The most epic free surf ever

what he said

 

Yeah, that was pretty awesome... I think you can still watch the "live" broadcast on the website. Slater called it a historic day in surfing. For all the crap the ASP gets, it's pretty cool of them to stream all of these events live, for free, even when the actual "event" isn't taking place.

 

Just go to heats on demand, select the last heat and enjoy the show.

 

I've been trying to watch it on webcast since the first day but the video feed or the sound doesnt work the only thing that work is the scores is anyone else having this problem

 

most insane non-heat heat ever period

 

i have no idea how they didn't run in that. guys were getting some of the most amazing waves i've ever seen. when sets rolled through, it was one after the other guys just totally committed getting ****ing barreled out of their skulls. so so sick getting to watch that

 

the wct guys were undergunned and the worlds best big wave surfers were sitting in the channel with a full camera crew set up. it seemed crazy to not run the contest but it was definitely the right call. can't let those waves go to waste. still plenty of swell for today too. yew!

 

i understand all of that but they still should have ran a few. some of the best waves we'll ever see, period, and they pass it up. had to make it happen

 

headline: "world's best pass up on absolute perfect cloudbreak and leave it to the 'pros'"

 

the best thing that could have happened was that they called off the contest. we would have seen max 5 or 6 waves ridden in heat. instead we got to see almost every major bomb with one of the worlds best.... mix of big wave chargers, locals and asp pros.
reef, ramon, the boatman with the triple tube and jjf had monster sets. gadangs sick sideways air drop to stick was all-time..... it was quite simply the best webcast i have ever seen....

 

i'm trying to remain calm but yeah, any one of the best waves yesterday would have been all time on its own. to see one right after another was just mind blowing.

volcom and the asp were running around like chickens with their heads cut off all day but they were really trying to do the right thing for the fans and dealing with very difficult conditions. i think when they saw those first couple heats with undergunned pros bouncing all over the place while perfect bombs went unridden was just too much. especially with all the big wave stars standing by.

be patient, we'll get to see small wave aerialists get sashimi'd on the reef later today

 

they could have ran dual heats

 

i dont' think enough guys had big enough equipment.

 

they could have had it flown in days ago - they knew this swell was coming. they had a chance to run what could have been the greatest surf contest EVER.

that being said, the streaming freesurf was one of the sickest things i've ever seen. watching sets roll in and having someone go on every wave was just mindblowing. would have loved to be there to see it.

 

that webcast really showed why those guys get paid for what they do - absolutely amazing !

contest would have been cool to see in that but like was said before - seeing every wave on the set being ridden by the best big wave guys in the world was the best for us watching.

If you noticed - most of the guys getting the real bombs were not the guys that would have been in the competition.

Absolutely the best session i've ever watched

 

"Absolutely the best session i've ever watched " tough not to agree with that one, espn saying the Mr. James 45 point was the only thing happing in sports totally show how far behind they are in some ways.

What ever happened to the WiDE World of Sports? Who is the guy from Peru ? I still can not get over how he made that 2nd wave? Has anyone seen video that actually show him ..NOT completely out of sight?

anyway, the size and HOLLOW-Ness of some of those Late sets, (AS viewed from my safe location), were out there man!

 

what i would have done to be sitting on one of those boats in the channel with a beer and a fatty...

 

anybody got a link to the vids??