Any footage of Brian Conley's area that Bruce Irons is a fan of?
Also - Swellnet question: why can't users comment on the gallery above and others in Swellnet Sessions linked off your homepage?
stunetMonday, 4 May 2015 at 1:34pm
OO,
When we first designed the new site we made the concious decision of disabling comments on galleries as we figured that it would only lead to secret spots/sensitive areas being named. Yeah, it goes on all the time, social media is rife with exposure, but we simnply didn't want it to happen on our site. And policing it would be really labour intensive.
We've got some upcoming development work planned and comments in galleries will be addressed. Nothing has been resolved, it may even stay as is, but we'll discuss any idea as long as we can control spots being named.
clifMonday, 4 May 2015 at 2:19pm
nice work. thoughtful.
offshoreozzieMonday, 4 May 2015 at 2:38pm
I suspected as much - almost didn't pose the question. And it's admirable. It's open warfare out there in social land and you've made a conscious decision to do the right thing.
thomas11Monday, 4 May 2015 at 1:29pm
Lost for words.
These guys are absolute mad men, a different breed of humans.
Something must be not quite right upstairs
simbaMonday, 4 May 2015 at 1:37pm
Healys a maddog,awesome guts involved ,must have been flogged after that big time and paddled in,very impressive,hope the contest there is something like this.
stunetMonday, 4 May 2015 at 1:47pm
One more thought: On Insta last night Healey thanked Patagonia for the vest he wore. Those vests may well save your life but you can't dive deep in them, and it's a looooong ride to shore while caught up in the whitewash.
Hell man.
carpetmanMonday, 4 May 2015 at 1:40pm
In a world of over saturation there is still nothing better than that right there.
Please sir can I have some more?
udoMonday, 4 May 2015 at 2:12pm
What a charger.....classic pic of a very young 'punk' Healey - social absorbtion surfline
t-diddyMonday, 4 May 2015 at 2:30pm
insane cant believe he pulled in. spose it was the best option
simbaMonday, 4 May 2015 at 2:39pm
Healy is a True waterman,so comfortable in heavy situations.Remember that giant day at cloud break and that fukinn enormous set came thru and he was the guy that got off his board half way up the face and started swimming thru the wave,,too bad if it sucked him over backwards,unafraid hellman.
Channel bottomsMonday, 4 May 2015 at 3:05pm
I always wonder how they even get out there especially seeing the photo's from the air in the other link.
Interesting though that despite all the photo's of waves, clearly from the aerial shots there is some level of devastation in the local community. Is this something that always happens on any big Puerto swell?
Coops70Monday, 4 May 2015 at 3:11pm
Hope more footage comes out soon that didn't look real it was so big! Those clean up sets? How the hell do you deal with that, pucker factor 11
simbaMonday, 4 May 2015 at 3:16pm
Channel bottoms i think over to the right of where they are surfing is a harbour,sure thats where you get out .
eelMonday, 4 May 2015 at 9:42pm
Yep there is a harbour to the right. It faces just the right direction to not get hammered by swell...though on a day this big who knows???
ugoinm8Monday, 4 May 2015 at 8:58pm
i'd fair dink have a fuck'n heart attack out there...... Does Mark still buzz out on surfing anything under 40 foot? Mark you are definitely the boss mate!
roubydoubyMonday, 4 May 2015 at 9:58pm
When he pulled in it kinda looked like the wave sucked him backwards. Get in my belly little man.
uncle_leroyMonday, 4 May 2015 at 11:00pm
Where was Mr Jeep?
freddiefferTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 6:47am
Craig, can you give a few details on the origins of this monster swell? Was it ex-North Pacific or out of the south?
eelTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 7:54am
It was definitely south (with some west) . Zicatela eats up any swell from the south. I'm not sure Zicatela gets much north swell due to the direction it faces.
camlTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 3:17pm
freddieffer wrote:
Craig, can you give a few details on the origins of this monster swell? Was it ex-North Pacific or out of the south?
freddie ,craig on surfari . swell was highly publicised souwest swell .publiciced on surfline and wsl bigwave tour etc.
freeride76Tuesday, 5 May 2015 at 7:16am
it was the S swell that they ran Punta Lobos in Chile on.
thing that confounds about Puerto is the almost complete lack of swell decay from far away systems. That offshore canyon has an amazing focussing effect.
roubydoubyTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 8:19am
How do the other surrounding beaches fare sizewise, FR?
goofyfootTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 10:08am
So was Healey the only person to catch one yesterday? I haven't seen any footage or pics of anyone else.
Ah I'm a dickhead, I even commented on that yesterday.
Ok well apart from this one..
freeride76Tuesday, 5 May 2015 at 10:33am
there are other canyon big wave beachies around RD.
Was that wave of Healey's bigger than anything paddled into at Punta Lobos or is it just my dodgy eye?
stunetTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 10:36am
Time to call the optometrist Steve.
brutusTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 11:01am
looks like his bd ran out of speed when he was angling up under the lip/barrel.......
zI wonder when the hold the BWWT there how long the heats will be...does not seem to be a lot of waves that actually peel off???
camlTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 11:07am
Stu those vests dont stop u diving under thats just a myth that they say .
camlTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 11:09am
Yeah its absurb MC . Heard that mentioned about peurto already .re bwt comp.
freeride76Tuesday, 5 May 2015 at 11:52am
Stu, or anyone could you point me to a bigger wave ridden at Punta Lobos?
stunetTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 11:56am
There wasn't, Healey's wave was significantly bigger than anything at PdL.
I thought that's what you were questioning.
arnieTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 11:56am
Also remember PE is a beach break and very shallow so the impact on any wipeout is magnified. I have surfed in the 4-6 ft range and even then the beatings were fierce.
camlTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 3:15pm
think that mark healey did that duck under the lip and slow down as a manouvre to escape the massive closeout ahead of him . its a massive wave and toying with it like he did was incredible and then the escape , was very skilled . the question about if its bigger than punta de lobos comp , dunno,does it matter ? maybe the swell peaked thru the night at chile then peaked in the day in mex . one thing for sure is that chile is closer to the storm so it certainly wasnt a swell dodge . it was from the same swell episode said to be the biggest in years . so one things for sure it was massive along south americas west coast and further north too .
udoTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 3:36pm
Healy was riding a 9'8" . pics on his instagram ...that wave and the main street of Puerto.
freeride76Tuesday, 5 May 2015 at 3:50pm
Does it matter Caml? Not to me but didn't you say that was the whole point of it?
brutusTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 4:43pm
just a word on the vests guys........in really big surf...pulling the cord on your vest is not so much to come up...but also to pull the cord a bit early so you get rolled by the whitewater and out of the impact zone.......nothing worse than diving deep and popping up as the next wave lands on ya....getting rolled a 100m is the dream!
camlTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 5:04pm
true MC, the floaty vest makes you bob like a cork and floating on the surface like that will get you washed in . mark healey interview says he ducked under the lip and jumped off . he also said he had ten more on the head until beaching, so much froth on surface even the vest couldnt float him above it to get clean air . the vest also has a quick release pull cord to dump the air so if you want to dive under the waves really deep and remain in the impact zone then do so . fr76 wat is the point you mean sorry ?
freeride76Tuesday, 5 May 2015 at 6:09pm
hahaha, I just meant isn't the point of Big Wave surfing to catch the biggest wave>?
I thought that was what you said
simbaTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 6:21pm
Anyone want to put a size on that wave? ...in feet
stunetTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 6:37pm
40 foot ± 10 foot.
There you go...
simbaTuesday, 5 May 2015 at 7:57pm
Stu pretty much what i was thinking ,just saw it again ...fuk me.
Comments
how did he not come out?! that was totally makeable
;-)
Committed , Or should be ...
check out this footage ,
If you thought it was brave look at the next two waves behind it
"www.facebook.com/clive.richter/videos/vb.608631839/10153466074546840/?ty... "
Thanks for posting - awesome. Shame he cut it at 46 secs - watching those guys caught inside on the next one would have been madness.
Totally nuts. Can't even imagine sitting in the lineup waiting for one of these beasts to swing your way.
Yeah it is insane. These photos > http://www.swellnet.com/photos/swellnet-sessions/huge-puerto-air-photos give a sense of playing field and dodging those monsters. That rip to the south is out of this world.
Any footage of Brian Conley's area that Bruce Irons is a fan of?
Also - Swellnet question: why can't users comment on the gallery above and others in Swellnet Sessions linked off your homepage?
OO,
When we first designed the new site we made the concious decision of disabling comments on galleries as we figured that it would only lead to secret spots/sensitive areas being named. Yeah, it goes on all the time, social media is rife with exposure, but we simnply didn't want it to happen on our site. And policing it would be really labour intensive.
We've got some upcoming development work planned and comments in galleries will be addressed. Nothing has been resolved, it may even stay as is, but we'll discuss any idea as long as we can control spots being named.
nice work. thoughtful.
I suspected as much - almost didn't pose the question. And it's admirable. It's open warfare out there in social land and you've made a conscious decision to do the right thing.
Lost for words.
These guys are absolute mad men, a different breed of humans.
Something must be not quite right upstairs
Healys a maddog,awesome guts involved ,must have been flogged after that big time and paddled in,very impressive,hope the contest there is something like this.
One more thought: On Insta last night Healey thanked Patagonia for the vest he wore. Those vests may well save your life but you can't dive deep in them, and it's a looooong ride to shore while caught up in the whitewash.
Hell man.
In a world of over saturation there is still nothing better than that right there.
Please sir can I have some more?
What a charger.....classic pic of a very young 'punk' Healey - social absorbtion surfline
insane cant believe he pulled in. spose it was the best option
Healy is a True waterman,so comfortable in heavy situations.Remember that giant day at cloud break and that fukinn enormous set came thru and he was the guy that got off his board half way up the face and started swimming thru the wave,,too bad if it sucked him over backwards,unafraid hellman.
I always wonder how they even get out there especially seeing the photo's from the air in the other link.
Interesting though that despite all the photo's of waves, clearly from the aerial shots there is some level of devastation in the local community. Is this something that always happens on any big Puerto swell?
Hope more footage comes out soon that didn't look real it was so big! Those clean up sets? How the hell do you deal with that, pucker factor 11
Channel bottoms i think over to the right of where they are surfing is a harbour,sure thats where you get out .
Yep there is a harbour to the right. It faces just the right direction to not get hammered by swell...though on a day this big who knows???
i'd fair dink have a fuck'n heart attack out there...... Does Mark still buzz out on surfing anything under 40 foot? Mark you are definitely the boss mate!
When he pulled in it kinda looked like the wave sucked him backwards. Get in my belly little man.
Where was Mr Jeep?
Craig, can you give a few details on the origins of this monster swell? Was it ex-North Pacific or out of the south?
It was definitely south (with some west) . Zicatela eats up any swell from the south. I'm not sure Zicatela gets much north swell due to the direction it faces.
freddie ,craig on surfari . swell was highly publicised souwest swell .publiciced on surfline and wsl bigwave tour etc.
it was the S swell that they ran Punta Lobos in Chile on.
thing that confounds about Puerto is the almost complete lack of swell decay from far away systems. That offshore canyon has an amazing focussing effect.
How do the other surrounding beaches fare sizewise, FR?
So was Healey the only person to catch one yesterday? I haven't seen any footage or pics of anyone else.
Does this one count?
https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2015/05/04/puerto-escondido-wipeout-video
Ah I'm a dickhead, I even commented on that yesterday.
Ok well apart from this one..
there are other canyon big wave beachies around RD.
Was that wave of Healey's bigger than anything paddled into at Punta Lobos or is it just my dodgy eye?
Time to call the optometrist Steve.
looks like his bd ran out of speed when he was angling up under the lip/barrel.......
zI wonder when the hold the BWWT there how long the heats will be...does not seem to be a lot of waves that actually peel off???
Stu those vests dont stop u diving under thats just a myth that they say .
Yeah its absurb MC . Heard that mentioned about peurto already .re bwt comp.
Stu, or anyone could you point me to a bigger wave ridden at Punta Lobos?
There wasn't, Healey's wave was significantly bigger than anything at PdL.
I thought that's what you were questioning.
Also remember PE is a beach break and very shallow so the impact on any wipeout is magnified. I have surfed in the 4-6 ft range and even then the beatings were fierce.
think that mark healey did that duck under the lip and slow down as a manouvre to escape the massive closeout ahead of him . its a massive wave and toying with it like he did was incredible and then the escape , was very skilled . the question about if its bigger than punta de lobos comp , dunno,does it matter ? maybe the swell peaked thru the night at chile then peaked in the day in mex . one thing for sure is that chile is closer to the storm so it certainly wasnt a swell dodge . it was from the same swell episode said to be the biggest in years . so one things for sure it was massive along south americas west coast and further north too .
Healy was riding a 9'8" . pics on his instagram ...that wave and the main street of Puerto.
Does it matter Caml? Not to me but didn't you say that was the whole point of it?
just a word on the vests guys........in really big surf...pulling the cord on your vest is not so much to come up...but also to pull the cord a bit early so you get rolled by the whitewater and out of the impact zone.......nothing worse than diving deep and popping up as the next wave lands on ya....getting rolled a 100m is the dream!
true MC, the floaty vest makes you bob like a cork and floating on the surface like that will get you washed in . mark healey interview says he ducked under the lip and jumped off . he also said he had ten more on the head until beaching, so much froth on surface even the vest couldnt float him above it to get clean air . the vest also has a quick release pull cord to dump the air so if you want to dive under the waves really deep and remain in the impact zone then do so . fr76 wat is the point you mean sorry ?
hahaha, I just meant isn't the point of Big Wave surfing to catch the biggest wave>?
I thought that was what you said
Anyone want to put a size on that wave? ...in feet
40 foot ± 10 foot.
There you go...
Stu pretty much what i was thinking ,just saw it again ...fuk me.