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Khruangbin: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
MilkmanDan says..."Khruangbin" means "airplane" in Thai (literally "machine" khruang + "fly" bin, "flying machine"). So, I assumed it was a Thai band when I saw the name (or that it was in another language and coincidentally like the word in Thai). Interesting that they were inspired by Thai music, which pretty much verifies the origin of the name...
Post-viewing edit:
There's definitely some connections to Thai Country/Folk "Lookthung" music in there, but plenty of other influences also. First song sounded Surf-y to me. I dig the bass in all of 'em.
Khruangbin Boiler Room London Live Set
siftbotTags for this video have been changed from 'surf, funk, soul, boiler room' to 'surf, funk, soul, boiler room, Khruangbin' - edited by lurgee
Mordhaus
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siftbotYour video, Rodrigo Koxa sets all-time record for biggest wave surfed, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.
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b4rringt0n
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siftbotYour video, Swiss ball surfing, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.
Swiss ball surfing
CrushBugNot the ball surfing I was expecting.
Mordhaus
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siftbotYour video, Snow Surfing (no bindings), has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.
South Park: The Whites
newtboyDo Trey and Matt surf the sift?
Bob White, a Trump supporter that rudely spouts fake news, hyperbole, baseless political attacks, and pure misdirection to defend the indefensible acts of the president.
Seems more than coincidental.
FLOATER
newtboyIf you ever thought Jesus looked like a beach bum and wondered what he would look like surfing, this is for you.
Never turn your back on the ocean
Diogenes says...heh heh, this guy's having a laugh...
how could it be unexpected?? the sets come in at pretty well-timed intervals, the backwash for such a wave would be pulling backwards (hard) on his waist and thighs, and he'd have heard it
i grew up about a five-minute drive from sandy beach on oahu, and had my dad throwing me into the shorebreak from about the age of seven...laughing his ass off, while i'd stagger out of the surf half-drowned and with my sand-filled trunks around my ankles
here are some cool photos of the place by an old college buddy of mine:
http://www.beachboyphotography.com/Surf/My-Smug-Mug/i-gHjVj6T
If you go to beaches, this is worth a couple minutes
SFOGuyWell, fair enough---but you're more experienced in the surf.
And...people do die in rips, so I figure ho harm done in posting, right?
One thing I don't like about this safety announcement is that it makes it seem like rips as these underwater murder machines just lurking out there trying to kill you.
There is nothing inherently dangerous about a rip current per se. Surfers use them all the time to get out quickly into the lineup quickly without having to duck dive the heavier sets.
The real danger of rips is to inexperienced or poor ocean swimmers. The rip can carry you out to water that is too deep to stand in very quickly, so if you're not comfortable floating or treading water for long periods that's going to be a big problem.
Most people drown because they panic when they realize they can't touch the bottom and try to swim back against the current to get to a place where they can stand again. In their panicked state they forget about floating or treading water and exhaust themselves. As long as you swim perpendicular to the current you should be fine. The number one mistake people make is that they forget to stay calm and take breaks by doing the side-stroke or treading water until they're ready to do the crawl stroke again.
All that said, lateral rips (rips that run parallel to the shore rather than out to sea) are some scary shit, as they can move basically as fast as a river. During lifeguard training in my younger days I got caught in one while doing a training rescue and was swept in literally seconds into a wooden jetty. Thankfully I was able to ride the crest of a wave up to the top of the jetty, pull myself up, and then sprint down back to the shore before the next set of waves washed me back into the ocean and carried me even further down the shoreline. After getting back, I took a lot of shit from my instructors and peers for nearly having to be actually rescued during a training rescue.
The Rage is real - gamer smashes monitor
TheSandmaN says...Sure thing. I found a gif of the video while surfing and I wanted to post a video of it on VideoSift, so I searched and found it on YouTube which I then, after going over the posting guidelines on the VideoSift site multiple times, posted as my first video here.
Thanks for the explanation, @TheSandmaN.
Can you inform how you came to find the video? It's one of these cases where there are relatively few views on a very new video, so if you aren't affiliated with the video, then how did you manage to find and view it for the first time?
I don't want this to be a witch hunt, but also, if you're not affiliated with the video this should be a pretty mundane question to answer.
Dancing on Water: The Chinese Art of Bamboo Drifting
poolcleanerI used to go paddle boarding every week. Not as difficult as surfing. Far more buoyant boards.
Paddle boarding is hard enough.
Curt Smith of Tears for Fears and Ted Yoder
ulysses1904Fun fact about this song and my hero Joe Strummer, from Songfacts.com -
Singer Joe Strummer told an interesting story to Musician magazine in 1988 about how he proved that popular 1980s group Tears for Fears stole a line from "Charlie Don't Surf" for the title of their hit "Everybody Wants To Rule The World." He was apparently in a restaurant and saw Roland Orzabal, lead songwriter for Tears for Fears, and told him that "you owe me a fiver," explaining that the name of their hit song was an exact lift of the first line of the middle eight in "Charlie Don't Surf." According to Strummer, Orzabal simply reached into his pocket and gave him a five pound note, effectively admitting that this had been the case.
(for the record it was from the first verse, not the middle eight as there is no middle eight in "Charlie Don't Surf")
Inexperienced Jet-skiers Nearly Die at The Wedge
Esoog says...Ugh, that music was horrible!! Not only were they idiots for obvious reasons, but you're also not allowed to ride PWCs in 'surfing areas'. They could have just as easily killed someone else when they ran over them and knocked them unconscious.
It is Known as the "Pool of Death"
MordhausIt is now known as Queen's Bath, but it isn't the original. The original one was destroyed by lava in the 80's, so they just renamed the pool of death.
They are definitely locals and skilled swimmers. Others have died during the winter when the surf is routinely high, like in this video.
Those are Kauai locals swimming in Queen's bath.
They know what they're doing. Here is another video .