SYDNEY SLAB GOES OFF! SLAB TOUR IS OFFICIALLY BACK ON!
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This clip of you surfing out front of my home has put such a smile on my face. So good to see great quality video of our slab via your GoPro.
Thanks heaps, great work Zoard. 🔥
Im glad you promote harmony between spongers and stand up riders there's plenty for all considering the best waves for surfers are different to the best waves for bodyboarders, your down to earth bro not elitist like many of the other Hawaiian Surf Bloggers welcome to my Country enjoy the slabs
Our country
@@organdonor1962 We're older than you. Welcome to our country.
I was a dropknee body boarder for years turned shortboard surfer so i schitzophrenically agree!🤙👍
@@theskepticalskeptic Yeeeeewww
Did those lockdowns make you feel sovereign kek
Plus your respect for all other water users means that whenever you surf a new wave, people are always super stoked to share their wave with you. You're such a statesman for Hawaii, a legend in the water, and such a funny puppy on land. This bodyboarder has been hooked on your vids for some time now. Enjoy the rest of your slab tour, I cannot wait to see what else you will share. Blessings to Mahina, your Mum and brothers ✨️🤙🙌
2:41 30+ years ago that was Wingnut on his first boogie
Lol! RIP Brett Young 🙏
Best surfing content channel on CZcams! Better then JOB, Gravy, Zeke, This is Living 🤣all of them. Keep the vids coming! Love watching you charge slabs at new and/or empty places!
Nathan was great to see you surfing our Local , Surfed it like local ..! - Come again 🌊👊
2:39 that was me
The bird talk at the end...too funny!
So surreal seeing your cruising around Cronulla Nate, then slabbing at Shark Island, lots of voodoo out there mate...🤙🤙🤙
Locals well represented, good on you!
4:50 This POV shot with the sun light piercing the wave is an incredible shot!! Amazing!!
Hectic seeing an elite rider on one of Sydney’s heaviest slabs making it look easy !!! Been following your vids for a while now and it’s inspirational seeing you shred a spot I’ve tested myself on a number of times, thanks mate
So pleased you talk about how friendly the crowd is in Sydney. Maybe it’s because you can always get a wave to yourself or choose to surf a crowded spot.
Dude that wave at 5:45 has to be one of the best rides and vision of a ride I’ve seen there and I was born down the road. Great show man, including all the footage of the locals. 👍🏻. Can’t wait to see the rest of the slab tour.
Agreed. That wave was mutant. So well ridden,
I bet the locals were happy to share a session with you.
It was a buzz surfing it regularly in the 1970's. No bodyboards back then, but blokes surfed it on surf mats, especially Steve Downey and Dave Shaw. It's a shame you didn't catch it bigger. It would sting the back of your ears and neck when it spat. Brought back memories.
Well said Ross. 👋
Educate the sponges, they think they 'pioneered' every slab in the area, fuuuuck no such thing as a bogey board back in the day.
Interesting never seen vision of Windy on the toob, next they will be claiming that.
It's one of the most famous waves in Australia but he doesn't mention it by name out of respect to the locals. Nathan is a class act. That's probably the best I've ever seen it surfed as well.
Shark Island it's at cronulla.
Heh. He mentioned it in a post yesterday.
Famous waves don't need protection. The secret spots do
@@godisbollocks I'm kinda surprised he didn't go voodoo or solander, but he scored at the island so, meh
Would have been sick if he got it huge like the past world tour contest days.. CARNAGE. I hope he gets to ride El Fronton! I love when surfers ride the big slabs on the boog world tour. It's a lot different type of surfing and is really enjoyable to watch any craft on.
Like the last clip in the car driving out to Cape Solander at Kurnell, guess Cape Fear as it's called by most these days wasn't breaking good. Awesome to see you charging my local break, respect. Have fun in Ozzie 💪
Totally agree. Nice one including the boogs! They pioneered that spot. That last wave was incredible.
💪
No boogs in the 60s or early 70s...not invented.
Have plenty of photos from this era to prove you wrong.
Ask me how I know?
@@pearl-pf6xz
Just did some research, you’re right I found some old photos from surfers at the Island , 70’s / 80’s. Had no idea.
Although I found speculation that it was first ridden by a surf mat rider named Steve Downer. Interesting stuff.
awesome video nathan.
shark island firing...!
i love watching your slab series.....
its great entertainment.
next time you head to sydney id love to see you do some more sydney slabs.....
cape fear, the bower, little av and id especially love to see you at FIRST ROCK-dw point and DEADMANS...!
Nice to see the OG slab again.
So cool. To have you in Sydney.
You earnt your stripes on that double lip chandelier standup stall barrel!
Good on ya for showing the commitment from all ocean users out that day. It's all about thrills and spills. GC
The home break 💙🙏🏽 good to have ya around,, are you gonna be around for long ??
SLAB TOUR!!!!! NO SLEEP TILL SLAB TOUR!!!!!! Im stoked you can drive on the left side of the road, right side of the car and most of all you know how to use round a bouts. You're a local in my view. CHUR from the Naki NZ
Thank you Nathan for including shots of the Bodyboarders......
Stellar in the tube video! Thanks for all this effort to show places I won't ever go anymore.... I'm 58 lol. I now ride foamies lol
Yeah the nulla good to see you down under your going to get soo many slabs!!!!
My mans hitting up Cronulla and Kurnell!!! So glad you had such a banging time going down at the local area!!!! Banger after banger after banger
Ha. Nice. Grew up in Sth Sydney. I know this break well. Everyone in Sydney knows this break. It just gets better the more south you go.
RedSands in Shellharbour is worth a look if the swell is on. And Cowries is a fun little shelf break.
nathan surfs it like a local haha he even got that cronulla steeze goin
Saw you out there been waiting to watch the pov... Takes us locals a long time to lock in the island and you looked like youd been surfing it since a kid.. yiew 2230
Was out at island a couple days ago, bummed i didnt see you, crazy how good you surfed it for the first time. Best bodyboarding spot in aus imo and you charged it like nothing. Soooo heavy
What about shippies and the right or even Ours (,whatever it's called now) the island is pretty beasty though for sure.
Some amazing clips from this sesh! Glad your feeling better and even looking better than ever!
Best wave in the world in my eyes! I am biased because I grew up bodyboarding it!
Shark island 👊
Ayeeee so happy to see you surfing the island on a clean 4ft day. So much fun man. 2230 yiewww
heck yeah Nate at the island! so sick
Welcome to Down under. We have some great slabs here. Look and ye shall find.😊
Shark island has been a boogie spot for decades, going back to the early no friends days.Stoked to see it get some recognition!
perfect sequence👏👏
the anticipation, w0w, bravo
thankyou🤝👏👏👏
@2:25 great shot with vision, duck divers looking, very cinematic!
So cool to see u surf that break pretty special hey
The last barrel oh my lightning ⚡️ ❤🎉
Yo, you should come to Panama some day and make some vids! Theres some mental slabs over here that I think you'd love.
That was great to see. Surprised this place isnt shown more in photos. Sometimes when big it looks awesome the way it barrels
Sick to see you at the local slab Nathan! YEW
Bird at the end is absolutely hilarious .
At 3:23…That feeling when your head slaps and you feel like you've just been hit by a truck
Hell yeah bro, I’ve been wonder when a video was gonna get done here. Wish I could have come watched that session from the hill that would of been crazy to watch you and Kip there.
Fun fact: first bloke to ever surf shark island was a body surfer called Charles McCall and is Winston McCall from parkway’s dad
For real?
No matter where surfers are they are good drivers because they understand left vs right.
Often used word but,
"Underated" comment.
The problem is when we have to go straight lol
That wave and shot at 5:45 was super hearty!!!!
So happy to see you are in Sydney made my day watching this
From the UK, so stoked to see this legendary Oz wave! Thanks Nate! Such a savage puppy! Jealous of the people that could park up and watch you 😂 This vid makes me feel I was there though so again, thank you! 🎉 Yewwwww 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Nice one bro, like that you give the bodyboarders respect. We all ride waves for enjoyment, doesn’t matter what we ride. Can’t wait to see your next spot. Hew keep ripping! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
Good to see you in the local area
god damn that ride at 5:46
Mad respect. I could never grow the balls to take off on a wave that breaks onto dry rock in low tide. To think that I only ever surfed the point which never even made a lip.
Epic session. Stoked to see you out one of the best Bodyboarding waves in the world. Surfed it like a local straight up crazy edit 🤙
Nate was in beast mode out there major props
The stand up surfers pioneered it way before body boarders were 🤣allowed out there, always great to see everyone having fun though.
@@antfal-n-everything7154 yea and you weren’t even able to park and watch kook!
@@antfal-n-everything7154 ur forgetting the bodysurfers that pioneered there and the point before standup board surfers😂😂😂
@@wodjism6699 actually the island was pioneered by Derek and Peter Hume bodysurfing after which people surfed it on “mats” and surfboards. As surfboards became shorter they took over and it wasn’t until a decade or so later that boogie boards appeared.
Stand ups do tend to like different waves as Boogers have difficulty generating as much speed across as boards can.
That slab looked like a mini Shipsterns with that little kicker popping up at the and. Keep up the great vids. 🤙🤙🤙
It's not really mini but yeah it kind of ledges like it! Check out the world tour videos from the past there when it's big... Shark Island Challenge I think the 2001 one was insane..... it was almost too crazy to hold a contest on. There is a documentary on the spot Called The Shark Island Challange (2011) It shows all the gnarliest goods.
It's mad how psyched all the locals are to see pro chargers at their break. Hawaiians must be so jaded of it.
Have a great slab tour! We will be eagerly awaiting the next session!
Each day is a beautiful surprise to learn more
I agree with the crow. Faaaark!
Holy smokes!!!! That last wave was freeeeeeegun awesome even by your standards Nate. Wow....standing tall in a heaving cube on the foamball. Sheesh. Welcome to Oz mate. Leave a couple of pies for the rest of us.
Nate "The Slab-ba-dab-ba-doo" Florence 🤙
Wow Nate I guess when you grow up surfing Back Door every thing else comes Natural Great session
Shark island is such a fun wave😊
Rockin the impressive whiskers!
Awesome to hear you had an awesome experience on the east coast NSW Australia 🇦🇺 it’s an amazing break with amazing locals, just give respect to those that live there if you visit 💯🇦🇺🤙🍻🙏✌️😎❤️
farout, live in sydney and saw this slab working locals would have been stocked seeing you send!!
yes friendly locals sharing waves with you.... florence
ridiculous how well you surfed shark island the first time
such a sick bodyboarding wave
yeahhh Nathan at the island
looks so shark island like what a slab that soundtracks a banger
That last one was so square! Nice work 👏
I feel like i havent had enough stand up footage of this place-👍
Yeah, right on! Good work Cobber!
Go the punt!
Meet the 60/40 rule and she'll be right m8!
Nathan in his element
WELCOME BACK SLAB TOUR. POV barrel footage some of your best!!!!!
5:48 insane!
You've got the best vis of the island I've seen on YT so far
Recovered from injury and back to slaying it. Well done
This is out the front of the house my wife grew up in. Love the Laycock ave mention.
Becareful gentlemen to drive the speed limit on that Kurnell road. Unmarked and marked police patrol the road frequently now. I see them all the time. So be warned. Love your work at the slab as always. Peace.
Thanks for heads up boss
Bru!… that barrel at 6min mark!😵😵🙌🔥🔥 Respect!🙏
My home mate, could tell soon as I heard Laycock ave.
FFS I wish I knew, would have been beers all round.
Full credit to you mate, only guy I've watched give more exposure to others than yourself.
Aussies have the craziest and heaviest training grounds by volume for sure! Plenty of heavy spots around the world but this is why Aussies are just made different.
I hope da wing don't break off the plane on the flight home...Looked a little sketchy...Good luck with that! Actually I'd paddle home if I were you....
U have good experiences cause U have a good attitude 💪
2 best surf channels on CZcams, yours and JJF, best surfing, best edits and best vibes, mind you raglan surf report is up there.
Great to see you back on the global road again … where there are always plenty for one & all … YES! … Some great Corvid wisdom lost tho 😂
Nathan Florence, pure paddle in artist, up with Ted Healey and others, bringing it to the forefront like nobody else
You are a sick man Nathan Florence🌊🏄♂️and we love it 🤙Yeouw 🇦🇺🦘
The water in Oz is turquoise, almost purple in the barrel. Epic rides young man
Hope you get a giant swell for The Neck and Indicator’s c/coast. Also a freaky right at Cathoes. If ya like a hike Buggeries just past Mack’s,and Fronts at Toowoon Bay these joints need a big swell.
U should try the third bommy out Infront of Cronulla beach way way out back at elouera. I was once out there all alone on a 5"6 board and it broke over every brake riding it, it's rough and massive left handed, it took ages to get to the bottom and it was the toughest as the current was flowing straight out from Infront of that rock pool, and it took me all the way about 500m past the break wall which is way on the right and 500or so metres out further then that, is where this monster, came in. As I paddled to the left, it was my only chance to get back in. And she was not smooth at all. Beaches closed, and I'm the only one, got taken out, as the big waves where in the current flowing out. So that wave was the toughest, my small board was bouncing everywhere, as the water was opposite of smooth. Bouncing around trying to keep me board from skipping away. Now I know how U big big wave riders go through on windy days. I looked back when I was riding this wave that felt like forever to compact with ya legs hard core. It was atleast the size of a two story building. Its a slow tall break, worth carving up, on a none windy day. I'm only telling this story as know one came out to get me. As I was tired from trying to get in, but the current is fast out there. So I was out about two football fields further out then the breakwall that was way inland and to my right, as I was looking out sea. I freaked and calmed down and thought, the only way back in, if I'm lucky, a massive set I had risen broke over all bommies. And had about 100 people watching, and did nothing. As had me hand up and all, but the beach was closed, and I guess, I can thank me lucky stars. Just me and a 5"6 thin board. My board was literally trying to bounce up left and right, from the choppy and wind. It's the biggest I've ever caught on a small board. It was hectic on me legs. But I managed. Then I hoped off it, close to the rock pool and waited for a little one to wash me up on to rocks. And jumped fence, and said to the crowd, didn't U see me hand up while drifting out.i said fuck U all , U cunts. Rather watch U die then get help. But I lived for the adrenaline and big wave riding. But not as big as U guys, just once. Is enough. A big wall came up from no where, thanking u.as I trained on skateboards on Newcastle grass hill section, that was about the same size. If U have seen that park area. It's a 100metre drop ride on grass and big wheels. Carve it up boys. good practice