Jamie O’Brien and Ben Gravy Surf Giant Waimea River Wave at Night

Hawaii has been acquiring a lot of attention this January thanks to an amazing operate of swell, most notably “Super Swell Saturday.” But when ninety nine% of Hawaii’s jaw-dropping surf clips arrive from just one of its quite a few world-course surf breaks––Jaws, Pipeline, Waimea Bay, and many others.––we uncovered just one where the surfing can take position in a river.

Jamie O’Brien and Ben Gravy are not only fantastic surfers, but these two have managed to gain big Youtube followings by documenting their surf adventures. Even though Ben Gravy is from the Midwest and designed a identify for himself surfing a wave in all 50 states, Position is a professional surfer based on Oahu’s famed North Shore. Even with their unique backgrounds, the two surfers are fantastic ambassadors of the activity and doc their surf existence in an unfiltered format.

So what happens when you set two of surfing’s greatest vloggers collectively? Very well, they make it a mission to surf just one of Hawaii’s leading novelty waves. The Waimea River wave is fickle yet rippable, and only breaks when a rainstorm has swollen the river and drinking water goes pouring into Waimea Bay. Of program, you can’t specifically manage when that happens. On this particular event, the Waimea River wave turned on in the center of the evening.

Not to be deterred, Position and Gravy brought in some flood lights, flares and a entire lot of courage. Browsing this potent river wave––which empties into punishing shorebreak––is harmful ample all through daylight several hours. At evening, this beast will get a entire lot scarier. Verify out their chaotic session in JOB’s edit earlier mentioned (river surfing starts off at seventeen:30) or Ben Gravy’s edit down below (starts off at ten:30).

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