Seeing a new Wedge edit pop into your YouTube feed is almost exactly like driving by a car crash. You know what you’re about to see could make you cringe. But there’s no way you can avoid scratching that itch. So you take a gander.
Yes, watching people surf a really weird wave is impressive. However, watching people race through a barreling closeout section only offers so much inspiration to get out and do it yourself. So let’s be honest, about 98 percent of your motivation for watching anybody surf the Wedge when it jacks up above head high is to see all those people fly over the falls like Hulk Hogan coming off the top rope.
Even videographer Brent Weldon himself says three days of filming Newport’s finest earned him some beatings. So do your part and watch. It’s the least you can do to make it worth the pain others had to endure.
