Watch: Shane Ackerman // Astronaut In The Ocean

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"Doormat, esky lid, booger, shark biscuit, myna bird of the sea, dick dragger..."

Water off a duck's back for Shane Ackerman, who in just a few years of wave-riding made everyone, even hardcore stand-ups, stop and take notice. 

Shane's heavy water trajectory wasn't obvious; a skinny kid who didn't like the water, he was slowly drawn to ever-heavier waves. You'll see from the clip that making the wave is sometimes incidental to testing his body agaisnt the power of the wave.

It's only short, clocking in at 11-minutes but Astronaut In The Ocean is a tidy bit of content marketing from Yeti.

 

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Rabbits68 Friday, 2 May 2025 at 12:31pm

"who ever that was......died". Classic!

Love his passion. Imagine some of his POVs. Good luck to him.

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More tubes please Friday, 2 May 2025 at 12:48pm

Damn that was good. Meanwhile surfing has a highly paid 2x world champ who refuses to take off on anything hollow over 4ft. Kind of makes you wonder.

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Sprout Friday, 2 May 2025 at 12:59pm

Fantastic. Lunatic.

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coxypk Friday, 2 May 2025 at 1:48pm

Great Stuff, what a charger

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Tim Bonython Friday, 2 May 2025 at 1:57pm

If Shane's going, so is my camera. (& me)

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Gra Murdoch Friday, 2 May 2025 at 2:03pm

Fucken hell. Shane Ackerman for PM!

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OHV500 Friday, 2 May 2025 at 2:44pm

Just bloody Awesome

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freeride76 Friday, 2 May 2025 at 3:58pm

Fark, that was nuts.

How is that guy still in one piece?

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Solitude Friday, 2 May 2025 at 4:58pm

Enjoyed that. Keep charging mate. Love your path.

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camokazi Friday, 2 May 2025 at 5:27pm

That was such a good watch. So much respect... inspirational

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raycollins Friday, 2 May 2025 at 6:10pm

Inspirational! There truly is only one Shane Ackerman.

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southernraw Friday, 2 May 2025 at 6:44pm

Mad dog.

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Moonah Friday, 2 May 2025 at 6:57pm

That thing he swims under at The Right is the stuff of nightmares.
And the story he tells about it makes it even worse.

Up there with Mark Healey and not many more when it comes to fearless

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what_up Friday, 2 May 2025 at 7:38pm

That is something mental at 9:15..!! Great footage. Thanks enjoyed this a lot.

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basesix Friday, 2 May 2025 at 7:59pm

well, there's what you play your mums, groms..

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peabo Friday, 2 May 2025 at 10:58pm

Legend.

That wipe out POV footage from tahiti reaffirms my lack of desire to ever surf waves like that.