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Jul 22, 2010 · Laird came by the SURFER magazine office to discuss the Purchase the new DVD The Ride / The Day: A two-part expose into the world of Maui's most notorious surf spot and the principals who claim her as their own.
23. On August 17, 2000, the Hawaiian was towed into the so-called "Millennium Wave" at Tahiti's Teahupoo - it is still considered one of the heaviest waves ever ridden and landed a cover on Surfer Magazine; 24. Laird Hamilton loves big vehicles, but he learned to drive on-farm trucks and a 1972 VW Beetle, his first car; 25.
- The Day That Changed Surfing Forever
- A Big and Glassy Morning
- The Time Is Now
- The Millennium Wave by Laird John Hamilton
In August 2000, European sportswear company Oxbow traveled to the Pacific reef break with its legendary team rider to film his training for the upcoming winter surf in Hawaii. Little did they expect the incredible surf session that they were about to be confronted with. "The trip started off with a week of perfect 10-foot waves at a right-hander up...
On August 17, Laid Hamilton woke up and watched Teahupoo unleashing the first bombs of the day from the channel. It was big and glassy. "We set off at 4:30 am that morning, amping with anticipation. Our two filming boats and two tow-in jet skis cruised through the Teahupoo reef pass at dawn," explains Tim McKenna. "The swell was big and dangerous d...
A rogue wave twice the size of the regular waves rolled in. After being launched from 50 yards farther up the reef, Laird let go of the rope, angled his board perfectly toward the channel, and started to speed down the face of the wall. The thick blue 20-foot cylinder created a huge tube, and Laird accelerated down the line at full throttle, adjust...
Laird Hamilton took his time to process the Millennium Wave. Then, when he was ready to speak about it, there were only words of humility and gratitude. "The biggest tube I had ever surfed used to be in Hawaii. As of right now, it looks like it's Tahiti," Hamilton revealed in the aftermath of that day. "Sometimes, it's hard to measure a wave by its...
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A still photograph of him riding the wave made the cover of Surfer magazine, with the caption: "oh my god..." [18] The wave became known as "the heaviest ever ridden". [17]
Nov 9, 2017 · Interview: Laird Hamilton, on his divisive path through surfing - Surfer. Features and Exposure. The Taker of Every Wave. Laird Hamilton discusses the new documentary about his life, titled "Take Every Wave," and his atypical journey through surfing that the film documents. Todd Prodanovich. Nov 9, 2017.
- Todd Prodanovich
Feb 4, 2011 · A chronological archive of the SURFER Magazine Covers. SURFER. Feb 4, 2011.
Jun 13, 2014 · There are a select few things in surfing’s history that really stand out as defining moments. Perhaps the most awe-inspiring was Laird Hamilton’s wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti, on August 17 th ...
