Peaking: Ian Walsh | 72 Hours In Miyazaki

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• CJ

  @Cjohnnymac · 5 years ago

  everything wrong with professional/ marketable surfing packed into one video

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• DE

  @Deh_acc · 10 years ago

  the sight with the lines of massive waves is simply breathtaking

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• KE

  @kevinm5564 · 8 years ago

  Holy slow motion and talking!  Just show us some dang surfing

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• PA

  @PARATROOPERTV-b9i · 4 months ago

  I’ve seen some sick waves in Japan and I can’t believe more people aren’t surfing there!

• JA

  @jansmith9922 · 7 years ago (edited)

  Ian’s not just “chasing big swell”....this is BUSINESS...he has to please his sponsors who are paying the bill to fly a camera crew, Ian &amp; his friends to Japan. It’s not just very expensive airline tickets, hotel, food but, it’s also salaries for the camera crew, Ian, &nbsp;&amp; other surfers as well as all the production team salaries that will turn all the clips into a video/movie plus future adverting money if it’s a movie that is released around the world. <br><br>Ian is responsible to produce a video/movie to high light his trip which includes reading the wave/weather charts correction to get in the spot with big waves. Without a good BIG swell his sponsors might see it as a waste of THEIR money. Ian is a BIG wave surfer...so small wave video does not cut it. Without big waves his sponsors could cut his travel budget in the future or not sponsor him in the future. There is a lot of pressure on Ian not just to surf big waves but to keep his sponsors happy by producing an excellent video/movie to justify this trip. So give Ian a break he’s jet lags &amp; stressed out about business while at the same time he has to focus on staying safe in these waves from a huge storm system.<br><br>This is a very real behind the scenes pressure of all of these Big Wave surfers. There are not a lot of big wave sponsorships to be had so you need to please the sponsors by getting the job done efficiently, low budget and with big waves.

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• KE

  @Keepone974 · 8 years ago

  When you get a really massive typhoon swell, Chiba is usually not the place to be (will become saturated), some reef breaks in Kanagawa will probably look much cleaner, and are even more of a gem when they wake up, since this area usually get less swell.

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• MI

  @MichaelvonRumohr · 10 years ago

  People need to calm down with saying Ian has some mental problem. He&apos;s just a serious dude not everyone is happy 24/7, he also obviously just has an RB Face exactly like me lol, just chill and enjoy the video.

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• UR

  @urbanparkourstunts3943 · 10 years ago

  Red Bull is amazing

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• RA

  @randyevermore9323 · 7 years ago

  The place where they actually got in the water (second half of video) was Katsuura in Chiba Prefecture, not Miyazaki.

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• CH

  @charlie1029384756 · 8 years ago

  14 mins of moaning and a minute and a half of surf.

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• AB

  @abrahamsibaja · 10 years ago

  how do you even paddle out,those waves are huge

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• TH

  @Theknobatnoon · 10 years ago

  Check it out It&apos;s going to be friggin HUGE! Ah crap, it&apos;s small. Hey let&apos;s go to that other spot. Oh shit it&apos;s to big. Let&apos;s just go home.

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