Biggest Teahupoo Ever by Chris Bryan

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12 жыл бұрын

This day at Teahupoo- Aug 27th 2011 during the Billabong Pro waiting period is what many are calling the biggest and gnarliest Teahupoo ever ridden. Chris Bryan was fortunate enough to be there working for Billabong on a day that will go down in the history of big wave surfing. The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water.
Kelly Slater described the day by saying "witnessing this was a draining feeling being terrified for other people's lives all day long, it's life or death. Letting go of that rope one time can change your life and not many people will ever experience that in their life."
All images where shot by Chris Bryan using the Phantom HD Gold camera.
To see more of Chris' work check out his website.
chrisbryanfilms.com/

Пікірлер: 66

@BobbyJetty1502 Ай бұрын

I'm 50. Been surfing since 1981. Born & raised Ocean Beach/Sunset Cliffs San Diego Ca. Surfed some big spots, very big. However, I would never ever tow into this beast. Mahalo Chris for sharing your footage. Aloha, Uncle Bobby

@mitseraffej5812 Ай бұрын

I’m mid 60s, surfed from age 10 till my mid 50s when the wheels fell of due to arthritis. Have been thinking a tow in on such a beast of a wave could be a great way to euthanise myself. Probably have to bolt a Zimmer frame to the board 😂 If I made the fist one I guess I would just keep going until I didn’t.

@justinf1343 Ай бұрын

Most mesmerising wave. It’s the thickness of the lip that is just awesome.

@squiggly_lines Ай бұрын

that is a swell that should be given a new word to describe it, mesmerizing indeed

@GlennPolicare Ай бұрын

Chris Bryan is a legend. Master of his craft.

@susanrich8867 Ай бұрын

I’m awestruck!!! Way to go! Totally Divine! Thank you God for your perfect timing and protection over Nathan and whoever else was out there! Amen!

@willmiddleton9199 Ай бұрын

I have seen numerous Code Red videos, but this was freakin amazing. The detail and the slo-mo and thickness of that lip..... absolutely terrifying. Incredible quality video - thank you !

@stevedexter-ns7qj Ай бұрын

This wave and these surfers are from another planet!

@topherdean1024 Ай бұрын

Wow, that may be the best surf video I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot. The ultra slow motion and high definition on my TV gave me that sick feeling I get when I paddle out on a huge day.

@joeiezzi2368 Ай бұрын

Shipsterns Bluff tasmania. Beyond belief

@markw68 Ай бұрын

What a majestic and beautiful Wave....monster

@dankistner7646 Ай бұрын

The definition of "GNARLY"

@dgordon9645 Ай бұрын

Absolutely the Best filming and music combo I've seen 👀 Mesmerising 😮🇦🇺🦘🤟 Thanks!!!

@goansunborn Ай бұрын

Terrifyingly beautiful🔥

@benclark41 Жыл бұрын

Don’t ever change the music

@callmeishmael3031 Ай бұрын

12 year old video with only 12K views and only 22 comments and all those comments except 4 are within the last week. Je ne comprends pas.

@MrHerbicat Ай бұрын

The best footage I have see, ever!

$@Onefractalsparkofcreation$

@Onefractalsparkofcreation Ай бұрын

That was incredible thank you for that

@alainvosselman9960 Ай бұрын

I got scared in a too big for me surprise swell in France,.. 10ft with a 1ft lip. Just watching these walls marching in like an army standing straight up with an off shore wind felt eerily personal as if they had me singled out and coming for ME ... They had like a personality, i could've given them names... Really caught me off guard being a beginner and all. Really traumatizing to be stuck in between. I do not understand how these guys can commit to that level... has to be a near death experience just being there experiencing all that input.

@stacemartin83 Ай бұрын

Absolutely awesome thanks for the footage 😅

@AtHomeNA Ай бұрын

This is the heaviest looking wave that I have ever seen. I felt really bad for the guy seen in the first wipeout! I hope that he didn't go up and over the falls.

@matthew944 Ай бұрын

2:00 was probably the deepest barrel ive seen made, it looked like he made it anyway

@user-rl2vd4zv4h Ай бұрын

You just can’t go fast enough. The monster just chases you down.

@billymctaco721 Ай бұрын

Yeah didn't look like there was much else they could have done

@kevinallen6197 Ай бұрын

Size and weight of a ten story building landing on your head. Insane

@eddievanlingen1935 Ай бұрын

Not 100 footers maybe 30 feet

@justint6987 Ай бұрын

Humans trying to transcend their limitations and those of all humanity. Remarkable people!

@padlnjones Ай бұрын

bravo.... did anyone make it out of the wave?

@jennifermullin6258 Ай бұрын

It is a Miracle every time someone rides the whole Wave, the whole way through until the wave ends and in actually calm water. It's dangerous but that is strangely part of the beauty. You have to have surrendered completely to God, and the Power of His Creation and your hopes to ride the wave and live(yes, really), all the way till it ends, long before You choose Your wave, commit with the intention that You will do what You came there to do, ride it till it ends❤️‍🔥.

@jeffolsen4983 Ай бұрын

WOW. AMAZING.

@randyvaughn4046 Ай бұрын

The MMA of Surfing. This is the NFL. Just the sheer raw terrifying nature of mother nature. Not for the faint hearted.

@alberickmendes6472 Ай бұрын

NFL is for Kids. This is for 3 testiculos Guys.

@randyvaughn4046 Ай бұрын

@@alberickmendes6472 yea. Bro nfl is for panzies compared to waves like this. Most humans don’t even know this place exist while very few seek this scull breaking wave.

@seth5285 Ай бұрын

WTF this is unmakeable crazy

@joannedavidson3005 Ай бұрын

That’s power

@garethotte2417 Ай бұрын

Horrifying to think this wave breaks in less than 6 feet of water. Basically the average man could stand on the reef and still breathe.

@marychristianson2653 Ай бұрын

Amazing . I totally respect the power of the ocean!😊

@whitelineinmind Ай бұрын

Absolutely remarkable people indeed…perfection in nature herself as them as is all and everything! Arohanui 🌏💜

@alexk5877 Ай бұрын

This is is not real. IF you make it, it is a dream, if you don't, is a nightmare.

@michaeldurham9140 Ай бұрын

The one guy that you couldn’t tell if he made it out or not was in what I call the dark. And he was in it, we only usually experience that in Florida when we have a hurricane and dirty water where the sun doesn’t penetrate and you get in the dark.

@jeffg4686 Ай бұрын

@2:16 - absolute craziness - looks like he might have actually made that wave - hard to tell at the end.

@nickpower-fj9bu Ай бұрын

That was the absolute bomb. Best T wave I have seen

@tommymoto83 Ай бұрын

This is what death must look like 😮

@regulusmine2336 Ай бұрын

I think that these waves are more dangerous than Nazare'.

@johnh539 Ай бұрын

Wow . Has anyone ever estimated their size?

@Pomerpom1wweq Ай бұрын

Was that Nathan fletcher in the air in the tube?

@NortonAStrauch Ай бұрын

Backside or frontside , what's the scariest?

@hocinemengfodil5066 Ай бұрын

the water is freezing

@OnTheRopesPodcast Ай бұрын

Did they live?

@JeddieT Ай бұрын

I’m asking myself the same question. From what I understand, the word “Teahupoo” means “skull crusher” in the local dialect - and for a reason.

@moeamohau9524 Ай бұрын

Teahupo'o fait partie de l'île de Tahiti Ce district se situe du côté de la presqu'île de Tahiti ! Seul les professionnels du monde y viennent pour tester Cette vague dangeureuse!! C'est pire quand c'est le mauvais temps elle devient très très dangereuse!! Qui veut la tester? J'adore mon île Tahiti 😍💋💋

@johnhagan582 Ай бұрын

Wipeout going over the falls your dead .that monster picking you up to the top of the wave then slamming you down on a shallow reef that only a few feet under the water HOW do you survive that ???

@aliapurohit4801 3 жыл бұрын

So dangerous

@fredrit323 Ай бұрын

The water is rushing up the face so fast they just can't keep up , they end up catching a rail and going over the handlebars, looks like unrideable at this size even by towing in... I don't know, you won't catch there for a million bucks...