You’ve gotta hand it to Jamie O’Brien, he’s got the vlogging world totally nailed. Funny, slick editing and he's not shy of taking a beating for the sake of the edit. Let’s not forget that JOB totally rips the shizzle out of it, hit play for mega pits in Mexico.

The logical thing, the sane thing, is to stay on land. But they paddle out. Why do these big wave surfers risk their lives to ride these mountain-sized waves? The answer is overcoming fear. "Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear" is an in-depth look at the 2021-22 big wave season through the eyes of Nic Von Rupp, Kai Lenny, Matt Bromley, Torrey Meister and pioneering female surfer Bianca Valenti, along with special appearance by Vini dos Santos and maybe the 100 foot wave. They all push past their fear and find out what is on the other side as they tackle monstrous waves in locations from Nazare in Portugal, Jaws and Pipeline in Hawaii and Mavericks in Northern California.

London Premier: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:30 - 21:30 BST. There are a limited number of two for one tickets, so get them whilst they're hot.

Phoenix Cinema London 52 High Road London N2 9PJ

We suggest you stop everything and watch Dane Reynolds hack, punt and displace the ocean. Radical, experimental and progressive, enjoy.

Navigating the surf scene on Vancouver Island is no easy feat. It’s a science involving reading charts, understanding weather patterns and ocean tides. It’s also understanding the land and the surrounding waters. It’s being ocean savvy, and having a willingness for exploration.

The island is like nowhere else. It’s cold, stormy and unpredictable. Surfing here isn’t necessarily hard; you can just roll up to the beach in Tofino like anywhere else and paddle out. However, finding new and uncrowded, higher quality waves involves a whole lot more. Long drives, long boat rides, open ocean, and unpredictable weather. A lot goes into putting a piece like this together. Sometimes we’ll travel 9 hours one way and come away with nothing. But for Reed, it’s the drive for exploration and adventure that keeps him motivated.

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Featuring @reed_platenius
Filmed and Edited by @DrewAustin
Original soundtrack by @vincevaccaromusic
Additional footage by @marcuspaladino and @natelav
Supported by @ripcurl_canada @ripcurl

In this edit we go to a place that not many surfers want to surf. Why, it’s super powerful, if you wipeout you're more than likely end up on the rocks plus it's a long way from civilisation so if you get hurt, a long way to go to the hospital. This spot is your typical Aussie slab which means it breaks HARD on a shallow reef. If you can paddle it your normally a bodyboarder as breaks very quick But if you’re Nathan Florence, Kipp Caddy or Moroccan legend Jerome Sahyoun then you’re good enough to paddle it.

We were invited down to this location by a keen bunch of locals.They graciously offered me a jet-ski to shoot off to get that cinematic moment. Mind you, where you sit to get the shot is very precarious as on the big ones it tends to closeout so i was constantly looking over my shoulder to see if we were safe. Sometimes I felt like i was out at Nazare.(oh yeah, you fall off, you & your camera are on the rocks)

Also invited was my good friend & slab hunter Dylan Longbottom with his daughter Summa.
What went down over the three days at Mumma Luna’s definitely wasn’t your typical surf trip. This one went down as one of the best Swell Chases ever.

Enjoy. @tim_bonython_swellchasers/

”To resume, we were in Hossegor with my friends and a big storm was on the way so we escaped to Morocco and went on a strike mission to Safi, a wave that I’ve always dreamed of surfing. Luckily enough we were on a plane to surf that swell. We ended up only getting one surf with a proper swell then the swell died. But most surprising experience there was to be able to surf a beachbreak that was similar to home but in Morocco with only a few friends in the water. But other than surfing our time was mostly spent at the local snack 'Mc Dolido' to stay well fed in between surfs.” – Charly

Surfers: Charly Quivront, Paul Bayle

Film & edit: Andy Benetrix