studio or on a set. this is their office. the world famous bonsai pipeline on the north shore of oahu, hawaii. the bonsai pipeline is the a zone. i mean, this is the creme de la creme. it s one of the gnarliest waves on the planet. it s pretty much the most dangerous wave in the world. you have to be on top of your game to even think about paddling out to the pipe. this jagged reef, big rocks down there. it could knock you out. i ve had really good friends that s died out there. it s dangerous work. the footage larry and ray capture makes these guys, the surfers, look like the daredevils. but make no mistake, as each 20-foot wall of white water crashes down with bone-crushing force, there s an adrenaline rush for the guys behind the lens, too.
three more waves batter ray intç the coral reef caught on camera before larry reaches it. he was huge. filled up with water, just massive. he was looking dead. i grabbed him, swung him back, got his head out of the water, leaned him back. grabbed him and started squeezing his belly. another surfer sees larry swimming ray to shore and offers his surfboard. they start carrying him out. i came out behind him and laid him on the beach. he was blue. lifeguards and the paramedics frantically try to revive ray, but he s flat lining. no pulse. ray was so close to death, he was knocking on the door. he was right there. ray has swallowed more than a gallon of salt water. he s rushed to the hospital. clinging to life, he s in a coma for two days. and on the third day, against all odds, ray wakes up. i think i was probably as close to death as somebody can come. the doctors at the hospital all
i look back. he was face down in a death position with his camera a few feet away. i knew he was in a super dangerous situation. larry swims as fast as he can to get to his friend. three more waves batter into the coral reefs caught on camera before larry reaches it. he was huge. filled up with water, just massive. he was looking dead. i grabbed him, swung him back, got his head out of the water, leaned him back. grabbed him and started squeezing his belly. another surfer sees larry swimming ray ashore and offers his surfboard. they start carrying him out. i came out behind him and laid him on the beach. he was blue. lifeguards and the paramedics frantically try to revive ray but he s flat lining. no pulse. ray was so close to death, he was knocking on the door. he was right there. ray swallowed more than a gallon of salt water. he s rushed to the hospital. clinging to life, he s in a coma for two days. and on the third day, against all odds, ray wakes up. i think i w
day. love you, larry. thank you, man. in pain? sure. happy to be alive? definitely. i m forever grateful for my good friend larry who saved the day. ray spends nine days in critical care and it takes him a full year to recover. when he finally does get back in the ocean, he says he s not heading straight for the bonsai pipeline anytime soon. my main focus is creating ocean adventure programming for kids. it just so happened it just wasn t my time. god didn t have plans to take me that day. i feel extremely lucky. pretty much not lucky, but blessed to be alive. extreme skiing can mean extreme danger. i got the whole ugly thing. it turned my stomach. it was just horrendous. you just felt it was going to be a miracle not to lose your daughter. also under water and trapped in a cage with a thrashing shark. i m looking out at the jaws of death. this can t be happening. when caught on camera: daredevils continues. may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you
force, there s an adrenaline rush for the guys behind the lens, too. the swell comes from very deep water. it hits the pipeline, it hits a shallow reef, with such power, it creates the huge barrel. to get in that barrel and make it in the barrel and to get spit out is the ultimate euphoric feeling. to capture it on film is just great. shooting the pipeline long enough to know that ideal conditions don t always mean safe working conditions for them. it was one of those days. it was very low tide. very dangerous, 14, 16-foot faces. low tide means huge waves and amazing footage. watch this wall of water crashing right over ray as his camera catches all the action. it was a great day. it was pretty epic. this big set. we see it breaking on the outer reef.