Kelly Slater details Frightening Pipeline Experience – newsdubai

With big waves comes serious danger.

Oahu, Hawaii is not only known for hula dancing, fresh pineapple and palm trees – it is also known for its top surfing. And in the exclusive first look at Apple TV +’s upcoming documentary series, Low or break11 times World Surf League world champion surfer Kelly Slater discusses his first-time surfing at one of the island’s most legendary locations: the Pipeline.

Pipeline is located on the north coast of Oahu and is famous for its notoriously intense waves and good surfing conditions. But Slater warns, it’s not for the faint of heart.

“Pipeline was so mythical to me as a kid,” Slater says in the clip. “There was a poster on my friend’s wall and I remember watching the wave … and just thinking I do not know how guys can turn around and catch that wave, it’s so scary.”

Slater’s first surfed the waves as a 12-year-old. “I remember this wave picking me up and hitting me on the back on the reef with my board,” he recalls. “For a second I just felt like I would never get up, it would just keep me here forever.

“That’s what surfing is,” Slater explains. “The fear and danger that comes with it is also enticing.”