Piloting a drone through a barrel isn’t exactly the most groundbreaking idea. Plenty of people have thought about it, but how many have A) had the guts (and financing) to possibly sacrifice theirs by trying and B) the piloting skills to pull it off?
We see and receive footage of every kind imaginable. Constantly. A drone backdooring its way into a Nazare barrel is not exactly common. And João Vidinha of Heavy Water Films didn’t pull this off by accident. His YouTube page is heavily focused on imagery flying over Praia do Norte with several edits dedicated to getting a vision or two via GoPro-mounted drone. There are some wipeouts, some close calls, and a handful of cover-ups that you really want to qualify as a drone barrel but just aren’t quite deep enough.
This particular one is hard to deny though. Count it.
