oh man it has been a long time since we've had some waves of consequence and it was great to finally see some here in Southern California on Friday August 9th of 2024 I'm Brad Jacobson and I've been filming surf for over 15 years I've seen every type of surfer surf every type of wave and these are my stories this swell originated from Fabio no not that Fabio tropical storm Fabio some of our best swells here in Southern California in the summertime revolve around these hurricane swells and this one was bigger and better than forecasted we had some huge waves insane barrels gnarly Closeouts and some crazy wipeouts when you get a swell like this obviously you're going to have a lot of people showing up just to watch it so the crowd was thick both on the sand and also in the water a lot of guys waiting for a good fun swell to come and they finally got it and it kind of crowds up the line up let's start off with the best well this was definitely my favorite wave of the day by Nate yans I have no idea how he made it out of that but he along with everyone on the stand was stoked when you have Surfers like Nate K Katie Spencer and countless others out there you're guaranteed to get some great rides [Music] nah [Music] [Music] aah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] he [Music] a [Music] a [Music] oh [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] w yeah [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] all right so normally Closeouts aren't anything particularly fun to watch but on a day like this when it's big and barreling you get some wild Closeouts and while yeah they're fun to watch from the beach they're not so much fun when you're actually surfing [Music] oh [Music] [Music] you can't keep out one of my personal favorite is the wipeouts wipe outs on smaller waves well they're fun to watch but they're not like wo the wipeouts today were exactly that [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] n [Music] if you're still watching that means you want to see some more surfing so here's some more clips that I collected throughout that morning enjoy [Music] n [Music] he he [Music] w [Music] he a [Music] what you oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] n a [Music] [Applause] nah [Music] [Music] well there you have it a long waited swell here in Southern California in August let's hope for some more swells just like this and I'll try to keep these episodes coming thanks for watching I'm Brad Jacobson and these are my stories