cortes bank heist

[emillio94]

Wow what a rush ! AWESOME

[spookyben]

was that a big fish going by at 1:34 and 1:38?

[hogiesanKenobi]

Cortez Bank -  so american admiral put an aircraft carrier on that .... Instant court marshal ... Ha Ha ....

[VriakII]

I wonder if skiers once said that about people who used chair lifts instead of hiking up to ski down?

[dinomak1970]

that shit's intense!!!

[inch75]

The real skills in riding anything overhead and above is 1. the power to paddle in and 2. making the drop, these riders have had those factors removed and so are no better than wakeboarder being pulled up a river! A guy paddling into a 10ft wave deserves more respect than some tool being dragged onto a 50 footer.

[ryleerents]

ya thats true but its still really fun to tow in

[twokool1975]

You forgot one factor; the balls to ride a 60ft. wave.

[skateboard325]

@inch75 what you wanna die you cant paddle out to 50 footers

[inch75]

@skateboard325

I disagree, check out the paddle-in guys in this video, I'm not saying I could do it, my limit is at 7-8' and I'm happy enough with that, but these guys are just in a different league to tow-in.

[pencilbooktv]

@inch75 do you surf? jw.. and paddle surfing is making a comeback, people are starting to paddle into bigger and bigger waves. Some waves are just too big though... and you have to tow in. Also you cant paddle in on a tiny board like their using here on these waves.

[mentaloaf]

@inch75 True dat

[barrelsauce]

when was this? those were a couple of sweet tubes

[gmonster12345]

0:42 huge air

[larrysmusic1952]

1:38 Covered up at Cortes Bank is a short List!

[94HennyPenny94]

WOW how amazing was Parsons barrel?!?!?!? How gutsy was that guy backdooring it!?!?!?!?

[J3Five]

Parsons got a sick barrel

[shutupwhiteguy]

there was a bunch of huge quakes out there today I wonder what the impact will be

[ICEGOALIE34]

\m/ yooo from NYC not miuch goin on the east coast but hurricane season is here so hopin for some good liquid vibrations!! Really cool vid! Siiiickkk!

[IKAIKAYETI]

this place is huge in billibong oddesy

[MJMS132]

you want to know what made me look for this video?????

playing kelly slater pro surfing on xbox lol

nice vid :-)

[o0Apache]

Ahahaha me too!!!

[thesgod14]

hahahahahahaha me too bro just that in ps2 not in Xbox hahahah.... cool game i think the best surfing videogame created........

[titsmagee9999]

For Cortes Bank that get a three. That one barrel was like a 6.5 because it didn't last at all.

[backwoodsjamie]

woah that tube at 1:00 is sick... pretty damn good wave rele

[COBHC1993]

fuck men... you need to be fukin good to ride a wave like that....

[EarlMcCrackin]

Yeah with, tow-ins and techno wetsuits, there are probably hundreds of big waves worldwide we didn't know about that are waiting to be ridden. I just want to see someone try to surf the Potato Patch off of SF. Unfourtanetly the tides are vicious.

[brentxzi]

People have ridden it before. Theres a reason people dont ride it. Not only is the water freezing. That area is so sharkey. And who knows whats on the bottom.

[EarlMcCrackin]

True, it's not a surf spot. Unless you're the Doc. He knows what's up out there.

[MarshfieldHockey22]

How far off the coast of SF is Potato Patch? How big do the waves get?

[EarlMcCrackin]

It's a series of shallow sandbars and rocks that form a crescent shape about 1-2 miles off SF. Lots of good sailing tales about that place. Size wise, it can get just as big as Mavericks down the coast, but not nearly as ideal. Think vicious tides and a shipping lane right next to you.

[MarshfieldHockey22]

Ohh ok thanks. I assume not many people surf off there?

[shredninja]

And probably loads of sharks.

[jormar6]

@EarlMcCrackin It's actually a mountain range about 100 miles out to sea west of San Diego.

[sargea1]

a year or two ago some pro surfers discovered a spot in the Faroe Islands (north west of Scotland) that they named "Thor's Hammer". It was 20 foot and hollow when they saw it and the boat captain with them who'd been sailing the area for over 30 years said he'd seen it way way bigger. You heard it here first.

[JDSJDSJDS3]

this is skurfing

[Lageer0]

That´s a big wave spot. But it doesn´t compare to jaws. Jaws is almost the double size of that waves

[chloroxjello]

Supposedly an 80-100ft. rogue set mowed through Mavericks the day Burle scored and wasn't anywhere near rideable. These height estimations are so vague but it seems 70-80 is the rideable limit even at Jaws or Cortes. Shit and I'm still scared of going out when it's 10 feet!

[sebastianhans1]

Cortez Bank is where the first 100 ft wave is going to be surfed. Think about it...it gets deep ocean swells before they get weakened...it's in the pacific...the last big storm (which dropped 10 feet of snow when it hit california) four surfers went out there in a little boat and surfed 85 foot+ waves...and this spot has only been surfed a couple of times.

[NarleyDude07]

totally agree man - either there or that random break near france that has also been surfed a handful of times that holds rediculous heights . its not a case of if - its a case of when . . . and boy im lookin forward to seeing it ! - brass balls to the dude who claims it too ! :)

[PsychoTropica]

Strange wave...some are really fat and others have a tube

[chloroxjello]

The biggest wave ever ridden IMO was Peter Mel at Maverick's on 10/28/99. The pic is rediculous. Clearly an 80ft+ face. I've never seen anything at Mav's that big since. Not even Burle's XXL wave out there.

[bmw916]

sorry bro! Maverick's can't support an 80ft face. Places like Jaws or Cortez can, Maverick's can't. If you are aware of the underwater topography of these locations, you would understand.

[chloroxjello]

Well, it was bigger than Burle's wave which the Billabong "experts" were calling 68ft. Cali. Explain though. I know Jaws moves faster due to Hawaii's position in the ocean and lack of canyons and deeper water.

[stubags030793]

u want a heavy wave check out cyclops australia

[hurryupche]

ive seen bigger waves in a swimming pool.

[explorerharmonics]

Dudes, my bathtub has bigger waves!

[riptide178]

how big is your bathtub exactly? lol

[IslandMultimedia]

Good diving out on the Cortes Bank, too, huh (on a calm day, that is)?

[Valdocco4]

to noobertuber, your taking crap if you reckon Jaws pulls 70footers you do realise thats 30m plus, biggest wave jaws has had was 28th Jan 1998 and even that was just 30-50ft faces. And jo0o0o0o0 Cortes may be big but i am sure it is not the worlds biggest break.

[zohmgroflowned]

Umm I am completely disregarding your comment since you can't even compute simple conversions... 70ft approx = 23 meters. And you must've never seen footage of the infamous 'big tuesday' at Jaws...

[jonobyrne]

did neither of you see that local hawaian take that 70ftPLUS wave at jaws..on the LEFT hander...ill try find the link to it

[poon5000]

OK, first off let me just tell you thats you left the dumbest comment I have seen all day. Cortes Bank one of the newest spots for tow-in surfing in the world, it's waves compare to Jaws and Teahupoo combined. It is 100 miles off the coast of San Diego making it a very unique place. And it does have the biggest wave even though there are no "offshore" winds as there are in Maui.

[eljaz]

what are u talking about. thats way not the biggest wave in the world.trust me, its not.

[jo0o0o0o0]

cortes bank does have the biggest waves in the world, only 5 days out of the whole year are surfable, but when it is, its the biggest wave ever.

[NooBerTuber]

naww.. I believe Jaws in Maui get A LOT bigger than the bank brah... these maybe 30-40fters but jaws gets up to 70+ check it out (Jaws in Maui)

[djvibes90]

the biggest wave in the world

[nevermindMUCH]

there are some big fish out there