Tai Fu: Typhoon Surfing in Japan

[rebel9568]

0:42 WHAT THE FUCK choppy as hell.

[nelch]

the soundtrack gets really annoying.

[Mydisbigger2010]

pro



[dunmer2007]

$550 says this guy had a major woody-while-riding-the-waves.

After this, who the hell needs sex?

[SurfersDreamland]

How fast the ocean can change....our sympathy for all suffering people in Japan :-(

To all people living in peace and harmony: Please make a donation for the Japanese.

[fmbayan]

Apparently those from Red Bull guys predicted what just happened in Northern Japan!!

[LunaiiOletaia237]

ha wanna find a fellow who can satisfy my needs

[nholmes1372]

for some reason it doesnt look natural to me, perhaps it is genuine, Im just saying it looks a little distorted or something, I cant quite put my finger on it

[tom3999]

that water looks pretty far offshore, so many sharks

[Fredchiodi]

damn... that is v sick!

[JIMMIESURFS]

Dat's way cool!

[Axehand]

1:01 that jetski almost did a barrel roll!

[Axehand]

Anyone saying this is fake clearly knows nothing about surfing. You are amateurs and you need to get outside more.

[MrBeauJango]

this is more like snowboarding cause its sooo big

[MrBeauJango]

fuck if some people think this is fake they can just kill themselves

they obviously dont surf

[pwollerman]

Woah. Brave boys. Big step taken casually 0.40 then nasty wipeout.. . And these are the terrified Japanese locals, you say? well, I'm not so sure about that, mate...

[gregsdaone]

These waves are the biggest I have ever seen on video! They must've been @ least 50 ft.. Did anyone die while filming this, cuz when wave runners tow them out, they are more scared than the surfer. Not only do they have 2 get clear, but then they have 2 keep looking for the surfer. Phenomenal video, props...

[cloud84strife]

0:40 that a big step!!

wich is the name of this spot? is incredibile... is ross clark jones the surfer?

[Rac665]

fucking idiot...vid description. thats like saying: each year the state of Florida lives in fear of hurricanes which are renowned for taking lives and devastating coastlines.

uh no...people just learn to live with it. way to state the obvious.

[Moclox]

Id like to see what happens after 2;49 that wave was going to just work him out

[cloud84strife]

i was searching for video about surfing current's point, this wave's bigger, but not well shaped... but really heavy! o_o

[nickbounce]

how fast are these surfers going?

[tomonarap421]

「Tom Carroll & crew - Typhoon Loke, Japan (Red Bull Tai Fu)」Watch this which is not a fake

[Gimboidify]

is that a hungry fish at 3.00 in the foreground

[bob2779]

These waves are the evil step sisters of those hula girl waves out of Hawaii. Just wicked.

[chronicavengers]

all i can think of is "run forrest run" lol

sick vid

[xicoesperto31]

i would like to see what hapens next 2:59.. i can imagine..

[kingkongzilla34]

amazing yet insane

[konxormojo]

oh my cat !!

[bottle2lip]

guy @ 0:58 either died or ate coral for dinner

[bottle2lip]

brass ball shit right here...damn.

[Dan5482]

Those waves are killers!

[PINACPAC]

BIGBALLS.

[BettiePie]

Those guys are freakin brave.... I have to give it to them for conquering those giant waves!

[cris8555]

holly sheet xD , just AWESOME!

[Smoshticaa]

that looks fun as hell

[smartdon007]

This shit...All fake Daag !

[trivium10987]

ha just like daag is fake?

[stoplying]

I get a knot in my stomach just watching...

[pleasurlab]

FAKE??? PLEASE!!!!

people who don't know anything about surfing, just don't post any comment!

Those surfers are true heroes, for us....

[andrezzito141291]

SURF NA VEIAA !!!

[welshboy343]

The waves are really fake !

[cliklab]

You ignorant Howlie,.

You think giant waves like this don't exist or what?

These guys really exist. They are really doing what you see them doing here.

You a barney for sure

[ponji0]

that s not in japan!!!!!!! it s impossible

[isurfvan]

@ponji0 its is tho

[doodywoodpekker]

1:03 i would'nt lik to be the guy on the jetski :p

[quirty1]

fake

[isurfvan]

@quirty1 its not fake man

[jimbojims]

actually its not a fin or anything, its the tow rope from the jetski, you can even see the cavitation wake in the water. good eyes though.

[BEEBEE159]

I think you're right. Thanks for clearing that up. It never occurred to me that it was a tow rope.

[BEEBEE159]

Did anyone notice these two things. At about 2:53 the helicopter's tail almost got hit by a wave. Also, at 3:01 a shark or dolphin swims across the screen. If you look closely, you will see the dorsal fin. The fin is moving pretty fast, and you can see a little splashing of the water as it moves across the screen.

[iTagyourhood]

Its the rope from the ski dumb shit.

[gefree]

sure u did

[gamereaper89]

i member when i was younger and surfed i caught a wave that alot of people ran from i was woundering why people were runing i looked behind me and noticed it the wave was as high as the sky scrappers i litterly pissed myself and started praying i would make it out ok i did luckily :) but i was on the news people asking me what went thru my mind i told them the same thing that went out of my ass lol

[Jipz93]

sure...

[DotandDotProductions]

you're an idiot.

[bdyboarder94]

thts one gay wave

[forallmoods]

that's a SERIOUS wave, not one to fuck around with.

[prjktz]

boring "music"

[escarabajodeagua]

man u dont feel it.... is not a music video ...

[prjktz]

ok, boring sound...

[escarabajodeagua]

LOOOOL

[inofaith]

Cool :)

must suck to have a Jet Ski hitting you in the head @ 1:03

[johnwboyd]

Wow... the guy at :56 musta got WORKED.

[tiiexpert]

Great song who is the artist?

[enriquelucha]

I enjoy the waves myself and maybe we do have a death wish but it is also the we love the adrenaline rush....I love that video!

[AwalAznable]

i would shit bricks

[Jitpring]

They have a death wish?

[cqbhoun]

No... a life wish.

[MUDandSNOW]

If your having a good life, you don't need to worry about death as your going to die happy.

[batu2260]

AMEN

[cqbhoun]

exactly

[bob2779]

These waves are wicked man -eaters.

"whatever" -'Scripp' OK ,OK you're the smartest guy on youtube... feel better now?

[zetha90]

awesome

[Scripp]

This is Hawaii ... outer breaks third reef, they just made the video black and white. This is the BIG WAVE crew in Hawaii.....

[dswill1986]

it's just holyshit!!!

[rickles33]

JUN JO IS THE ILLEST!!!!!!

[tumunaama]

omg..crazy!!

[tianrb]

OMG WTF BBQ

[kswan12]

thats almost not fun to watch its so scary

[flyingFISHgames]

ok... nice background sound effects... other than that it was pretty good

[surfskatefiji]

i have surfed a lot of places and storm surf is always narly, there may be bigger but this is intense, wish i were there and not in NC outter banks now.

[smoothdrummer29]

HOLY SHIT @ 0:42 !!

[drachenkopf123456]

madness :O nice^^

[0bz0pr0]

good footy.....lame i mean LAME audio!!!!!

[pavethewhales]

What is with the howling wind background track with drum?

I had an urge to keep closing the window and telling that 5 year old punk next door to stop kicking the trashcans

[TOKINDAHOUSE]

waah 0.48 is pretty nice tube:P

[YourPimp6969]

He didn't really get in it though

[buzzcap8]

mavericks are bigger...

[mrjfray]

thats not a shark its the rope handle that they pull him in on stupid.

[watertothepeople]

shark!?! did anyone notice that (shark?)fin cruzing from left to right almsot on the bottom of the picture!!! from 3:00 to 3:03!!

[ilve2sk8]

thats just the tow rope on the ski

[o0Apache]

Aahahahaha

[LineRiderPro333]

nice eye

[mabledaoaf]

dang...i cant drop in backside on anyhting over 10ft...good thing im goofy XD

[atwataru]

take it easy. why so angry?

[mathproof]

I've been watching surfing videos all night. The surfing breaks at this beach are interesting. The waves seems to accelerate and tumble down uniformly. Can any one who has surfed the Japanese break provide any insight? If I'm correct, how does that effect the way you surf it? Thanks.

[okibum14]

well, i surf okinawa. which is a gigantic piece of coral basically. but the reef breaks are really crazy.

they almost always have waves but when they get

big, you can't really predict how it will break.

it often breaks otop itself and the very top and then

the white water slides down the rest of the wave

very seldom do we have nice barrels.

and no. we don't live in fear of typhoons.

gaijin.

[OOQRA]

Um...yea. I've spent 25 years in the barrel on Okinawa. Maybe your comment is true for Sunabe and other non-direct swell points, but it's 99% shallow (like can't surf it at low tide shallow)reef break. At head high, it throws huge, gaping, barrels with thick lips that will snap a board like a tooth pick. The bigger it gets, the more dangerous it gets. When big Zampa outside and direct swell points look like Teahupoo, but can't hold the size without sucking the reef dry.

[okibum14]

this is true.

and i was referring to sunabe.

but, you have to admit,

it doesn't get that big, that often

but it was today hahahahaha

sinlaku!

[jazzigod]

why so racist?

[888alyze]

fuck the japs...pieces of shit...

[okibum14]

no you're a piece of shit

nobody loves you

[888alyze]

fuck you NIP...at least we dont hunt whales and dolphins into extinction...low life..

[wave0730]

これ雑誌載ってたな

[Birmingham17]

first of all japs are way to fuckin short to be on a board in the first place

[bulletmaiden]

second of all, you are a mindless shitty being to think u know all about japs in the second place

[Birmingham17]

haha dumdshit shuldnt u put first of all b4 second of all i thought japs were smart guess not

[janeygirl14]

Retard! he was following on from your 'first of all'

[Birmingham17]

ok i forgot what i had said i dont exactly think to hard about what some jap says hes saying dont act like u know us when all i said was their short thats sumthing everybody knows about them

[janeygirl14]

Okay i think you should go to school all over again and learn english, because i didnt understand a word you just said

[Birmingham17]

well that was perfect english so maybe ur stupid bitch ass should go to school u fucking whore

[okibum14]

third of all, you're adopted and you're parents don't love you

and japanese are actually beast surfers

i live in japan and surf all the time

douche

[Birmingham17]

japs arent shit at anything athletic just stick to electronics u fucking pussy ass nerd

[kryptoboy68]

Whats beast surfing?? sounds like fun

[Jayceonny]

i dont bleave it. japs have crazy animation. this could just be CG

[dnlvh8]

the first wave wud be greatt for longboards cuz it had no barrel...  he wud of rode it in all the way to shore

[piriguiri123]

thats some scary shit...gimme about 2 more years i`ll be surfin with the japs.

[Cryptoshmire]

wow

[akiwie]

Loved the soundtrack, I feel like i'm watching a short film by Akira Kurosawa. Scary shit.

[southsiderule]

NO BALLS NO GLORY!

mad respect to da homies in Japan...

"IKON"from Paris

[hopeysasugercookie]

absolutely amazing! o.m.g watch this stonned, ITS FREAKY YO!

[joeyiscool2007]

0:42 huge drop he defenitely has got balls

[HeyMrBartender]

perfect choice of background music

[xploxivx]

are they kamikaza surfers?

omg taths sick :D

[icygood101]

omg.... that was totally insane i almost crapped myselffff

[marlenrocks]

i typhoon is a water tornato

[ynkfan122]

i pooped a hammer

[gilligan369]

SIC! the bottom just frigg'n drops out!

[corychalker]

that was so lame. if my tow partner took the ski over the falls... he would not be my tow partner anymore.

[gundown18]

that was banannas...insane waves!

[whataomo]

like 2 meter drop around 40 imagine wat sort of reef would be there

[thesuperjman]

OMG the one at 2:00 was just beatiful man

[STARKY07]

PURE INSANITY! Like do you just wake up in the morning..... you know what I think I'll go surf a wave today, ummm I don't know the size of a mountain!

[cliklab]

That's terrifying stuff! Suicidal. Nothing calculated about this. Harnessing a Typhoon? that's not even funny. The surfers, jet ski towers, and the crew in the helicopter are all lucky to have lived. Did everybody survive?

[CHMNProductions]

omg thats crazie...CRAZIE I TELL YOU!!! still amazing

[smeethu]

My house once got hit my a typhoon. Ripped the windows out and flooded the place. No disaster relief or whatever. We just had to move.

[hawaiiastyle]

I hate that drums!!!

[homerbear46]

isnt this a bit dangerous?

[schnacker41]

xDD

[RoXySuRf13LoVe]

what the fuck r they even thinkn!!!! holy hell!! thats dangours!!!!

[wowzorz1337]

gay sounds i hate the fuckin drums

[tehtitonaterT800]

WAWAWAWA! Intense. That shit would kill me =/

[balletgal10]

this is awesome i would pee my pants if i was in that or drown

[TWsfgg]

a kid on my rugby teams dad played in typhoons

[paint1487]

wow I can't imagine the ammount of force that comes crashing down on you when you fall. not to mention how disoriented you'd get. It's easy to see why people die doing this.

[deused]

If a powerfull 2 meter high wave hits you, its possible that you're underwater for about 1 minute, now imagine this wave.

[Benjiman72391]

hahaha. your a kook. thats not true

[dgillagorilla]

ouch!

[tagwdemonangels]

Sick...

[mserox000]

That is so cool! I would be scared shit-less!!

[jolandasterbloem]

this is incredible....

[stijnsadee]

This is crazy, notice how the wave forms madly(around 00:41) and he has to jump about 2,5 meters down, that's some scary sht.

[szhan1022]

omg every video the wave is so close to him

if that was me i would have fallen off and gotten crushed in one second

[BatsBensa]

One of the best vids about surfing.

[swaysosway10]

...and a tidel wave

=]

[swaysosway10]

question...

whats the diffrence between a tphoon and tsunami?

[CarpskateDiem]

typhoon somethimes causes tsunamis

[peachylean]

A typhoon is a tropical storm, just like a hurricane in the states or a cyclone in Australia. A tsunami is a wave usually caused by seismic activity such as a earthquake, volcano or landslide.

[peachylean]

A typhoon is a tropical storm, just like a hurricane in the states or a cyclone in Australia. A tsunami is a wave usually caused by seismic activity such as a earthquake, volcano or landslide.

[evilpieguy18]

No...

A typhoon is hurricane or tropical storm that spins the opposite direction. Now, a hurricane or typhoon can't make a tsunami, but it can cause rogue waves, which usally only happen farther away from the coastline, because of wind directions. But rogue waves are very uncommon. A tsunami is usally caused by an earth quake or underwater landslide, and is not a storm in any way, just a big set of waves, and is not surfable because you cannot predict when or where it will happen.

[zzttrree]

Yap,seems like lightening to me.

[iruha1]

did anyone see a lightening at 00:36 or is it just me?

[0FuzzBuzzzz0]

I love the sound track, what is it??

[fiddleup]

Nice.....VERY.....Nice!!!

[Blurx551]

peahi?

[eastcoastsurfer63]

0:40 thats some gnarly reef stickin up there

[ctm884]

big *** wave

[paulopreis1001]

sheta mada focker boludo

[izenbum]

this video is so ill

[lhoso]

omg did any surfer get drowned by those tidal waves?

[bone5brigade]

NOT tidal waves - they're offshore reefs.

[cypresshall]

In the minute 3.00 is a shark, i see a fin??

[benscholz85]

I think you will find that will be the handle of the ski rope, skipping past the camera