Laird Hamilton is a key personality in the development of big wave surfing. On August 17, 2000, he rode one of the meanest and thickest waves on the planet. This is the story of the Millennium Wave. Half Hawaiian, half Californian, Laird Hamilton pioneered the birth of tow-in surfing and participated in some of the […]
A powerful Raglan swell greeted Laird Hamilton and his foil board, as the American surfer prepares for “The Ultimate Waterman.” Laird Hamilton is the pioneer of foilboarding. He has been riding waves over blades for a long time, with a very personal approach. Hamilton is the ambassador of the New Zealand-based event “The Ultimate Waterman.” […]
Kai Lenny is the grand star behind “The SUP Movie”, a stand up paddleboarding flick directed by award-winning filmmaker Johnny DeCesare. Do you think it’s easy to get barreled at Jaws with a large and heavy SUP board? Ask young waterman Kai Lenny, and he explain the adversities of riding a moving bull with a […]
The fourteenth named storm of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season brought one of the finest swells of the 21st century to the shores of Southern California. Malibu’s First Point was fired up. If you’re a local surfer, and you’ve missed the swell, then we shouldn’t watch the video below. Head high lines invaded the iconic […]
Blame Laird. The big wave surfer from Kauai decided to shoot the Malibu Pier, at Surfrider Beach, California. You’ve got to time it well. Shooting the pier may seem easy, but when the wave travels at full speed you’ve got to make confident and quick decisions. Unfortunately, a few lives have been lost while shooting […]
Laird Hamilton is one of the most famous watermen in the world. He challenged unridden waves; he defied death and opened the way to modern tow-in big wave surfing. Hamilton was born on the 2nd March, 1964, in San Francisco, California, but he moved to Hawaii when he was still a young boy. At 17, […]