Watch: Raw footage of the Wedge
It ain't pretty but my god it looks like fun.
It's the dirty ol' Wedge under a monochrome marine layer, walls of water pinballing off the breakwater, compressing upwards two and three times higher before detonating in a shorebreak clouseout.
Here's ten minutes of carnage to pick your way through.
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Gotta love some Wedge carnage :-)
Also heres JOB and mates in tiny wedge but the skim boarder is having fun.
That would be so much fun
Looks like an excellent opportunity to hurt yourself badly.
Maybe the best I’ve seen it look though.
Charming all American architecture seen in the homes off the back of this wave too. Well worth a visit if you’re in the area. Newport has a great vibe, despite how bland the beach looks. I’m a sometimes whomper there. A mate of mines great grandmother bought the island behind it Balboa, for a song many years ago when everyone else thought it was just a sinking sandbar. She made an unspeakable windfall selling it off piece by piece
Blowins thoughts were exactly the same as mine.
Best footage ive seen of it, actually peeling and guys making barrels.
But fark you could still hurt yourself so easy out there, must be some serious spinal injuries happen there.
There’s actually footage of a guy out there who died shortly after a wipe out - it’s no joke. injuries and fatilities galore
There got some balls surfing fibre glass boards out there. Heavy enough without that carnage
Happy to never surf this joint or Pipe...gotta be the 2 most injury prone waves on the planet
Wonder how good the local spinal care unit is
Yeah don't know what'd be more painful, getting drilled into the bottom or standing next to the fella doing the filming.
Love the commentary, worth watching for that alone if your a bit undecided.
I like seeing boogers, dropkneers and standups all giving it bash, and the party wave... seems like they've all got there surfing 'community' values in order.. a bit of anarchy, a lot of fun. and the spiritual home of skim boarding.. those dudes have epic good attitudes generally.
maybe we could take a few pages from their book.
seen it clean and epic in the late 80's.. and JackStance u legend u