namibia in this video. He does so much for the wildlife out there.

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Kai. Agreed, Naude is a legend and does incredible work.

@greg9921 3 жыл бұрын

most beautiful wave in the world.

@Ronagery 3 жыл бұрын

On point music selection ! Bravo

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ronagery!

@nor_easterly 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid, so well put together

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@Kingof831 3 жыл бұрын

this video is amazing! Was absolutely baffled when i saw y'all only had 500 subscribers! very excited to see what is to come from this channel !

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the positive response. We've just launched, and we're very excited to bring you more films. Currently working on another two. Stand by...

@stevethorne6535 3 жыл бұрын

That was an awesome vid. Thanks!

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very very much Stephen!

@clarkewi 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating.

@yvanpedron5255 3 жыл бұрын

Génial.

@spence6226 3 жыл бұрын

Epic 🔥👍

@planetclay 3 жыл бұрын

speechless.....

@veitchimages 3 жыл бұрын

Dig it! Well done Chaps 🤙

@hunterdavis3003 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible video/story! Keep it up I subbed with the bell!

@michaelcleaver3830 3 жыл бұрын

Makes me cry just looking at it.

@commie281 3 жыл бұрын

Same, it's so pleasing to just get a look at it and dream. I wish everyone could get a piece of the pie. Surfing there is truly one of my life's goals.

@NowNowTV 3 жыл бұрын

We couldn't agree more. Everyone should be able to see it with their own eyes.