Ocean Beach soul surfer paddles out ALONE IN PERFECT, HUGE SURF!!

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He kept saying to himself "the hardest day paddling out is still better than the best day at work!"

67 duck dives until He made it to the line up. Never went back to rest those arms for a moment. Legend. That's determination and a good state of mind and health. All my respect to this warrior.

This is how my parents used to get to school.

His shoulders must be burning up!! What a savage! And then still catch a wave, must have felt like the biggest accomplishment, hats off to him!

This is a man on a whole new level he deserves so much respect

This be me, when it's 4 - 6 at my local beachy.

By 11am I would have just said to myself “well you got a good 20 minutes worth of exercise” and caught the whitewater back to shore.

There's a reason why no one else was out that day. He just showed us all why.

This guy is like the David Goggins of paddle outs.

Relentless Mother Nature..I’ve done this in the past so many times on even smaller days..an absolute beating . One wave session

This reminded me of a time I paddled out at "Garbage" in San Diego, during winter of 2016. That was the year huge storms were battering central and northern CA, and sending huge swells to southern CA. It was about a double overhead day, and I spent a long time trying to paddle out, when I received a two-wave hold down. I was barely able to hold my breath through the second hold-down, and when I came up, gave my last to paddle through the next wave to make it out. As a 59-yr-old at the time, I don't think I would have survived a third hold-down! I stayed out about two hours. I never caught a wave. I paddled in. Ocean 1, me 0.

Ocean Beach is the only place I ever didn't make it to the outside. It happened once, and I'll never forget it. The dude in this vid is a savage.

Legendary!! Quicksilver should do a Hardest Paddle of the Winter award. Like the commenter below said, that place is more about the paddle than the ride. Heavy!!

45 min of wrestling waves, what a training. That's a strong man, mentally and physically.

By my count that was 73 frigid ice cream headache duck dives before shoulder hopping a mush burger. Having spent a lot of time there I can tell you this is not uncommon. Respect to this surfer!

Almost an hour paddle out in a 4/3 while getting mowed down by bombs... brutal!!!

He probably saw the dude with the camera and was like “Ah dang..... this will end up on Youtube. Now I HAVE to get a wave!”

I use to live at 48th and Pacheco and remember 45min paddle outs were the norm on big winter days. Learned to gauge the surf just by looking at the conditions to determine risk vs reward. Lot of good surfers at Ocean beach, had some of the most epic waves of my life there...

Never minded catching waves alone but it’s so much easier and enjoyable paddling out with your bros. The competitive nature of it just pushes you to make it out . Paddling out solo and in those conditions is a whole different mindset. My arms and shoulders ached just watching this absolute unit. Even felt my calf cramping up a few times. 😂