XXL Teahupoo from above - video

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch

Let's never complain about drone footage again.

...save your beef for surf clip soundtracks. Stringed orchestra? Ugh...

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zenagain Sunday, 9 Aug 2015 at 8:44am

Ennio Moricone would have loved that.

Great perspective all the same.

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batfink Sunday, 9 Aug 2015 at 9:04am

"Stringed orchestra? Ugh.."

Philistine! :-)

The drones are taking over. I'm OK with that.

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Zoooming Sunday, 9 Aug 2015 at 9:27am

It won't be long before one of those boats that flirt with danger and hover round the impact zone will get sucked over the falls backwards - now drone footage of that would be something else.

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jabel7 Sunday, 9 Aug 2015 at 11:00am

What ever angle you look at it it's incredible.

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simba Sunday, 9 Aug 2015 at 11:08am

Looks like a broken sup where the guys swimming at the very start ?

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wellymon Sunday, 9 Aug 2015 at 6:54pm

I bet some of those lovely houses onshore in proximity have been brought up by surfers now...?

Why are there 9 boats and 11 jet skis when 5 people are surfing in the take off zone....?

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wellymon Sunday, 9 Aug 2015 at 7:00pm

Full of photogs...!

Money.

I bet Vatea David would be kicking himself now.

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rooftop Monday, 10 Aug 2015 at 2:54am

@zenagain

Sorry, but I'm sure Morricone would be disgusted.

It sounds like any cheap stock music from some site that licenses soundtracks for budget TV production. Produced by bedroom amateurs and a synth pack.

Orchestras - or even computer-generated replicants of them - are a powerful weapon and, like the Force, can be used for good or evil. This composer is the symphonic equivalent of Darth Vader.

Ennio Morricone, on the other hand - Yoda.

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mibs-oner Tuesday, 11 Aug 2015 at 6:06am

That footage is nuts. 4 minutes and no slow mo thank you

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gillos Tuesday, 11 Aug 2015 at 10:06pm

it's such a small playing field considering the size of the reef

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Adrian Bartlett Monday, 17 Aug 2015 at 6:40pm

The only drones that people don't like are the ones that are drop bombs...