Eli Beukes

J-Bay vs Skeleton Bay | Surfing the same XL swell at Africa's two best waves

Join us on a 24-hour journey as the XL swell of the year (so far) lights up two of Africa’s most iconic waves on the same day. Some of the world’s best surfers and underground tube hunters give it a crack as we document both locations and compare notes. The only question is, would you rather go left, or right?

Thanks as always for watching - your support helps us to keep making content like this, so please hit subscribe if you like what you see.

Featured surfers: Brendon Gibbens, Eli Beukes, Jordy Smith, Matheus Herdy, Matt McGillivray, Jarvis Earle, Reef Heazlewood, Jordy Maree, Nat Young, Jake Elkington, Nick Blottnitz, Tiago Carrique, Steven Sawyer, Remi Petersen, Dylan Stone, Daniel Emslie, Ryan Schoon, Bruce Gold, Laura Raupp

A Now Now Media production presented by Monster Energy
Produced by Alan van Gysen and Ernst Ohlhoff
Executive Producers Kazmira Krawchuk and Ryan Franklin
Edited and Directed by Will Bendix

Running time: 15 minutes

Strike Missions: Destination Known | Episode 15 | O'Neill

In this episode of O'Neill Strike Missions: Destination Known, Team O'Neill travels across the map to a little place formally known in the surfing world as, Indonesia.

O’Neill Strike Missions is a film series documenting Team O'Neill’s surf adventures across the globe. It’s all about tracking swell and striking when the time is right, hoping the gamble pays off and the risk is worth the reward. This episode's power team consisted of Soli Bailey, Eli Beukes, Johanne Defay, Gui Ribeiro, Caity Simmers, Jordy Smith, Winter Vincent, and Noah Wegrich.

It's no secret that Indonesia is home to some of the world's most popular waves. But what lies beyond the lineup? Beautiful forestry, wildlife, and plenty of opportunities to disconnect from the outside world and truly enjoy a surf trip with your mates. This is Strike Missions: Destination Known. We hope you enjoy.

Shot by Jacob Vanderwork, Nick Christy, Nate Lawrence
Edited by Jacob Vanderwork
Photography by Grant Ellis, Nate Lawrence

Explore our new collection here: http://bit.ly/oneill-new-arrivals
Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/oneill_youtube
Sign up for the latest gear & happenings here: http://bit.ly/oneill-sign-up

Behind The Strike | Land Of The Right Hand | O'Neill

Some of a surf trip's most memorable moments happen during the in-between. In between surfing and reviewing clips, in between getting breakfast and waxing boards, and oftentimes in between one surf check to the next. These are the moments when personalities shine, and characters emerge.

Strike Missions: Land Of The Right Hand had a lot of great moments in between. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

Shot by Jacob Vanderwork, Evan Campbell
Edited by Jacob Vanderwork

Strike Missions: The Land Of The Right Hand | Episode 12 | O'Neill

In this episode of O'Neill Strike Missions: The Land Of The Right Hand, Team O'Neill travels across the Atlantic to the Northwestern stretch of the African coastline, Morocco.

O’Neill Strike Missions is a film series documenting Team O'Neill’s surf adventures across the globe. It’s all about tracking swell and striking when the time is right, hoping the gamble pays off and the risk is worth the reward. This episode's power team consisted of Ian Crane, Robbie McCormick, Eli Beukes, Torrey Meister, and Gui Ribeiro. We knew little about the region, other than the waves that were on the menu. Right-hand point breaks as far as the eye can see, and the results did not disappoint. This is Morocco, this is The Land Of The Right Hand. We hope you enjoy.

Shot by Jacob Vanderwork
Edited by Jacob Vanderwork
Photography by Grant Ellis

Explore our new collection here: http://bit.ly/oneill-new-arrivals

The Skeleton Bay Shootout | Surf Contest At The Best Wave In The World

The Skeleton Bay Shootout presented by Monster Energy took place over three days in late June in non-stop three-to-six foot barrels in Namibia. The speciality event looks to recognise the standout surfers of the swell at the best wave in the world and the rules are simple – show up and pull in.

“The Skeleton Bay Shootout is a peer-judged event and it’s pretty underground. No-ones really knows when it will happen, it’ll just pop-up depending on the swell and whoever is there is there,” says Eli Beukes, who put in a solid showing on his first trip to the iconic left-hander on the edge of the Namib Desert. “It’s pretty cool because it’s mostly going by word of mouth and whoever has been the surfer of the swell or gets the best barrel will get a bit of a cash prize at the end.”

This was essentially a dry-run for the concept. Now Now Media is planning a series of Shootouts based on the same idea at some of the most incredible waves around the world in 2024 and looking to bump up the prize money significantly. The prizes are a nice way to recognise who was charging but it’s not about the money. There’s always so much stoke when waves like this are firing and anybody who gets a good wave out there is a winner the end of the day. The Shootout is essentially a celebration of that.

A Now Now Media Production presented by Monster Energy
Produced by Alan van Gysen
Edited by Dane Staples
Directed by Will Bendix
Executive Producers Ryan Franklin & Ryan Payne
Director of Photography Alan van Gysen
First Camera Pete Beukes

Chasing The Unicorn

Chasing the Unicorn traces the history of surfing in post-war Mozambique, while searching for a mythical sand-bottomed wave that lies along this tropical slice of East Africa.

Along the way, we meet Sung Min Cho and Julia Fernando, the country’s leading surfers, and get acquainted with Mozambique’s burgeoning surf culture that has risen up in the wake of 30 years of armed conflict.

The film, produced by Monster Energy in association with O’Neill, is an ode to adventure and a surfing nation on the rise.

Featuring: Sung Min Cho, Eli Beukes, Julia Fernando, Mikey February, Jordy Smith, Brendon Gibbens and others.

A film by Now Now Media presented by Monster Energy
In association with O’Neill
Director of Photography Alan van Gysen
Executive Producer Ryan Franklin
Written and Directed by Will Bendix
Produced by Alan van Gysen
First Camera Ian Thurtell
Edited by Will Bendix

Pro's Free Surf Sessions During J-Bay Open

A lay day in J-Bay is still better than the best day at your local…

We made sure to catch all the in between moments during the Corona Open J-Bay and put it together for your viewing pleasure! Enjoy this Freesurf edit featuring the world's best and some damn fine locals trading endless runners.
Film and edit - Calvin Thompson

#jbay #surf #jeffreysbay #supertubes #wsl #corona #ocean

10 Best Waves from Maps To Nowhere

When certain waves offer up such an array of delicious tastes — it’s hard to be partial...

What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream? Maybe you’re a vanilla bean traditionalist. Or, maybe Rocky Road’s your jam. You can’t really say one is better than the other because, well: preference.
After the well-over 31 flavors of incredible waves featured in the Maps To Nowhere series, we attempted to whittle the tastiest ones down to 10. It was tough. The thing about surfing perfect waves with no one else around is: You end up catching A LOT of memorable waves.

Some of us, for example, couldn’t get enough of Soli Bailey searching for the mysto deep peak up the reef so he could properly backdoor two heavy stand-up sections, as opposed to just one.

Others of the screw-footed ilk preferred the bathwater-blue growers that Brett Barley and Ian Crane weaved through in Episode 1, before punctuating a kickout with a giant forehand hack.

Some loved the flavor of Jordy Smith’s double-arm stalls at those dark empty peaks in Episode 3, and others loved a couple of the “waves of their life” moments that went down in one or two of the eps.

Listen, we’ll just let you decide. Speaking of…have you ever been to a Baskin-Robbins on the 31st day of a month? It’s a vibe.

Now watch the 10 Best Waves from M2N.

South African Surfers Best Waves of the Month | Monster Clutch Best of Round 1

https://zigzag.co.za/clutch/

Click the link above to check out Clutch presented by Monster Energy.

Here are some of the best waves from Round 1 of competition. Let us know your favourite in the comments.

Edit - David Armstrong
Cover Image - Graeme Brunt

The Best (& Sharkiest) Air Wave In The World!

If La Jette is the best air wave in the world, why haven't we seen footage of it since Jordy and Julian in 2012?

Filmed in Reunion Island at the same wave Ryan Miller claims he saw the 'Best Surfing I've Ever Seen', Eli Beukes, Luke Slijpen and Matthieu Guillaume show why 'La Jette' is still the most perfect air wave in the world.

Credit: Now Now Media (Ian Thurtell, Alan van Gysen, Will Bendix)