Southern Hemisphere winter is Tahiti Time. It was August, 2000, when Laird Hamilton rode a wave at Teahupoo that changed everyone’s idea of the word “rideable”. Then came August 2011, and the original ...

Press Play with Madeleine Brand New documentary chases Laird Hamilton, big wave chaser A new film film spotlights big wave surfer Laird Hamilton’s tumultuous upbringing in Hawaii, his love of the ...

Teahupoo Tahiti On the 17th of August 2000 a line was drawn in the sand and Laird Hamilton stood alone Engulfed in the vortex of the heaviest wave ever ridden Laird Hamilton stood where no man had ...

Everything feels so much bigger than you right now. Events. Problems. Forces. For some insight into how to manage the overwhelming, for reassurance that with the right judgment it can be handled, pull ...

Laird Hamilton (born 1964) is an American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, and an occasional fashion and action-sports model. He is married to Gabrielle Reece, a professional volleyball ...