Guys that behind me it's Huntington Beach Pier so that must mean only one
thing I'm in Surf City USA hi guys welcome to another episode of ultimate
bucket list and on today's show I'm in Huntington Beach
aka Surf City USA this Beach is world-famous for its surfing and if
there's anywhere in the world that you absolutely have to try surfing or want
to learn how to surf this is the obvious choice due to its warm weather fantastic
waves mile long pristine beaches and well it's
just a cool place to hang out when I got here this morning I walked straight into
a surfing competition no I didn't actually take part of it myself
I just observed from the sidelines but I actually watched it mainly from the pier
and using my drone from the air and it was pretty cool to see what a surfing
competition actually looks like which is kind of Awesome I've never been to one
of these before this is the go-to destination if you like surfing if you
want to surf you if you want to try surfing now there are numerous places
around the world that you can surf Bondi Beach and Sydney coasts of Cornwall
Miami Beach South Beach but none of them I like this place and
let me explain why first thing you don't usually walk into a classic car show
when you're at these other places I actually walked through this this
morning and I didn't actually know what it was but I see that this isn't an
everyday occurrence there were cars that I've only seen on TV here and there were
thousands of them literally lining the streets I actually fell in love with
this Chevy Belair the red one and seriously I could have spent literally
all day looking at these cars so yeah if you do coats of Huntington Beach don't
be surprised if you see stuff like this but obviously I'm not here for the cars
I'm here for the surfing so let's get to it
but I forgot my surfboard and I don't have anything to surf with that's not a
problem because pretty much every 200 yards
someone is trying to sell you rentals on surfboards rentals on wetsuits so even
if you do forget anything now you can rent it I've got the surfboard and let's
see if I remember how to surf what's the worst that could possibly go
wrong what is actually pretty cool
waters cold it's gonna take at least abut well uh we'll see it's plenty
people out here doing it so so good here we go
let's get Futura in here I actually lost the GoPro literally after filming this
scene and I spent about two hours trying to look for it in the water but couldn't
find it a chap called Matt emailed me literally 18 months later to say that
he'd found it so he actually sent it back to me from Huntington Beach and I
couldn't be happier so Matt if you are listening to this thank you very much
you've really really made my day and helped make this video okay it's fairly
obvious that I suck at surfing but this is the best place to actually try it you
know I'm not dead I'm not drowned I'm still alive we're still about jellyfish
what stingrays or been eaten by sharks so this is a nice safe environment if
you do want to try and learn how to surf what this place isn't just about the
surfing there's many other activities that you can do you can cycle along the
promenade is pretty cool to cycle around and obviously the elephant to the room
is this Huntington Beach Pier where you get a phenomenal view of Huntington
Beach from both sides it's a great place to watch the surfing for sure it's a
cool place to watch women kick random thinner for no apparent reason and
seemingly it's a good place to fish this used to be a very popular spot with
people who like to fish and boy that's a lot of fishermen out here today at the
end of the pier is this Ruby Surf City Diner
a retro style 50s diner serving American food from yesteryear it's pretty cool
inside definitely definitely worth going into
albeit it can get a little busy not like today
what you do come along here to the pier don't be surprised if you see stupid
crap like this quote unquote Instagram models try to get that Instagram shots
because obviously it's a beach and it's a lovely pier and it's world-famous so
yet be prepared for that and one other thing that you'll notice
here in Huntington Beach California everyone's really friendly it's not too
hard to strike up a conversation with the Americans that do live here
everyone's really friendly and you know what it's a nice atmosphere everyone so
a lot more laid-back than some of the places that I've been to so far so if
you hang around long enough try and get around huntington beach at sunset
because the sunsets here are absolutely gorgeous I mean take a look at the size
of that son you don't usually see that especially around my neck of the world
and it's actually kind of cool to watch the Sun get bigger and go down the best
place to watch this is actually from the pier so if you get up to the pier right
at the top the sunset is very very cool albeit quite busy when it finally
happens but guys you've got the whole package here nice beaches friendly
people it's warm it's clean there's lots of amenities it's easy to find there's
basically everything is cool here you have to come here add this to your
bucket list I'm not kidding Huntington Beach California it's about a 90 minute
drive from LA guys you have to do this you have to come here before you die
okay then I'm sold what do I do well like I said it's about
an hour-and-a-half drive from downtown Los Angeles
try not to come here during rush-hour traffic because otherwise it can't get a
little painful to port your car anywhere on the beach there's plenty of parking
but it's all expensive if you're a cheap ass like me there are a few residential
areas a few blocks behind the beach where you can park for free the cost of
the beach well it doesn't cost anything to go onto Huntington Beach which is
great to hire surfboards you're thinking about $15 an hour wetsuits $10 an hour
perhaps so I mind if you do want to surfing you've not brought anything you
can pay to hire stuff the longer you hire it the more cost-effective it is if
you're only hiring it for about an hour it's probably not worth it is there
anything else I need to know yeah honestly talk to people just talk to
complete strangers you never know what you might find you never know who you
bump into here in Huntington so guys seriously I've got to say you've got to
come here it's it this place is pretty amazing from all the beaches I've been
to in my life this is a pretty amazing Beach I mean I love the South Beach
don't get me wrong the only thing that ruined it for me was basically the price
of Miami here everything's really cost-effective so guys definitely
definitely worth adding to your bucket list if you've enjoyed this episode if
you've enjoyed seeing me drown or attempt to surf comment on the comment
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suggestions I'll be sure to be sure to give them a go guys thank you very much
for watching and we'll see you in the next episode
if you're hungry if you're hungry the streets are nearby
but lined with shops if you've forgotten any article of clothing there's plenty
of places around here that won't hesitate to sell you stuff cheap
and one other thing
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