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Surfer Tries To Catch A Big Wave To Show His Skills (Huntington Beach, 2020)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps People Huntington Beach, California, United States 2020
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About this clip

The surfer demonstrates skill and balance as he rides the swell, showcasing the thrill of coastal recreation. This authentic, unfiltered moment reflects the spirit of modern surf culture and the beauty of the Pacific coastline. Ideal for documentaries, lifestyle content, or nostalgic coastal storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, travel edit, brand film, or social cut needing a 2020 Huntington Beach surfing moment with one wetsuited surfer working through heavy shore break.
Edit role
A short insert or action beat for a surf sequence, showing the surfer waiting, pushing into foam, getting knocked back, and paddling out within a few seconds.
Visual details
A single surfer in a dark wetsuit is visible from behind with a light surfboard in gray-blue water, white foam, breaking waves, and hard daylight on the choppy surface.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera composition keeps the surfer in the midground with foamy water filling the foreground and breaking surf across the background, with no camera movement confirmed from the stills.

Tags

surferwaterseatidebig wavesurfboardcatchbigwaveskillssportsrecreationhuntington BEACH californiamodernbuyartabstract

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
49 MB
Location
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Year filmed
2020
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

A surfer in a dark wetsuit sits on a surfboard in Huntington Beach, California, facing a line of breaking whitewater.
The opening frame places the lone surfer in the midground as a wave breaks ahead. (0:00)
The surfer remains seated on the board in Huntington Beach, California, with more foam spreading across the water in front of the breaking wave.
This still gives an editor a hold moment before the surfer engages the incoming whitewater. (0:01)
A wetsuited surfer sits partly upright in Huntington Beach, California surf as white foam surrounds the board and a wave collapses behind him.
The frame shows the surfer bracing as the shore break closes in around the board. (0:02)
Surfboard pitches upward beside surfer in foamy water.

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