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Surfer Keeping Their Balance On A Surfboard (Huntington Beach, 2020)

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

A surfer maintains perfect balance on a surfboard as they ride a large wave in the ocean at Huntington Beach, California, in 2020. The footage showcases the surfer’s skill and focus, with the crashing waves and coastal light creating a dynamic, nostalgic scene. Ideal for documentaries, travel content, or nostalgic storytelling about coastal life and surfing culture.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, surf documentaries, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts needing a 2020 Huntington Beach surfer riding open ocean water.
Edit role
The short runtime works as an action cutaway, transition beat, or insert between wider beach coverage and closer ocean activity in a surf sequence.
Visual details
A surfer in a black wetsuit stands on a long surfboard while riding across green-gray water, with white breaking foam behind and other surfers visible farther out.
Shot mechanics
The ground-camera composition looks down across the water, holding the surfer in the lower frame while the wave line and distant surfers fill the midground and background.

Tags

surfingsurfboardwaveoceanwatersurferkeepingbalanceridinglargepeoplehuntington BEACH california4kbuyprofessionalmodernintro

Shot slate

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

Still Frames From This Clip

3 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 black wetsuit rides a longboard across green-gray water at Huntington Beach, California, with whitewater forming behind and other surfers farther out.
This opening frame shows the rider already balanced on the board as the wave begins to break behind them. (0:00)
The surfer continues along the wave face at Huntington Beach, California, standing upright on the board while two distant surfers wait beyond the break.
This moment keeps the rider centered against open ocean water and a small line of whitewater. (0:01)
A surfer in a black wetsuit rides ahead of a stronger section of whitewater at Huntington Beach, California, with textured ocean surface filling the frame.
This frame captures the wave building behind the rider while the board stays on the smoother shoulder. (0:02)

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