Brent Weldon is largely a water videographer, seems to be careful about safety, but um, yes, he's right under some of this stuff

Edited: 11/25/2020 at 03:27 AM by ww

This is my horror film. I watch the wedge all the time. It scares me. Really. I can't look away though.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

The exploding backwash into dry sand looks very fun.

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I was right.

Brent has made some rather beautiful videos. This one explains the frequency of smashed ankles.

Somehow managed to do a double reply. So here's some odd stuff from the Cape region, South Africa.

Edited: 11/25/2020 at 07:09 PM by ww

i sat watching most of these the last year, I never understood the alure to riding this thing that breaks in 5 inches of water hhah

This explainer narrated in roughly the style of Bruce Brown explains some of the attraction. It does make for superlative bodyboarding, but high-end bodyboarding is an art of extreme waves (like that video above). The place has a high injury rate, scary number of broken necks, but it apparently isn't Newport Beach's worst spot for fatalities.

Edited: 12/06/2020 at 10:17 AM by ww