Amazing phantom footage!

[Justin Marx]

http://vimeo.com/34941680

From the link:
This day at Teahupoo- Aug 27th 2011 during the Billabong Pro waiting period is what many are calling the biggest and gnarliest Teahupoo ever ridden. Chris Bryan was fortunate enough to be there working for Billabong on a day that will go down in the history of big wave surfing. The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water.
Kelly Slater described the day by saying "witnessing this was a draining feeling being terrified for other people's lives all day long, it's life or death. Letting go of that rope one time can change your life and not many people will ever experience that in their life."
All images where shot by Chris Bryan using the Phantom HD Gold camera. To see more of Chris' work check out his website. WWW.CHRISBRYANFILMS.COM
Music: Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun' by M83.

 

[Bob Gundu]

Good lord!!!! I'm typing this as I lay on the floor after falling off my chair!!!

 

[Tom Hamilton]

Anyone get hurt that day?

 

[Timothy Eaton]

Awesome, magnificent, terrifying. Kudos to Chris Bryan. But is it sacreligious to say that I thought it was too slow? At this speed it's beautiful as an abstraction, but I think the wave and the perilous situation becomes secondary to the capabilities of the technology. Ouch.

 

[Erik Vanlenten]

WOW. That giant wall of water looks so powerful, my good god. I can only imagine the sound of being in the tube of that thing.

 

[Sergio Perez]

Imagine if he shot that with the Epic at 5k 96fps- not so much slow motion, true, but imagine the photos he would have- cover story material!

 

[Mark Phelan]

Wow! Thanks for the link, remarkable shots by both the cameraman and the surfers.

 

[Keith_D]

Wow!

 

[David Battistella]

Shitsticks. That is freaky. Haunting.

David

 

[Justin Marx]

Amazing to see that power.. We are so small!

 

[Dane Henry]

2:30 is mind blowing!

 

[Marcos Montenegro]

Love it! What a rush seeing those waves.

 

[Paolo Tinari]

Chronicles from that day:
http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/full-coverage-of-billabong-pro-tahiti-tow-session_58716/

No body was really hurt: "it's only water after all" :scared:

Thanks for posting, Justin.

 

[Luc Bouvrette]

fookinell. amazing. beautiful shots too.

 

[Zeb B]

I've boogie boarded bigger in Del Mar

 

[Tom Lowe]

I pray that Vision Research makes a 5K Bayer camera with at least 1,000fps soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bruce Buck]

Taken down? I'm glad I got to see it at least once.

 

[Antony M]

"BIGGEST TEAHUPOO EVER, SHOT ON THE PHANTOM CAMERA."

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Err, what happened to the video?

 

[Fredrik Harreschou]

http://video.mpora.com/watch/5Pgs2slxu/

Amazing...

 

[Justin Marx]

Sorry guys, Linkis dead.. I guess they decided that it was wayyyy to good to be shown online for free... Sorry!