Facts bro 🤙🏾

It sure in the hell would kill me “FACT”

I'm a very beginner surfer. I didn't realise, even in light surf how long it can feel after coming off and getting a little tumbled. I can't imagine what a minute would feel like

@@MrMulrine most surfers will never get held down for more than 10-15 seconds in their lives, so the main thing is to not panic, just relax to conserve oxygen, and remember you've got this.

I would not live through that for sure. Its not like holding your breath at home let's say. Its totally different thing. I would gulp water in like 30 seconds max

That's why I only surf long and MIDs on 4-6ft waves 👌🌊 PS ... I live in the UK so that's all we get 😅

​@coolbeans4399 same here in NYC 2-3 ft is fine for me 😂

Yup I made a promise to my wife and kids I’d never do anything over a 10ft face after getting knocked unconscious and breaking my back.

Wow are you good now?​@@devinhanna53

I don't even surf, I just use a friccn walmart boogie board every now and again on like 3-6 foot waves, and I still somehow managed to go under and tumble around for like 15-20 seconds 💀 I was all skinned up, and believe me when I say nothing felt better than standing up on firm ground.

This explains it perfectly.

I haven’t gave it much thought cause I skate but man. I have a lot of respect for the water so I honestly fully agree. You guys are nuts.

Balls of steel.

Same 😭

Only bidens

Nonchalance 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

lol why were you eating change ?!

Ya that’s what a scorpion is 😂wtf

I mean yeah but there's a four foot hold down, then there's a 73 foot hold down. I'm not sure if you can really compare the two

Yeah i started taking hold down when i was abiut 3 months old, just a part of surfing really

​@@BigWaveStudio hold downs begin in the womb

...And "that guy" has entered the chat

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So, he's saying in some of the worst wipe outs he's had, it's when he gets injured on the fall. The water is very turbulent, so it thrashes your body around (ragdolling) and as it does so, you can feel it further damaging the injury you sustained on the fall. he had a session where waves held him under the surface of the water for about a minute. I can tell you from experience a few 15-20 second hold downs in quick succession feels like forever and you will come up with your lungs and eyes burning. You can accidentally aspirate on seafoam, making your whole lungs and sinuses burn like crazy and destroy your stamina, so to have three 1 minute-long hold downs within 2 hours is insane. anyway, wax on the top of the surfboard helps your feet grip, but not enough wax or old wax can cause you to slip. Which is what happened to kai on one wave. Tomahawking means you are thrown head over heels, literally cartwheeling down the face of the wave, and then he was thrown all the way down to the sea floor. Scorpion means he was thrown down with such force that his back arched when he hit the sea floor. So he pulls an inflatable vest (using CO2 canister), but was still held underwater for 61 seconds even with vest inflated. He 100% would have died in that wipeout with no vest. Kai lenny is one of the toughest surfers on the planet

Damn, we gatekeeping hold downs now??

You've only caught a 2ft wave in the whitewash but listen to your bravado.

@@Sandy-ym2mz hey bro you don’t no who this gatekeeper thinks he is great comment.

It comes just after a double up and just before a scorpion.

bro are u serious

Cool comment! You should give it some try. Then we won’t have to suffer any more bs comments like this from you ever again… 👍

Without the inflation vest. Don't talk about respect.

Mostly yes. But not always.

No. Many people train for holding their breath for long periods of time. For example free diving.

@@MM5150LA plenty truth to it. quit the barking