It’s always funny when we get a glimpse of Prince Harry’s California life in the middle of a particularly toxic newscycle over in Isla de Saltines. They’ve been screaming about how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are “going their separate ways professionally” for weeks now, and then…Harry turns up at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch with some friends. Harry was filmed catching waves and perfecting his surfing form by his good friend Raimana Van Bastolaer. Raimana wrote: “In tahiti, we still call you Prince harry but at surfranch, it’s my Brother,. It was an honor to have you surf with me.” He also tagged Kelly Slater and Michael Anders. Harry is such a natural athlete, I have no idea how quickly he picked up surfing but his form honestly looks excellent:
Prince Harry is fitting right in and catching waves in California. 🌊#PrinceHarry pic.twitter.com/L7AdiD1WYo
— Glitter Magazine (@glittermagazine) October 17, 2024
The Daily Express: “Prince Harry fans convinced new video proves ‘he’s never coming back to the UK’.” The Daily Mail: “Moment Prince Harry launches into the waves to show off impressive surfing skills at California surf ranch four years after Meghan bought him lessons.” I actually forgot that Meghan bought him surfing lessons, or at least that’s what the tabloids reported back in 2020. Harry has been hanging out with several of these surfers for a while – Harry spent time with Kelly Slater and Raimana at the F1 race last year. Anyway, Harry looks free and happy. Surf’s up!
Prince Harry out there living his best in California pic.twitter.com/PQcedWWcks
— Hannah (@queen_meghan14) October 17, 2024
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attending the second day of the One Year to Go Event before the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 at Mountain Square. Featuring: Prince Harry Where: Whistler, Canada When: 15 Feb 2024 Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NETHERLANDS OR FRANCE**
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- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attending the final day of the One Year to Go Event before the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 and go curling at the Vancouver Curling Club at Hillcrest Community Centre Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Where: Vancouver, Canada When: 16 Feb 2024 Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NETHERLANDS OR FRANCE**
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- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attending the final day of the One Year to Go Event before the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 and go curling at the Vancouver Curling Club at Hillcrest Community Centre Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Where: Vancouver, Canada When: 16 Feb 2024 Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NETHERLANDS OR FRANCE**
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- Polo match during the Royal Salute Polo Challenge, to benefit Sentebale, at The USPA National Polo Center. Featuring: Prince Harry Where: Wellington, Florida, United States When: 12 Apr 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Polo match during the Royal Salute Polo Challenge, to benefit Sentebale, at The USPA National Polo Center. Featuring: Prince Harry Where: Welllington, Florida, United States When: 12 Apr 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke of Sussex during the awards ceremony after he played in a polo match during the Royal Salute Polo Challenge, to benefit Sentebale, at The USPA National Polo Center Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke Of Sussex Where: Wellington, Florida, United States When: 12 Apr 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Harry living his best life. Everyone who spends time with him love him. Oh expect his own blood family. That tells you a lot about them.
This is going to send egg into a rage. I have to think calling Harry brother was a calculated dig, as in, you are not needed, egg head, he has real brothers here.
Maybe William will now pose for scuba diving photo ops now.
Who cares what William does. This isn’t about him. Harry living in the present.
I don’t think William was on Raimana’s mind to be completely honest. Not everything is about William.
It has probably more to do with the fact that Harry is a kind and warm person.
Hazza has Raimana, Nacho, Prince Seesio… and his battlefield brothers and sisters, through Invictus.
Wooly Willy has…Mike Tindall, Tommy Yikes, Jason Knauf, and Dan Wooton The Blackmailer.
No this is not a dig. These people don’t give a rat’s ass about William. Calling Harry brother is a true term of friendship and admiration.
This was my first thought. When William tried to copy this it is going to be Humpty Dumpy gets scrambled on a surfboard. Oh Lord I hope they have his body guards there to catch him when he falls lol get the flute music out
William’s already on his electric scooter again showing off his moves and going to the complaint office
Nah, he’s Tahitian. Everybody’s ‘brother’; same in Hawaii, ‘brother’ or ‘cuz’ (cousin).
Bradduh in Hawaiian, ; )
One…two…three…cut to Prince William keenly kite surfing.
Will is going to try and take a picture with Kelly Slater now, isn’t he?
You know it. Huevo is going to appear in some aquatic recreational/sport activity. Maybe he will get his pal Tom
Cruise involved.
OMG, that looked amazing. Can you learn that in such a short time? I guess, it helps he has been sportive most of his life. I foresee we are gonna get some shots of Will in water soon. He can’t let Harry have all the water activities. 😂😂😭
Surfing is balance, some strength and core stability which he has in spades. You can learn enough to be up in weeks.
For some people it comes super easy. My son stood the first time he tried surfing and was a natural (all sports were easy for him for some reason). I have never been able to stand on a surfboard. I can body surf, but that’s not very hard at all.
IIRC, he and his Salty Estranged Brother used to surf somewhere in Cornwall? With the Van Cutsem kids?
He definitely knew how to surf before he made Cali his home.
I was going to say – I think he has surfed before, but probably not with such easy access to it or the kinds of waves that California has. We also know he’s spent his life skiing and snowboarding and probably waterskiing so while those are different sports, there’s going to be a lot of the same requirements re: core strength and balance.
I can picture Wilbur screaming, “Water activities are mine, Harold!!!!” Such a loser!
I’m a surf instructor and have a 99.9% success rate of getting people to stand on the first lesson. Do they look like Prince Harry? No. But like many other sports, you can do the basics pretty quickly. With good instruction 😉
Harry with a surfboard vs William with an American football….(giggles)
Giggles then starts full belly laughing. Every time I see William trying to out American Harry I see the scene in Hamilton with Prince George singing “you’ll be back” dude no he won’t and we won’t Ever be getting back together. I just combined Hamilton and Taylor Swift I will show myself out
I think we are going to need another video of this time Harry slaying waves with some great tunes and a split screen of Peg with a football with some kazoo music.
😂😂😂
Please, YES to the kazoo music! 😂😂😂
Please you can never have too much Kazoo
Hahahaha!
Scene one: Perky 60s Beach music while Hazza rides the Cali surf
Scene two: Kazoo music of Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” to a sepia toned montage of Huevo running on an empty beach, chasing the ghost of the brother Willileaks should have been to Harry.
William on a boogie board getting wiped out by the tiniest of waves lol
Or a video of action man William doing water sports with background music
But where is Meghannnn! She’s from California! Why isn’t she surfing too?!?!? The British tabloids probably.
Meghan is probably doing yoga safely from the sand. She doesn’t strike me as a thrill-seeker. I remember at IG Canada last year when Harry was doing luge? Skeleton?, and Meghan was asked if she was gonna try tryi and she said Nope. Or when she was scooting down that hill after their hike. But maybe she surfs idk?
@Jais, yeah I don’t see it with Meghan either. That scooting video was so funny. She probably likes being safe like me.
The downhill scooting was v cute and funny. It could’ve been fear but also it always hurts my shins or my calves or something when I walk downhill. Less tiring than uphill but more painful. That’s why hiking isn’t my fave unless it’s chill inclines. I could walk forever on a flat or moderate terrain but significant uphill hiking. Sigh. Not my favorite.
They don’t know where Prince Harry or Princess Meghan are. They don’t have access to PH/PM. That is because there are no leaks in Montecito.
Can I become their sister? I want to be able to spend time on the water like that. He looks like he is having a blast. Good for him!
Freedom looks great on him!
Great to see in that short clip how Harry goes from slightly wobbly to finding his balance.
Lovely metaphor for his life.
+1000. Perfect.
I love this for Harry. He’s living his best life and it shows how deluded the British press and royalists are to believe that he wants to return to royal life.
It’s a fun video, I think that is what I love the most about their lives in America.. the videos and photos of them they are looking happy, healthy and joyful. Seeing things like Prince Harry surfing, or he and Meghan salsa dancing just makes me smile. That happy energy is sure a stark contrast when you see any event involving the left over royals on misery island.
I love how positive and supportive Raimana is as a surf instructor!
Now THERE is a man who suits a beard. And such an action man. My word.
PW will be fuming, no doubt, but when isn’t he?
Wow!
Proof that leaving a toxic family behind can lead to a better life ahead.
They are right about one thing: He’s not going back.
“Yeaaaaaaaah! Yeaaaaaaaah! Love you brother! Yeeeeaaaah!”
Can you imagine anyone saying that to William ever??
Harry is so loved! 😃🥰
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this and just incredibly happy to see Harry having such a great time – the enthusiastic support from Raimana is delightful.
As others have said, Harry is a natural athlete; time spent in Cornwall as a teen and taking advantage of the waves there has given him a good experience so he can enhance his proficiency here.
I get such joy whenever I see Harry and Meghan having fun and being so relaxed.
I have to disagree with most of the comments. This is proof that Harry so desperately wants to return to England that he’s willing to surf to do it.
@Louise177
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Lol Louise177. Thank you for this hilarious comment today!
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“Harry’s desperate bid to surf home to freedom” – Maureen’s headline in the Daily Fail tomorrow.
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Comment gold! LOL
Superb 👏🤣
This video gave me life! I love this so much for him. He is super athletic and seems to pick up every sport he tries – my teenager is like this! So cool to watch. The color of the water. Swoon!
That water is gorgeous! Sure, you can surf in England–wearing a full wetsuit–but the water’s not going to be that blue; more likely it’ll be varying shades of grey.
You are so right Beanie Bean! I am so happy for Harry!
I love it for him, Living his best life. I can’t wait to see a silhouette shot of him and the kids with their surf boards watching the waves
Surfing with friends? According to the Rats, Harry has no friends and he is moving back to UK. Is that wrong? Deranged Rats.
And now I want a Netflix surfing documentary lol. I’m sure there are great ones out there already but I’d still watch one of Harry learning to surf just saying.
Disney plus had a documentary a few years ago – I think it was actually about sharks during shark week – it was a series but I only watched the first episode – it featured Chris Hemsworth and the premise I guess was his surfing in Australia and the sharks coming closer to the shore (related to climate change) and I can’t really remember the rest for the following reason:
there was literally a scene where Chris changed from his wetsuit to regular clothes (or vice versa, this was years ago, dont judge) and they used SLOW MOTION so you could not miss a moment of his abs.
that was when I knew it was not a serious documentary. Nothing against his abs, but come on, slow motion?!?!
Omg that’s funny. And the shark part is terrifying. I mean I don’t need Harry in slow motion per se😂
We needed that photo of Huevo in his water breeches or whatever you call them in this post. From his NYC visit. That was his latest notable water activity.
AKA “Hip Waders”.
I’m laughing at the comments under the post on X about how those aren’t real waves (no kidding, its clearly a wave pool of sorts), and Harry’s not doing this correctly or that or he’s having an affair with his surfing instructor or whatever.
Like, cry harder, haters. lol.
The Sussexes are the definition of “living my life like its golden”. In paradise you don’t even hear the noise pollution the royals and their pet press try to create.
“I’m holding on to my freedom,
Can’t take it from me,
I was born into it,
It comes naturally.”
I adore Jill Scott. And you’re right: this song could have been written for Harry and Meghan. The BRF and toxic rats couldn’t ever take their freedom, because it comes naturally to them — even if they did have to fight for it, and take steps to hold on to it with both hands.
Harry’s never going back to royal life. He is FREE.
Next up, Willy does a photo op in a wetsuit on some rocky shore. But perfectly dry. No water or waves, you understand, just the photo op.
Poor Pegs, he must be fuming!
Diana would absolutely love this for him.
I agree. I think she’s delighted that he has this wonderful new life.
Very soon someone will let slip that Willy surfs too
just did a google fu of surfing in the UK so i bet Willy will turn up in one of these places to learn to surf
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/oct/06/10-best-surfing-surf-beaches-in-the-uk-cornwall-scotland-wales
This is in Central California, an agricultural area. It’s a manmade surf ranch (ironically in a drought plagued area) but reproduces the waves legitimately enough that lots of surfers and celebs frequently come to try it.
It’s not open to the public, per se.
Actually know a friend with a family member who works there; says they’re really cool out there. Gonna have to check it out if the opportunity to have been there occurred!
Looks cool!
Oh, that is fascinating! I just googled it; it’s only a half hour west of where I used to live! That’s flat, valley farmland & orchard land. Where do they get that water??
I know when the trolls and haters on Saltine Island see Harry surfing, they will loose their minds. They keep saying Harry has no friends and wants to return royal life. LOL.
Harry never going back, he already said so. Good on you Harry. Beautiful wife, cute kids, Sussex Mansion. There are no leaks in Montecito.
UK media have no access. They don’t know where or when Harry or Meghan will pop up. They will lose their minds
when they see Harry surfing. There are no leaks in Montecito.
Harry looked so good on his board that I thought at first it must be AI. The guy is just really good at whatever he chooses to do.
Hang ten, Harry!
I love how Harry and Meghan’s friends just nonchalantly share content of them as a way to push back on the stupid British tabloid narrative lol. They don’t have their own social media so the only glimpses we and the British tabs get of them at large unless it’s a work event is from what other friends share. Anyways, Harry looks like he was born to surf! Maybe Archie and Lili will get into it as they get older.
The friends of PH & PM do not talk to the royal rodents/uk press, so they make stuff up and out right lie. They are creating these so called reports they call news and never name the sources, which are made up phantom people.
Look at Harry out there riding waves. I checked their website and it’s really cool facility with amazing wave technology. I wonder if it was a birthday present. Looks like it was an adrenaline rush. It’s fun to see random clips of the Sussexes out just doing stuff. The UK press always act like they’re holed up in Montecito with the curtains drawn. No, they are living, working and having fun outside
That’s because, there are no leaks in Montecito.
I am so happy for Harry.
What strikes me is that Harry looks younger and more robust every day and William looks older and more withered.
So true. Harry looks like he’s thriving and William looks as though something is eating him away from inside. It’s quite a contrast.
Harry did once say that none of them want the top job.
Prepare! Soon the sycophants in media will be regaling us with images of “awsome and endearing” Bulliam surfing in his bathtub 😆
Too funny!😁
Look at him in this photo.
Fit, big smile, the man looks totally happy and at his ease.
I wish all the best for his future with his wife and kids.
The entire world is a hot mess going on 10 years now, positive vibes and happiness is so needed for everyone.
Support your loved ones, people.
Treat others kindly, I wish that would become the norm.
If Charles and William could change and grow that might save their jobs, but clock is still running out on the Monarchy.
I came to laugh but Harry looked good. He is a beefy English guy so I was expecting a fashion surfboard and him falling a few times. Lol.
What will Kate do? Will Louis take up surfing and Riverboat Captain’ing.
P.s I wrote captain like that on purpose.
There is nothing I love more than seeing Harry +/or Meghan having fun! 💗 Does my heart good.
That still photo is perfection! 🌟
Poor Harry. Look at all the torture Meghan is inflicting on him. Sunshine, surf and a strong bro support group. She truly is a monster for dragging him to paradise to be with her gorgeous self and those adorable littles. My heart goes out to him!!!
How dare Meghan drag Harry away from his home so now he is forced to hang out in the sunshine surfing with his friends, become a truly powerful world statesman and businessman and have his own beautiful family in a gorgeous home? When he could go back to living alone in that dilapidated cottage they had him in going to shop the sales at TJ Maxx?! The nerve!
living the California lifestyle- surf and sun, living at a beautiful beach community, CA laid back vibes.
Living his best life and cry harder Salty Island