Rescue during Huge Waves at the Wedge 7/25/09

[bornfree138]

everytime there a storm in socal the wedge gets waves up too 15 foot waves...

[G30N33]

HEY!!!! THAT "FOKAI" BRAND IS FROM GUAM.... ORIGINALLY!

[EvlDrPorkChp]

2:22 is the worst, it hapened to me, and it fucking hurts!

[ThisMightBeFun]

LOL boogie boarders lmao

[EvlDrPorkChp]

how big are the waves at like 1:45 ?

[mosis133]

1:45 he didn't fancy that then :L

[GromMedia]

haha el rolo 360 that was funny

[Naganiet200]

1:20 hot chicks ;-)

[lilsimmons7]

What the hell is Michelle Obama doing there???? haha

[oldakm]

I cant believe the size of this wave. Massive props to everyone who surfs it

[jimocarroll]

Look at all the poop floating on the water.

[TVD1able]

@jimocarroll thats sand

[TVD1able]

and foam

[purefingerskate]

Would you have a leash on your board on a day like this

[bmad222]

I swear watch very closley at 3:00 to 3:01 in the wave u can c a grey figure fly right by kinda of look like a shark but its really hard to see and i may be wrong.... Thumbs up so others can see

[jsc1228]

@bmad222 yeah there is definitely something in the water nice catch i dont think its a shark though.

[geigeroo]

@trilogysurfing stupid surfer paddled out at a notorious sponge spot

[dbclimber28]

Are those rocks on the first wave at around 24 seconds? I had thought the Wedge was pretty much all sand.

[MotorsbyShooter]

Why are the waves so big here?



[trilogysurfing]

stupid boogie boarder tring to cut off a surfer

[Isk8g00d]

does anybody else hear that kid? "HES TAKIN IT HES TAKIN IT MOMMA"

[shredthatshit]

"el rolo 360" kid knows his shit

[HeyLookWhatICanDo]

So sweet. I'll be the first to finless the break standing up!

[Wildhoglogging]

@HeyLookWhatICanDo lol i already did

[dylantorquerol]

I would love to see a video of some tourists going out there on walmart bodyboards. Then I would feel really bad after watching the drop…

[MrPatriotsguy12]

why are the waves so big at the wedge?

[SuperFish40]

@MrPatriotsguy12 the wave hits the jetti and bounces back into another wave making a huge corner wave. its called a wedge break

[zTeeekeeerz]

You wedge lifeguards must want to die.you're too hard

[excop360]

look at the color of the water at 3:22 did they all shit themselves?

[excop360]

look at the color of the water at 3:16 did they shit themselves?

[GoGoNards]

AHAHAHAHAHAH! The guy at 46 secs has a tramp stamp!

[zanderzander05]

guy at 2:22 really flew!

[MrMcnuggets5]

How did the guy died??!?!?

[SenneffRules]

@MrMcnuggets5 he was thrown into the rocks and nobody could help him as waves continued to beat down on him...that's why when you go out when the waves are like you should really know what your doing i say this to everybody as they say in Hawaii if in doubt don't go out

[MrMcnuggets5]

@SenneffRules DAMN bro!!! thks for the info.... Holy sHIT

[SenneffRules]

@MrMcnuggets5 no worries homie

[thatguy708]

chuck norris must be the lifeguard

[avilam2006]

why would you even wanna go out?

[avilam2006]

why would YOU WANNA GO OUT

[mesothirsty]

2:23

[tweeverman]

basketball, soccor, and baseball require one ball. Dopping in at 30 ft. wedge reqires 2 four inch ones. Like if you know what i mean :D

[joey62978]

i got stuck in a 28foot wave on this freaking wedge! it sucked soo bad, cuz everyones like ohh wanna try it but trust me you DONT!

if you dont dive deep enough u are soooo F***********

but kinda cool cuz theirs always huge waves at the wegde

[iluvnola123]

Wow, those are really huge waves!! I would freak out if I were in that water. Go wedge guards!!

[1985440RAM]

el rollo 360 Mrrpp!

[057gnb3316sef6]

Did everyone come back out of water alive on that day?

[marcvilla14]

@057gnb3316sef6 1 swimmer died read the description

[057gnb3316sef6]

@marcvilla14

One man died?  That's not suprising in this crazy condition...

[fleaboyz]

@057gnb3316sef6

As far as I know they did.

[AlreadyHero]

@057gnb3316sef6 1 person did die this day, a paddle boarder :(

[PandaLikes2RawR]

the sad thing is, the city puts some of their worst life gaurds at the wedge...

[BeyondTheGates87]

@PandaLikes2RawR

that's complete bullshit. you just read that on some shitty "pOsT uR sURf sPot" site. the lifeguards there do a great job considering the dangerousness of the spot.

[PandaLikes2RawR]

@BeyondTheGates87 dude i live 5 minutes away. when you go out you gotta rely on the other guys that are out there. ofcourse on big days like this they got a few lifegaurds. but still.

[Naganiet200]

2:02 what a Wave !!

[doughboi8523]

omg i wanna try that shit it looks real fun!

[Elementalityy08]

how did he get over there?

[SurfSkate26]

makes me shiver just thinking about it

[vids327]

I've been there it's sooo intense you have to stay with people otherwise you f*****

[toddfleury]

Some brave souls out there, great vid m8

[tommi6]

el-rollo 360 baahahaha

[SanJoseSharksHockey]

When ever i watch a video of the wedge the bodyboarders always have viper fins

[TheseYeahThese]

this is very nice footage you got.

[MrSkimboy]

whats all those yellow bubbles?

[snofr33k18]

TJ saeman is a monster, first one in the water when someone needs help, props to him on this day, he rode well and prob saved someones life

[HawaiiJake1]

Dont fuck with newport lol

[alldayeveday]

if in doubt no go out ALOHA...

[GirlyFreek090]

@pullindeep080 it was a swell from new zeland and it gave us 20-25 ft waves. i was there that day and they were HUGE .

[surfsup1552]

every wave at the wedge will close out tho.! so wats the point when its that big.?

[mattandtomsvids]

3:57 was fucking epic.

[killz1]

im in this video at 2:15 i was tryn to catch a wave all day

[Jim44ee]

2:23 if he goes over the falls thats gonna hurt like hell.

[bdoorafts]

2:28 made piss

[IntellectualConcepts]

what a stupid kid

fool going out there and have to be helped in

what an idiot!!

[burnsy111976]

I have lots of respect for the guy who charge the wedge. But the wedge doesn't even come close to how gnarly the shorebreak at wiamea gets. Look up island fever if you dont believe me. Wiamea gets way way heavier

[StripesEmpire]

that dude at 2:22 totally didnt make it...... shit, hope he was aight....

[rodtemplar]

2 things, first, I would definately ride that black chick's wedge, and second, the life guards at the wedge are HEROES in my eyes. Thanks guys.

[xhappyxlifex]

hoylsht that looks like som much fun but scary at the same time I used to live at a house 100 meters form the sea, I miss those times with huge waves, I almost drowned once, was rescued by lifeguard i was so scared lol I was 13 and i went alone with my friends i was terrified they would call my parents lol

[underthemangotreee]

That anchor woman made me smile. I dont know why.

<3

[TheRealSlut]

nobody wants to read you bloody argument so piss of somewhere else

[spencerwhiting]

haha cameron faris had to get saved in the beginning

[bretthss11]

the surfer getting worked at the end is nathan fletcher.hes a pro

[thorizzle117]

the waves at salt creek/dana point on that day were huge. double overhead

[wbfw]

dude the wedge that whole weekend was the biggest

i was out there two days

laguna was nice two

[PullinDeep808]

damn, heavy vid.

jus wondering, what kind of swell makes the wedge break that big

[fleaboyz]

I believe a South Swell will do the trick.

[BobGnarlyLurkss]

a huge south swell hes right.

[deitydhskater]

@PullinDeep808 a south or south west.. it gets so big because when the water is pulling back out it forms a wave going out off of the rocks and it just happends the wave coming in peaks with the wave going out and it just gets jacked

[Xattheend]

@PullinDeep808 Ones that only come every 30 years or so

[NOKLifeguardsCorfu]

@PullinDeep808 The logic explanation is that the bottom of the sea becames sudenly too swallow. So all the mass of water coming in is force to go up (builds up) and that creates the waves.

In the deep as I saw in this video waves are lot smaller as are in every beach worldwide.

Anyway is a hard life to the lifeguards. They have to keep their minds cntinually to every individual. Hpefully they work in a team and thats very very good.

[inbread]

2:24 over the falls

[66night]

amazing footage, that guy a 2:22 hope hes alright...

[Jipz93]

he had no leash at his board so i hope for him he just didn fall

[Jipz93]

yess i think he ended up alright cuz look at 3:52 you see the same person i guess and i hopee

[whitepothead]

im a life guard at corno del mar lol i was there

people shouldnt go in and help the life guards unless they ask for it, especially in those waves cuz if 4 guys go in to try to help a life guard those four might need help after a huge wave comes down + they dont have fins

[Kyleskimskate]

Are you really?

Cuz its spelled corona

[whitepothead]

wow its a typo you vagina, everyone has a typo once in a while

get over it you 12 year old bitch

[Kyleskimskate]

Ok, no need to go off on me.

I wasn't sure

jesus dude

[SethDefeyter]

yeah he did

[Sexygaston2000]

2:22 pretty sure that guy went over the falls lol.

[chronicavengers]

it was one of the best days of my life. soo big and it was fun not out of control... just right!

[banindustrial1]

Why were people out? Because the waves were finally epic at the wedge. That's why I was out. One of the best days of my life. Also give the lifeguards a break. Everyone who paddled out knew the risks and if they didn't then they should of.

[WEEKES82]

good stuff, i love heavy waves!

[KennyandtheSkull]

dude, were you on the lifeguard tower with us ... many same shots from nearly same angle .. great day for shooting!!!

[fleaboyz]

No, I was on the sand. Probably had the same angle. Those were definitely big waves that day, it was fun watching everyone both in the water and on the sand.

[cheed22]

hey great vid the quality was awesome i was there thursday through sunday. it just doesnt do it justice u wouldnt imagine how big there on when ur on the sand. the people that go out have the biggest fuckin balls on the planet i salute them if only i could have there nuts

[fleaboyz]

Thank you. Shot it with my Nikon D90. Yeah, those were very gutsy people.

[truthaboutflu]

I wonder if the lifeguards were totally irritated that people were going in there knowing it's not safe.

[fleaboyz]

Not sure they knew at the time. It actually happened before the lifeguards were on duty. There were so many people there you'd think we were watching a professional surf contest.

[tjb727]

you'd think the lifeguards would have learned their lesson from the day before and been there early?! there were 3 guards working the day before and only 1 went in the water to try and save the guy on that Friday. Absolutely rediculous!

[WetGoatster]

Not true. Three guards went into the water after him. One was washed onto the top of jetty; he was injured and finished out the rest of the swell. Unfortunately, the man went under a wave and had a multiple wave hold down.

[tjb727]

Actually no...you are a fucking dipshit. Don't talk like you know what you're talking about. Wes Parks, Matt Blackford, and Danny (don't know his last name) were the guards. Wes' direct words were "i'm not putting my life in danger for him" as he sat and watched...Blackford got swept into the jetty because he was too stoned to know any better. Danny was the only one to go out along with my good friend Sean Starky, a Wedge Crew bodysurfer.

[tjb727]

Had lifeguard headquarters planned accordingly, this would have been easily prevented. Explain to me why the fuck you would have an 18 year old kid guarding a place he has no knowledge of on a day that the swell was predicted to be 20+ feet?? The lifeguards blew it bigtime this swell. Hats off to Sean Starky for doing what he did. Put much more of an effort out there than anyone. They should have the Wedge guys guarding that place on the big days.

[WetGoatster]

I know Sean. I am the one that gave him the O2 when he made it back in. He knows me, I am no one special but you can ask him who I am. The third guard was off the boat. I won't talk about this anymore. When I run into you in the water we can have an open conversation but I like my job and this is way too public.

[WetGoatster]

You have no problem calling the guards out. Who are you? And you got one of the names wrong. More importantly, Sean did a great job. I thanked him then and again now. The help was and always is appreciated by those in the know. I can answer one question for you. In this politically correct era, a computer does the scheduling.

[tjb727]

NO, I don't have a problem calling the guards out. They BLEW it. I know the computer does the scheduling. When I say the guards should have "planned accordingly", I mean they should have said screw the damn computer scheduling and put their best guys down there. Simple as that. I'm starting to realize the Newport guards know they blew it and are trying to cover it up so that there aren't any lawsuits from the death that occured because there easily could be.

[tjb727]

I don't care if you know Sean. You can ask him what he thinks about how things went down that day. He'll say the same damn thing I'm saying. Some of my best friends are guards and even they say they fucked up. You can try and defend your guys all you want but I saw it all go down first hand and know that things need to be changed within your program so that shit like that doesn't happen again. REDICULOUS

[tjb727]

You also need to understand that I appreciate and support those in the lifeguard program that deserve it. I don't feel the guards working that particular day (I named them) were qualified and this is my source of frustration.

[WetGoatster]

Ok. Hope to see you in the water so I can actually talk about it. Wish I knew who you are though. You seem pretty pissed. And yeah, I am posting somewhat anonymously because I am a guard who was on duty after the incident that day. I am a guard that is qualified. I think I just figured out who you are.

[barehandedpowerslide]

dont worry about it USO or whatever you are you are certified, let that kook vent, i guarded in florida so ill be training for USO now that i live out here, so screw that guy and we will continue to be water guardians

[WetGoatster]

He's not a kook. Quite the opposite. That is why I responded. His opinion matters.

[barehandedpowerslide]

dude if u havent been through the training you dont know, if u have i stand corrected but calling out a lifeguard? no bueno dude

[Kyleskimskate]

They can't file lawsuits. It say ON THE FUCKNG TOWER the dangers of going in the water, and all that good stuff

[tjb727]

whoa now little man...you need to do a little study up on your legal knowledge before you comment on things of this nature. we live in the US. anything is possible when it comes to lawsuits.

[Kyleskimskate]

Well, I night be wrong about this, but didn't a guy break his neck at the Wedge, and try to sue, but failed?

[tjb727]

no...bad rumor. i've heard that someone sued in the early 90's and won though. ever wonder why there isn't a bathroom facility down there?? the city doesn't want people down there...it's too much risk for them

[Kyleskimskate]

Especially to keep the 909'ers away, cuz they'll get fucked up there

[Jitpring]

More specificially, men were dropping in, not just people. Never did I see a single female out in the water. I was there on the 24th and 25th.