The World's Greatest Surf Discovery!?

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Lances’ Right is one of the most sought-after waves on the planet. And for good reason. A place that offers the chance to score the wave of your life in the form of a bright blue roll-in freight train. A wave that everyone wants a piece of. Today, Lance’s Right attracts surfers from around the world and with dozens of camps and charter boats, you won’t be surfing it alone anytime soon. But in the early 90’s, surf exploration in the Ments was a relatively new concept, and Lance Knight stumbled upon one of the greatest waves on earth. This video tells that story…
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@philliplaplante8086 3 ай бұрын

I arrived at Lance’s Right aboard the Indies Trader III in 2002. There was nobody out and it was pumping. We took turns sharing perfect waves all day. It was one of the best surfing days of my life. 🤙🏼🏝️

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Wow!! That's incredible!!

@alecgoldberg303 3 ай бұрын

🤙legendary!!

@markkindermannart4028 3 ай бұрын

How was Martin? He’s quite the legend!

@theoffender3113 3 ай бұрын

1996 I first surfed it.. on a boat called Katika

@philliplaplante8086 3 ай бұрын

@@markkindermannart4028 Martin Daly was not on that trip. We had a very capable Australian captain who knew exactly where to go and who was also an excellent surfer. We traveled all the way from Java over 1000 miles and often surfed remote islands with nobody around for miles. 🤙🏼

@stewarthowe5378 3 ай бұрын

I surfed it several times when the hollow tree was still on the beach, starting in 1998 or thereabouts. It's a unique setup, where the swell has to wrap in quite a bit to hit the reef, which causes the double-up on bigger sets. I went out there on the SV Katika, and the Captain referred to the inside, nearly exposed at low tide reef slab as "The Surgeons Table"! And so it was. Perfect surf spot, with a "Keyhole" deep spot to anchor in on the tail end of the shoulder, in a beautiful bay. There were no camps or crowds, and we hiked in to the little local village between surfs, where we found a place with coconuts for sale. The locals scampered up Coconut Palms, and scored us the most awesome fresh coconut milk ever. Old Shaman dude paddled a stone age style outrigger canoe out to our boat for a visit, in full on feathered head dress and face paint, totally OG, same as hundreds of years ago. Oh yeah, the wave's as good as it looks, and the whole setup had a "time traveled to twelve hundred years ago" magic vibe. It was epic. Thanks for the great tale of its discovery!

@eBodyboardingcom 3 ай бұрын

Went on a boat trip back in my pro bodyboarding days to the Ments. This was 1995 or '96. We rocked up at HTs before dark one day and no one was there. It was huge and maxing out, but we rode it until dark. The next morning, it had dropped a bit, but was still firing, then Indies Trader II pulled up with the likes of Shane Dorian, Pat O'Connell and others and it was just us and them for the rest of that day. I can't imagine that place with 50 guys out. I think I'd be heartbroken if I went back these days!

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Sick mate!! So good you got to score it like that. Can safely say it's always crowded these days!!

@simondesu1 3 ай бұрын

Love these stories! Keep them coming.

@scottanderson968 3 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for choosing to continue these videos love them!

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Stoked you like them Scott!!

@scottanderson968 3 ай бұрын

@@DanHarmon123 Hey Dan when are you going to be in Nicaragua? I know you said it’s on your itinerary.

@joeblow1942 3 ай бұрын

Great story. Your channel has become one of my favorites. Thank you!

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Joe!! So glad to hear that :))

@tuskedbeast 3 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this, well done. Nice adjunct to your travel tips theme.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thank you :))

@xwhite2020 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff dude! The story about Lance arriving at Padang for a tourism celebration was all time.

@joemeeker5211 3 ай бұрын

Great story! Keep them coming.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Plenty more on the way :)

@hipsonsogbo 3 ай бұрын

Good summery. Keep it up these short informative posts are interesting.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Stoked you enjoyed it :)

@julianwitowski1308 3 ай бұрын

What a nice video idea! Keep them coming!

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Julian! Love making these ones :)

@davidarbuckle7236 3 ай бұрын

Awesome story. Thank you for this.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Stoked you enjoyed it :)

@michaelj8793 3 ай бұрын

I'm really digging this format I remember before the web this type of content was only available for those ready to put in the hard work and it wasn't plastered across the planet Super appreciate you my friend Be well and Thanks for sharing as always Safe travels 👍🤙

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!!

@bobsmoot8454 3 ай бұрын

Great back story and these waves are crazy

@stevemcleod7761 3 ай бұрын

Great video Dan i really enjoy your chanel keep up the good work

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve :))

@HoStevie 3 ай бұрын

Love these style of videos man! I've been geeking out on finding new waves recently there's GOT TO BE some cold water spots never before surfed 👀

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Yo Stevie! Thanks mate. For sure, there's so much cold and raw coastline out there if you're willing to explore!!

@gregwdennis 3 ай бұрын

So interesting, good work legend

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Greg!!

@whatsnextreisen 3 ай бұрын

How do you survive there „camping“ with all the mosquitoes? That’s commitment

@phuketprivateisland441 3 ай бұрын

Awesome history. Thanks.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :)

@daves.9479 3 ай бұрын

Great story!! Thanks.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@a.ericschlobohm97 2 ай бұрын

Great bit of Indo history. Thank you

@henriquegomes7042 3 ай бұрын

Great content. Have been more to the north, this region has amazing waves

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, mate! Yes, heard that zone is wicked!

@Johnny-sn5sb 3 ай бұрын

Cracking story Dan ! I was there in July 2005 and got the barrels of my life .. the place was pumping for 6 days straight … unbelievable joint ay

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Sick!!

@paulobezerra7109 3 ай бұрын

Cool 😊 Bali a dream to come through

@Mark_Jacobson81 3 ай бұрын

Surfed there back in ‘04, fairly big day too. Definitely a special wave.

@StarOasis26 2 ай бұрын

Great story 👍

@DanHarmon123 2 ай бұрын

Thank you :))

@jordyzelaya1459 3 ай бұрын

Dan, if there's anybody out there thats going to find a new undiscovered perfect wave,it's you. I'll be waiting for that KZfaq episode in the future,and bien hecho with your vids, Pura Vida desde Costa Rica 😎

@brad7801 3 ай бұрын

Dan won't blow up a wave if he discovers one!!

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Hahaha definitely on my list, but if I do find one, there will be no maps in that video haha ;)

@scottgorman7166 3 ай бұрын

Oh man Lance had a dream come true...a real secret spot! Looks like a great wave to surf.

@jakebauer5865 3 ай бұрын

this is such and incredibly cool video! keep it up Dan! id love to see more videos explaining the history of different famous waves and how they were discovered, named, and how they turned into what they are today.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Gonna keep them coming for sure, I'll get my research hat on haha ;)

@joepearce3033 3 ай бұрын

@@DanHarmon123Pulau Doo..... That's an Indo island off NW West Timor. I don't think it's been surfed....there's no inhabitants. It's got a freight train right over a km long.

@user-gu5iv2mr6e 3 ай бұрын

There are definitely tons of waves like this all around Indonesia. Every surfer who's looked out of an airplane window landing on various Islands has probably seen this. Random example: around Manado Sulawesi.

@davecalneggia6285 3 ай бұрын

... Yeah bucket list this one for me ... At the top of that list 🙏

@williamhanley7031 3 ай бұрын

Don't bother dude. Go somewhere less off the beaten path. Listen to me. Go to timor or Guatemala. Anywhere where it's not everybody else's bucket list. I'm lucky to get it in 97. No camps or many other boats. It's over dude.

@davecalneggia6285 3 ай бұрын

@@williamhanley7031 ... Shit yeah ok , 😕 thanks for the heads up brother

@gavinratcliffe6201 3 ай бұрын

Pretty cool story 😎

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

@spencerhealeymilone2040 3 ай бұрын

this guy needs more subs

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Haha thanks!! I’m working on it ;)

@satanslayer9320 3 ай бұрын

Surfed HT's in 2001. Only boat of 7 guys. Stand up barrels all day long. Next day twice the size, and I'm cocky. Broke 2 boards in 1/2 hour. 2 wave hold down on 2nd broken board. I was never the same again.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Hahah wow!!

@thebluewren 3 ай бұрын

Cool

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

@rctrix9063 2 ай бұрын

Indo is full of good waves. In the 70s it was a risky place to explore surf spots. The possibility of injury was higher because the boards were pretty terrible for fast hollow waves. There was almost no medical services and zero chance of getting out expeditiously. However there were no crowds but suspicious and not so friendly locals.

@EternalJourneys 3 ай бұрын

For anyone digging this story... go read Barbarian Days - A Surfing Life --- And thank me later ;)

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Love that book!!

@user-hb2ku5oq5r 3 ай бұрын

Dan:Your video is beautiful¡¡Congrats¡¡

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much :))

@user-hb2ku5oq5r 3 ай бұрын

Nice to see you here@@DanHarmon123

@Leonardo555ZZZ 3 ай бұрын

Lord Ho ' ,,,no no no ,,, Lord How is the correct pronounciation.. Thanks Dan.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for clarifying :)

@eds8085 3 ай бұрын

really enjoying the surf stories! keep it up. let me know if you are interested in covering some Peruvian surf lore.....it goes waaaay back.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!! Yes wicked idea, I’ve heard that actually!

@brucejohnston3521 3 ай бұрын

i did 2 trips Jakarta to Padang on small ships in mid 70s was in the Captain's wheel room with his binoculars seeing huge swells off some islands, coast of Sumatra is something out of prehistoric times, hypnotizing beauty

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Sick mate!! Would have been wild then!

@hurlburt808 3 ай бұрын

I went in 2005 no real crowds back then also no land camps only boat crew that showed up ,amazing wave !

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

So Sick!!

@HotdogJohnson-tj8gg 3 ай бұрын

The hole, Tom Carol, Pottz, is that Garth! 😂 who spilled the beans? Does anyone still have some beans? All mine are a little off and need just the right this and that. 🤙

@adrianwoods7720 3 ай бұрын

The break faces Padang not the open ocean. Where does the swell come from?

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's crazy!! I think a deep underwater channel must suck the swell in and sort of wrap it around!

@nige-cb7jj 3 ай бұрын

lance's son is a great body boarder

@Jameswoodgo 3 ай бұрын

Lance arrived and a kiwi Kneeboarder on the island already

@adriantroalic9298 3 ай бұрын

I think if you go on a surf charter to the Mentawaiis you'll find out how easy it is to find good spots

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Yeah with that you'll just have so much more freedom!

@adriantroalic9298 3 ай бұрын

@@DanHarmon123 exactly, and with there being almost 300 islands all over it, you'll be able to find undiscovered spots possibly

@jamespage1680 3 ай бұрын

go off season... I stayed right in front for $25 a night including food.... surfed most days with about 3-4 people and some local kids

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Sick!!

@lavapix 3 ай бұрын

I can't imagine traveling only to surf with a crowd of 50 people.

@leefarrell8734 3 ай бұрын

There was 30 on my local reef the other day and I turned on my heels! 😂 the joys of the water getting warmer in Ireland!

@Riker-ER 3 ай бұрын

👍

@mrmalcolmification 3 ай бұрын

Sounds amazing in lanc's day but I couldn't imagine anything worse then paradise with a crowd of occa Surfers

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Yeah it's pretty crazy out there nowadays!

@ironphil62 3 ай бұрын

👍🍺

@rootramirez 3 ай бұрын

WE surfed these spots in 73'

@Karakaboardriders 3 ай бұрын

Love these stories. But I do feel like things like google earth and the internet have helped to ruin surf travel as in made it to easy for people who shouldn’t probably surf these types of waves to go and stay. Guys like lance really lived in the best era.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thank you and yeah I guess it has it's downsides, but there's till plenty of untapped and uncrowded surf out there!!

@bones8057 3 ай бұрын

Isn't it Sipura Island? Not Sipora?

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Hi mate, I don't know to be honest haha. Seen both spellings used around the web, so wasn't sure which to go with!

@bones8057 3 ай бұрын

@@DanHarmon123 Great story regardless. I'm no expert only been there once.

@michaelstrauss6587 3 ай бұрын

Did Lance's island buddy ever learn to surf?

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Haha! I'm not sure actually!

@thibaultlafon7513 3 ай бұрын

how this wave break, look sweel protect by her location

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it must have a deep underwater channel that sucks the swell in, because as you said it is surprising there are waves there!!

@michaelscurr9046 3 ай бұрын

i was lucky yo surf there on the Sirius before the boat was lost no one there then apart from another boat letric lamb

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Sick! What happened to the boat??//

@CraigRobinsen 2 ай бұрын

Went on the Sirius in 95 with Captain Dave amazing Maccas on our own for days it hit reef the next year and sunk beautiful boat 😞

@thejonathanrath 3 ай бұрын

Marty surfed it for years before…

@Polaroidsfromthemystic 3 ай бұрын

One thing; Lance didn’t name it. Martin did.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info mate! Lance actually messaged me to clarify this :)

@markkindermannart4028 3 ай бұрын

I was gonna add that. I got to spend 6 months with Martin in the Marshalls and heard this story differently.

@Polaroidsfromthemystic 3 ай бұрын

@@markkindermannart4028 Beran Island! Yep, it’s part of the story. Martin was probably spewing Lance beat him by 3-4 days but he named it and he always maintained that narrative. Props to the old bull for that

@markkindermannart4028 3 ай бұрын

shhhhh....old bull lol, I think of him more as a Polar Bear...white hair all over him, looks snuggly, but dangerous as hell! Love him though!@@Polaroidsfromthemystic

@krisjelenga821 3 ай бұрын

@WickBeavers 3 ай бұрын

I have no clue why you’re telling the entire Mundo about this joint. We kept breaks in Baja and Mexico secret for years.

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Because it's already one of the most famous and crowded break on Earth... it's not the early 90s anymore...

@thomasrebotier1741 3 ай бұрын

Google Earth killed so many dreams...

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Plenty left to find out there still ;)

@David-le7jy 3 ай бұрын

Shhh, don't tell anyone.... *joking

@IantoCannon 3 ай бұрын

He didn't "discover" it. I am sure locals already knew there was a wave there. He just surfed it and publicised it

@Polaroidsfromthemystic 3 ай бұрын

No dickhead, he went there because he met Peter Troy who told him to find his “own Nias” - when Lance’s uncle and namesake died, he left his nephew his charts of Indies. Which he’d look at for a decade. When Lance Knight set out looking for a ship for LHI (the same ship of which I’m currently sitting in the wheelhouse) he figured it was the only chance he’d have to go out. Lance shook hands to keep the place a secret, he didn’t tell anyone where it was and his legend only came about after other people let the lid off. There were no local surfers there prior and the only westerners the locals remember was a boat of non surfers and a missionary that got boiled and eaten a century or so prior.

@Polaroidsfromthemystic 3 ай бұрын

Not sure if KZfaq censored my reply but just incase I’ll write it again without name calling. For your information, Lance kept the joint a secret under a pact of secrecy. I’ll let you figure who didn’t keep their end but in you are lucky this is the internet, if you said that uninformed statement in my presence, you wouldn’t have all of your teeth left.

@libbyayau 3 ай бұрын

There in 89 yawn

@Polaroidsfromthemystic 3 ай бұрын

@jackmartin2590 3 ай бұрын

Yeah iv heard stories of Indonesian Fisherman taking people to these part in the early 80s My dad got offered a trip out to the ments in the late 70s but they went to nias instead

@tobgrub 3 ай бұрын

Greatest discovery in human history 🙄

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Who was surfing it before humans ;)?

@adambane1719 3 ай бұрын

Bro must have hit the reef a few times with that concaved Barbara Streisand HONKER !!!! Is it the "worlds greatest surf discovery"....?? Who nose ??

@williamhanley7031 3 ай бұрын

I'm lucky enough to get there before camps were set up. This place is exploited , please keep surf spots out of exploitation, I see you love to show your knowledge but you do exploit so please let people figure stuff out on Thier own. You have to earn it like lance did. Got that!

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Hi William! On this channel, I talk about the most well-known (and crowded) spots in the world. And yes, I like to help people visit these dream destinations. There are many places I know about, but don't talk about on this channel, for this reason. Plenty of places I'm not talking about ;)

@williamhanley7031 3 ай бұрын

How do explain telling people lakey pipe is usually always uncrowded, when perascopes breaks, where to sit in the lineup? People need to learn on There own about going through years to figure shit out and score because they finally learned after so many years of developing knowledge on what to do. And yes , so many more dudes will be coming to all the places you show and tell about. Whatever , I should just let it go and be mature but it just kills me to see all these places I used to go to and now I'll never step foot there. Whatever , I'll let it go.

@jakemarlow8998 3 ай бұрын

Loose lips sink ships.

@markdittbenner9949 3 ай бұрын

The surf industry is shit they expose every good surf spot to sell dogshit surfing shirts and shorts

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Hey Mark! Yeah I guess there’s that side of it, but the industry is also responsible for all the sick wetsuits and boards we get to use these days, and I think it’s made surfing way better overall :)

@hanswesterbeek2465 3 ай бұрын

I heard the Indies Trader was mostly a drug trafficking enterprise😂

@seandillon933 3 ай бұрын

Good swellians podcast on this. Martin Daly is the guy. From the chat they had it seems highly unlikely from what I gathered. Would love to see the sea of darkness though.

@ferise1 3 ай бұрын

Boring

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Hi mate! Thanks for the feedback. Do you have any advice on how to make it more interesting?

@daviddeck8509 3 ай бұрын

It’s Lord How….. not Lord Ho…. And it’s Pah-dung not Pa-dang you e-jit

@DanHarmon123 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for clarifying :)

@pubgutt2076 3 ай бұрын

No one can keep a secret, especially corporate sponsored, money grabbing opportunist surf industries, with cameras, vidios, big egos & bigger mouths, paradise lost !