Watch: Nate Behl // Score Lord

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Text from Kandui Resort:

Two Questions We Get Asked on a Regular Basis:

1. What's the Heaviest Wave in Indonesia?
2. Who's the Best Surfer You've Seen in the Mentawai?

While everyone has an opinion these days, after almost 20 years in the Mentawai and Indonesia, the heaviest waves we've come across are Kandui Left, GreenBush, and Desert Point Grower. In regard to Best Surfer, of course Kelly, Andy, etc are top of the list but ask any of our local surfing crew, one name comes up every time without hesitation, Nate 'McNasty' Behl.

Nate has what we call the perfect combination of Talent and Stupidity. Talented enough to ride the heaviest surf in Indonesia and stupid enough to think any wave is makeable. The Result? 14 Minutes of the Heaviest Indonesian Edit we've come across.

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maddogmorley Monday, 15 May 2023 at 11:22am

Even tho he's no longer in the Ments and currently holed up in the Telos - I'd like to add Phil Goodrich to that list.

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stunet Monday, 15 May 2023 at 11:53am

Definitely stylish but not sure he has Nate's lack of self-preservation.

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maddogmorley Monday, 15 May 2023 at 1:04pm

Interesting topic in itself. Is the person who charges the hardest the best surfer?

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stunet Monday, 15 May 2023 at 3:35pm

Not if he doesn't make the waves, but it sure is entertaining to watch.

Pretty much a day's flight time from Jakarta to Florida, with a broken scapula. Poor bastard.

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AndyM Monday, 15 May 2023 at 11:57am

That thing from 13.06 - WTF

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fcalmon Monday, 15 May 2023 at 12:00pm

Balls of steel....

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amb Monday, 15 May 2023 at 12:24pm

insane 13.06

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udo Monday, 15 May 2023 at 12:57pm

Madness without a Helmet
That Webster Board must be an old Favorite ...how's the Wax Job @ 13.44

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NDC Monday, 15 May 2023 at 3:31pm

heaviest edit for ages - full respect

hows the water-angle bumps he's soaking up in his legs and through his whole being as he bounces through those kandui funnels with the after burners on - fark

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crg Monday, 15 May 2023 at 3:47pm

Without a doubt some of the best surfing you’ll see in those waves.
Impressive stuff.
I always think he would benefit from a little extra board.

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frog Monday, 15 May 2023 at 4:06pm

I am most impressed by his sunscreen or perhaps lack of it?.

Red beard, fair skin, never wears a Rashie, long sessions in tropical sun.

Skin slowly roasting into Pork Belly crackling....

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Tobiasl Monday, 15 May 2023 at 4:32pm

He's a farken beast!
Especially at Green Bush, where the make rate is low & the consequences so high!
Different angle of Deserts too

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Johknee Monday, 15 May 2023 at 4:39pm

Those two waves at 9:36 JFC! What a madC!

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dandandan Monday, 15 May 2023 at 5:06pm

For years I've seen these heavy wave edits of his come out and they've always had this recklessness about them. Wild stuff.

Not sure why but it's that first wave at the Grower at 5:55 that was it for me. Paddling into that knowing what it will turn into as it hits the reef is terrifying, no-return kind of stuff.

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peabo Monday, 15 May 2023 at 5:31pm

Great waves! Rubbish music!

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Sprout Monday, 15 May 2023 at 6:24pm

His insanely hard charging is the antithesis of Lars' insanely shit drumming.

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udo Monday, 15 May 2023 at 6:27pm

Trump Hair.

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jaunkemps Monday, 15 May 2023 at 7:09pm

Screamed at my TV last night when I saw those bombs at 9.36 (pause here), thats mental, man thats freeking great tube riding......

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goofyfoot Monday, 15 May 2023 at 7:48pm

Fucking hell. That was incredible.

That should be mandatory viewing before any Indo trip. What a fricking maniac

Those waves at Grower around the 9:50 mark, looks like 15 foot Pipe. Fuck!!

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kaybeegee Monday, 15 May 2023 at 7:56pm

whooaaaa.... that was epic.

Not sure if he hurt his shoulder from the impact or just from overuse.

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vbaaccess Monday, 15 May 2023 at 8:11pm

Great charging backhand surfing, it would make sense to wear a helmet and some form of padded wetsuit to protect the back from the coral reef cuts. Less time out of the water recovering from bad injuries.

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goofyfoot Monday, 15 May 2023 at 8:26pm

Absolutely

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Denyer Monday, 15 May 2023 at 9:03pm

That naughty naughty tube pig sticking his nose back in the trough for a second serve at 12:45

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TommyTaliesin Monday, 15 May 2023 at 9:57pm

More core!

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zenagain Monday, 15 May 2023 at 10:01pm

That was nuts!

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BD Tuesday, 16 May 2023 at 10:17am

incredible, did not even know deserts got that big holy crap

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udo Tuesday, 16 May 2023 at 10:30am
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nicko74 Tuesday, 16 May 2023 at 3:17pm

Jesus … my knees hurt after watching that. Some incredibly technical tube riding skills.

What an animal!!!

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gsco Tuesday, 16 May 2023 at 6:57pm

Was pulling up the outside rail of my chair while watching that.

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spaceman Tuesday, 16 May 2023 at 11:19pm

Wow! Nutter!
Who knows if he can lay a rail??
Who cares if we keep getting to see edits like that of him getting piped!
Ridic!

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Bungan33 Wednesday, 17 May 2023 at 2:07pm

Ahhhh....yep. Righto.
Having surfed one of the "Heavy three" I think I'll cut and run - leave that to the young folk now. No freakin way I have any interest in the 2-3 day journey home broken and busted up....open wounds festering with coral bacteria!!!
Mind blowing courage (or insane levels of reckless abandon - or both)

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Mcface Wednesday, 17 May 2023 at 2:27pm

All I want is to get as barrelled as Nate without needing regular visits to the orthopaedic surgeon - is that so much to ask?

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sean killen Saturday, 20 May 2023 at 11:08am

Sick clip and music too .. his a beast no fear ..