Banzai Pipeline satellite photo
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Sure: the wave is challenging, and I'm unlikely to ever be good enough to surf it. From that perspective it is spectacular. I also think it would be unbelievable to be there live and watch it do its thing.
From a cinematic perspective though, I feel Pipe has been thrashed out. I actually generally can't be bothered watching it.
Until today!
My friend Daniel emailed me this Vimeo clip of Pipe and I love it. It's the most original footage of Pipe I've ever seen, and it's generally an original style of presenting surfing footage.
It shows, amongst other things, how shallow Pipe breaks (even though this is already well recognised), how crowded Pipe gets, and a generally different perspective on the wave and of surfing it.
Please, do yourself a favour, sit down, and take the time to watch this. I don't think you'll regret it.
Pipeline Winter 2013 from Eric Sterman on Vimeo.
Source: Vimeo
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