While the Rip Curl Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational aka 'The Eddie' was taking place on the North Shore of Oahu, there were massive waves firing at Jaws (Peahi) in Maui, one of the most famous surf breaks on earth. 20-year-old surfer Ty Simpson-Kane was ambitious enough to test his mettle against Peahi and got absolutely clobbered by the infamous wave.

His wipeout was caught in video by FishBowlDiaries and shared with local news. It was such a gnarly crash that Hawaii News Now reached out to speak to Ty Simpson-Kane about what it was like to be completely swallowed up by one of the biggest and heaviest waves of the year.

My dude caught some sort of blip on the wave and he appeared to go head over to and slap his face on the water before tumbling like he was in a washing machine. As if that wasn't already enough, he then got sucked up into the wave and was flipped upside down and every which way as the wave continued to barrel its way toward land.

He described it as "if you're doing 80 in your car on the highway and (hit) a brick wall." Not ideal. But it gets worse, after hitting the wall your body just decides "to do a bunch of cartwheels from a 3 to 4 story building after you get sucked up and over." I've watched that wipeout video 5x now and I'm hard-pressed to think of a surfer who took it on the chin worse this year.

The lifelong surfer somehow emerged with only "casual whiplash" and a sore back after being swallowed up by the wave and tossed in the blender. He told Hawaii News Now on YouTube that his lifetime of preparation had him ready for this moment and survival instincts kicked in. Wearing an inflatable vest, he was able to pull the ripcord which brought him up to the surface and enabled others to swoop in for a safe recovery after the wipeout.

All's well that ends well but that was one gnarly wipeout.