Moment Prince Harry launches into the waves to show off impressive surfing skills at California surf ranch four years after Meghan bought him lessons
Incredible footage has appeared online of Prince Harry showing off his surfing skills in California.
The Royal can be seen expertly navigating the big waves at surfing superstar Kelly Slater’s ‘Surf Ranch’ in Leemore, central California, over 100 miles from the ocean.
In the video posted to professional surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer’s Instagram account, Harry is seen taming ‘the wave’.
Captioning the post, Van Bastolaer, who is famous amongst the surfing community for his big wave surfing exploits in Tahiti, said; ‘In Tahiti, we still call you Prince Harry. But at Surf Ranch, it’s my brother. It was an honour to have you surf with me and Kelly Slater’.
Beginning by riding alongside Van Bastolaer’s jet ski, Harry pulls away as the wave begins to appear, before expertly leaping atop of his board.
The Duke of Sussex then finds his balance, and under the instruction of Van Bastolaer, adeptly negotiates the surging wave for almost one minute.
The wave is the central feature of Slater’s surf ranch and is a man-made, first of its kind, 6-ft barreling wave that lasts for up to 2300 feet.
Dubbed the best artificial wave in the world, it is still the only one to receive World Surf League accreditation, meaning it is fit to stage elite level competitions.
