"Cloudbreak turned it on today! She’s a beautiful thing. Glad you're ok Billy Kemper."
The Big Wave World Tour champion and four-time Jaws winner Billy Kemper has thrilled masochists worldwide with a wipeout at fifteen-foot Cloudbreak.
The vision is compelling, the wildly virile tattooed daddy-of-four Billy Kemper getting airborne on a takeoff that by any stretch might be regarded even by surfers of this level as impossible.
Even a brief viewing has the viewer crouching in his armchair like an animal that is cold, the pit of his stomach churning as Billy Kemper goes helter-skelter into the void.
As you might imagine, the world’s best surfers, as well as silver-haired stuntman Phil Clapp aka Johnny Knoxville, dived into his commentary pane to dress him with compliments and back pats.
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Nathan Florence: That was next level flight time😂, injuries are a mindset, mayonnaise is a superfood
Tom Carroll: l: Yeeeeeew💯🌊🎉 Cloudbreak turned it on today!!! She’s a beautiful thing❤️glad your ok @billykemper
“That’s some warmup,” said Johnny Knoxville.
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The last time we spent any time in the strong-ish arms of Billy Kemper was three years ago when WSL visionary Erik Logan produced the six-part series ‘Billy‘, which followed his trip to Morocco, his terrible injury there, a long rehabilitation and his triumphant return to contests.
Episode four was a particular thrill.
It followed his triumphant return to America (thanks to executive producer and WSL CEO Erik Logan who, in episode three, tearfully whispered to his wounded comrade, “Gonna bring you home, Billy”), a visit from Laird Hamilton who offered Billy his home, with its gymnasium and pool and ice baths, to rebuilt his busted body and the revelation that the death of shredder older bro, Eric Diaz, of a drug overdose has driven everything.
Guy is an absolute savage. You can see him going over with the lip after getting destroyed.
Cloudbreak turned it on 3 days ago brother
And to think I gave my MF soft top to a shop kid to resale after buying my Tolhurst. Is it time to support Mick and buy another MF?
Mental.
Couple more workout/icebath/sauna videos and some Grass fed beef he would’ve stuck that. Tenore sticker made his nose slide out too….
Jesus fuck! 😧
Fucken hell Dez mate, even I call that bigger than 15ft.
Xox
“Cause I’m an Island Boy”
It’s at least 30′ Californian
33 1/3rd!!!
Xox
WATCH BILLY KEMPER’S WIPEOUT OF THE CENTURY SUBMISSION AS KEALA KENNELY SAYS, “PFFT, YOU CALL THAT AN AIR DROP!”
Billy opted not to leave half of his face on the reef.
Looks good, but would look better from within the barrel. Anyone can wipeout. Once in a ten year shot and wasted.
Pretty good effort
Now give that brave Hawaiian
A Yeti Cooler
I saw this on another account, unless the convo was deleted off Billy’s, but I don’t follow him. Anyway, Nic Von Rupp wrote something along the lines of, now you know how it feels to go backside at Jaws, to which Billy replied, what would you know, you don’t surf there, go back to Nazare. NVR, rekt.
Ego battle-royale!
Haha, classic. I kinda agree with Billy. But truly it’s a race to bottom with those two, in terms of most annoying ego-fueled surfers
Felipe Toledo disguised as Soli Bailey
https://youtu.be/kJCZVzEKuuE
Wicked!
Jump back on the plane and head home. His work is done. That was nutz.
some semblance si’
Kids nowadays, so quick to grab their rail.
Naked arse – he never even got close to making that. Big fucken balls for even trying where he was. We might bag Bill for some of the stuff he says but shit … he charges. Respect.
And for the record I would’ve been on a boat in the channel behind a camera. Fuck that stuff.
If he isn’t wearing a stupid cowboy hat, it doesn’t count
Yeah I’ve surfed the joint at 5′-6 and it was fucking unbelievable but still got punished. I just can’t believe how you don’t die when that big
Impact vests and 2 jetskis waiting to do rescue pulls definately helps. I’ve surfed it around 10+ mark and it was scary AF on a 6’4 which was hopelessly undergunned
6.4 fark that, I’m a 7.10 all the way.
Yeah I got caught out, so just hung on the inside, got 2 sizey ones and thank buddha nothing bad happened. That was in May last year, full on Hawaiian big wave rider crew was there riding 10″ boards with impact suits on. And then of course a few Aussies riding similar size boards to me.
You get a real respect for the place when under water and seeing coral heads zoom past your face
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3k miles away and didn’t get wet. luv the internet. wouldn’t dare watch it virtually. bits would be blown!