Kandui century swell - video

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch

Dingo, Billy Kemper, Eli Olsen, Nate Behl and Koa Rothman at epic Kandui Left on June 27/28.

 

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zenagain Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 8:02am

That end section is just nuts.

Great vid (cool track too).

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thermalben Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 8:12am

Yeah the track was really good. What an insanely perfect wave (apart from the end section). And the colours! They just bounce off the screen.

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spencie Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 8:27am

As good a surfing vid as it gets. All time late take-offs and tube riding.

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stunet Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 8:30am

How the hell was the drop by Nate Behl at 3:10 and, even better, the one 4:25?! Fins kick totally sideways in the airdrop and handles it with aplomb.

His is better than any proper video section.

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simba Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 9:24am

on the money there stu,he nailed it alright.

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udo Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 11:27am

Kandui best ever : youtube
More filthy pits , Drone footage of the line up looks flawless.

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Rabbits68 Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 1:06pm

Mind-blowingly deep tube riding at its absolute best with that end section that just wants to trap you and do some serious damage. All time........

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radiationrules Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 4:08pm

that vid's given me a real reminder and insight into what real talent looks like in critical waves

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goofyfoot Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 5:01pm

Fat out that was a insane clip. Some of the best barrel surfing I've seen for a long time.
Apparently Craig Ando was there too, haven't seen any footage of him yet I think

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stunet Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 5:14pm

Check this GF. Photo from Surfline by Iker San Martin.

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goofyfoot Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 5:54pm

Wow! There ya go.
Fuck how's the style on him

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udo Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 5:57pm

That wave is on Kandui best ever clip @ 2.45..frame by frame is unreal.

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indo-dreaming Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 6:00pm

Looks weird like its almost not real…his board also looks super short.

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stunet Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 6:27pm

You ever had Nokanduis pumping, ID?

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 10:03am

No, I've surfed riffles good but I've never surfed No Kandui, a bit out of my league that wave especially backhand at that size, i love barrels and Indo but I'm no charger I would have been finding a hidy hole if i was in the area on this swell or i would have been getting over to Telescopes or those other protected lefts if the wind was SE as it looks like it was.

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tonybarber Monday, 6 Jul 2015 at 4:44pm

Magic...

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udo Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 5:27pm

Yeh saw that..absolutely flying.

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fraser-gordon Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 8:05pm

Is it the best wave in Indo?World? Would have to be close.

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 10:12am

I guess it would be up there with the best, definitely the island would take the tittle for best right-Left combo of any small island in the world, plus throw in half a dozen more fun waves in the mix for the icing on the cake.

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chickenlips Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 at 10:01pm

And not a Gopro insight!

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udo Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 5:26am

Twas a Gopro in nearly everymouth

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batfink Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 8:57am

Some super stylish, super-critical surfing going down there. The colour of the water, wow.

Music credits? I didn't see any. Who was it?

And yes, stu, I was gobsmacked by the late-take-off air drop tail side at 4.25. How the hell did he make that, and make it look easy?

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plasm Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 4:36pm

Snake in the grass - The Black Angels

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batfink Saturday, 11 Jul 2015 at 8:07am

Thanks plasm. Very Smiths like tune.

Such good technique by all these guys, super-critical take-offs, paddle in, stay low, grab rail, wait till you get near the bottom of the wave before standing. Have to keep that in the memory banks, not that I will ever be surfing that, but good technique for anything moderately steep over 4'.

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petermitchell Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 9:24am

Where are all the hipsters when the waves are actually pumping?

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Wharfjunkie Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 3:14pm
petermitchell wrote:

Where are all the hipsters when the waves are actually pumping?

Cycling and sipping lattes in StKilda where else.

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southey Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 4:14pm

Stu , goofy , udo .
My mate was there and don't worry ando although not really featured much in these videos did get his share plus many more .
Looking at it at this size it really looks like P Pass in a mirror , not quite as blue , obviously longer , but just as deadly on the inside /end section .
Same mate got fed his own arse at Rifles . Haha
Wharfie , way more hipsters Nth side of Melbourne , but your generally right most of Melbourne sucks balls .

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hovercraft Sunday, 5 Jul 2015 at 4:58pm

Some of the best surfing, that is incredible

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Craig Monday, 6 Jul 2015 at 10:29am

Just watched it, incredible clip and tune!

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caml Monday, 6 Jul 2015 at 12:25pm

Is it the new DP ? I have never seen more than the odd rare bit of evidence of this wave

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udo Thursday, 9 Jul 2015 at 8:49pm

Craig Anderson was supposedly riding a 5'4" Hyptokrypto out there which he ended up snapping ..his back up step up he then surfed was a 5'9" !

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batfink Saturday, 11 Jul 2015 at 8:19am

5'4'' on those waves, of course.

He is a freak.

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southey Tuesday, 14 Jul 2015 at 10:01pm

how much do you reckon Ando weighs 60 -65 ? height 5' 8 - 5'10 ?

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caml Tuesday, 14 Jul 2015 at 10:58pm

Think I read he got 4 waves total or some bullshit . Definitely not for personal pleasure but the sponsors . Others may have caught 40-60 waves if the board could actually paddle into them with ease

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batfink Wednesday, 15 Jul 2015 at 9:53am

Interesting comment caml. I owned a HK for about two months. Really liked it, in some ways, and found it good to paddle out to the waves, but had to get rid of it as I kept missing waves I thought I should be getting. Have a few theories about that.

Or was your comment more along the lines of just trying to paddle into the waves on such a short board, not a HK in particular?

None of the guys in the clips seem to be using long gun type boards, IIRC, and most I would guess around the 6' 6'' mark. Anyone got any ideas on what the normal (and successful) surfers on this clip were riding, length wise?

Just out of interest generally. What they are doing doesn't apply to me. :-)

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lostdoggy Thursday, 16 Jul 2015 at 3:33pm

I think I read that Craig Anderson said while he was riding a 5"4' HK, there were a lot of guys riding 6'1"s and 6'3" step ups.
All seems tiny to me.

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galvs33 Thursday, 16 Jul 2015 at 2:26pm

Great song. Absolutely incredible surfing. I certainly agree with stu - Nate Behl.... wow!

I surfed this wave a couple of times in 2013 at 3-5ft . Even at that size, its easily the most scary spot I've ever surfed. So fast and just keeps grinding, leaving you behind most of the time.... Just thinking about it at 10-12ft + is horrifying. I didn't expect the end section to mutate like that either. Lots of respect to those charging - those conditions are light years away from my comfort levels.

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caml Thursday, 16 Jul 2015 at 2:40pm

Safe to say that the equipment the featured surfers rode less than 6"1 boards .I didnt mean to say a hypto crypto was at fault .just meaning all small boards when it comes to big period swells . A few of the kandui clips showed waves peeling for 40 yards before a surfer took off .

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goofyfoot Thursday, 16 Jul 2015 at 4:33pm

Would of loved to see jjf out there

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sir ambrose bea... Thursday, 16 Jul 2015 at 4:39pm

caml what size shooter would you have rode at kandui that swell

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caml Thursday, 16 Jul 2015 at 10:54pm

I reckon that at that very time of day when ando is on that thing thats mad . Yeah boogyboard sesh would be sick . No ds sorry