STUCK BETWEEN A RIP CURRENT AND A SET WAVE EXPLAINED, BEN GRAVY NEAR DEATH SITUATION ANALYSIS

haha thanks for the kind words dude! stoked I made it through that one, pretty heavy scenario

I was saved by a surfer at the New Jersey shore. I went in the water early in the morning before the guards were on duty. Caught in a rip and panicked. I could swim and was taught how to get out of the rip but it took me a few minutes to calm down. The surfers came as soon as they saw me struggling. I wasn’t taking a beat down I was just drifting to Europe.So much respect for surfers.Your content is going to save lives. Thank you

Nathan, these are really, really cool. Thanks for putting them out.

21:43 - 22:40 Maybe the most important minute of surf advice you can ever hear, thanks for sharing your hard earned wisdom Nate, we all appreciate it

Bro. Nobody does this type of breakdown. Serious dedication. Now a major fan. Cheers !

So great to hear pros like you teach respect for the ocean and your humbleness to talk about terrible situations like this and how to escape. Not a chance I’ll ever paddle out here, but I can apply this to my NE Florida 3-5 beach breaks 🤣

Great PSA video Nathan. Same thing happened to me in Jersey at Jenks 13 years ago. And yes, we do get super heavy, cold surf in Jersey, with no reef channels to paddle out in.

Wow. Great insight. I had the "leash break" experience in 10+ ft Table Tops (Cardiff CA). I found out face down, starfish float position into the wall of white-water helped launch me up and over the undertow and pushed me to the shore. Cheated drowning that day. 👍

My friend was out surfing chuns on a relatively big day and got caught in the rip after he lost his board. He said he got all disoriented and lo and behold Coco Ho paddles aup and casually offers her board and help. He gladly took it...how often do surfers rescue other folks and it goes undocumented? Self awareness and awareness of your surroundings cannot be overstated enough

Exactly. I know I’m old but we surfed backdoor without leashes. The only chance you had in that situation was to stay on top, just take the beating and let the white water wash you in. Ducking the whitewater just kept you in the same spot with your breath running shorter on every duck. Great info.

Love the cross-posting here Nathan Florence, really cool to see you interact with other guy's content. Also - guaranteed these types of videos you make will help people take the ocean more seriously and will save lives!

When my leash breaks I always try to swim in backstroke. It feels like lying on my back helps keep my heart rate down and makes it easier to keep my head above water, and I also don't have to turn to see if a set is coming behind me. Not sure if it's slower than freestyle, but it makes swimming in less stressful for me.

Love the breakdown of these situations. Keep them coming mate.

This happened to me at pinballs one time in '09. Outside set came in and first wave broke my leash, 6 wave set. It was horrendous. Just complete washing machine you can't get out of. Your explanation of where it's not even an impact, it's just the struggle to escape that gets you is spot on. I thought for sure I was either done for or wake up being resuscitated on the sand if I was lucky. That one messed me up good. I didn't want to get in the water for a little while after that.

These are actually genius nobody’s done these breakdowns before, you gotta make it a series!!!

These types of videos are very interesting. Yes, panicking kills.

Awesome video Nathan. These sort of videos have the ingredients to literally safe some lives, not just in Hawaii but in other heavy, rippy waves in the world. That trick of putting yourself / board in the high energy white wash ball on the surface and avoid that under tow that drops you right back in the impact zone... definitely going to use that one. Thanks man 👊🏼

The day you posted the original video I had woken up after a nightmare of you drowning in this very scenario, although i hadn't realised it was a dream, as i woke up in the dream and started seeing all the tributes online and i couldn't believe it, it was like inception, then i ACTUALLY woke up absolutely devastated, and somehow convinced myself it must be real as i was so shaken. Logged online and was so happy when i realised it was a damn nightmare. Stay safe brother, we need you doing this for many more years to come!

I watched this video in 3 parts. Internalizing the scenario and how Nathan tells it, relating it to a hairy situation I had on a 6ft day at my local, was just too exhausting to get through it in one sitting. I was verging on panicking imagining what you and Ben went through. Excellent material Nathan

That's the nuts and bolts, brother! Thanks for great stuff I haven't seen or heard before! I remember watching this video and thinking how heavy it was for you, and how freaking toasted most others would be in that situation. The Ben content was timely, and really drove home that point!