1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:50,912 --> 00:00:55,193 Hawaii, the place that makes you or breaks you 4 00:00:55,227 --> 00:00:57,540 as a professional surfer. 5 00:00:57,574 --> 00:01:01,751 They say if you can make it here, you've made it. 6 00:01:01,785 --> 00:01:08,068 Professional surfing is one of the most cut throat and elite sports in the world. 7 00:01:08,102 --> 00:01:12,796 Competitive surfers often gruel through a 40 contest year 8 00:01:12,831 --> 00:01:17,215 and dedicate every aspect of their lives to try to make it as a top pro. 9 00:01:19,355 --> 00:01:23,393 Thirty four male surfers qualify for the world championship tour. 10 00:01:23,428 --> 00:01:25,602 A dream tour with rock star treatment 11 00:01:25,637 --> 00:01:28,088 and massive paydays for winning events. 12 00:01:29,744 --> 00:01:31,056 But at the end of the year, 13 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:35,233 only one surfer is named world champion. 14 00:01:35,267 --> 00:01:37,545 This is a goal that very few humans 15 00:01:37,580 --> 00:01:39,616 in history will ever accomplish, 16 00:01:39,651 --> 00:01:41,618 but one of the only ways 17 00:01:41,653 --> 00:01:45,070 to truly make it in professional surfing. 18 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:47,452 Basically, if you're not on top, 19 00:01:47,486 --> 00:01:51,145 your sponsor could drop you after one bad year. 20 00:01:51,180 --> 00:01:55,736 Many surf careers have sadly ended at the hand of a corporation. 21 00:01:55,770 --> 00:01:58,773 Now, this is just the reality for most surfers, 22 00:01:58,808 --> 00:02:00,534 but not all of them. 23 00:02:03,053 --> 00:02:06,505 Let me introduce you to my friend Ben Gravy. 24 00:02:08,093 --> 00:02:09,853 Now, this might come as a shock, 25 00:02:09,888 --> 00:02:11,717 but Ben isn't from Hawaii, 26 00:02:11,752 --> 00:02:14,962 and Ben doesn't surf on the world tour. 27 00:02:14,996 --> 00:02:18,345 Ben Gravy is showing the entire surfing world 28 00:02:18,379 --> 00:02:20,933 that there's another way to do it. 29 00:02:20,968 --> 00:02:24,903 Ben has proved to everyone, surfer and non-surfer alike, 30 00:02:24,937 --> 00:02:27,457 that you don't have to settle in life. 31 00:02:27,492 --> 00:02:31,461 Ben has proved that you can live your life for the dream. 32 00:03:27,862 --> 00:03:29,485 All right, so we're heading down to the campsite now. 33 00:03:29,519 --> 00:03:31,245 We don't know if these guys are awake or asleep. 34 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,351 We just drove 46 hours straight. 35 00:03:33,385 --> 00:03:35,560 So, we're completely delusional. 36 00:03:35,594 --> 00:03:37,700 Literally in the middle of nowhere. 37 00:03:38,425 --> 00:03:39,736 Anybody? 38 00:03:41,497 --> 00:03:42,670 Nope, nothing. 39 00:03:43,533 --> 00:03:45,190 Anybody? 40 00:03:45,225 --> 00:03:47,088 All right? Here's the situation on my end. 41 00:03:47,123 --> 00:03:48,676 I have no idea where I am. 42 00:03:48,711 --> 00:03:50,747 And I brought every board in my quiver. 43 00:03:50,782 --> 00:03:54,026 -So, right there is the wave. 44 00:03:54,061 --> 00:03:56,236 It's a little smaller than last time we surfed it, 45 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:58,479 but I think you'll get a couple for sure. 46 00:03:58,514 --> 00:03:59,998 Seriously, dude. Where's the wave? 47 00:04:00,447 --> 00:04:01,724 Where is it? 48 00:04:01,758 --> 00:04:03,104 Whoo! 49 00:04:14,461 --> 00:04:17,153 All right, we made it down to the bank of the river, 50 00:04:17,187 --> 00:04:21,778 forty-six hours in the car and it was all worth it. 51 00:04:21,813 --> 00:04:23,780 I'm about to paddle out for my first wave. 52 00:04:23,815 --> 00:04:24,781 Whoo! 53 00:05:14,590 --> 00:05:15,694 Forty-six hours to get here. 54 00:05:15,729 --> 00:05:17,282 We just river surfed the biggest wave 55 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:19,008 in the United States for two days straight. 56 00:05:19,595 --> 00:05:20,596 My uncle was here. 57 00:05:20,630 --> 00:05:22,356 My favorite uncle, Jamie O'Brien. 58 00:05:22,391 --> 00:05:25,152 -Yeah, brother! Yee-haw! 59 00:05:25,186 --> 00:05:28,120 He was slashing and we smashed it. 60 00:05:28,155 --> 00:05:30,295 And we're getting on the road, so we'll see you next time. 61 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:31,503 -Peace. -For the dream. 62 00:05:31,538 --> 00:05:33,022 -Pew! -Bye, guys. 63 00:05:43,377 --> 00:05:44,482 See, I grew up at the beach, 64 00:05:44,516 --> 00:05:46,311 so we would always come to the beach, 65 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:48,589 and Rob's dad had a house at the beach. 66 00:05:48,624 --> 00:05:50,488 So, we would always come down. 67 00:05:50,522 --> 00:05:53,456 And then it got to a point where he just started to love the ocean. 68 00:05:53,491 --> 00:05:55,838 One of our friends gave Rob a surfboard 69 00:05:55,872 --> 00:06:00,221 for Ben to try, and he loved it. 70 00:06:00,256 --> 00:06:03,017 Probably when he was, like, seven or eight 71 00:06:03,052 --> 00:06:05,503 is when he started, like, actually carrying 72 00:06:05,537 --> 00:06:07,297 a surfboard to the beach to surf. 73 00:06:07,332 --> 00:06:09,092 So he got into it real young. 74 00:06:09,127 --> 00:06:11,923 I mean, was already surfing contests 75 00:06:11,957 --> 00:06:15,236 by the time he was nine or ten. 76 00:06:19,482 --> 00:06:21,795 The other kids would go out 15 minutes. 77 00:06:21,829 --> 00:06:22,968 Three hours later, you're like, 78 00:06:23,003 --> 00:06:25,143 "Ben, you gotta get out of the water." 79 00:06:25,177 --> 00:06:26,696 We gotta get more sun block on. 80 00:06:26,731 --> 00:06:28,353 We gotta... You gotta have something to eat. 81 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,562 You gotta drink. 82 00:06:30,597 --> 00:06:34,704 All the time was me with his video camera in the water for hours, 83 00:06:34,739 --> 00:06:35,912 just filming him surf. 84 00:06:37,638 --> 00:06:40,192 When I was like 13, 14, 85 00:06:40,227 --> 00:06:43,886 I won, like, a bunch of ESA and NSSA contests. 86 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,647 I won, like, a bunch of regional contests. 87 00:06:46,682 --> 00:06:51,169 And then when I was 14, I got sponsored by Billabong, 88 00:06:51,203 --> 00:06:55,276 and I won the East Coast Championship that same year. 89 00:06:55,311 --> 00:06:58,072 And it was right when I was coming out of eighth grade. 90 00:06:58,107 --> 00:06:59,384 And my parents were kind of like, 91 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:01,766 "Is this what you want to do?" 92 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,044 And I was like, "Yeah." 93 00:07:04,078 --> 00:07:08,013 My dad calls what we do The Truman Show. 94 00:07:08,048 --> 00:07:10,188 Because literally our entire lives 95 00:07:10,222 --> 00:07:12,708 are basically recorded on either a tape 96 00:07:12,742 --> 00:07:15,400 or a digital format, in some way. 97 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:18,299 So, Ben got a video camera for Christmas, 98 00:07:18,334 --> 00:07:20,301 I think, when he was eight years old. 99 00:07:20,336 --> 00:07:23,097 Ever since, he basically has walked around 100 00:07:23,132 --> 00:07:26,722 with a video camera in his hands, recording daily life. 101 00:07:26,756 --> 00:07:29,000 Everything that we've been doing 102 00:07:29,034 --> 00:07:31,140 since we were super, super young. 103 00:07:31,174 --> 00:07:32,244 He and his friend Michael 104 00:07:32,279 --> 00:07:33,556 used to just go around the house 105 00:07:33,591 --> 00:07:35,731 and make movies about mummies. 106 00:07:35,765 --> 00:07:38,492 All kinds of crazy stuff, filming everything. 107 00:07:38,527 --> 00:07:40,839 And we would always try and find ways to, you know, 108 00:07:40,874 --> 00:07:42,979 get a reaction or make a video 109 00:07:43,014 --> 00:07:44,325 that was unique. 110 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,569 And it started off just, like, skateboarding, 111 00:07:46,604 --> 00:07:48,364 throwing rocks at each other. 112 00:07:48,398 --> 00:07:51,194 It kind of evolved into crazy stuff on our skateboards. 113 00:07:51,229 --> 00:07:53,196 Crazy stuff on our surfboards, you know, 114 00:07:53,231 --> 00:07:56,303 jumping off of our roof. Or there was this one video 115 00:07:56,337 --> 00:08:00,203 of our oldest brother, Hob, going out the window, 116 00:08:00,238 --> 00:08:02,930 like, the third story window with a hose attached. 117 00:08:02,965 --> 00:08:05,519 We didn't have access to, like, television or computers, 118 00:08:05,554 --> 00:08:07,452 so it was kind of always like 119 00:08:07,487 --> 00:08:09,972 go find something to entertain yourself. 120 00:08:10,006 --> 00:08:12,215 Which is kinda weird because we had video cameras, 121 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:13,354 but we never watched TV. 122 00:08:19,878 --> 00:08:21,880 Thank you. I'll be here all week. 123 00:08:24,573 --> 00:08:27,541 That was created when Ben was, like, ten. 124 00:08:27,576 --> 00:08:30,786 And it originally stood for Nobody's Unlike Buddy. 125 00:08:30,820 --> 00:08:32,650 The meaning behind that was kinda like, 126 00:08:32,684 --> 00:08:34,306 everyone's accepted in our group 127 00:08:34,341 --> 00:08:36,308 because we weren't really ever cool. 128 00:08:36,343 --> 00:08:38,690 We were kind of just, like, nonconformist. 129 00:08:38,725 --> 00:08:40,899 Doing what we like doing. It wasn't really about, 130 00:08:40,934 --> 00:08:42,556 like, impressing anyone. And we saw, like, 131 00:08:42,591 --> 00:08:44,282 a lot of other people that, you know, 132 00:08:44,316 --> 00:08:45,973 either got picked on or were outcasts 133 00:08:46,008 --> 00:08:48,873 who would kinda fit in well with us because, you know, 134 00:08:48,907 --> 00:08:50,012 anything goes. 135 00:08:50,046 --> 00:08:51,807 Everyone's importance is the same. 136 00:08:51,841 --> 00:08:55,362 And I think we figured that out at a really early age. 137 00:09:02,749 --> 00:09:04,992 He would invite his friends to come surfing. 138 00:09:05,027 --> 00:09:07,063 And it was such an all-inclusive activity, 139 00:09:07,098 --> 00:09:09,618 because anybody could get out there and paddle around. 140 00:09:09,652 --> 00:09:13,000 And he motivated some of his friends, like Paul Venesz, 141 00:09:13,035 --> 00:09:15,347 to get out there and feel good about surfing 142 00:09:15,382 --> 00:09:17,833 and know that he could have the confidence to do it. 143 00:09:17,867 --> 00:09:19,697 If we were all out surfing 144 00:09:19,731 --> 00:09:22,700 and I was paddling for something, 145 00:09:22,734 --> 00:09:24,322 and it looked like I was gonna get it, 146 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:27,325 it didn't matter where Ben was on the wave. 147 00:09:27,359 --> 00:09:29,741 He started screaming, "Go, go, go!" 148 00:09:29,776 --> 00:09:31,536 Ben wasn't worried if it was his wave 149 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:32,986 because he was closer to the peak 150 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:34,366 or any of that. 151 00:09:34,401 --> 00:09:36,472 If he saw that I was gonna be able to catch it, 152 00:09:36,506 --> 00:09:38,336 he just wanted me to catch it. 153 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:42,064 Just to see me experience it and enjoy it. 154 00:09:42,098 --> 00:09:46,240 Ben was always more like I would say the underdog. 155 00:09:46,275 --> 00:09:49,105 But when he started surfing, he pretty much became 156 00:09:49,140 --> 00:09:51,038 a really good surfer very quickly. 157 00:09:51,073 --> 00:09:54,732 But he would always sort of gravitate 158 00:09:54,766 --> 00:09:56,941 toward the kids that couldn't surf as well 159 00:09:56,975 --> 00:09:59,633 to hang out with and, like, motivate them. 160 00:09:59,668 --> 00:10:01,842 He wasn't really one of the guys 161 00:10:01,877 --> 00:10:03,741 that always hung out with the top tier. 162 00:10:03,775 --> 00:10:06,122 And, I mean, he traveled on the circuit as he got older. 163 00:10:06,157 --> 00:10:09,125 But in his free time, he hung out with the Nub crew. 164 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,369 Which were just kids from the neighborhood 165 00:10:11,403 --> 00:10:13,474 that surfed casually. 166 00:10:13,509 --> 00:10:14,821 For him, it was always fun. 167 00:10:16,443 --> 00:10:20,758 Shoot, I've known Ben since I was 13, probably, or 14. 168 00:10:20,792 --> 00:10:22,104 We were doing 169 00:10:22,138 --> 00:10:24,140 the Eastern Surfing Association contest together, 170 00:10:24,175 --> 00:10:28,110 so I'd see him at regionals and see him at Easterns. 171 00:10:28,144 --> 00:10:31,113 I feel like becoming a professional surfer 172 00:10:31,147 --> 00:10:32,632 and growing up on the East Coast 173 00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:34,599 is, like, such a difficult thing to do. 174 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:37,740 It's just hard because you're out of the limelight of surfing. 175 00:10:37,775 --> 00:10:40,640 You know, the limelight is California, Hawaii, 176 00:10:40,674 --> 00:10:44,471 and the East Coast is just kinda like shed to the side. 177 00:10:44,505 --> 00:10:46,576 Here, you have to, like, get through the ranks 178 00:10:46,611 --> 00:10:48,613 and make it to those national competitions 179 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:50,408 to even get noticed. 180 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:51,754 Surfing is very small. 181 00:10:51,789 --> 00:10:54,930 You have 30 some guys on the world tour in the QS 182 00:10:54,964 --> 00:10:56,276 and then free surfers. 183 00:10:56,310 --> 00:10:58,519 And the numbers just aren't really in your favor 184 00:10:58,554 --> 00:11:00,936 to make that your career. 185 00:11:00,970 --> 00:11:02,800 So, he had the Hi8 camera. 186 00:11:02,834 --> 00:11:04,353 That's what he was filming on. 187 00:11:04,387 --> 00:11:07,805 And then he got, like, a double VCR. 188 00:11:07,839 --> 00:11:09,669 He would record the whole Hi8 tape 189 00:11:09,703 --> 00:11:11,740 on the one VHS tape, and then he would 190 00:11:11,774 --> 00:11:13,845 pick pieces from that out of that VHS 191 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,986 and record them onto another VHS tape. 192 00:11:17,021 --> 00:11:20,265 And he somehow had a stereo hooked up with a cord, 193 00:11:20,300 --> 00:11:22,405 so you could play music over the bits. 194 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,166 It was just, like, so bizarre. 195 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,375 But it worked. And then you could copy that 196 00:11:26,409 --> 00:11:27,997 and make a second copy. 197 00:11:28,032 --> 00:11:29,550 Then computers came out. 198 00:11:29,585 --> 00:11:31,725 We started burning DVDs. And I think Ben went through, 199 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,624 like, three computers where he broke the DVD burner 200 00:11:34,659 --> 00:11:36,834 because he was burning so many DVDs 201 00:11:36,868 --> 00:11:38,525 trying to get our content out. 202 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:40,389 I don't know. We didn't really have anything to compare it to. 203 00:11:40,423 --> 00:11:41,977 We were just creating. 204 00:11:42,011 --> 00:11:46,015 And we were all doing, like, stunts, and it evolved further. 205 00:11:52,228 --> 00:11:56,094 Well, we started doing stunts when I was a kid. 206 00:11:56,129 --> 00:11:57,647 But, obviously, as time went on, 207 00:11:57,682 --> 00:11:59,857 the stunts got way crazier. 208 00:11:59,891 --> 00:12:04,551 And it seems like the more that YouTube came into the picture, 209 00:12:04,585 --> 00:12:06,449 it played a big role, because the more views 210 00:12:06,484 --> 00:12:09,038 we would get for stunts, the crazier we would want to go. 211 00:12:20,636 --> 00:12:22,603 You know, I didn't know Ben when we were younger, 212 00:12:22,638 --> 00:12:24,433 but I saw that, you know, 213 00:12:24,467 --> 00:12:25,848 we obviously traveled together surfing, 214 00:12:25,883 --> 00:12:27,263 and saw he was building this career. 215 00:12:27,298 --> 00:12:28,886 And then I do remember, all of a sudden, 216 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:30,853 he was getting more focused into, 217 00:12:30,888 --> 00:12:33,028 like, the stunt side of things. 218 00:12:34,132 --> 00:12:35,789 Doing some pretty wild stuff. 219 00:12:35,824 --> 00:12:39,793 And I started to correlate, like, that with less surfing 220 00:12:39,828 --> 00:12:41,105 and less surf attention, 221 00:12:41,139 --> 00:12:42,623 and I was, like, kinda bummed for him 222 00:12:42,658 --> 00:12:45,903 because I saw he had something in surfing. 223 00:12:45,937 --> 00:12:48,250 And then I was watching it kinda slip away. 224 00:12:55,602 --> 00:12:56,879 So that was a concern. 225 00:12:56,914 --> 00:12:59,917 And then, as they got older, that continued. 226 00:12:59,951 --> 00:13:02,643 Then it was like, "Oh, we'll do a car jump." 227 00:13:02,678 --> 00:13:04,680 And so they're prompting all this stuff. 228 00:13:04,714 --> 00:13:06,924 And along with that, they are getting older, 229 00:13:06,958 --> 00:13:08,235 and they're drinking more. 230 00:13:08,270 --> 00:13:11,618 ♪ I wanna drink beer I wanna drink beer 231 00:13:13,965 --> 00:13:17,003 ♪ I wanna drink beer I'm gonna drink beer... ♪ 232 00:13:20,592 --> 00:13:23,457 So, for, like eight or ten years 233 00:13:23,492 --> 00:13:26,322 with three sons doing the same thing, it was hell. 234 00:13:26,357 --> 00:13:29,843 So, was I concerned? Yeah, I was really concerned. 235 00:13:29,878 --> 00:13:32,087 At that time, I had multiple of his friends 236 00:13:32,121 --> 00:13:35,055 sleeping on my couch, peeing on my couch. 237 00:13:35,090 --> 00:13:36,919 Sometimes they would be sleeping in my shed 238 00:13:36,954 --> 00:13:38,334 or in my yard when I woke up. 239 00:13:38,369 --> 00:13:40,820 Or under the house, in my crawlspace. 240 00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:44,685 And, like, one time, Ben literally came in, 241 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,653 punched a picture and just shattered it 242 00:13:46,687 --> 00:13:48,828 right in front of me because he was just so angry. 243 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:50,346 He did it to the front door. 244 00:13:50,381 --> 00:13:53,073 I just... I felt like he was spiraling out of control. 245 00:13:54,799 --> 00:13:56,180 Being around your friends all day, 246 00:13:56,214 --> 00:13:58,147 being a young kid who's reckless, 247 00:13:58,182 --> 00:14:01,875 you know, that alcohol gives you that liquid courage. 248 00:14:01,910 --> 00:14:05,361 And I'm sure he got that high from being able 249 00:14:05,396 --> 00:14:07,398 to pull these stunts and do these things. 250 00:14:07,432 --> 00:14:09,814 But the alcohol definitely helped him feel like 251 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:12,058 he can do anything. 252 00:14:12,092 --> 00:14:14,336 -Sad for you right now. -Sad? 253 00:14:14,370 --> 00:14:15,889 Why do you think that? 254 00:14:15,924 --> 00:14:18,788 -She's kinda dramatic. -Ben has a drinking problem. 255 00:14:18,823 --> 00:14:21,377 I was writing for a company called Alliance, 256 00:14:21,412 --> 00:14:23,724 and I remember the guy called me, 257 00:14:23,759 --> 00:14:27,383 the team manager and he was like, "We're done." 258 00:14:27,418 --> 00:14:29,247 And I remember that hitting me and being like, 259 00:14:30,421 --> 00:14:33,631 "Oh, like, I'm not gonna be a pro surfer." 260 00:14:33,665 --> 00:14:36,013 You were either super gnarly at 18, 261 00:14:36,047 --> 00:14:38,118 and you were making the world tour 262 00:14:38,153 --> 00:14:41,984 or winning pro juniors, or in the magazines. 263 00:14:42,019 --> 00:14:43,744 -I was none of those things. 264 00:14:43,779 --> 00:14:50,027 I was partying in New Jersey and just lost my sponsor. 265 00:15:04,110 --> 00:15:08,562 -Aw, yeah! -I broke my leg. 266 00:15:09,149 --> 00:15:10,944 Fuck! Fuck! 267 00:15:11,427 --> 00:15:12,463 Fuck! 268 00:15:12,877 --> 00:15:15,086 Fuck! 269 00:15:15,121 --> 00:15:17,088 I broke my leg! 270 00:15:17,123 --> 00:15:19,194 I woke up probably, like, at 9:00. 271 00:15:19,228 --> 00:15:21,748 And, instantly, as I get dressed, 272 00:15:21,782 --> 00:15:24,268 walk outside, and I see the car go, 273 00:15:24,302 --> 00:15:26,166 and all that happened. And I just hear him. 274 00:15:26,201 --> 00:15:28,928 Yeah, like, "Fuck, I broke my leg!" 275 00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:30,584 Fuck! 276 00:15:30,619 --> 00:15:31,931 -Yeah, I did, dude. -No, you didn't. 277 00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:33,311 -Fuck, yeah, I did! -Chill, chill, chill. 278 00:15:33,346 --> 00:15:35,141 My knee! My fucking knee, dude! 279 00:15:35,175 --> 00:15:36,245 Fuck, yeah, dude! 280 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,937 It was completely out of place, dude. 281 00:15:37,971 --> 00:15:39,283 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're not good. 282 00:15:39,317 --> 00:15:41,285 -You're not good. Chill, dude. -Fuck you! Fuck you! 283 00:15:41,319 --> 00:15:44,046 -No, no, no. Ben, Ben, Ben. -Chill, dude. Chill. 284 00:15:44,081 --> 00:15:45,806 What do you mean, I'm not good? 285 00:15:45,841 --> 00:15:47,429 -No, Ben. -I'm fine. 286 00:15:47,463 --> 00:15:49,465 -No, Ben. -I can feel my leg. 287 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:51,709 I don't even want to do this shit anymore though, dude! 288 00:15:51,743 --> 00:15:52,986 It's not worth it, dude. 289 00:15:53,021 --> 00:15:54,643 I had no idea what was going on. 290 00:15:54,677 --> 00:15:57,059 'Cause, like, you have that moment of, like, 291 00:15:57,094 --> 00:15:58,267 "There's no way I'm this hurt." 292 00:15:58,302 --> 00:16:00,235 "There's no way... This can't be real." 293 00:16:00,269 --> 00:16:02,409 It was the worst pain I've ever been in. 294 00:16:02,444 --> 00:16:05,240 After that, I went into my brother's house 295 00:16:05,274 --> 00:16:07,794 and I literally just was drinking. 296 00:16:07,828 --> 00:16:08,968 And I was just getting drunk like, 297 00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,141 "Oh, I'm in so much fucking pain. 298 00:16:10,176 --> 00:16:11,142 "I gotta drink." 299 00:16:11,177 --> 00:16:14,318 I got drunk, went to sleep. 300 00:16:14,352 --> 00:16:18,322 I like an idiot said, "Don't go to the emergency room, 301 00:16:18,356 --> 00:16:20,255 "because all they're gonna do there 302 00:16:20,289 --> 00:16:22,947 "is they're gonna take an X-ay and give you pain medicine. 303 00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:26,019 "Let's just go to the orthopedic doctor on Monday." 304 00:16:26,054 --> 00:16:28,194 But they were downplaying how bad it was. 305 00:16:28,228 --> 00:16:32,129 Apparently, his knee was like the size of a camera. 306 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:35,028 Are you seeing that, dude? 307 00:16:37,203 --> 00:16:39,032 That ain't right, dude. 308 00:16:39,067 --> 00:16:41,207 We went to Ciccotti's office. 309 00:16:41,241 --> 00:16:44,417 He looked at me and said, "What would ever make you think 310 00:16:44,451 --> 00:16:47,006 "that you wouldn't take your son to the emergency room? 311 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,041 "What is wrong with you?" 312 00:16:49,387 --> 00:16:50,526 He said, "This kid... 313 00:16:50,561 --> 00:16:52,528 "I think this kid's gonna lose his leg." 314 00:16:52,563 --> 00:16:53,633 Oh, my gosh. 315 00:16:56,532 --> 00:16:58,155 In the doctor's office 316 00:16:58,189 --> 00:17:01,158 at the Rothman Institute in Philly. 317 00:17:01,192 --> 00:17:04,368 My knee is killing me, since I haven't taken any Advil 318 00:17:04,402 --> 00:17:06,749 since last night, like seven o'clock or something. 319 00:17:08,337 --> 00:17:10,477 And I'm just waiting for the doctor right now. 320 00:17:10,512 --> 00:17:11,616 I got some X-rays. 321 00:17:12,755 --> 00:17:15,758 And I'm pretty much just in severe pain. 322 00:17:15,793 --> 00:17:17,070 So, looking at the footage 323 00:17:17,105 --> 00:17:20,211 and seeing how dramatic the injury was, 324 00:17:20,246 --> 00:17:25,044 and then looking at his knee, which was quite swollen, 325 00:17:25,078 --> 00:17:27,494 um, that is a serious injury 326 00:17:27,529 --> 00:17:29,910 that needs to be addressed within hours. 327 00:17:29,945 --> 00:17:33,328 And, if not, there is a high risk of athletes 328 00:17:33,362 --> 00:17:35,744 losing not only function, 329 00:17:35,778 --> 00:17:39,196 but in some very tragic situations, 330 00:17:39,230 --> 00:17:40,300 losing their limb. 331 00:17:41,922 --> 00:17:43,993 We went out into the hospital 332 00:17:44,028 --> 00:17:45,064 to get, like, the MRI, 333 00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:46,858 and they prepped me for surgery. 334 00:17:46,893 --> 00:17:48,377 I remember they were doing the IV, 335 00:17:48,412 --> 00:17:49,758 they were getting me ready. 336 00:17:49,792 --> 00:17:52,519 And the doctor says pretty much point blank to me, 337 00:17:52,554 --> 00:17:53,831 "You might lose your leg today, 338 00:17:55,350 --> 00:17:58,284 "and you will definitely never surf again." 339 00:17:58,318 --> 00:18:03,185 And that moment changed my entire life. 340 00:18:03,220 --> 00:18:06,395 Well, I just was in the ER for seven hours, 341 00:18:06,430 --> 00:18:08,570 getting tests on my blood vessels in my legs 342 00:18:08,604 --> 00:18:11,814 to make sure that they worked properly. 343 00:18:13,230 --> 00:18:15,404 I am thanking God right now. 344 00:18:15,439 --> 00:18:17,441 I can't even believe how happy I am. 345 00:18:18,373 --> 00:18:20,099 I have three tears in my knee. 346 00:18:21,341 --> 00:18:23,895 Um, I need surgery. 347 00:18:23,930 --> 00:18:27,589 But, oh, my God, the vessel test is huge for me. 348 00:18:27,623 --> 00:18:30,902 My sense was that the main ligaments in his knee, 349 00:18:30,937 --> 00:18:33,284 they were okay. But I had great concern 350 00:18:33,319 --> 00:18:35,252 for what we call the extensor mechanism. 351 00:18:35,286 --> 00:18:37,392 And that's a series of structures 352 00:18:37,426 --> 00:18:40,015 that allow us to actually extend our leg. 353 00:18:40,049 --> 00:18:41,741 And that's why we ended up getting the MRI, 354 00:18:41,775 --> 00:18:45,986 which did in fact confirm that he had a complete tear 355 00:18:46,021 --> 00:18:48,092 or rupture of his patellar tendon. 356 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:50,750 And I was saying, "Could it be a meniscus tear?" 357 00:18:50,784 --> 00:18:52,061 "Could it be this? Could it be that?" 358 00:18:52,096 --> 00:18:53,787 He said, "I think it's a patellar tendon tear," 359 00:18:53,822 --> 00:18:56,928 and I'm like, "What's worse?" He said, "Patellar tendon tear." 360 00:18:56,963 --> 00:18:59,828 It's, like, really one of the worst injuries you can have. 361 00:19:12,530 --> 00:19:14,463 I would say that Ben's accident, 362 00:19:14,498 --> 00:19:18,226 um, above all else, was a big wake up call. 363 00:19:18,260 --> 00:19:22,885 And it allowed him to realize and to appreciate things 364 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,820 that he didn't before, which included surfing. 365 00:19:26,855 --> 00:19:28,857 And, like, the fact that 366 00:19:28,891 --> 00:19:32,032 the doctor said he may never surf again, 367 00:19:32,067 --> 00:19:37,486 really, I think, it scared him 'cause you're gonna lose 368 00:19:37,521 --> 00:19:38,901 the most important thing in your life. 369 00:19:40,075 --> 00:19:41,835 7:00 a.m. 370 00:19:41,870 --> 00:19:45,149 March 6th, 2015, we're at the Jefferson Surgical Center. 371 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:47,876 I'm going in to get my patellar tendon repaired. 372 00:19:49,257 --> 00:19:50,396 Hopefully, everything's good. 373 00:20:00,820 --> 00:20:02,304 I'm waiting for the doctor. 374 00:20:02,339 --> 00:20:03,443 They're gonna give me a nerve block 375 00:20:03,478 --> 00:20:04,513 and put my leg to sleep. 376 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,170 Put me to sleep. 377 00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:07,896 Repair my... 378 00:20:09,898 --> 00:20:11,037 patellar tendon. 379 00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:13,246 I'm a little nervous. 380 00:20:13,281 --> 00:20:16,249 I've never had surgery like this. 381 00:20:16,284 --> 00:20:18,355 But that moment kind of brought everything full circle to me. 382 00:20:18,389 --> 00:20:20,874 I was like, "Wow, I'm a really lucky person, 383 00:20:20,909 --> 00:20:23,222 "and I'm kind of just taking everything for granted. 384 00:20:23,256 --> 00:20:24,395 "And now I might never walk again. 385 00:20:24,430 --> 00:20:26,225 "So I blew it. I ruined my life." 386 00:20:34,302 --> 00:20:36,890 I get surgery. It's a success. 387 00:20:37,581 --> 00:20:39,065 I'm good. 388 00:20:39,099 --> 00:20:41,240 They're like, "18 months recovery." 389 00:20:41,999 --> 00:20:44,519 So, that's heavy. Heavy. 390 00:20:44,553 --> 00:20:48,419 I didn't walk for 40 days after that. 391 00:20:50,559 --> 00:20:51,905 Surfers really depend upon 392 00:20:51,940 --> 00:20:53,493 that part of their knee joint. 393 00:20:53,528 --> 00:20:55,150 And to be able to do it at his level, 394 00:20:55,978 --> 00:20:58,498 ten, maybe 20% chance. 395 00:20:58,533 --> 00:21:01,467 Okay, it's officially been 12 days since my surgery. 396 00:21:02,468 --> 00:21:04,021 We are getting in the car right now 397 00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:06,126 to go to my follow up appointment 398 00:21:06,161 --> 00:21:07,852 to see how everything is progressing, 399 00:21:07,887 --> 00:21:09,268 get my stitches out. 400 00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:12,581 And I just can't wait till I can walk 401 00:21:12,616 --> 00:21:16,344 on this thing again. It's gonna be the best day of my life. 402 00:21:16,378 --> 00:21:18,553 You're gonna witness a complete and total rebirth. 403 00:21:21,832 --> 00:21:25,318 I was like, "I can't surf. 404 00:21:25,353 --> 00:21:27,527 "I can't do stunts. I can't walk around. 405 00:21:27,562 --> 00:21:28,770 "I can't do anything exciting. 406 00:21:30,012 --> 00:21:33,119 "But I'm gonna document it to occupy myself 407 00:21:33,153 --> 00:21:37,261 "and share my experience with people 408 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,883 "and let them know what's going on." 409 00:21:38,918 --> 00:21:41,990 So for the first time ever, I was open, 410 00:21:42,024 --> 00:21:46,063 I was telling the truth. I was like, "I'm injured. 411 00:21:46,097 --> 00:21:49,584 "I might never be able to do what I want to do again. 412 00:21:49,618 --> 00:21:51,102 "But this is my life now." 413 00:21:51,137 --> 00:21:52,276 Like, that was the first time 414 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,760 that I was allowing people to see me. 415 00:21:54,658 --> 00:21:56,418 Like, the real me. 416 00:21:56,453 --> 00:21:58,109 So, that was a powerful thing for me, 417 00:21:58,144 --> 00:21:59,973 to break down that barrier. 418 00:22:00,008 --> 00:22:01,596 'Cause I really... There is nothing I cared 419 00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:03,770 about at that point, except for getting better. 420 00:22:03,805 --> 00:22:06,566 So I allowed all of my... 421 00:22:06,601 --> 00:22:10,052 I allowed everything that I thought in life. 422 00:22:10,087 --> 00:22:12,952 Like, all these perceptions of me, 423 00:22:12,986 --> 00:22:15,748 anything that I thought would, like, make me cool. 424 00:22:15,782 --> 00:22:21,201 Any of that stuff. That weird like, external validation. 425 00:22:21,236 --> 00:22:24,135 I let go of it because the most important thing for me 426 00:22:24,170 --> 00:22:26,379 was just to be healthy. 427 00:22:26,414 --> 00:22:28,277 And, like, when you get down that low, 428 00:22:28,312 --> 00:22:31,798 you realize that every minute that you have 429 00:22:31,833 --> 00:22:34,767 as a healthy human being is a gift. 430 00:22:34,801 --> 00:22:37,356 Yesterday, I went to the doctor in King of Prussia 431 00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:40,048 for my second post operation checkup. 432 00:22:40,082 --> 00:22:43,465 And, uh, he told me I could ditch my crutches and walk. 433 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:44,708 I crutched out of there, 434 00:22:44,742 --> 00:22:47,020 but I got home and I decided to give it a try 435 00:22:47,055 --> 00:22:50,023 and It was actually a lot easier than I thought. 436 00:22:50,058 --> 00:22:51,991 So, here I am. 437 00:22:52,025 --> 00:22:54,890 He had a script for physical therapy. 438 00:22:54,925 --> 00:22:58,377 And Ben knew in his head he was going to do everything 439 00:22:58,411 --> 00:23:00,448 he had to do to get better. 440 00:23:00,482 --> 00:23:03,071 And the doctor told him, "It's up to you. 441 00:23:03,105 --> 00:23:05,867 "You have to be determined and do what you need to do." 442 00:23:05,901 --> 00:23:08,421 "We're gonna provide you with all of the rehab 443 00:23:08,456 --> 00:23:09,836 "that you need. 444 00:23:09,871 --> 00:23:13,184 "Um, but we have to navigate through the psychological 445 00:23:13,219 --> 00:23:15,773 "and the emotional aspects of this, too. 446 00:23:15,808 --> 00:23:18,086 "And that that is going to be a challenge." 447 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:21,883 But if you have an athlete that is so highly motivated, 448 00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:24,713 and fearless, and enthusiastic, like Ben, 449 00:23:24,748 --> 00:23:27,233 uh, those are the things you can't teach people. 450 00:23:27,267 --> 00:23:30,063 Those are the things that come in the person. 451 00:23:30,098 --> 00:23:34,516 And those are the intangibles that make that patient 452 00:23:34,551 --> 00:23:37,381 who is an athlete, ultimately successful. 453 00:23:38,762 --> 00:23:40,073 He would do the exercises, 454 00:23:40,108 --> 00:23:41,316 he would push himself. 455 00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:43,387 He would come home and do the exercises. 456 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:47,460 And even Dr. Ciccotti was like, "I can't believe it, Ben, 457 00:23:47,495 --> 00:23:51,084 "but you actually have come so far." 458 00:23:52,741 --> 00:23:56,538 But he also was vlogging and getting a lot of responses 459 00:23:56,573 --> 00:23:57,746 from people that were going through 460 00:23:57,781 --> 00:23:59,955 similar experiences with injuries. 461 00:23:59,990 --> 00:24:02,199 And, you know, the fact that he did go through, 462 00:24:02,233 --> 00:24:03,821 that was an example for a lot of people that, 463 00:24:03,856 --> 00:24:05,064 "I can do it, too." 464 00:24:05,098 --> 00:24:06,859 'Cause supposedly a patellar tendon tear 465 00:24:06,893 --> 00:24:08,619 is one of the most painful injuries ever. 466 00:24:08,654 --> 00:24:10,587 And it's a long road to haul. 467 00:24:10,621 --> 00:24:12,761 But it just goes to show you Ben's determination 468 00:24:12,796 --> 00:24:14,280 as a human being. 469 00:24:14,314 --> 00:24:16,903 That, "This is what I want, because surfing is my life. 470 00:24:16,938 --> 00:24:19,009 "And if I lose this, then I don't know 471 00:24:19,043 --> 00:24:20,873 "what I'm gonna do." 472 00:24:20,907 --> 00:24:22,737 I just kept going, kept working at it. 473 00:24:22,771 --> 00:24:24,635 And it was just questions of like, 474 00:24:24,670 --> 00:24:26,879 "Am I gonna be able to come back? 475 00:24:26,913 --> 00:24:28,259 "Am I gonna be able to do this?" 476 00:24:28,294 --> 00:24:30,572 And I just worked as hard as I possibly could. 477 00:24:30,607 --> 00:24:33,472 And I just remember, like, the day the doctor was like, 478 00:24:34,369 --> 00:24:35,888 "You're good." 479 00:24:35,922 --> 00:24:40,755 So, uh, midway through week ten, walking pretty good. 480 00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:43,309 Still limping, obviously. 481 00:24:43,343 --> 00:24:46,554 And, uh, we're gonna grill some burgers in the backyard, 482 00:24:46,588 --> 00:24:48,383 have a couple beers to celebrate. 483 00:24:49,591 --> 00:24:53,526 And, uh, life is good. Honestly. 484 00:24:53,561 --> 00:24:55,528 That's all I can really say. 485 00:24:55,563 --> 00:24:58,151 I was walking again in, like, August, I think, 486 00:24:58,186 --> 00:25:01,189 or September. And I started drinking again. 487 00:25:01,223 --> 00:25:05,089 And over that two months, was just the gnarliest 488 00:25:05,124 --> 00:25:07,367 emotional mental downhill spiral. 489 00:25:07,402 --> 00:25:08,990 'Cause I had this moment of elation 490 00:25:09,024 --> 00:25:11,302 and I was like, "I fixed myself." 491 00:25:11,337 --> 00:25:13,477 You know, I gave myself, like, a pat on the back. 492 00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:15,721 Let's celebrate, you know, it's time. 493 00:25:15,755 --> 00:25:18,620 And that's just the alcoholism in me, 494 00:25:18,655 --> 00:25:21,520 just being like, "This is... You know, you did it. 495 00:25:21,554 --> 00:25:23,901 "Good job. Have a beer. 496 00:25:23,936 --> 00:25:25,938 "You know, like, that's what you want." 497 00:25:25,972 --> 00:25:27,422 I got to a point when I realized 498 00:25:27,456 --> 00:25:28,941 that that's all that I did. 499 00:25:28,975 --> 00:25:30,805 I had already let surfing slip. 500 00:25:30,839 --> 00:25:35,603 I was letting, like, my passion for video and film slip 501 00:25:35,637 --> 00:25:38,398 and I was accepting that life. 502 00:25:38,433 --> 00:25:43,507 I was accepting just dismal, horrible existence 503 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:44,612 where I hated myself. 504 00:25:44,646 --> 00:25:45,992 I'm about to go to this bar. 505 00:25:50,894 --> 00:25:51,964 'Cause why wouldn't I? 506 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,383 When somebody has reached that threshold 507 00:25:57,417 --> 00:25:59,488 and they have become physically dependent on it, 508 00:25:59,523 --> 00:26:02,526 it affects your liver enzymes, it affects your kidneys, 509 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,908 it affects your basic functioning 510 00:26:04,942 --> 00:26:08,946 in that aspect, physically. It mostly affects the brain. 511 00:26:08,981 --> 00:26:12,260 The brain becomes dependent on it chemically. 512 00:26:12,294 --> 00:26:14,331 For those neurons and endorphins. 513 00:26:14,365 --> 00:26:18,197 Your brain relies on the substance 514 00:26:18,231 --> 00:26:19,474 to balance itself out. 515 00:26:21,303 --> 00:26:24,203 I end up at Maynard's, Christmas Eve, 516 00:26:24,237 --> 00:26:28,759 with my younger brother and I was wasted. 517 00:26:28,794 --> 00:26:31,935 And I got in some ridiculous argument 518 00:26:31,969 --> 00:26:33,695 with the bartender over nothing. 519 00:26:34,696 --> 00:26:35,904 And she kicked me out. 520 00:26:37,112 --> 00:26:41,082 And I remember I was like, "Good, fuck you! 521 00:26:41,116 --> 00:26:42,635 "I'm never coming back." 522 00:26:43,774 --> 00:26:48,468 And I woke up the next morning, 523 00:26:49,297 --> 00:26:50,332 and I was like, 524 00:26:52,472 --> 00:26:54,889 "That's the person that I'm gonna be? 525 00:26:54,923 --> 00:26:56,787 "I'm gonna be that dude 526 00:26:56,822 --> 00:27:00,135 "that gets in the fight with a bartender." 527 00:27:00,170 --> 00:27:02,828 And I remember the term that I thought to myself. 528 00:27:02,862 --> 00:27:06,072 I was like, "That's not me." 529 00:27:06,107 --> 00:27:10,283 And I remember, I actually got a 30 pack for Christmas 530 00:27:10,318 --> 00:27:12,665 from one of my friends, and I never touched it. 531 00:27:13,701 --> 00:27:15,116 I gave it away. 532 00:27:15,150 --> 00:27:19,292 And I woke up Christmas morning and that was it. 533 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:21,536 I was done. 534 00:27:24,953 --> 00:27:26,575 Every decision we make, 535 00:27:26,610 --> 00:27:30,131 big or small, can affect the rest of our lives. 536 00:27:30,165 --> 00:27:32,340 For Ben, the choice to quit drinking 537 00:27:32,374 --> 00:27:35,308 was something he felt he needed for himself. 538 00:27:35,343 --> 00:27:38,380 But little did he know that making that commitment 539 00:27:38,415 --> 00:27:40,279 would have far greater effects 540 00:27:40,313 --> 00:27:41,901 than he could have ever imagined. 541 00:27:46,216 --> 00:27:47,355 All right. Here we go, people. 542 00:27:48,011 --> 00:27:49,737 The time has come. 543 00:27:49,771 --> 00:27:51,670 Been in Florida for about three hours. 544 00:27:51,704 --> 00:27:54,776 And, uh, we're going surfing. 545 00:27:55,639 --> 00:27:56,433 It's game on. 546 00:27:58,573 --> 00:28:01,472 I got a big ass funboard that I'm riding. 547 00:28:01,507 --> 00:28:03,716 We're doing it. I'm stoked right now. 548 00:28:03,751 --> 00:28:05,338 A week into doing my vlogs, 549 00:28:05,373 --> 00:28:08,031 I decided to go down to Florida 550 00:28:08,065 --> 00:28:10,102 and I was gonna surf 551 00:28:10,136 --> 00:28:11,690 for the first time. I had gotten cleared. 552 00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:14,002 I was allowed to surf on January 14th. 553 00:28:14,037 --> 00:28:15,970 This is it, people. We're doing it. 554 00:28:16,764 --> 00:28:19,801 First time surfing. 9 months. 555 00:28:19,836 --> 00:28:22,873 It's like I'm giving birth to a new Gravy. 556 00:28:22,908 --> 00:28:26,359 I went down and I paddled out my first day on a fun shape. 557 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:28,707 And I caught, like, two waves, 558 00:28:28,741 --> 00:28:30,709 and I just, like, rode down the line. 559 00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:36,369 Like on the smallest, worst, little Florida crumbly wave, 560 00:28:36,404 --> 00:28:38,924 and it was like the best wave of my life. 561 00:28:40,546 --> 00:28:43,722 It was the moment when I was like, "I can do it. 562 00:28:43,756 --> 00:28:45,137 "I'm back in the water. 563 00:28:47,035 --> 00:28:49,141 "From here on out, I will never take surfing 564 00:28:49,175 --> 00:28:51,350 "for granted, ever again." 565 00:28:51,384 --> 00:28:55,664 It's extremely life-changing, of course, 566 00:28:55,699 --> 00:28:58,357 because now you have this clear mind 567 00:28:58,391 --> 00:29:01,498 and you can see things through a clearer lens. 568 00:29:01,532 --> 00:29:02,879 And it helps you to be 569 00:29:02,913 --> 00:29:06,330 a lot more determined, a lot more motivated. 570 00:29:06,365 --> 00:29:09,092 Um, it's not without its challenges, 571 00:29:09,126 --> 00:29:11,163 but it's definitely more rewarding 572 00:29:11,197 --> 00:29:14,718 when you set your mind to a goal and you can achieve it 573 00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:17,238 without relying on something else. 574 00:29:17,272 --> 00:29:18,791 I was planning on going to Florida 575 00:29:18,826 --> 00:29:21,449 for two weeks, and I ended up staying down there 576 00:29:21,483 --> 00:29:22,726 for four months 577 00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:24,866 and just literally just surfing every day. 578 00:29:24,901 --> 00:29:26,592 And just vlogging and surfing. 579 00:29:26,626 --> 00:29:32,356 ♪ All my friends are doing heroin again 580 00:29:32,391 --> 00:29:34,600 ♪ Just when I put down the bottle 581 00:29:34,634 --> 00:29:36,602 ♪ So that I could finally win 582 00:29:36,636 --> 00:29:39,743 ♪ When rock 'n' roll ain't enough to save your soul 583 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,055 ♪ You keep going in 584 00:29:41,089 --> 00:29:43,264 ♪ And hopefully with all these sins 585 00:29:43,298 --> 00:29:45,542 ♪ You can still find a hole to pin 586 00:29:47,371 --> 00:29:49,788 ♪ I hope you find a hole to pin 587 00:29:51,755 --> 00:29:54,068 ♪ I hope you find a hole to pin 588 00:29:54,102 --> 00:29:58,451 ♪ And all my friends who don't talk to me no more 589 00:29:58,486 --> 00:30:00,764 ♪ Because I put down the bottle 590 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,904 ♪ Didn't want it anymore 591 00:30:02,939 --> 00:30:05,907 ♪ When punk rock ain't enough to be your job 592 00:30:05,942 --> 00:30:07,150 ♪ You keep going in 593 00:30:07,184 --> 00:30:09,600 ♪ But hopefully with all these things 594 00:30:09,635 --> 00:30:11,671 ♪ I won't need another drink 595 00:30:13,777 --> 00:30:15,986 ♪ I hope I don't need another drink 596 00:30:18,126 --> 00:30:19,990 ♪ I hope I don't need another drink 597 00:30:20,025 --> 00:30:25,133 ♪ Send me away before I go insane 598 00:30:25,168 --> 00:30:30,138 ♪ Is it just me or are people acting crazy? 599 00:30:30,173 --> 00:30:33,555 ♪ When punk rock ain't enough to be your job 600 00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:36,041 ♪ You keep going home Who would've known 601 00:30:36,075 --> 00:30:40,459 ♪ That rock 'n' roll was enough to save my soul? ♪ 602 00:30:49,330 --> 00:30:51,435 I went to Sebastian Inlet one day. 603 00:30:51,470 --> 00:30:53,506 There was a wave breaking inside the inlet 604 00:30:53,541 --> 00:30:56,855 on the side that usually people don't surf on. 605 00:31:02,136 --> 00:31:04,345 And I thought it was the coolest thing, like, ever. 606 00:31:04,379 --> 00:31:06,036 It, like, lit a fire in me. 607 00:31:06,071 --> 00:31:08,970 Dude, that was crazy! 608 00:31:09,005 --> 00:31:11,007 So, that was, like, close to the end of my trip. 609 00:31:12,387 --> 00:31:15,666 -...who came back. -And I came home, 610 00:31:15,701 --> 00:31:17,772 I just wanted to keep the stoke. 611 00:31:17,806 --> 00:31:20,050 I went and I paddled out, like, on the right side 612 00:31:20,085 --> 00:31:23,674 of the rocks at Skeleton Bay, and it was small. 613 00:31:23,709 --> 00:31:26,643 But it's these perfect little laps, like reeling down. 614 00:31:26,677 --> 00:31:29,888 I went out and I put the camera on the parking lot, 615 00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:33,305 and I just pointed the camera at the waves. 616 00:31:33,339 --> 00:31:34,720 It was this wide shot, 617 00:31:34,754 --> 00:31:36,722 and I would surf across the screen. 618 00:31:36,756 --> 00:31:38,275 And then I'd run around and paddle out, 619 00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:39,621 surf across the screen. 620 00:31:39,656 --> 00:31:41,934 So, I put this video up on my vlog channel. 621 00:31:41,969 --> 00:31:45,455 And it got, like, 12,000 views in, like, one day. 622 00:31:45,489 --> 00:31:47,871 Before that, my vlogs were getting like 400 views, 623 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:51,633 300 views, and it was just the most random thing. 624 00:31:51,668 --> 00:31:53,359 It just woke me up. 625 00:31:53,394 --> 00:31:55,430 I was like, "This is it." 626 00:31:56,949 --> 00:31:59,710 So, my mission from that point on, 627 00:31:59,745 --> 00:32:06,303 was to share these waves that nobody surfs with people. 628 00:32:10,445 --> 00:32:12,447 Well, there's full blown commitment 629 00:32:12,482 --> 00:32:14,380 and there's being in the zone. 630 00:32:14,415 --> 00:32:17,487 But this right here, this is something else. 631 00:32:18,212 --> 00:32:20,800 Ben has found his flow. 632 00:32:20,835 --> 00:32:23,148 By allowing his new positive mindset 633 00:32:23,182 --> 00:32:24,770 to take over his life, 634 00:32:24,804 --> 00:32:27,186 he is now a man that can do what he loves 635 00:32:27,221 --> 00:32:29,533 without anything holding him back. 636 00:32:29,568 --> 00:32:31,984 And who would've thought, novelty waves. 637 00:32:32,019 --> 00:32:33,848 Well, looks like they love him right back. 638 00:32:33,882 --> 00:32:38,749 Oh, my God, this is crazy! 639 00:32:53,316 --> 00:32:56,560 A novelty wave is something 640 00:32:56,595 --> 00:33:00,979 that's very rare and very unique to where 641 00:33:01,013 --> 00:33:04,120 it's not considered a wave by the general public. 642 00:33:04,154 --> 00:33:05,604 It's only considered a wave 643 00:33:05,638 --> 00:33:07,295 by maybe even a select few people, 644 00:33:07,330 --> 00:33:08,952 or maybe one person. 645 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:11,023 And it doesn't happen all the time, 646 00:33:11,058 --> 00:33:14,199 and it takes specific things to make it happen. 647 00:33:14,233 --> 00:33:15,338 And that's why it's so special. 648 00:33:21,827 --> 00:33:23,035 All right, guys, this morning, 649 00:33:23,070 --> 00:33:24,726 I think we know what's going down. 650 00:33:24,761 --> 00:33:28,040 I am driving down to the Cape May Ferry, 651 00:33:28,075 --> 00:33:30,249 and I'm going to be riding this board right here 652 00:33:32,182 --> 00:33:36,324 on the wake behind the ferry as the ferry docks in the port. 653 00:33:37,739 --> 00:33:39,707 This is something I've never seen before. 654 00:33:39,741 --> 00:33:41,778 I can't contain my excitement. I'm freaking out. 655 00:33:41,812 --> 00:33:44,332 But right now I'm gonna sticker up my shred stick 656 00:33:44,367 --> 00:33:46,817 so all my sponsors can get some love 657 00:33:46,852 --> 00:33:49,268 when this video goes viral. 658 00:33:54,066 --> 00:33:57,414 In my head, the ultimate novelty wave was 659 00:33:57,449 --> 00:33:59,106 the Cape May Ferry wave. 660 00:33:59,140 --> 00:34:02,212 Ancient New Jersey surfing history. 661 00:34:02,247 --> 00:34:05,905 I heard from somebody that Dean Randazzo had surfed it. 662 00:34:05,940 --> 00:34:07,838 He got arrested by the state police. 663 00:34:07,873 --> 00:34:09,323 It's like a legend thing. 664 00:34:09,357 --> 00:34:11,221 So I was like, "That's what I want to do." 665 00:34:11,256 --> 00:34:12,912 I want to surf the Cape May Ferry wave. 666 00:34:17,883 --> 00:34:20,506 So, I went down there, I knew nothing about it. 667 00:34:20,541 --> 00:34:22,370 I didn't even know if there was going to be a wave. 668 00:34:22,405 --> 00:34:23,992 But I knew a ferry was going to leave. 669 00:34:24,027 --> 00:34:25,994 And I watched it leave. 670 00:34:26,029 --> 00:34:26,926 Look at that. 671 00:34:27,996 --> 00:34:29,550 Jesus. 672 00:34:29,584 --> 00:34:33,105 And I just watched this two foot left just peel 673 00:34:33,140 --> 00:34:36,902 for like a minute across the entire bank. 674 00:34:36,936 --> 00:34:40,561 From that moment that I saw that wave, I had just anxiety. 675 00:34:40,595 --> 00:34:41,838 I needed to surf it. 676 00:34:47,188 --> 00:34:49,087 So I convinced my girlfriend to come down 677 00:34:49,121 --> 00:34:50,398 and film me surfing the Ferry wave. 678 00:35:06,828 --> 00:35:07,760 Where is it? 679 00:35:08,865 --> 00:35:10,349 Three ferries came in. 680 00:35:10,384 --> 00:35:14,181 No wave, no wave, no wave, three failures in a row. 681 00:35:14,215 --> 00:35:16,562 So I'm like, "What's the point? Like, is this even gonna work?" 682 00:35:16,597 --> 00:35:19,117 I get to thinking that maybe the boat captain 683 00:35:19,151 --> 00:35:21,429 is slowing down and shutting off the wave. 684 00:35:21,464 --> 00:35:23,017 So I actually put a disguise on. 685 00:35:25,468 --> 00:35:27,263 Oh, you have to be crazy! 686 00:35:27,297 --> 00:35:28,574 So, I was sitting on the rocks, 687 00:35:28,609 --> 00:35:30,231 like, with the fishing pole, and then, like, 688 00:35:30,266 --> 00:35:31,439 here comes this boat. 689 00:35:31,474 --> 00:35:33,234 As I see the boat going by, I'm like, 690 00:35:33,269 --> 00:35:35,478 "Okay, the wave's gonna form up right here." 691 00:35:35,512 --> 00:35:37,307 I can tell it's going to happen. 692 00:35:37,342 --> 00:35:39,482 So I start ditching my disguise. 693 00:35:39,516 --> 00:35:42,105 Throw it on the rocks, and I run out into the water, 694 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:43,382 I start paddling. 695 00:35:51,218 --> 00:35:53,841 I actually turned around and caught the wave. 696 00:35:53,875 --> 00:35:55,429 And I got caught behind it. 697 00:35:55,463 --> 00:35:57,845 The actual line, the breaking line of the wave. 698 00:35:57,879 --> 00:35:59,502 And I felt that the bottom was really shallow. 699 00:35:59,536 --> 00:36:01,642 So I picked up my board and i started running. 700 00:36:03,022 --> 00:36:05,715 And I dove back into the wave that stood up. 701 00:36:07,544 --> 00:36:11,203 ♪ I'm trying to show the world what I can do... ♪ 702 00:36:11,238 --> 00:36:15,897 And I got this 45 second absolute dream ride, 703 00:36:15,932 --> 00:36:18,900 just across the entire bank, behind the ferry. 704 00:36:20,350 --> 00:36:24,458 ♪ I'm trying to show the world what I can do... ♪ 705 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,578 That was ultimate elation. I actually cried. 706 00:36:42,510 --> 00:36:43,891 Yes! 707 00:36:43,925 --> 00:36:47,377 In my head, that was the moment when It was real. 708 00:36:47,412 --> 00:36:50,518 That moment changed my life because it was like, 709 00:36:50,553 --> 00:36:54,142 "I fucking surf novelty waves." 710 00:36:59,493 --> 00:37:02,565 His stoke for those waves is just who he is. 711 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:05,568 I mean, he fought so hard. He has so much joy 712 00:37:05,602 --> 00:37:08,018 and that just comes out in excitement 713 00:37:08,053 --> 00:37:10,883 over these little novelty waves, and it's really fun. 714 00:37:10,918 --> 00:37:12,402 He sees the potential in that 715 00:37:12,437 --> 00:37:14,266 where everyone else will just be like, 716 00:37:14,301 --> 00:37:16,510 "Oh, that's nothing." Who blow it off to do something else, 717 00:37:16,544 --> 00:37:18,891 and maybe even complain that there's no waves that day, 718 00:37:18,926 --> 00:37:20,376 he sees as an opportunity. 719 00:37:31,766 --> 00:37:33,285 I think a lot of the things 720 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,218 that Ben does in surfing are overlooked. 721 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:38,256 Or, like, taken as more of a joke than it should be 722 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:40,292 because, like, he is pretty much genius 723 00:37:40,327 --> 00:37:41,569 with the ideas that he comes up with. 724 00:37:41,604 --> 00:37:43,399 And a lot of the things that he's doing, 725 00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:46,402 even if they're not on a giant scale yet, 726 00:37:46,436 --> 00:37:48,714 are still things that nobody has ever done. 727 00:37:48,749 --> 00:37:52,856 So little did I know that that video, 728 00:37:52,891 --> 00:37:55,825 I put it on Instagram when I got home 729 00:37:55,859 --> 00:38:02,418 and Stab Magazine took it off my Instagram posted on theirs. 730 00:38:02,452 --> 00:38:05,386 And it went absolutely bonkers. 731 00:38:05,421 --> 00:38:09,597 Every surf website, every surf instagram account, 732 00:38:09,632 --> 00:38:12,117 everything you could think of, that wave was on. 733 00:38:12,151 --> 00:38:13,912 That was the turning point for my channel. 734 00:38:13,946 --> 00:38:16,984 It shows that this is something 735 00:38:17,018 --> 00:38:20,746 that people want to watch. YouTube and Instagram wise, 736 00:38:20,781 --> 00:38:24,716 that was like a huge moment in my surfing career because, 737 00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:27,166 I mean, I didn't even have a surfing career before that. 738 00:38:27,201 --> 00:38:30,446 Like, that was just, like, 739 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,345 a total changing point in everything. 740 00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:35,623 All right, guys, to be a professional novelty surfer, 741 00:38:35,658 --> 00:38:38,730 there's a lot of professionalism and skill involved. 742 00:38:38,764 --> 00:38:40,973 It's not all fun and games. 743 00:38:41,008 --> 00:38:43,251 Oh, wait. Yes, it is. 744 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:56,023 Once I realized that you didn't need much swell 745 00:38:56,057 --> 00:38:58,301 for a novelty wave to break, 746 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,855 I started thinking 747 00:39:00,890 --> 00:39:03,858 that I could just go around to, like, every inlet, 748 00:39:03,893 --> 00:39:06,136 rivers, whatever, 749 00:39:06,171 --> 00:39:08,863 and find just weird novelty waves, 750 00:39:08,898 --> 00:39:10,451 anything to ride. 751 00:39:10,486 --> 00:39:11,970 It's funny because, like, you would think 752 00:39:12,004 --> 00:39:14,110 that real waves would make me want to travel, 753 00:39:14,144 --> 00:39:16,630 but the thing that got me in the car, 754 00:39:16,664 --> 00:39:19,322 going and searching, is novelty waves. 755 00:39:23,878 --> 00:39:27,710 Tell us about Ben's decision to surf 50 states. 756 00:39:27,744 --> 00:39:30,471 I don't even... I can't tell you anything, 'cause I don't... 757 00:39:30,506 --> 00:39:32,887 d... didn't... 758 00:39:32,922 --> 00:39:36,857 It never registered, like, what was going on to me. 759 00:39:45,693 --> 00:39:47,730 The first states that I surfed 760 00:39:47,764 --> 00:39:49,559 were the states that you would think 761 00:39:49,594 --> 00:39:51,389 that somebody would be able to surf. 762 00:39:55,531 --> 00:39:58,844 Obviously, New Jersey, which is my home state. 763 00:39:58,879 --> 00:40:04,091 I surfed the surrounding areas Maryland, Delaware. 764 00:40:07,784 --> 00:40:10,062 Virginia, North Carolina. 765 00:40:17,138 --> 00:40:19,278 Georgia and Florida. 766 00:40:19,313 --> 00:40:21,626 Um, I took a trip up to New England 767 00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:25,077 and I surfed New York, Rhode Island. 768 00:40:26,596 --> 00:40:29,530 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine. 769 00:40:29,565 --> 00:40:31,601 Even went river surfing in Vermont. 770 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:34,811 I had previously surfed Hawaii. 771 00:40:36,606 --> 00:40:39,402 And surfed in Colorado in a river. 772 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:44,200 And I drove out to California and then surfed California. 773 00:40:53,623 --> 00:40:56,212 He's an innovator, for sure, and surfing 50 states 774 00:40:56,246 --> 00:40:57,834 is a world record. 775 00:40:57,869 --> 00:41:00,112 Like, it's a Guinness book type of thing. 776 00:41:00,147 --> 00:41:02,287 It's kind of a hard thing to wrap your head around. 777 00:41:02,321 --> 00:41:04,703 Um, surfing 50 states doesn't make sense. 778 00:41:04,738 --> 00:41:07,465 People don't understand surfing in general 779 00:41:07,499 --> 00:41:10,157 and then to put 50 states on top of that, 780 00:41:10,191 --> 00:41:12,539 I think people were completely baffled. 781 00:41:12,573 --> 00:41:14,299 Like, anybody can have an idea, 782 00:41:14,333 --> 00:41:16,508 but like going through with it is totally different. 783 00:41:16,543 --> 00:41:18,993 Like, a lot of people sit around and talk about 784 00:41:19,028 --> 00:41:20,167 what they're gonna do with their lives. 785 00:41:20,201 --> 00:41:21,582 But, like, to go out there 786 00:41:21,617 --> 00:41:23,584 and make it happen is totally different. 787 00:41:23,619 --> 00:41:27,243 I don't care if it's a river, a lake, a wave pool, 788 00:41:27,277 --> 00:41:31,972 a bayou, the bay. It's surfing. 789 00:41:32,006 --> 00:41:34,077 We're doing it, we're riding energy. 790 00:41:34,112 --> 00:41:35,562 We're riding a wave. 791 00:41:35,596 --> 00:41:38,979 ♪ I was totin' my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road 792 00:41:39,013 --> 00:41:41,153 ♪ When along came a semi 793 00:41:41,188 --> 00:41:43,846 ♪ With a high an' canvas covered load 794 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:47,815 ♪ If you're goin' to Winnemucca Mack, with me you can ride 795 00:41:47,850 --> 00:41:52,302 ♪ So I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside 796 00:41:52,337 --> 00:41:54,477 ♪ He asked me if I'd seen a road 797 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:56,099 ♪ With so much dust and sand 798 00:41:56,134 --> 00:41:59,862 ♪ And I said, "Listen, I've seen every road 799 00:41:59,896 --> 00:42:01,691 ♪ In this here land 800 00:42:01,726 --> 00:42:05,557 ♪ I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man 801 00:42:05,592 --> 00:42:07,801 ♪ I crossed the deserts bare, man 802 00:42:07,835 --> 00:42:09,872 ♪ Breathed the mountain air, man 803 00:42:09,906 --> 00:42:11,839 ♪ Of travel I've had my share, man 804 00:42:11,874 --> 00:42:15,567 ♪ I've been everywhere 805 00:42:15,602 --> 00:42:18,501 ♪ I've been to Reno, Chicago Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo 806 00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:22,678 ♪ Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa... 807 00:42:22,712 --> 00:42:25,301 -Alabama! -Alabama! 808 00:42:25,335 --> 00:42:27,890 ♪ Amarillo, Tocopilla Barranquilla and Padilla 809 00:42:27,924 --> 00:42:30,582 ♪ I'm a killer I've been everywhere, man 810 00:42:30,617 --> 00:42:32,411 ♪ I've been everywhere, man 811 00:42:32,446 --> 00:42:34,482 ♪ Crossed the deserts bare, man 812 00:42:34,517 --> 00:42:36,554 ♪ I've breathed the mountain air, man 813 00:42:36,588 --> 00:42:38,556 ♪ Of travel I've had my share, man 814 00:42:38,590 --> 00:42:42,352 ♪ I've been everywhere 815 00:42:42,387 --> 00:42:44,734 ♪ I've been to Boston Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana 816 00:42:44,769 --> 00:42:47,841 ♪ Washington, Houston, Kingston Texarkana, Monterey, Faraday 817 00:42:47,875 --> 00:42:49,843 ♪ Santa Fe, Tallapoosa Glen Rock, Black Rock 818 00:42:49,877 --> 00:42:52,431 ♪ Little Rock, Oskaloosa, Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee 819 00:42:52,466 --> 00:42:54,088 ♪ Spirit Lake, Grand Lake Devil's Lake 820 00:42:54,123 --> 00:42:57,057 ♪ Crater Lake for Pete's sake I've been everywhere, man 821 00:42:57,091 --> 00:42:59,093 ♪ I've been everywhere, man 822 00:42:59,128 --> 00:43:01,026 ♪ Crossed the deserts bare, man 823 00:43:01,061 --> 00:43:03,166 ♪ Breathed the mountain air, man 824 00:43:03,201 --> 00:43:05,375 ♪ Of travel I've had my share, man 825 00:43:05,410 --> 00:43:08,102 ♪ I've been everywhere 826 00:43:13,556 --> 00:43:15,247 Whoo! 827 00:43:23,635 --> 00:43:28,088 ♪ I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man 828 00:43:28,122 --> 00:43:32,264 ♪ I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man 829 00:43:32,299 --> 00:43:34,612 ♪ Crossed the deserts bare, man 830 00:43:34,646 --> 00:43:38,719 ♪ I've been everywhere I've been everywhere, man 831 00:43:38,754 --> 00:43:40,859 ♪ I've been everywhere, man 832 00:43:40,894 --> 00:43:42,965 ♪ Crossed the deserts bare, man 833 00:43:42,999 --> 00:43:44,967 ♪ I've been everywhere, man 834 00:43:45,001 --> 00:43:47,107 ♪ Of travel I've had my share, man 835 00:43:47,141 --> 00:43:51,663 ♪ I've been everywhere 836 00:43:56,081 --> 00:43:59,257 I show up to Missouri, it's about a 100 degrees out. 837 00:43:59,291 --> 00:44:01,397 I'm obviously in a place that I have no idea... 838 00:44:01,431 --> 00:44:03,295 I don't know anything about Missouri. 839 00:44:03,330 --> 00:44:04,227 I've never been there before. 840 00:44:04,952 --> 00:44:06,436 Are you kidding me? 841 00:44:07,852 --> 00:44:10,302 Are you fucking kidding me? 842 00:44:10,337 --> 00:44:14,099 And I knew that there was a wave there called the Centaur, 843 00:44:14,134 --> 00:44:17,137 and I knew that it was big and scary. 844 00:44:17,171 --> 00:44:21,520 I'm gonna get my full suit and the helmet for protection. 845 00:44:21,555 --> 00:44:23,350 Because this thing is really raging. 846 00:44:23,384 --> 00:44:27,630 We found one, guys! We fucking found the Centaur! 847 00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:30,115 There's a lot of warnings, on the website, 848 00:44:30,150 --> 00:44:31,392 like, about the wave. 849 00:44:31,427 --> 00:44:34,257 But I had just conquered like, four states, 850 00:44:34,292 --> 00:44:36,466 and I'm like, I'm just going to get a wave 851 00:44:36,501 --> 00:44:39,159 and call it a day, I'm going to check Missouri off, 852 00:44:39,193 --> 00:44:40,678 and then we're on to Arkansas. 853 00:44:40,712 --> 00:44:42,507 So, I get down to the edge of the river 854 00:44:42,541 --> 00:44:44,785 and I automatically had a bad feeling. 855 00:44:44,820 --> 00:44:49,134 All right, guys, the Centaur looks seriously gnarly. 856 00:44:49,169 --> 00:44:52,759 I wouldn't say I'm exactly hyped on doing this by myself. 857 00:44:52,793 --> 00:44:57,384 But I at least gotta go try one. So, let's do this. 858 00:44:57,418 --> 00:45:01,043 When I see the wave, it's just this big glassy orb 859 00:45:01,077 --> 00:45:02,769 flowing through the river. 860 00:45:02,803 --> 00:45:04,736 And I'm like, okay, cool. 861 00:45:04,771 --> 00:45:07,187 This looks like I'm gonna ride my seven foot. 862 00:45:07,221 --> 00:45:09,534 In the ocean maybe, but in a river, 863 00:45:09,568 --> 00:45:11,881 that's the worst idea you could ever make. 864 00:45:11,916 --> 00:45:13,193 I need to think for a minute. 865 00:45:14,815 --> 00:45:18,854 There's mosquitoes everywhere, biting me all over my body. 866 00:45:18,888 --> 00:45:21,408 Like, literally, I'm getting attacked by mosquitoes as I go. 867 00:45:21,442 --> 00:45:23,306 The ground is just mud. 868 00:45:23,341 --> 00:45:25,584 Every step I took, it went up to my ankle. 869 00:45:25,619 --> 00:45:30,210 The river is hot, sweaty, hot, and the river's super wide 870 00:45:30,244 --> 00:45:32,626 and just flowing like the fastest, scariest thing 871 00:45:32,660 --> 00:45:34,248 you've ever seen. 872 00:45:34,283 --> 00:45:37,665 I remember just being like, "This is a bad idea, 873 00:45:37,700 --> 00:45:38,736 "but I'm doing it." 874 00:45:43,085 --> 00:45:44,051 Wish me luck, guys. 875 00:45:45,812 --> 00:45:48,366 I'm just heading towards the wave. 876 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:52,266 And, dude, the river is, like, all high, 877 00:45:52,301 --> 00:45:54,993 and you can't see the wave until you get to the ledge. 878 00:45:55,028 --> 00:45:57,030 And from the bank, this thing looks like 879 00:45:57,064 --> 00:45:58,756 it's about two feet tall. 880 00:45:58,790 --> 00:46:01,103 But when you're in that river flowing, like, 881 00:46:01,137 --> 00:46:02,863 twenty miles an hour downstream 882 00:46:02,898 --> 00:46:06,004 and you see the wall, it gets big, real quick. 883 00:46:06,039 --> 00:46:09,214 And I came over the wall and I just spun around. 884 00:46:09,249 --> 00:46:11,044 Like, I was looking back 885 00:46:11,078 --> 00:46:13,425 and just ready to catch this wave. 886 00:46:13,460 --> 00:46:14,806 And I remember getting sucked down 887 00:46:14,841 --> 00:46:16,739 and I just picked up so much speed, 888 00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:18,120 I went over the wave. 889 00:46:18,154 --> 00:46:20,260 No chance I was catching it, I was going so fit. 890 00:46:26,645 --> 00:46:29,441 Fighting, getting sucked under the water, and it, like, 891 00:46:29,476 --> 00:46:30,960 flipped me and rolled me, 892 00:46:30,995 --> 00:46:33,825 and I got rolled upside down and sucked the nose under. 893 00:46:33,860 --> 00:46:35,309 My legs were sticking up, 894 00:46:35,344 --> 00:46:37,139 and I was literally holding on for dear life. 895 00:46:37,173 --> 00:46:38,761 And I was like, I'm about to die 896 00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:40,452 in the middle of Missouri, 897 00:46:40,487 --> 00:46:42,454 surfing a river wave. 898 00:46:44,525 --> 00:46:46,769 I eventually got out onto, like, 899 00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:49,737 the white foam ball and pulled myself out 900 00:46:49,772 --> 00:46:53,741 the back of the wave, and I just like drifted over 901 00:46:53,776 --> 00:46:55,640 to the side of the shoreline, and I was just like... 902 00:47:00,714 --> 00:47:03,441 I literally have to call it, dude. 903 00:47:03,475 --> 00:47:04,960 I can't risk my life. 904 00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:08,446 Fucking bumming, dude. 905 00:47:10,068 --> 00:47:12,312 Literally, that thing took me under, 906 00:47:12,346 --> 00:47:13,865 flipped me upside down. 907 00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:15,522 I tweaked my back so bad, 908 00:47:15,556 --> 00:47:16,695 if I wasn't holding on to my board, 909 00:47:16,730 --> 00:47:18,697 I probably would've just died. 910 00:47:18,732 --> 00:47:20,147 I just held on to my board 911 00:47:20,182 --> 00:47:23,668 and went up. It was holding me back behind the waterfall 912 00:47:23,702 --> 00:47:26,084 and then finally let me go when I wriggled out of it. 913 00:47:31,641 --> 00:47:34,472 I literally was in shock, and I didn't realize. 914 00:47:34,506 --> 00:47:35,749 After that, I went back 915 00:47:36,232 --> 00:47:37,371 to my hotel 916 00:47:37,406 --> 00:47:38,856 I went to sleep for the night. 917 00:47:38,890 --> 00:47:40,719 Edited my video like normal 918 00:47:40,754 --> 00:47:42,238 I woke up the next morning. 919 00:47:42,273 --> 00:47:43,377 Good morning, guys. 920 00:47:43,412 --> 00:47:44,965 We are in Missouri, still. 921 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:46,242 And I'm not gonna lie, 922 00:47:46,277 --> 00:47:48,210 yesterday really took the wind out of my sails. 923 00:47:50,108 --> 00:47:51,075 And... 924 00:47:52,697 --> 00:47:53,974 Questioning the journey. 925 00:47:54,009 --> 00:47:57,288 I couldn't drive the car west. 926 00:47:57,322 --> 00:47:58,358 Any further west. 927 00:47:58,392 --> 00:47:59,877 I, like, had a mental block. 928 00:47:59,911 --> 00:48:01,292 Like, I couldn't make a right-hand turn 929 00:48:01,326 --> 00:48:02,810 out of the hotel 930 00:48:02,845 --> 00:48:04,088 to go to Arkansas. 931 00:48:04,122 --> 00:48:05,158 Like, I was done. 932 00:48:05,192 --> 00:48:06,849 And I just broke down crying. 933 00:48:06,884 --> 00:48:08,886 I'm so stressed out. 934 00:48:12,096 --> 00:48:13,476 'Cause I don't know what to do. 935 00:48:13,511 --> 00:48:15,720 I don t want to be here anymore. 936 00:48:16,617 --> 00:48:18,171 I had kayakers hit me up online. 937 00:48:18,205 --> 00:48:19,551 Like, "Yo, you almost died." 938 00:48:19,586 --> 00:48:21,622 Like, "That hydraulic's gnarly. People die there." 939 00:48:21,657 --> 00:48:22,865 I go online. I looked up 940 00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:24,867 there's four deaths at that spot. 941 00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:26,938 Four people have died there. 942 00:48:26,973 --> 00:48:29,907 Okay, guys. I've never had this before. 943 00:48:29,941 --> 00:48:31,874 I don't know what's going on, but 944 00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:33,600 I would imagine that this is 945 00:48:34,463 --> 00:48:36,983 a panic attack. Um, 946 00:48:37,017 --> 00:48:39,709 I'm having severe anxiety. 947 00:48:39,744 --> 00:48:40,572 Um... 948 00:48:41,988 --> 00:48:44,404 Very confusing, tripped out. 949 00:48:44,438 --> 00:48:45,405 And, uh, 950 00:48:46,302 --> 00:48:48,063 I just, I got to get home. 951 00:48:48,097 --> 00:48:50,548 So I'm pulling the plug. 952 00:48:50,582 --> 00:48:52,170 And this is real. Yes, this is real. 953 00:48:52,205 --> 00:48:53,758 I'm really pulling the plug. 954 00:48:53,792 --> 00:48:56,002 I'm getting on 64 East right now 955 00:48:56,036 --> 00:48:57,589 and then I'm just gonna start trucking home. 956 00:48:57,624 --> 00:49:00,420 So that's what I'm doing. 957 00:49:02,974 --> 00:49:03,975 That's what I'm doing. 958 00:49:04,976 --> 00:49:06,598 When you're as driven as Ben 959 00:49:06,633 --> 00:49:07,979 and you have these goals 960 00:49:08,014 --> 00:49:09,912 and you have an expectation, 961 00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:11,949 and sometimes it can't always be met, 962 00:49:11,983 --> 00:49:14,917 there is, like, this significant feeling of 963 00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:16,988 letdown and pressure. 964 00:49:17,023 --> 00:49:19,232 And so it's hard to, kind of, 965 00:49:19,266 --> 00:49:21,234 not use substances to cope with that 966 00:49:21,268 --> 00:49:22,752 emotional pain. 967 00:49:22,787 --> 00:49:23,961 No way. 968 00:49:25,341 --> 00:49:26,411 I'm home. 969 00:49:34,523 --> 00:49:35,627 Dude. 970 00:49:36,835 --> 00:49:38,699 I don't care who you are, 971 00:49:39,735 --> 00:49:41,254 how much money you make, 972 00:49:43,808 --> 00:49:44,705 what you do, 973 00:49:45,499 --> 00:49:47,329 how big of a person you are, 974 00:49:48,709 --> 00:49:50,539 sometimes you just need 975 00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:52,196 to be home. 976 00:49:55,509 --> 00:49:57,201 It's not like I came out of that and I was, like, 977 00:49:57,235 --> 00:49:58,340 "All right, I'm gonna go drink." 978 00:49:58,374 --> 00:50:00,100 But I definitely thought about it. 979 00:50:00,687 --> 00:50:01,550 For sure. 980 00:50:03,207 --> 00:50:04,656 Stuff like that. 981 00:50:04,691 --> 00:50:07,349 is what makes you question 982 00:50:08,453 --> 00:50:10,283 your situation. 983 00:50:10,317 --> 00:50:13,424 And in a scenario like that, 984 00:50:13,458 --> 00:50:15,667 it would be a whole lot easier 985 00:50:15,702 --> 00:50:17,704 to just drown your sorrows 986 00:50:17,738 --> 00:50:19,119 with a beer 987 00:50:19,154 --> 00:50:22,226 than it would be to face the problem head on, 988 00:50:22,260 --> 00:50:24,021 and deal with that emotionally. 989 00:50:33,513 --> 00:50:39,070 I had no idea if I even wanted to continue surfing the 50 states. 990 00:50:39,105 --> 00:50:41,797 I think he needed to focus on the things he loved. 991 00:50:41,831 --> 00:50:44,248 I think he needed to focus on himself again. 992 00:50:44,282 --> 00:50:47,182 Focus on his family, his friends, 993 00:50:47,216 --> 00:50:48,321 surfing for fun. 994 00:50:48,355 --> 00:50:50,012 I think he had to get back to 995 00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:52,394 the reason why he was doing what he was doing 996 00:50:52,428 --> 00:50:54,913 because he was so caught up in this goal. 997 00:51:00,091 --> 00:51:01,472 It's kind of a funny story 998 00:51:01,506 --> 00:51:03,301 because it's not your conventional, like, "We met". 999 00:51:03,336 --> 00:51:05,338 Just, I guess, most people meet at a bar 1000 00:51:05,372 --> 00:51:07,064 or meet at school or something. 1001 00:51:07,098 --> 00:51:08,720 We met through Instagram. 1002 00:51:08,755 --> 00:51:10,481 One day, just commenting on Instagram, 1003 00:51:10,515 --> 00:51:12,138 and I tagged my friend in a shirt that said, 1004 00:51:12,172 --> 00:51:13,725 "Drinking coffee and talking shit" 1005 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,383 And I was, like, "Oh, my God, we need these T-shirts." 1006 00:51:16,418 --> 00:51:18,765 Not thinking it was Ben's Instagram. 1007 00:51:18,799 --> 00:51:21,319 So, I commented on there. 1008 00:51:21,354 --> 00:51:23,252 And then, like, I guess, a couple of hours later, 1009 00:51:23,287 --> 00:51:26,635 I got a DM, a direct message from Ben. 1010 00:51:26,669 --> 00:51:30,052 So I clicked it, and I was like, "Damn, dude." 1011 00:51:30,087 --> 00:51:32,227 I literally, like, fell in love, like, 1012 00:51:32,261 --> 00:51:34,436 right when I saw her Instagram. 1013 00:51:34,470 --> 00:51:35,609 I don't know. 1014 00:51:35,644 --> 00:51:36,990 Dude, I never do this. 1015 00:51:37,024 --> 00:51:38,957 And I just went, like, "Bam". Right, DM. 1016 00:51:38,992 --> 00:51:39,924 Like, 1017 00:51:40,890 --> 00:51:42,133 "Do you want a shirt?" 1018 00:51:42,168 --> 00:51:43,962 Or something like that. I don't know what I said. 1019 00:51:43,997 --> 00:51:46,241 I was, like, "I could totally get you a shirt 1020 00:51:46,275 --> 00:51:48,519 and you don't have to pay for it." 1021 00:51:48,553 --> 00:51:52,350 So, couple clever remarks later, we hung out 1022 00:51:52,385 --> 00:51:54,145 and we went and got coffee together 1023 00:51:54,180 --> 00:51:56,906 Pretty much, like, the moment that I met her, 1024 00:51:56,941 --> 00:51:59,323 from then on, it was just, like, I just kind of knew. 1025 00:52:04,811 --> 00:52:06,399 Our relationship was pretty new 1026 00:52:06,433 --> 00:52:08,401 when I started surfing the 50 states 1027 00:52:08,435 --> 00:52:10,679 and she would just be tripped out because, like, 1028 00:52:11,438 --> 00:52:13,268 her vision of 1029 00:52:13,302 --> 00:52:15,097 a boyfriend is someone that's home. 1030 00:52:15,132 --> 00:52:16,616 That they spend time with. 1031 00:52:16,650 --> 00:52:19,550 And, like, here she has me. 1032 00:52:19,584 --> 00:52:22,794 And I'm driving around the country by myself, so... 1033 00:52:22,829 --> 00:52:25,176 "By myself" puts me in a bad category 1034 00:52:25,211 --> 00:52:27,316 'cause it's, like, "He's so insane 1035 00:52:27,351 --> 00:52:29,180 that nobody will even go with him." 1036 00:52:29,215 --> 00:52:31,182 She didn't get what I was doing at all. 1037 00:52:31,217 --> 00:52:33,943 And she always tried her hardest to support me. 1038 00:52:33,978 --> 00:52:36,187 So our relationship's just, like, 1039 00:52:36,222 --> 00:52:37,084 pretty magic. 1040 00:52:38,638 --> 00:52:42,262 Really what I was searching for in other people, 1041 00:52:42,297 --> 00:52:43,781 or other relationships 1042 00:52:43,815 --> 00:52:46,887 that I thought of were boyfriends in my mind, 1043 00:52:46,922 --> 00:52:48,855 they were people that were hard-working, 1044 00:52:48,889 --> 00:52:50,339 that were determined, 1045 00:52:50,374 --> 00:52:51,996 that never gave up. 1046 00:52:52,030 --> 00:52:53,860 And I found that in Ben. 1047 00:52:53,894 --> 00:52:56,345 Together, we have done unconventional things. 1048 00:52:56,380 --> 00:53:00,038 And, you know, it's more exciting than I could ever imagine. 1049 00:53:27,100 --> 00:53:28,032 No way. 1050 00:53:28,722 --> 00:53:29,585 No way. 1051 00:53:30,276 --> 00:53:31,898 No way! 1052 00:53:31,932 --> 00:53:33,796 No way! 1053 00:53:34,245 --> 00:53:35,419 No way! 1054 00:53:35,902 --> 00:53:37,352 Oh, my god! 1055 00:53:37,386 --> 00:53:39,595 Are you kidding me? 1056 00:53:39,630 --> 00:53:42,357 Are you kidding me? 1057 00:53:43,116 --> 00:53:45,049 Wave Bandit 1058 00:53:45,083 --> 00:53:46,878 Ben Gravy Pro Model. 1059 00:53:46,913 --> 00:53:48,535 Look at that shiny sticker. 1060 00:53:49,536 --> 00:53:51,676 Oh, my god! 1061 00:53:52,574 --> 00:53:53,954 Are you kidding me? 1062 00:53:53,989 --> 00:53:55,577 Thank you, guys, so much. 1063 00:53:55,611 --> 00:53:57,130 Look at this surfboard. 1064 00:53:57,164 --> 00:53:58,683 It's real. It's real. 1065 00:53:58,718 --> 00:54:01,203 This is the coolest thing I've seen in my entire life. 1066 00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:02,687 Thank you for everything. 1067 00:54:02,722 --> 00:54:03,861 Thank you! Thank you! 1068 00:54:03,895 --> 00:54:06,588 And the eight-footer. The eight-footer! 1069 00:54:06,622 --> 00:54:07,968 Are you kidding me? 1070 00:54:08,003 --> 00:54:09,107 The eight-footer? 1071 00:54:09,142 --> 00:54:10,247 Are you kidding me? 1072 00:54:10,281 --> 00:54:11,938 The eight-footer? 1073 00:54:11,972 --> 00:54:14,768 To be semi-pro is 1074 00:54:15,735 --> 00:54:19,152 to just be yourself. 1075 00:54:19,186 --> 00:54:24,122 The reality of my life is that I was never gonna be a pro surfer. 1076 00:54:24,157 --> 00:54:27,747 My entire career is an anomaly. 1077 00:54:28,610 --> 00:54:30,370 It happened by accident. 1078 00:54:30,405 --> 00:54:32,648 I didn't come up through any structured 1079 00:54:33,649 --> 00:54:35,824 industry of surfing. 1080 00:54:35,858 --> 00:54:40,691 So I think it's hilarious to call myself a semi-pro 1081 00:54:40,725 --> 00:54:43,694 because that's what I feel like I am. 1082 00:54:43,728 --> 00:54:46,628 'Cause I'm never going to be better than anybody else, dude. 1083 00:54:46,662 --> 00:54:50,045 I'm just straight up a total kook. 1084 00:54:51,322 --> 00:54:52,668 I don't really know how to explain it, 1085 00:54:52,703 --> 00:54:54,567 but, like, they can have it, dude. 1086 00:54:54,601 --> 00:54:57,259 Pro? I don't need a title. 1087 00:54:57,294 --> 00:54:58,916 Like, I'm just a guy, dude. 1088 00:54:59,848 --> 00:55:01,401 I'm just a semi-pro. 1089 00:55:04,231 --> 00:55:07,338 I have something very special in me. 1090 00:55:07,373 --> 00:55:08,546 When I was two years old, 1091 00:55:08,581 --> 00:55:11,169 I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism. 1092 00:55:11,204 --> 00:55:13,827 So over the course of my adolescence and teenage years, 1093 00:55:14,863 --> 00:55:16,347 I had a lot of trouble, 1094 00:55:16,382 --> 00:55:19,454 you know, to try and find some sort of identity for myself 1095 00:55:19,488 --> 00:55:21,421 And then, of course, when Ben came along 1096 00:55:21,456 --> 00:55:23,009 and introduced me to surfing, 1097 00:55:23,043 --> 00:55:26,012 you know, I found my true purpose and identity. 1098 00:55:26,046 --> 00:55:28,601 It's uncertain, but all I know is that just like Ben, 1099 00:55:28,635 --> 00:55:30,465 I'm going to live the stoke life. 1100 00:55:30,499 --> 00:55:32,018 I'm living the sober life. 1101 00:55:32,052 --> 00:55:33,571 And, because of him, 1102 00:55:33,606 --> 00:55:35,228 I wouldn't be sitting here today. 1103 00:55:35,262 --> 00:55:37,334 There's a lot of things I'd like to be thankful to Ben, 1104 00:55:37,368 --> 00:55:38,956 but the biggest thing I would like to say, 1105 00:55:38,990 --> 00:55:41,855 "Thanks, Ben, for being an excellent friend." 1106 00:55:47,930 --> 00:55:49,760 JAMIE: Ben is a really good influence 1107 00:55:49,794 --> 00:55:51,762 on a lot of people around the world. 1108 00:55:51,796 --> 00:55:53,384 He's out there showing you 1109 00:55:53,419 --> 00:55:55,455 that you don't have to be a pro surfer. 1110 00:55:55,490 --> 00:55:59,183 You just got to go out there and have as much fun as you can, you know? 1111 00:55:59,217 --> 00:56:00,598 I think he just laid it out there 1112 00:56:00,633 --> 00:56:02,980 and said, "I'm Ben Gravy. I'm semi-pro." 1113 00:56:03,014 --> 00:56:03,912 Yo! 1114 00:56:08,123 --> 00:56:09,158 Look here, guys. 1115 00:56:16,269 --> 00:56:20,169 For young kids, Ben's, like, an incredible person, awesome role model. 1116 00:56:20,204 --> 00:56:23,207 And if you were to ask me that 10 years ago, 1117 00:56:23,241 --> 00:56:26,383 about Ben being a role model for young kids, 1118 00:56:26,417 --> 00:56:27,936 that would be the last thing I would think of. 1119 00:56:27,970 --> 00:56:31,008 I would say, "Anything he does, don't do." 1120 00:56:31,042 --> 00:56:33,700 But now, it's a complete 180. 1121 00:56:44,159 --> 00:56:45,747 JAMIE O'BRIEN: And he claims semi-pro. 1122 00:56:45,781 --> 00:56:47,542 It's amazing. 1123 00:56:47,576 --> 00:56:50,855 Like, this guy's grabbed everything and just put it out there. 1124 00:56:50,890 --> 00:56:52,547 You know, he's got an awesome following. 1125 00:56:52,581 --> 00:56:53,927 He's, like... Everyone loves him. 1126 00:56:53,962 --> 00:56:56,723 I mean, Ben's living the dream and he made it happen. 1127 00:56:56,758 --> 00:56:58,967 And that's the best part about Ben. 1128 00:57:09,598 --> 00:57:11,945 I feel like out there, there's only a certain amount of people 1129 00:57:11,980 --> 00:57:14,396 that could be a pro surfer, and it's hard to relate. 1130 00:57:14,431 --> 00:57:17,710 Ben's a semi-pro. I think everyone's a semi-pro. 1131 00:57:17,744 --> 00:57:19,539 And it's just like putting a stamp like, 1132 00:57:19,574 --> 00:57:22,300 "I'm not a pro surfer. But, hey, I'm having the time of my life." 1133 00:57:22,335 --> 00:57:24,820 And he created this whole industry around him. 1134 00:57:24,855 --> 00:57:27,409 You know, he's got killer sponsors now. 1135 00:57:27,444 --> 00:57:29,825 He's like the forefront of Wave Bandit. 1136 00:57:29,860 --> 00:57:32,241 He is the king of vlogging and surfing. 1137 00:57:32,276 --> 00:57:34,312 And there is so much respect for him. 1138 00:57:34,347 --> 00:57:36,073 And I just feel like Ben had a dream 1139 00:57:36,107 --> 00:57:38,316 and had a vision of what he wanted to do 1140 00:57:38,351 --> 00:57:39,835 and what he wanted to accomplish. 1141 00:57:43,114 --> 00:57:44,391 Positive outlook on life, 1142 00:57:44,426 --> 00:57:46,842 whether you're a kid or 80 years old, 1143 00:57:46,877 --> 00:57:50,363 it's something that you could definitely use as a role model, for sure. 1144 00:57:53,228 --> 00:57:56,334 I took a long time off after that. A while. 1145 00:57:57,059 --> 00:57:57,922 And, uh... 1146 00:57:58,889 --> 00:58:00,442 it took me... 1147 00:58:00,477 --> 00:58:02,789 You know, that moment, 1148 00:58:02,824 --> 00:58:05,309 was kind of like the commitment moment. 1149 00:58:05,343 --> 00:58:07,656 It was, like, are you gonna do this? 1150 00:58:08,485 --> 00:58:09,313 Or... 1151 00:58:10,935 --> 00:58:11,971 was it just kind of a joke? 1152 00:58:12,005 --> 00:58:14,007 You're gonna just let it go? 1153 00:58:14,042 --> 00:58:16,113 And I decided that I was gonna do it. 1154 00:58:22,982 --> 00:58:24,397 At the car dealership right now. 1155 00:58:28,194 --> 00:58:29,333 As you may have guessed, 1156 00:58:29,367 --> 00:58:33,510 I have the Dodge ProMaster for the dream. 1157 00:58:33,544 --> 00:58:34,649 I am so stoked. 1158 00:58:34,683 --> 00:58:39,136 The 2017 Dodge Semi-ProMaster. 1159 00:58:39,170 --> 00:58:41,207 I hope you guys are as excited as I am. 1160 00:58:41,241 --> 00:58:43,934 I'm going to renovate this thing. Make it the ultimate 1161 00:58:43,968 --> 00:58:45,556 road trip mobile. 1162 00:58:45,591 --> 00:58:47,178 And drive it across the country. 1163 00:58:47,938 --> 00:58:49,940 Good morning, Nub Nation. 1164 00:58:51,217 --> 00:58:53,840 I'm starting off today with a socket thing. 1165 00:59:06,784 --> 00:59:09,649 In the past couple of years, he's definitely made it, like, a thing 1166 00:59:09,684 --> 00:59:11,202 to hunt out these novelties. 1167 00:59:11,237 --> 00:59:12,790 But even when he was younger, 1168 00:59:12,825 --> 00:59:14,965 I think, like, without trying, 1169 00:59:14,999 --> 00:59:16,691 he was always kind of hunting 1170 00:59:16,725 --> 00:59:19,694 little novelty waves and surfing spots that 1171 00:59:19,728 --> 00:59:22,179 a lot of other people didn't surf. 1172 00:59:22,213 --> 00:59:24,837 We're talking about a finished floor, people. 1173 00:59:24,871 --> 00:59:26,252 I guess the best way I can describe 1174 00:59:26,286 --> 00:59:28,772 Ben Gravy in the surf industry is 1175 00:59:28,806 --> 00:59:31,533 hard work, head down, grinding. 1176 00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:33,777 Whatever it is, he's working every day. 1177 00:59:33,811 --> 00:59:35,675 His mind is not even thinking it's work, you know? 1178 00:59:35,710 --> 00:59:37,263 This is, like, the way that he operates. 1179 00:59:37,297 --> 00:59:39,506 He just wakes up and he wants to make videos. 1180 00:59:39,541 --> 00:59:40,922 and he wants to document his life. 1181 00:59:40,956 --> 00:59:43,062 And I think it's really hardcore. 1182 00:59:43,096 --> 00:59:45,029 BEN: All right, ladies and gentlemen. 1183 00:59:45,064 --> 00:59:46,962 Walls. Ceilings. 1184 00:59:47,791 --> 00:59:49,206 Cabinets. 1185 00:59:50,517 --> 00:59:52,623 Look at this storage space. 1186 00:59:52,658 --> 00:59:54,004 I'm tripping. 1187 00:59:54,038 --> 00:59:55,522 Unreal. It's unreal. 1188 00:59:55,557 --> 00:59:58,008 What's the most attractive to me 1189 00:59:58,042 --> 01:00:00,700 is just his, like, drive and determination. 1190 01:00:00,735 --> 01:00:02,529 He just goes and goes and goes. 1191 01:00:02,564 --> 01:00:03,945 And I just, 1192 01:00:03,979 --> 01:00:06,223 I just can't believe it. Ben just doesn't give up. 1193 01:00:06,257 --> 01:00:07,604 And I've seen him 1194 01:00:07,638 --> 01:00:11,090 so many times, like, fail in these past three years. 1195 01:00:11,124 --> 01:00:14,714 And, like, hard failures where he was just beaten 1196 01:00:14,749 --> 01:00:16,992 and he didn't know what he was gonna do next. 1197 01:00:17,027 --> 01:00:18,891 And he's, like, "I can't believe this has happened." 1198 01:00:18,925 --> 01:00:21,548 Or, "I can't believe I'm here again." And... 1199 01:00:22,584 --> 01:00:23,758 He just still didn't give up. 1200 01:00:31,835 --> 01:00:33,008 Put it on wax. 1201 01:00:33,043 --> 01:00:33,975 That's it. 1202 01:00:35,217 --> 01:00:36,149 We're done. 1203 01:00:36,184 --> 01:00:37,116 Dude, we're done. 1204 01:00:37,150 --> 01:00:38,082 We're done. 1205 01:00:38,876 --> 01:00:40,567 Was Ben's journey 1206 01:00:40,602 --> 01:00:44,571 to surf the 50 states an accident or was it his destiny? 1207 01:00:44,606 --> 01:00:46,746 The universe was lining up for Ben. 1208 01:00:46,781 --> 01:00:50,647 His commitment to sobriety and his love to surf all the time, 1209 01:00:50,681 --> 01:00:53,408 anywhere he could, was about to lead him 1210 01:00:53,442 --> 01:00:56,169 on one of the wildest rides of his life. 1211 01:00:58,482 --> 01:01:01,174 Instead of going out and just checking off the states, 1212 01:01:01,209 --> 01:01:04,937 it was really important for me to experience the journey. 1213 01:01:04,971 --> 01:01:09,493 And, yeah, with all those big storms coming across the country 1214 01:01:09,527 --> 01:01:11,184 and hitting us on the coast, 1215 01:01:11,219 --> 01:01:13,980 there was a lot of extra activity that year. 1216 01:01:14,015 --> 01:01:17,052 And I felt like I could finish what I started. 1217 01:01:17,087 --> 01:01:19,710 At least in the Great Lakes. 1218 01:01:51,500 --> 01:01:54,711 My wetsuit won't unzip. 1219 01:01:54,745 --> 01:01:56,851 Fully frozen shut. 1220 01:02:16,802 --> 01:02:17,872 Ohio! 1221 01:03:00,293 --> 01:03:01,501 What's going on out there? 1222 01:03:02,848 --> 01:03:04,090 Fun. Cleaning off. 1223 01:03:04,988 --> 01:03:06,334 Having a lot of fun out there. 1224 01:03:07,162 --> 01:03:08,543 Ben Gravy's killing it. 1225 01:03:09,786 --> 01:03:13,134 The people out there are definitely 1226 01:03:13,168 --> 01:03:17,448 some of the most stoked people in surfing. 1227 01:03:17,483 --> 01:03:21,211 And I guess, just because the lakes don't get waves all year round, 1228 01:03:21,245 --> 01:03:24,076 they kind of only have a specific season. 1229 01:03:24,110 --> 01:03:26,595 The surfers out there get really, really stoked. 1230 01:03:26,630 --> 01:03:29,771 It's just something really cool to be a part of and witness. 1231 01:03:55,901 --> 01:03:58,489 Once I checked off all of the states 1232 01:03:58,524 --> 01:04:00,181 surrounding the Great Lakes, 1233 01:04:00,215 --> 01:04:03,115 I knew that I could finish the 50 states. 1234 01:04:03,149 --> 01:04:06,049 I had the entire Nub Nation counting on me. 1235 01:04:06,083 --> 01:04:08,327 And the whole world was watching. 1236 01:04:21,547 --> 01:04:22,997 Oh, my God, this is the gnarliest thing. 1237 01:04:23,929 --> 01:04:25,896 We're here. 1238 01:04:25,931 --> 01:04:27,484 There's a wave. 1239 01:04:27,518 --> 01:04:30,038 There is a wave right there, Hob. 1240 01:04:30,073 --> 01:04:31,177 Right there. 1241 01:04:31,212 --> 01:04:33,731 We did it, dude. We fucking did it, Hob! 1242 01:04:33,766 --> 01:04:34,871 We did it! 1243 01:04:48,505 --> 01:04:50,334 So that little thing holds as much stoke 1244 01:04:50,369 --> 01:04:52,750 as a 20-foot wave, in my head. 1245 01:04:52,785 --> 01:04:53,890 'Cause the journey. 1246 01:04:53,924 --> 01:04:55,477 The being in the middle of nowhere. 1247 01:04:55,512 --> 01:04:57,548 Just finding this place. We got to surf this 1248 01:04:57,583 --> 01:04:58,722 and then there's another peak, dude. 1249 01:04:58,756 --> 01:05:00,103 It's on out here, boys. 1250 01:05:05,591 --> 01:05:07,696 Well, I think this is gonna be pretty exciting for you. 1251 01:05:16,498 --> 01:05:18,880 We're here in Oklahoma City, and 1252 01:05:18,915 --> 01:05:20,502 apparently, we can surf one of these waves 1253 01:05:20,537 --> 01:05:21,918 that's part of the whitewater run. 1254 01:05:21,952 --> 01:05:23,816 It's gonna be pretty gnarly. but we're on it. 1255 01:05:31,997 --> 01:05:33,446 Dude, this is so sick. 1256 01:06:34,887 --> 01:06:37,717 Whoo! Montana! 1257 01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:58,842 The boys are crashing out at the nature preserve. 1258 01:06:58,876 --> 01:07:01,396 Hour forty-five away from the surf spot. 1259 01:07:16,963 --> 01:07:20,381 My final claim. Stoked. Fully stoked. 1260 01:07:20,415 --> 01:07:21,416 Yeah. 1261 01:07:21,451 --> 01:07:23,694 Glad to meet ya. For the dream! 1262 01:07:23,729 --> 01:07:24,557 You're the man. 1263 01:07:44,957 --> 01:07:47,891 I bought this new sleeping bag, 1264 01:07:47,925 --> 01:07:52,516 and it's supposed to be a 20 degrees sleeping bag. 1265 01:07:52,551 --> 01:07:55,416 So I am supposed to be able to get down to 20 degrees 1266 01:07:56,210 --> 01:07:57,590 with that. 1267 01:07:57,625 --> 01:07:58,936 And I have another blanket 1268 01:07:58,971 --> 01:08:00,593 I'm gonna put on top of that. 1269 01:08:00,628 --> 01:08:04,080 I got my back curtains closed to keep heat in. 1270 01:08:04,666 --> 01:08:05,978 That's really it. 1271 01:08:06,012 --> 01:08:07,497 I'm about to tuck in and hit the sack. 1272 01:08:08,567 --> 01:08:09,913 Getting up early to surf. 1273 01:08:09,947 --> 01:08:11,639 I just want to say, thank you guys for everything. 1274 01:08:12,295 --> 01:08:13,572 Super fun day 1275 01:08:13,606 --> 01:08:14,849 And, uh... 1276 01:08:14,883 --> 01:08:16,092 the dream keeps moving forward 1277 01:08:16,126 --> 01:08:17,541 So thank you, guys. 1278 01:08:17,576 --> 01:08:18,818 Nub Nation for the win. 1279 01:08:18,853 --> 01:08:21,890 And, as always, just keep it positive. 1280 01:08:21,925 --> 01:08:24,203 And keep pushing for the things that you believe in 1281 01:08:24,238 --> 01:08:25,515 and the things that you want in life. 1282 01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:28,034 Because, uh, 1283 01:08:28,069 --> 01:08:30,244 they are attainable through hard work. 1284 01:08:31,314 --> 01:08:32,901 Good night. 1285 01:08:32,936 --> 01:08:34,144 I'll see you guys in the morning. 1286 01:08:34,179 --> 01:08:35,249 For the dream. 1287 01:08:43,153 --> 01:08:44,982 Dude, there's one option. 1288 01:08:45,017 --> 01:08:46,639 This option is not looking good, dude. 1289 01:08:46,674 --> 01:08:47,985 You're not gonna like it. 1290 01:08:48,020 --> 01:08:49,159 What? 1291 01:08:49,194 --> 01:08:51,368 I found this swimming pool 1292 01:08:51,403 --> 01:08:53,543 -in Omaha. -Yeah? 1293 01:08:53,577 --> 01:08:55,407 That's literally for swimming. 1294 01:08:55,441 --> 01:08:56,511 It's like one of those pools 1295 01:08:56,546 --> 01:08:59,100 that does this. 1296 01:08:59,135 --> 01:09:01,171 Like a splash pool. 1297 01:09:01,206 --> 01:09:03,242 But there might be a wave in it. 1298 01:09:03,277 --> 01:09:04,450 You've seen video of it or no? 1299 01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:06,590 Video is not looking good, 1300 01:09:06,625 --> 01:09:07,971 but, as far as Nebraska's concerned, 1301 01:09:08,005 --> 01:09:09,110 it's our only shot, dude. 1302 01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:10,698 Because this is completely flat. 1303 01:09:18,050 --> 01:09:19,983 I try to hit a state every day. 1304 01:09:20,017 --> 01:09:23,089 I mean, I put 62,000 miles on my van in less than a year. 1305 01:09:25,506 --> 01:09:26,955 We drive, like, eight hours, 1306 01:09:26,990 --> 01:09:27,887 surf, 1307 01:09:28,405 --> 01:09:29,337 edit, 1308 01:09:29,372 --> 01:09:30,718 go to sleep, 1309 01:09:30,752 --> 01:09:32,789 wake up, drive another eight to ten hours. 1310 01:09:32,823 --> 01:09:35,171 Surf, edit, go to sleep. 1311 01:09:35,205 --> 01:09:37,173 It's just something that, like, 1312 01:09:37,207 --> 01:09:39,485 when I came up with surf the 50 states, I was, like, 1313 01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:42,143 "Oh, this is gonna be super fun. 1314 01:09:42,178 --> 01:09:44,214 I can't believe no one's ever done it before." 1315 01:09:44,249 --> 01:09:45,284 And there is a reason 1316 01:09:45,319 --> 01:09:46,665 that no one's ever done it before. 1317 01:09:53,016 --> 01:09:55,743 This is actually better than we thought it was gonna be. 1318 01:09:56,537 --> 01:09:57,814 As of right now, 1319 01:09:57,848 --> 01:09:59,056 we're watching waves break. 1320 01:09:59,091 --> 01:10:01,127 but they're still just lightning everywhere. 1321 01:10:01,162 --> 01:10:03,820 So, If I'm gonna get a chance to surf, 1322 01:10:03,854 --> 01:10:05,546 the lightning is gonna have to pass. 1323 01:10:05,580 --> 01:10:07,548 This is the kinda shit I dreamed about, dude. 1324 01:10:07,582 --> 01:10:10,067 Surfing shit that no one was ever gonna surf. 1325 01:10:10,102 --> 01:10:11,448 And then I would come do it. 1326 01:10:11,483 --> 01:10:13,105 And that's kind of what the whole mission 1327 01:10:13,139 --> 01:10:15,038 was all about the whole time. 1328 01:10:15,072 --> 01:10:17,592 We're about to start the surf culture in Nebraska. 1329 01:10:17,627 --> 01:10:19,145 This is built for swimming. 1330 01:10:19,180 --> 01:10:21,182 And after we do this, this could become a thing. 1331 01:10:21,217 --> 01:10:23,357 Like, people might want to surf after this. 1332 01:10:30,018 --> 01:10:32,435 I was in Florida. 1333 01:10:32,469 --> 01:10:35,196 And I was actually surfing Typhoon Lagoon. 1334 01:10:35,231 --> 01:10:36,439 And I made a vlog. 1335 01:10:36,473 --> 01:10:38,268 And I was, like, "Wow, my first wave pool. 1336 01:10:38,303 --> 01:10:39,856 "That was really fun. 1337 01:10:39,890 --> 01:10:41,271 "Wouldn't it be cool 1338 01:10:41,306 --> 01:10:43,377 if I went to Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch?" 1339 01:10:43,411 --> 01:10:45,379 I know I said I wanted to save the Kelly Slater 1340 01:10:45,413 --> 01:10:48,278 wave pool till after I finished the 50 states. 1341 01:10:48,313 --> 01:10:51,281 But the energy just feels so right, right now. 1342 01:10:51,316 --> 01:10:52,938 I think it's time. 1343 01:10:52,972 --> 01:10:54,491 "If you guys think that would be cool. 1344 01:10:55,320 --> 01:10:57,874 "DM Kelly Slater, 1345 01:10:57,908 --> 01:10:59,669 and tell him that he should invite me." 1346 01:10:59,703 --> 01:11:02,085 The next day, when my vlog comes out 1347 01:11:02,119 --> 01:11:05,261 it just so happens to be the last day of the season 1348 01:11:05,295 --> 01:11:06,607 for the Surf Ranch. 1349 01:11:06,641 --> 01:11:07,780 Kelly is there. 1350 01:11:07,815 --> 01:11:09,575 At the Surf Ranch, surfing. 1351 01:11:09,610 --> 01:11:11,957 Essentially, what happened was, 1352 01:11:11,991 --> 01:11:13,199 my vlog came out... 1353 01:11:13,234 --> 01:11:15,547 If you guys would please leave 1354 01:11:15,581 --> 01:11:19,620 Kelly Slater numerous comments on his Instagram, 1355 01:11:19,654 --> 01:11:20,655 @kellyslater. 1356 01:11:20,690 --> 01:11:22,933 Please, go bombard this guy. 1357 01:11:22,968 --> 01:11:25,591 Tell him that he needs to invite me to the wave pool. 1358 01:11:25,626 --> 01:11:28,353 I will be forever grateful. 1359 01:11:28,387 --> 01:11:30,009 And Kelly got out of his session, 1360 01:11:30,044 --> 01:11:31,079 his surf session, 1361 01:11:31,114 --> 01:11:33,254 and he got to his phone, 1362 01:11:33,289 --> 01:11:36,015 and he had hundreds of DMs 1363 01:11:37,396 --> 01:11:38,639 from people 1364 01:11:38,673 --> 01:11:41,055 telling him to invite me to the Surf Ranch. 1365 01:11:41,089 --> 01:11:43,471 He went on Facebook Live, 1366 01:11:43,506 --> 01:11:46,371 hundreds of thousands of people watching, 1367 01:11:46,405 --> 01:11:47,993 and he was literally, like, 1368 01:11:48,027 --> 01:11:49,443 I'm gonna say this. 1369 01:11:49,477 --> 01:11:53,309 I got at least 50 messages today to get Ben Gravy in here. 1370 01:11:53,343 --> 01:11:55,828 Ben Gravy, you will be my first invite next year, okay? 1371 01:11:56,829 --> 01:11:58,106 Everybody tell him. 1372 01:11:58,141 --> 01:11:59,556 We were in the back of the plane, 1373 01:11:59,591 --> 01:12:01,109 like, literally freaking out. 1374 01:12:01,144 --> 01:12:02,939 Everyone was, like, looking at us. 1375 01:12:02,973 --> 01:12:04,975 But, dude, we did it. 1376 01:12:05,010 --> 01:12:06,011 You guys did it. 1377 01:12:06,045 --> 01:12:07,184 You guys did it. 1378 01:12:08,324 --> 01:12:09,601 Yay! 1379 01:12:09,635 --> 01:12:13,087 And he even said something like, "I love that guy." 1380 01:12:13,121 --> 01:12:14,778 All those friends of Ben Gravy, 1381 01:12:14,813 --> 01:12:16,124 I got your messages today. 1382 01:12:16,159 --> 01:12:18,195 Tell Ben I'm going to get him here next year 1383 01:12:18,230 --> 01:12:19,749 and we'll have some fun. 1384 01:12:19,783 --> 01:12:21,440 I love that guy's attitude. 1385 01:12:21,475 --> 01:12:23,822 And he goes and surfs every wave. 1386 01:12:23,856 --> 01:12:25,444 Every novelty wave on Earth. 1387 01:12:25,479 --> 01:12:29,068 So, let's go make him ride the best one. 1388 01:12:29,103 --> 01:12:31,243 First of all, I was completely blown away. 1389 01:12:31,277 --> 01:12:32,658 I was honored. 1390 01:12:32,693 --> 01:12:35,385 I can't believe all those people just went to bat for me. 1391 01:12:35,420 --> 01:12:38,215 Just through, like, the power of the Nub Nation, 1392 01:12:38,250 --> 01:12:41,184 through just stoke, 1393 01:12:41,218 --> 01:12:43,635 pretty much just sent an average guy to the Surf Ranch. 1394 01:12:43,669 --> 01:12:45,878 Oh, my God! 1395 01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:47,639 How do you feel? 1396 01:12:47,673 --> 01:12:49,261 I'm tripping, dude. I'm gonna throw up. 1397 01:12:50,711 --> 01:12:52,402 Oh, my God! 1398 01:12:52,437 --> 01:12:55,371 -Oh, my god. -This is insane. 1399 01:12:55,405 --> 01:12:57,165 Oh, my god. 1400 01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:58,408 Are you kidding me? 1401 01:12:58,443 --> 01:12:59,375 Freaking out, dude. 1402 01:13:04,345 --> 01:13:05,760 This isn't real, is it? 1403 01:13:05,795 --> 01:13:07,521 -It's real. -I'm gonna cry, dude. 1404 01:13:07,555 --> 01:13:11,456 And, for me, that was, like, "What's the surf industry?" 1405 01:13:11,490 --> 01:13:13,043 Because Kelly Slater just invited me 1406 01:13:13,078 --> 01:13:14,666 to his private wave pool. 1407 01:13:14,700 --> 01:13:16,219 You think I'm ready? 1408 01:13:16,253 --> 01:13:17,841 Well, I don't know. 1409 01:13:17,876 --> 01:13:20,844 Maybe we made you wait too long and now you're gonna be nervous. 1410 01:13:20,879 --> 01:13:22,881 -I've been nervous. 1411 01:13:22,915 --> 01:13:26,678 It's hard to explain, but it's, like, that's the pinnacle. 1412 01:13:26,712 --> 01:13:29,232 He's the greatest surfer of all time 1413 01:13:29,266 --> 01:13:30,509 and he was just claiming 1414 01:13:30,544 --> 01:13:32,097 that I should come out there and surf with him. 1415 01:14:00,470 --> 01:14:03,128 There was something very empowering about it. 1416 01:14:03,162 --> 01:14:06,407 Like, we are changing surfing. 1417 01:14:06,442 --> 01:14:09,479 The fact that, as a collective group, 1418 01:14:09,514 --> 01:14:12,275 there's so much power in just 1419 01:14:12,309 --> 01:14:14,795 people's opinions when they band together 1420 01:14:14,829 --> 01:14:16,900 that they can actually make things happen. 1421 01:14:16,935 --> 01:14:18,523 It's almost like a revolution. 1422 01:14:18,557 --> 01:14:20,559 Of course you want, like, 1423 01:14:20,594 --> 01:14:22,872 Surfer Magazine to be, like, "Oh, the novelty guy. 1424 01:14:22,906 --> 01:14:24,632 "He's cool too." 1425 01:14:24,667 --> 01:14:27,428 Like, when I have all these magazines just pushing me away. 1426 01:14:27,463 --> 01:14:31,294 And then Kelly Slater just goes, "Oh, yeah. That dude's sick." 1427 01:14:31,328 --> 01:14:33,261 There's a level of, like, 1428 01:14:33,296 --> 01:14:35,988 "Wow, it doesn't matter what anybody thinks" 1429 01:14:36,023 --> 01:14:38,439 because it comes back to people. 1430 01:14:38,474 --> 01:14:40,372 Perception doesn't matter. 1431 01:14:40,406 --> 01:14:44,272 As long as you're living your truth and living your honest life, 1432 01:14:44,307 --> 01:14:46,620 and, like, just doing what you wanna do, 1433 01:14:46,654 --> 01:14:49,588 who cares what other people think? 1434 01:14:49,623 --> 01:14:51,763 I just want to say thank you to everybody. 1435 01:14:51,797 --> 01:14:55,491 Uh, the universe is real and positivity is real. 1436 01:14:55,525 --> 01:14:57,562 This is the main point that I actually wanna make. 1437 01:14:57,596 --> 01:15:00,703 Three years ago, I was 26 years old, 1438 01:15:01,497 --> 01:15:03,429 washed up, barely surfed, 1439 01:15:03,464 --> 01:15:04,672 blown out knee, 1440 01:15:04,707 --> 01:15:06,778 with a doctor telling me I might never surf again. 1441 01:15:07,503 --> 01:15:08,642 I changed my life. 1442 01:15:08,676 --> 01:15:10,506 I changed my mindset. 1443 01:15:10,540 --> 01:15:12,853 And today I came to the Kelly Slater wave pool 1444 01:15:12,887 --> 01:15:13,854 and I surfed. 1445 01:15:13,888 --> 01:15:15,787 Anything is possible. 1446 01:15:15,821 --> 01:15:17,374 If you chase your dreams, 1447 01:15:17,409 --> 01:15:19,894 if you put positivity and goodness 1448 01:15:19,929 --> 01:15:21,240 out into the universe, 1449 01:15:21,275 --> 01:15:23,001 it will come back to you, I promise. 1450 01:15:23,588 --> 01:15:25,003 I am living proof. 1451 01:15:25,037 --> 01:15:27,488 Thank you, Nub Nation for the win. 1452 01:15:27,523 --> 01:15:29,525 I love you and I'll see you tomorrow. 1453 01:15:29,559 --> 01:15:31,285 For the dream! 1454 01:15:31,319 --> 01:15:32,804 Because the dream continues tomorrow. 1455 01:15:33,736 --> 01:15:34,564 Good night. 1456 01:15:40,605 --> 01:15:44,988 -Surfing Dude! -Surfing Dude? 1457 01:15:45,023 --> 01:15:47,059 I'm gonna have to change my Instagram handle, dude. 1458 01:15:47,094 --> 01:15:48,198 Surfing Dude! 1459 01:15:58,899 --> 01:16:00,901 This is truly what it really is all about. 1460 01:16:02,627 --> 01:16:04,456 Surfing is one of those things 1461 01:16:04,490 --> 01:16:07,045 where you can pass it on 1462 01:16:07,079 --> 01:16:08,736 from generation to generation. 1463 01:16:08,771 --> 01:16:11,187 There is waves here in Omaha, Nebraska, 1464 01:16:11,221 --> 01:16:12,602 and nobody surfs. 1465 01:16:12,637 --> 01:16:13,914 But now we got AJ, 1466 01:16:13,948 --> 01:16:15,916 our first surfer here at the wave pool. 1467 01:16:15,950 --> 01:16:18,746 Guaranteed, in 20 years, that guy has a crew, 1468 01:16:18,781 --> 01:16:20,783 and there's kid's surfing here every day. 1469 01:16:30,620 --> 01:16:31,828 Ben's amazing, dude. 1470 01:16:31,863 --> 01:16:35,280 He inspired me to live a dream, you know? 1471 01:16:35,314 --> 01:16:37,696 And that included my wife, included moving, 1472 01:16:37,731 --> 01:16:39,111 and included doing all the stuff 1473 01:16:39,146 --> 01:16:41,597 that I would have never done without seeing Ben. 1474 01:16:41,631 --> 01:16:43,564 He not only affects 1475 01:16:43,599 --> 01:16:46,705 my life, but he affects other people all the time. 1476 01:16:46,740 --> 01:16:48,465 Just his positive mental attitude 1477 01:16:48,500 --> 01:16:51,848 and driving people to conquer their dreams. 1478 01:16:51,883 --> 01:16:54,299 That's the tie and why he's so successful. 1479 01:16:54,333 --> 01:16:56,646 I mean, it's a dream just to be here, 1480 01:16:56,681 --> 01:17:01,133 watching him surf this crappy wave pool. 1481 01:17:01,168 --> 01:17:03,653 All right, we came to Nebraska today not expecting much. 1482 01:17:03,688 --> 01:17:04,930 And with the weather, I didn't even know 1483 01:17:04,965 --> 01:17:06,311 if I was actually gonna get to surf. 1484 01:17:06,345 --> 01:17:08,278 But we showed up at the Fun-Plex 1485 01:17:08,313 --> 01:17:10,453 and all the energy was just so amazing. 1486 01:17:10,487 --> 01:17:12,213 And sometimes it's not always about 1487 01:17:12,248 --> 01:17:13,663 the quality of the wave itself. 1488 01:17:13,698 --> 01:17:17,978 It's about the quality of the energy, of the location. 1489 01:17:18,012 --> 01:17:21,637 So Nebraska well and truly exceeded our expectations. 1490 01:17:22,361 --> 01:17:23,466 I'm honored to be here, 1491 01:17:23,500 --> 01:17:26,055 honored to check off state number 49. 1492 01:17:26,089 --> 01:17:27,366 Moving on to the last state. 1493 01:17:41,657 --> 01:17:45,005 Ben's an anomaly and they don't understand it. 1494 01:17:45,039 --> 01:17:48,974 Because a giant company could put out a video, 1495 01:17:49,009 --> 01:17:51,321 and it's probably not gonna get as many views 1496 01:17:51,356 --> 01:17:54,324 as one of Ben's videos, who is just one person. 1497 01:17:54,359 --> 01:17:56,154 I mean, just because you have a giant brand 1498 01:17:56,188 --> 01:17:57,811 with 500 employees, 1499 01:17:57,845 --> 01:17:59,778 it doesn't mean you put any work on YouTube 1500 01:17:59,813 --> 01:18:01,849 to deserve more views. 1501 01:18:01,884 --> 01:18:04,818 I think it has a lot to do with, like, charisma too. 1502 01:18:04,852 --> 01:18:07,717 You can buy a million views or a million followers, 1503 01:18:07,752 --> 01:18:10,133 but is that real? No. 1504 01:18:10,168 --> 01:18:12,860 Is the influence Ben has on some 8-year-old kid, 1505 01:18:12,895 --> 01:18:15,035 that he's never met, in a different country, real? 1506 01:18:15,069 --> 01:18:17,002 Yeah, it is. That's the thing. 1507 01:18:35,296 --> 01:18:37,747 So while YouTube's been around for a long time, 1508 01:18:37,782 --> 01:18:39,680 as far as the surf world is concerned, 1509 01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:41,993 it's only really been a big player the last 1510 01:18:42,027 --> 01:18:43,373 handful of years. 1511 01:18:43,408 --> 01:18:45,962 And, honestly, a lot changed in the surf world 1512 01:18:45,997 --> 01:18:49,207 when Ben started getting recognition. 1513 01:18:49,241 --> 01:18:51,450 and it's becoming this thing 1514 01:18:51,485 --> 01:18:53,659 where there's this community of people 1515 01:18:53,694 --> 01:18:57,042 that wanna be able to follow along with, like, their favorite surfers. 1516 01:18:57,077 --> 01:19:01,219 And now YouTube is a huge player in surfing. 1517 01:19:01,253 --> 01:19:03,566 And companies are realizing that 1518 01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:05,430 they can use the surfers 1519 01:19:05,464 --> 01:19:08,088 to directly relate to the consumer. 1520 01:19:08,122 --> 01:19:09,192 And it's such a more 1521 01:19:09,227 --> 01:19:11,850 personal feel than your advertising 1522 01:19:11,885 --> 01:19:14,784 that was in magazines, or on TV, or whatever, prior. 1523 01:19:14,819 --> 01:19:18,581 And the game has completely changed in the last three years. 1524 01:19:18,615 --> 01:19:23,172 What we're doing as a movement, creating content, is the dream right now. 1525 01:19:23,206 --> 01:19:26,347 It's not about winning contests because it's all about having fun. 1526 01:19:26,382 --> 01:19:29,212 So by making these videos on this rad platform, 1527 01:19:29,247 --> 01:19:31,076 and sharing everything that we love to do, 1528 01:19:31,111 --> 01:19:34,010 and, you know, be that person that could interact 1529 01:19:34,045 --> 01:19:35,563 like, "Oh, I can do the same thing as Jamie. 1530 01:19:35,598 --> 01:19:37,048 "I could do the same thing as Ben." 1531 01:19:37,082 --> 01:19:38,877 So, you know, it's like, "Hey, get out there. 1532 01:19:38,912 --> 01:19:42,053 "Get out of your house and film it. Document your life." 1533 01:19:42,087 --> 01:19:43,640 Because, hey, we only live once. 1534 01:19:47,886 --> 01:19:51,441 I think Ben was nominated for best vlog because 1535 01:19:51,476 --> 01:19:52,580 his dedication, 1536 01:19:52,615 --> 01:19:54,962 his hard work, his everyday grind 1537 01:19:54,997 --> 01:19:56,826 to go surf no matter where it was. 1538 01:19:56,861 --> 01:19:58,517 Whether it was in 50 states, 1539 01:19:58,552 --> 01:20:00,347 or whether it's in Puerto Rico, 1540 01:20:00,381 --> 01:20:02,798 he's out there making the best of life. 1541 01:20:02,832 --> 01:20:04,351 And people really respect that. 1542 01:20:07,181 --> 01:20:09,321 It was a really cool moment going to Surfer Poll, you know. 1543 01:20:09,356 --> 01:20:10,806 It's like we're rolling in together. 1544 01:20:10,840 --> 01:20:13,429 Ben Gravy, Jamie O'Brien, and our girls. 1545 01:20:13,463 --> 01:20:15,465 And it's just, like, this happy feeling 1546 01:20:15,500 --> 01:20:16,950 and we're both just so psyched. 1547 01:20:16,984 --> 01:20:19,400 If you haven't checked out Ben Gravy on Instagram... 1548 01:20:19,435 --> 01:20:21,678 Ladies and gentlemen, the number one, 1549 01:20:21,713 --> 01:20:25,441 vloggiest vlog in the whole vlogiverse, 1550 01:20:25,475 --> 01:20:27,650 the vlog the fans have chosen. 1551 01:20:29,894 --> 01:20:31,654 The J.O.B. Vlog 1552 01:20:31,688 --> 01:20:34,346 starring Jamie O'Brien! 1553 01:20:38,799 --> 01:20:42,527 We've been filming for years and we never won an award. 1554 01:20:42,561 --> 01:20:44,701 Uh, I'm a speechless surfer. Thank you... 1555 01:20:45,323 --> 01:20:46,462 for this award. 1556 01:20:46,496 --> 01:20:49,327 Um, best vlog. Big shoutout to Ben Gravy. 1557 01:20:49,361 --> 01:20:52,709 He really drived me to, like, see this thing in front of me. 1558 01:20:52,744 --> 01:20:54,608 And I'm, like, "I really wanna do it!" You know? 1559 01:20:54,642 --> 01:20:57,404 And he didn't really care about what people thought. 1560 01:20:57,438 --> 01:20:58,888 And I was, like, I like this guy. 1561 01:20:58,923 --> 01:21:02,202 And, um, I went for it because of you, Ben. Thank you. 1562 01:21:02,236 --> 01:21:03,410 You're the man. 1563 01:21:06,102 --> 01:21:08,449 It's honestly more recognition in that 1564 01:21:08,484 --> 01:21:10,796 than there would be from me winning. 1565 01:21:10,831 --> 01:21:13,144 Because, like, Jamie's the guy. 1566 01:21:13,178 --> 01:21:17,734 And he's up there just being like, "I'm here because of Ben." 1567 01:21:17,769 --> 01:21:20,910 And that was a moment that I'll never forget. 1568 01:21:20,945 --> 01:21:23,671 A camera? Is this... Hello? 1569 01:21:23,706 --> 01:21:26,778 By winning that award and giving my speech more so 1570 01:21:26,812 --> 01:21:29,643 as a thanks to Ben was a huge honor for me. 1571 01:21:29,677 --> 01:21:31,645 And I felt like we both walked away winning. 1572 01:21:32,784 --> 01:21:34,165 I mean, Ben's the madman. 1573 01:21:34,199 --> 01:21:35,891 He's the reason why I'm vlogging. 1574 01:21:35,925 --> 01:21:38,894 And this is the reason why we're all here right now. 1575 01:21:47,212 --> 01:21:50,215 I think the reason that Ben's more successful, 1576 01:21:50,250 --> 01:21:52,148 and it's hard for a lot of other people to do, 1577 01:21:52,183 --> 01:21:54,081 is because they don't break down the wall 1578 01:21:54,116 --> 01:21:56,601 and they're afraid of what other people are gonna think. 1579 01:21:56,635 --> 01:22:01,778 And to get to a position where you can change 1580 01:22:01,813 --> 01:22:04,850 outcomes, you have to let people see you. 1581 01:22:04,885 --> 01:22:06,611 You know, either in all your glory 1582 01:22:06,645 --> 01:22:08,716 or in all your failings. 1583 01:22:08,751 --> 01:22:11,098 And that's a really unique gift. 1584 01:22:24,353 --> 01:22:26,700 Who would've thought novelty waves would be 1585 01:22:26,734 --> 01:22:30,393 such a hit? But he wasn't afraid to put it out there. 1586 01:22:30,428 --> 01:22:32,775 And now it's like, "Love me or hate me, 1587 01:22:32,809 --> 01:22:34,397 "this is what I'm doing." 1588 01:22:36,089 --> 01:22:37,607 Here we are. We're in Anchorage, Alaska. 1589 01:22:37,642 --> 01:22:40,265 We are on Highway 1. 1590 01:22:40,300 --> 01:22:43,027 This highway goes down Turnagain Arm 1591 01:22:43,061 --> 01:22:44,994 where we're going to be surfing the tidal bore. 1592 01:22:45,029 --> 01:22:47,341 We pretty much got to the airport, 1593 01:22:47,376 --> 01:22:49,585 made sure the boards made it, loaded up the truck 1594 01:22:49,619 --> 01:22:53,451 and we are on our way to surf my 50th state. 1595 01:22:53,485 --> 01:22:58,249 I have been in contact with the Turnagain Arm surf crew. 1596 01:22:58,283 --> 01:23:01,700 They seem really cool and, hopefully, 1597 01:23:01,735 --> 01:23:03,599 we are gonna be able to find a wave today. 1598 01:23:03,633 --> 01:23:06,740 and check off the 50th and final state. 1599 01:23:12,470 --> 01:23:16,094 It's definitely a difficult wave to understand. 1600 01:23:16,129 --> 01:23:18,372 It might seem kind of basic, like, 1601 01:23:18,407 --> 01:23:20,167 "Oh, it's just this whitewater push. 1602 01:23:20,202 --> 01:23:21,617 You just jump in. You got it." 1603 01:23:21,651 --> 01:23:24,861 But It's so surgy and turbulent that it'll throw you 1604 01:23:24,896 --> 01:23:26,829 and it'll toss you around pretty easily 1605 01:23:26,863 --> 01:23:28,279 if you don't know what you're doing 1606 01:23:28,313 --> 01:23:31,109 and understand how to manage the energy of it. 1607 01:23:31,144 --> 01:23:32,628 We have 40 feet difference 1608 01:23:32,662 --> 01:23:34,492 between high and low tide. 1609 01:23:34,526 --> 01:23:36,390 And at low tide, it looks like a river. 1610 01:23:36,425 --> 01:23:39,600 And as the tide comes in, it forms a wave, 1611 01:23:39,635 --> 01:23:41,947 and that wave pushes for miles. 1612 01:23:41,982 --> 01:23:45,468 As it fills in, it's like your regular ocean wave. 1613 01:23:45,503 --> 01:23:49,162 If you have a super deep spot that goes right up to mountains 1614 01:23:49,196 --> 01:23:50,508 and you have a swell, 1615 01:23:50,542 --> 01:23:52,130 doesn't really matter how big the swell is, 1616 01:23:52,165 --> 01:23:53,787 if it's not the right shape underneath, 1617 01:23:53,821 --> 01:23:55,478 it's not gonna make a wave. 1618 01:23:55,513 --> 01:23:59,034 So it's the shape of the silt in the arm. 1619 01:23:59,068 --> 01:24:01,208 Yeah, there's totally some incidents 1620 01:24:01,243 --> 01:24:03,107 and some horror stories of people. 1621 01:24:03,141 --> 01:24:04,487 walking out of the mud 1622 01:24:04,522 --> 01:24:06,800 flats during low tide and getting stuck, 1623 01:24:06,834 --> 01:24:08,767 and then the tide comes in and they drowned. 1624 01:24:08,802 --> 01:24:10,390 There is definitely some juju out there, 1625 01:24:10,424 --> 01:24:12,219 and a lot of people have been raised 1626 01:24:12,254 --> 01:24:14,325 in this area to never go out there. 1627 01:24:14,359 --> 01:24:16,913 And the dangers are real every time we go out. 1628 01:24:16,948 --> 01:24:18,536 You know, Ben already had it in his mind. 1629 01:24:18,570 --> 01:24:21,401 He surfed 49 states. And Alaska, 1630 01:24:21,435 --> 01:24:22,505 this is going to be awesome. 1631 01:24:22,540 --> 01:24:24,024 But the tidal bore was... 1632 01:24:24,783 --> 01:24:26,164 It was definitely a wave. 1633 01:24:26,199 --> 01:24:29,236 And we saw the internet, and saw in all the great videos. 1634 01:24:29,271 --> 01:24:32,308 So we were, like, "Oh, Yeah. This is game on. No worries." 1635 01:24:32,343 --> 01:24:35,932 But when you go from that to actually being here in Alaska 1636 01:24:35,967 --> 01:24:38,107 and putting your feet in the water, 1637 01:24:38,142 --> 01:24:39,315 it's a whole different deal. 1638 01:24:47,806 --> 01:24:50,257 All right, here we are at the Turnagain Arm 1639 01:24:50,292 --> 01:24:52,673 with the Turnagain Arm surf crew. 1640 01:24:52,708 --> 01:24:56,194 These guys are the local experts on the wave. 1641 01:24:56,229 --> 01:24:58,127 They're gonna help guide me as to where the wave's 1642 01:24:58,162 --> 01:25:00,543 gonna be breaking, and what board I need, 1643 01:25:00,578 --> 01:25:03,132 and everything that involves the wave itself. 1644 01:25:03,167 --> 01:25:05,755 So, from my perspective right now. 1645 01:25:05,790 --> 01:25:07,136 it's looking pretty flat. 1646 01:25:07,171 --> 01:25:09,897 But these guys are saying there's a swell coming to. 1647 01:25:13,729 --> 01:25:15,248 Ben's, you know, a perfectionist 1648 01:25:15,282 --> 01:25:17,146 when it comes to, like, having fun 1649 01:25:17,181 --> 01:25:20,115 and really making this wave be the one. 1650 01:25:20,149 --> 01:25:22,565 So you kind of want all your homework put together. 1651 01:25:22,600 --> 01:25:27,018 And then, when you go out and get that one wave, you don't miss it. 1652 01:25:27,052 --> 01:25:28,778 And you get it, and you're in the right spot. 1653 01:25:28,813 --> 01:25:30,780 So there was a lot of stuff that we kind of had to learn 1654 01:25:30,815 --> 01:25:31,816 and figure out. 1655 01:25:40,997 --> 01:25:43,138 I, like, got off my board, planted my feet 1656 01:25:43,172 --> 01:25:46,762 in the mud. And the wave came, and it was just pulling me back. 1657 01:25:46,796 --> 01:25:48,315 And, like, the the next thing I knew, I was, like, 1658 01:25:48,350 --> 01:25:49,972 "Whoa, I'm in." 1659 01:25:50,006 --> 01:25:52,457 I'm in and I was just, like, ripping. 1660 01:26:21,072 --> 01:26:24,351 The injury made him take control of his life. 1661 01:26:24,386 --> 01:26:26,767 You know, it was actually a good thing that happened to him. 1662 01:26:26,802 --> 01:26:29,253 But, at the time, it seemed like it was horrible. 1663 01:26:29,287 --> 01:26:30,875 You know, you wouldn't that on anyone. 1664 01:26:30,909 --> 01:26:35,017 But I think it changed the whole path then for Ben. 1665 01:26:35,051 --> 01:26:37,226 It woke him up. 1666 01:26:37,261 --> 01:26:39,849 It snapped something in his brain. Like, 1667 01:26:39,884 --> 01:26:41,610 "I gotta take control of my life. 1668 01:26:41,644 --> 01:26:44,060 "If I want my life to go in this direction, 1669 01:26:44,095 --> 01:26:45,614 "I can make it happen. 1670 01:26:45,648 --> 01:26:47,995 "If I just do what needs to be done." 1671 01:26:48,030 --> 01:26:50,135 I mean, 'cause drinking is a cop out for a lot of things, 1672 01:26:50,170 --> 01:26:51,792 and it makes life a lot easier for people 1673 01:26:51,827 --> 01:26:53,173 because they just cop out 1674 01:26:53,208 --> 01:26:55,244 and they just stay in that state. 1675 01:26:55,279 --> 01:26:57,833 He got out of it. He just took it and said, 1676 01:26:57,867 --> 01:27:00,007 "I'm gonna change the world. 1677 01:27:00,042 --> 01:27:01,216 "I'm gonna make a difference." 1678 01:27:02,458 --> 01:27:05,703 And he is making a huge difference. 1679 01:27:05,737 --> 01:27:07,222 A lot of avenues. 1680 01:27:07,256 --> 01:27:08,706 With the soft tops, with the kids. 1681 01:27:09,741 --> 01:27:11,226 With surfing in every state. 1682 01:27:11,260 --> 01:27:13,883 Like, making it a universal sport for the whole country. 1683 01:27:28,139 --> 01:27:29,623 We did it! 1684 01:27:37,769 --> 01:27:40,393 The wave chose to pinch towards me 1685 01:27:40,427 --> 01:27:42,705 and give me the last bit of the ride. 1686 01:27:42,740 --> 01:27:44,466 It was just so much emotion. 1687 01:27:45,812 --> 01:27:48,435 Out of body experiences are hard to explain, 1688 01:27:48,470 --> 01:27:50,713 but it was so crazy 'cause I crawled up the rocks, 1689 01:27:50,748 --> 01:27:52,577 and a lot of it's hard for me to remember, 1690 01:27:52,612 --> 01:27:54,338 But I ran up the rocks, 1691 01:27:54,372 --> 01:27:56,271 and I knew that Jordan was up there. 1692 01:27:59,066 --> 01:28:01,828 So as soon as I saw Jordan, I just broke down in tears. 1693 01:28:01,862 --> 01:28:04,727 Because it was like... 1694 01:28:05,797 --> 01:28:09,007 all that crazy shit. 1695 01:28:10,285 --> 01:28:11,182 I did it. 1696 01:28:14,841 --> 01:28:16,843 Jordan was a part of this before 1697 01:28:18,051 --> 01:28:21,088 this was a job for me. 1698 01:28:21,123 --> 01:28:24,057 She was there when I was just doing this because 1699 01:28:24,091 --> 01:28:25,990 I needed to do it. 1700 01:28:26,024 --> 01:28:28,441 It's like I've never worked so hard 1701 01:28:28,475 --> 01:28:30,270 for something in my entire life. 1702 01:28:30,305 --> 01:28:32,617 I fucking did it! Like, I really did it. 1703 01:28:33,963 --> 01:28:34,861 I did it. 1704 01:28:39,797 --> 01:28:42,489 Ben, in my mind, doesn't have to prove to anybody 1705 01:28:42,524 --> 01:28:45,665 that he can rip like the top pro, 1706 01:28:45,699 --> 01:28:49,496 because he rips in his own way and he's as good as anybody. 1707 01:28:49,531 --> 01:28:51,464 But I think, for him, his important story 1708 01:28:51,498 --> 01:28:53,673 is to keep inspiring those people 1709 01:28:53,707 --> 01:28:58,850 that don't rip to be themselves and to go out no matter what. 1710 01:28:58,885 --> 01:28:59,851 and try it. 1711 01:28:59,886 --> 01:29:01,646 I think people recognize that 1712 01:29:01,681 --> 01:29:04,649 that Ben is being completely himself. 1713 01:29:05,650 --> 01:29:07,031 He's being true. He's being honest. 1714 01:29:07,065 --> 01:29:10,103 He's putting things out there, as they happen. 1715 01:29:10,137 --> 01:29:13,106 It's almost, like, kind of unfiltered, unedited. 1716 01:29:13,140 --> 01:29:14,797 He's being himself. 1717 01:29:14,832 --> 01:29:16,868 And I think that really resonates with people. 1718 01:29:16,903 --> 01:29:19,733 He really, genuinely is happy. 1719 01:29:19,768 --> 01:29:23,703 I think a lot of people are missing that in their lives. 1720 01:29:23,737 --> 01:29:25,152 And Ben brings that out. 1721 01:29:25,187 --> 01:29:26,809 People say all the time, they comment, 1722 01:29:26,844 --> 01:29:29,433 and just say, like, "Thank you. I needed that today 1723 01:29:29,467 --> 01:29:32,367 "because I was having a horrible day and your vlog 1724 01:29:32,401 --> 01:29:33,954 changed my whole outlook." 1725 01:29:33,989 --> 01:29:35,991 You know, we're all human. We all make mistakes. 1726 01:29:36,025 --> 01:29:39,028 And I think he started to see when he was vlogging, that 1727 01:29:39,063 --> 01:29:41,341 there's a lot of people out there who appreciate that 1728 01:29:41,376 --> 01:29:43,481 if you can put yourself out there for who you are 1729 01:29:43,516 --> 01:29:46,864 and not worry that you have a lot of problems 1730 01:29:46,898 --> 01:29:49,729 or things wrong with you, it doesn't matter. 1731 01:29:49,763 --> 01:29:51,662 Other people do, too. 1732 01:29:51,696 --> 01:29:53,940 And there's a camaraderie in that, and we can all 1733 01:29:53,974 --> 01:29:55,700 help each other. 1734 01:29:55,735 --> 01:29:58,185 Ben's change surfing and the fact's that 1735 01:29:58,220 --> 01:30:00,049 every kid growing up 1736 01:30:00,084 --> 01:30:02,258 has only gotten to look at the elite 1737 01:30:02,293 --> 01:30:04,019 as someone to look up to. 1738 01:30:04,053 --> 01:30:08,057 And Ben has shown everyone that you don t have to be that. 1739 01:30:08,092 --> 01:30:09,576 You can be you, 1740 01:30:09,611 --> 01:30:14,063 however you are and whatever, you know, gets you psyched. 1741 01:30:14,098 --> 01:30:17,653 You can be you and make a career out of that. 1742 01:30:17,688 --> 01:30:21,933 What he's done with the vlog and the surf world, 1743 01:30:21,968 --> 01:30:23,832 there's gonna be kids growing up 1744 01:30:23,866 --> 01:30:27,318 who get to experience a completely different lifestyle 1745 01:30:27,352 --> 01:30:30,908 of being a professional surfer than anyone before us. 1746 01:30:30,942 --> 01:30:33,635 I'm living proof that anybody can do anything. 1747 01:30:34,429 --> 01:30:37,535 Because I was that guy. 1748 01:30:37,570 --> 01:30:40,573 I lost. I literally lost. 1749 01:30:41,436 --> 01:30:44,922 And now, I'm here. 1750 01:30:44,956 --> 01:30:50,859 And whatever you want, literally is possible. 1751 01:30:50,893 --> 01:30:54,794 Anything that you can imagine is possible. 1752 01:30:54,828 --> 01:30:56,278 But you have to be willing to work for it. 1753 01:30:59,488 --> 01:31:00,420 For the dream. 1754 01:31:11,535 --> 01:31:13,157 The journey is now complete. 1755 01:31:13,191 --> 01:31:15,815 Ben Gravy has become the first and only human 1756 01:31:15,849 --> 01:31:19,543 to surf in all 50 of these United States. 1757 01:31:19,577 --> 01:31:22,269 In doing so, he's managed to touch the lives 1758 01:31:22,304 --> 01:31:23,754 of thousands of people. 1759 01:31:23,788 --> 01:31:26,308 Influencing and changing people's perspectives 1760 01:31:26,342 --> 01:31:29,276 in the most honest and heartfelt way. 1761 01:31:29,311 --> 01:31:31,589 Staring straight into the camera, baring it all, 1762 01:31:31,624 --> 01:31:34,385 heart on his pineapple T-shirt sleeve. 1763 01:31:35,455 --> 01:31:36,663 With the mission accomplished, 1764 01:31:36,698 --> 01:31:39,148 Ben's journey is now a completed story 1765 01:31:39,183 --> 01:31:42,082 that forever exists to help those in need. 1766 01:31:42,117 --> 01:31:44,809 Most, Ben Gravy will forever be known 1767 01:31:44,844 --> 01:31:48,364 as the novelty wave king, purveyor of stoke, 1768 01:31:48,399 --> 01:31:50,470 and catalyst for positivity. 1769 01:31:51,195 --> 01:31:52,921 No matter where you are, 1770 01:31:52,955 --> 01:31:54,785 no matter what you are going through, 1771 01:31:54,819 --> 01:31:58,443 know that there is an entire Nub Nation community out there 1772 01:31:58,478 --> 01:32:00,825 who is wishing you the best in life 1773 01:32:00,860 --> 01:32:03,379 regardless of how turbulent the waves. 1774 01:32:29,923 --> 01:32:31,994 Andy just bought a new hat. 1775 01:32:32,029 --> 01:32:34,031 Now he's psyching, bro. 1776 01:32:34,065 --> 01:32:34,997 Uh... 1777 01:32:35,584 --> 01:32:36,620 I don't know. 1778 01:32:36,654 --> 01:32:37,931 Dude! 1779 01:32:38,863 --> 01:32:41,210 Cool, dude. 1780 01:32:41,245 --> 01:32:42,280 Gnarly, Charlie. 1781 01:32:55,915 --> 01:32:57,226 Yeah, boys! 1782 01:33:03,716 --> 01:33:04,786 All right, ready? 1783 01:33:04,820 --> 01:33:05,994 Gnarly. 1784 01:33:06,028 --> 01:33:07,582 Can you show your dimples? 1785 01:33:12,621 --> 01:33:14,036 They're not even psyched. 1786 01:33:22,631 --> 01:33:23,839 Big dog! 1787 01:33:23,874 --> 01:33:25,772 Dude, I love you. 1788 01:33:27,878 --> 01:33:29,569 He's not even stoked. 1789 01:33:29,604 --> 01:33:30,535 He's not stoked. 1790 01:33:32,296 --> 01:33:35,679 Just by watching Ben Gravy, I've developed this attitude 1791 01:33:35,713 --> 01:33:37,888 where I'm gonna be stoked no matter what. 1792 01:33:37,922 --> 01:33:39,406 Whether it be surfing, 1793 01:33:39,441 --> 01:33:41,754 skiing, skateboarding. 1794 01:33:41,788 --> 01:33:43,652 Um, he just inspired everything, 1795 01:33:43,687 --> 01:33:45,481 like my style and surfing and skating. 1796 01:33:46,172 --> 01:33:47,518 Even art. 1797 01:33:47,552 --> 01:33:49,209 Beyond the scribbles. 1798 01:33:49,244 --> 01:33:51,418 El Slammo is right there. 1799 01:33:51,453 --> 01:33:53,800 Hi, Ben and Jordan. It's Lily from the UK. 1800 01:33:53,835 --> 01:33:55,906 I just wanted to say thank you for all the constant 1801 01:33:55,940 --> 01:33:58,218 stoke and inspiration. 1802 01:33:58,253 --> 01:34:00,669 Hey, Ben. It's Todd Giuliano from Connecticut. 1803 01:34:00,704 --> 01:34:02,050 Um... 1804 01:34:02,084 --> 01:34:03,983 Man, I just wanna thank you for all the stoke, dude. 1805 01:34:04,017 --> 01:34:07,158 You... You've definitely touched my life and 1806 01:34:07,193 --> 01:34:09,264 I am so grateful for it. 1807 01:34:09,298 --> 01:34:10,955 I just want to wish you all the best 1808 01:34:10,990 --> 01:34:12,336 in your future endeavors. 1809 01:34:13,475 --> 01:34:16,305 And Nub Nation for the win, man. 1810 01:34:16,340 --> 01:34:17,203 God bless you.