Watch: Ramon Navarro at Cloudbreak

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Swellnet Dispatch

The biggest wave ever ridden at Cloudbreak? When Ramon Navarro pulled off the back of this whip in the question was immediately being asked.

There's plenty more footage to come so we'll hold off on the decision till later...

 

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Boogie_luv Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:01pm

That is humongous!!

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Sprout Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:09pm
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stunet Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:20pm

 

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Reefeater Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:24pm

Scared just watching it......holy crap

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zenagain Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:28pm

Lordy...

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udo Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:30pm

Holy Hell....
That Hippo just scratching over ?

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simba Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:32pm

Funny how the dude in the orange jacket is not looking ......

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Body slide Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:36pm

Finally! I've been checking my phone every half hour all day. The swell is HUMONGOUS AND Purrrrfect.....now to relax and let the clips roll

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inzider Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 7:40pm

Almost as good uplift at blax

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Craig Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 8:19pm

And a wider angle of Ramon's bomb!

 

No sure what to say after witnessing this ...

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bluediamond Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 11:40pm

absolutely ridiculous!

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thermalben Monday, 28 May 2018 at 11:23am

Love the girly screams from the peanut gallery as Ramon's threading the biggest barrel on record.

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simba Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 8:20pm

Now thats impressive.......cant imagine the view hes got

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simba Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 8:21pm

So whats the swell prediction for tomoz?

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stunet Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 8:24pm

Similar size as this afternoon, although maybe a smidge under, but winds could present an issue.

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Craig Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 8:25pm

Still XXL in morning, likely touch smaller than today, and winds are the tricky ones.

Dawn looks good, and the models diverge on a tropical low moving in from the west. EC has winds going onshore from mid-late morning, while GFS has it good all day.

Let's hope for the latter!

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Island Bay Monday, 28 May 2018 at 4:43am

Latest GFS run has the tropical low tracking pretty much right across Fiji. Raining, and possibly iffy winds. With a bit of luck there'll still be S/SE winds.

That wave of Ramon's is incredible. Hoping to see some paddle bombs soon, and that Laurie Towner got one.

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therealneil Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 8:23pm

Please sir can we have some more?and more?and more?#cantgetenoughofthisshit

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campbell Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 8:31pm

Sick! If keramas was 6ft today (as called) in that comp how big is this? Viva Ramon

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simba Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 9:07pm

wonder how Kellys cymatic went.

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dangerouskook2000 Tuesday, 29 May 2018 at 8:28pm

Probably shit coz it looks like a fucked board.

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t-diddy Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 9:10pm

could've been deeper...totally kooked it

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freeride76 Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 9:28pm

My God.

Was it tow only or did anyone paddle in?

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lostdoggy Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 9:36pm

Seemed to be both happening.

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udo Monday, 28 May 2018 at 7:49am

Laurie Towner rode a 8'6 .

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udo Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 9:32pm

Anthony Walsh was looking into his GoPro while riding a 8'8.

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ojackojacko Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 10:03pm

much prefer the wide shot without slo-mo. gives a much better sense of what it was actually like, tho watching video on a phone can’t even begin ... just insane

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tango Sunday, 27 May 2018 at 10:11pm

my lovely surfing wife usually ho-hums when I try and get her to watch the good clips of the big stuff....but she was speechless watching this. Hope nobody got hurt - that wave would cut you in two at that size.

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barley Monday, 28 May 2018 at 1:02am

#betterthanlairds ramon navarro you are king

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Clam Monday, 28 May 2018 at 1:35am

Couldn't have been a better man to ride that wave.
Almost as big as the unridden one. it certainly double thickened, seriously mutant !
Im wondering why he pulled off ? His board looked skittery , maybe he was jittery after that history making ride

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stevo777 Monday, 28 May 2018 at 2:41am

Much energy there ... imagine blowing the take off ha!

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Island Bay Monday, 28 May 2018 at 6:30am

Really good Owen Milne edit here:
http://www.mysurf.tv/video/5790196814001

Lots of impressive rides on beautiful waves. Spoiler alert: Ramon's is the last one, and fuq me if your jaw doesn't drop!

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Wyre Monday, 28 May 2018 at 3:25pm

Wow. I loved Ramon's smile at the end of that. It was cool to see the relationship between the tower/towee. And he was the right guy to get the bomb: Unassuming older hell-man done good!

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simba Monday, 28 May 2018 at 6:46am

Yeah great waves, gutsy surfing and that last wave a fair bit bigger than the others .....love old mate in the yellow wettie having a go........brave men......even Kelly had a 9ft cymatic out ...not.

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hillsintas Monday, 28 May 2018 at 6:47am

AMAZING...........
In space no none can hear you scream.
Imagine the noise levels of the thump & spit.

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shoredump Monday, 28 May 2018 at 7:15am
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Chipper Monday, 28 May 2018 at 9:33am

Amazing, crazy!... shit the place is a wave of consequence at 4-6ft.... imagine Restaurants at the same time....... that's where i'd want to be!!!

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goofyfoot Monday, 28 May 2018 at 11:11am

So is it safe to say that waves like Ramons and the one Healey had to swim under a few years ago are un-paddleable?

Watching the pulled back clip of Ramons it looks incredibly difficult to see how a 8'0 or 9'0 board would fit into the curve of that wave on the take off

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Clam Monday, 28 May 2018 at 11:40am

Loz Towner is going good by the looks of the media released the last 2 days .
Maybe hes up for an invite to the bwt events hey udo ?

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Clam Tuesday, 29 May 2018 at 2:53pm

The swell had not even peaked yesterday arvo going by the forecasts .
Thru the night what would have been coming through CB
How much bigger did it actually get ?

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Seymour Scagnetti Monday, 28 May 2018 at 11:51am

Holy Shit !..... Do these guys tape their ears back like rugby players? Ramon's wave looks like the spit could rip your ears off!
Not to mention what that foamball might do to your limbs!...
Fuck!

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mredhill Monday, 28 May 2018 at 11:59am

This stuff is WAY more impressive than Nazare at triple the size. Can't wait to see the inevitable video/movie.

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loungelizard Monday, 28 May 2018 at 3:46pm

the navarra wave does the thing the cloudbreak unridden wave from 2012 did that healy said he'd never seen a wave do before, where it looks like the foam ball dissects under the face of the wave , moving so fast it gets ahead of the barrel. if someone has a better (correct?) interpretation of whats happening i would be interested to hear

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frother Monday, 28 May 2018 at 6:53pm

It's incredible that it can handle such huge swells, such a mind-blowing wave!

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wax-on-danielson Tuesday, 29 May 2018 at 2:11pm

Forget the CT they should make Ramon 2018 world champion of all surfing

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dangerouskook2000 Tuesday, 29 May 2018 at 8:32pm

Looks a bit like Teahupo'o

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maka2000 Wednesday, 30 May 2018 at 9:45am

must be usual day at the office for this guy.