Laird Hamilton: My closest calls with death
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- Big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton recounts some of the incidents he believed would end his life, plus the frequency and importance of rescues during tow-in surfing adventures and losing trust in one friend who wouldn’t put his life on the line to make a save.
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Once upon a time I wiped out on a 8-10 foot wave and I thought I was a goner. Huge respect for all big wave surfers.
Casey Levins people don’t understand how scary it can really be
Big time 🌊🌊🌊
Shan Timothy
Double head high is no joke alone
Yea no joke and how exhausted you get...I almost drown in a foot because I was so tired an couldn't get my footing in the sand an the waves just kept coming...so I could only imagine big waves
Was that Hawaiian scale? If not Hawaiian scale that's only one 5 foot wave.
Laird is dealing with these (intense) interviews in such an elegant manner. This man is simply honest. For the good and for the bad. There is uniqueness and depth in that. My respect.
I have so much respect for Laird, he's managed to create a great life for himself and he has always done exactly what he wanted to do, He carved his own path and never looked back. Not to mention he is a mega legend in the surf world and he has never competed professionally in the sport a day in his life. He's just the ultimate mans man and if I can look that good in my 50's I'd be the happiest guy ever.
Bird Plan Go Hawks!
K Dub SEA-HAWKS!!!!!!
Such a great, honest guy. His intensity is a life lesson.
He reminds me of Henry Rollins. Completely different genres and industries, but two physically fit middle-aged men similar in age so strikingly similar in their demeanor, passion for what they do, attention to detail and shear intensity.
The Snowman damn......very true.
Love Laird's giggle after saying "I've had many chances to die" hehehehe
The psychology and emotional components involved in high stakes situations like big wave surfing, is fascinating. Laird Hamilton articulates it all very well.
I don't know why but I love this guy.
I have surfed 8-12 foot waves and you fear for your life when you wipe out. I definitely had my fair share. I would never surf what this guy does regularly. This dude is a true animal.
Living legend, thanks for this interview, Laird is truly a breed apart. True badass
Graham asks vague questions then stares at him like he wants to take him out for a romantic seafood dinner.
Hahaha that made me laugh
He's just in awe, that's all. Laird's achievements are pretty awe inspiring.
Far from Vague! He asks deep questions, it’s just that sometimes it comes out as simple questions.
Lmao seafood
Hahaha! Red wine and shrimp!
I've been pinned under water by a big wave, and it scared the 💩 out of me. Very intense scary feeling! Can't imagine how he felt with a Wave like that
Have been thoroughly enjoying your interviews with Laird. You are an incredible interviewer. Poignant questions, and allowing him to answer throroughly. THANK BOTH OF YOU!!
Hands down he’s the one I would want to be rescued by in any instance… he’s well versed in any type of situation and most people don’t ever come close to death as much he has and known what to do to get out of it. Hero!!
5:11 is how I feel about everyone as similar things have happened to me but in different circumstances, but I have a personality disorder in trusting people.... which makes life tricky, and lonely
Mega chills when he talks about "the black"
Bad place to be.
what's the black if you don't mind me asking?
memoranda1 1:40 he explains
Jesus Christ.... the “black” is when u go down far enough it goes “black” no light that far down Pitch black , no light refracting, the void, can’t see anything.
Dude the black is a scary place man ….
4:30 "...you don't know who those people are until you get in that situation." facts. words apart from danger are just that. appreciate folks like this.
Watch his surf videos....insane. He led the world into tow in surfing and the foil surfing. Amazing!
No greater love than to lay down your life for a friend! That’s a good way to determine.
This is why he is the Greatest Big Wave Surfer in history.
Lol, no he ain't.
If anyone could take a beating out there it's laird. This guy is one of the most physically fit, deticated people on the earth! He has put more hours in then anyone else. He makes the kids coming up in big wave surfing today look like amateurs! He's a true all round waterman!
Larry you're my favorite human being on this Earth, I love sports I love football but I don't have anything in my life that compares to the passion you have for surfing, I've probably seen riding Giants 100 times I've been to Hawaii I've never surfed but I'm fascinated with the passion you guys have in your life. I thank you for not dying out there my friend
The worse is a two wave hold down. Had one at Jocko's and thought I was a goner. Don't wish it upon anyone.
In watching the series of these videos I feel like so much of it is a metaphor for life. I feel like some of these are actually teaching me how to be a better man or person. It is very spiritual. I’m not a surfer but I find that people who put themselves at risk of dying for something they love Is fascinating.
Awesome interviews, so glad I can still find great quality content on YT that inspire me, Thank you for the content.
Legendary guy.
man this was the best interview of this series. very interesting.
It is hard to imagine the wipeouts on some of these massive waves. I remember bodysurfing a wave in San Diego when I was around 12, that was maybe around 7'-8'. I wiped out and it was pretty crazy, and then as soon I popped up I got hit with another wave before I could get a breath in. I remember going down something like 10' and thinking that if this happened again I would probably blackout; thankfully when I came up I was able to get a full breath before the next wave hit. eventually I got out of the water and was okay, but I did not body-surf anymore that day!
These interviews are amazing, thank you
Bodysurfing on the big island in the 1980's, a wave 360'ed me& spanked me hard onto the sandy shore, suit, hair, limbs ragdolled ascued is an understatement. Lucky for me only my ego was bruised as a busload of japanese tourists laughed & snapped photos of my fail. Amazingly only the wind got knocked from my lungs, by the hairs on my chinny chinchin i escaped a darwin award. I was no sissy, thought i was an excellent swimmer, lifeguard,swim team for a minute, not that competitive, the set b4 WAS SO FUN, that last big wave tho, it taught me and it taught me good, if the waves are taller than me 6ft, enjoy them from the shore. So much respect for Laird&Gabby& they're hanging tough& sticking it out together encouraging& modeling wellness. Real deals! ThankU2😍😍👀👂😨💪💪💪💪👏👏👏🖒👍🖒👍
U really do all that? I bet you get Wet for Laird, he seems like the type of dude perfect for you, lol
cool interview, I just wish they have put some footage while they are talking about it :(
You’re talking like a good producer, my brother.
That one time I overdosed on coconut oil...
Does anyone else see how his hands and feet seem webbed and double jointed. He is for sure half fish. Amazing
I was at wedge in late 90's. Big freak set came through. I saw a huge piece of the jetty fall through the lip, way deep in the barrel. Told my friends about it who were in the water but not on the shoulder. I almost thought, there was no way water can pick up a huge boulder. Guess i wasn't crazy after all.
"Hey, wait a minute. That's Burkhart's board. You're not ready for that."
Dude! He cheated in that movie!!! Lol!
As a whitewater kayaker, a two wave hold down sounds scarier then anything I've ever gone through, and I thought I was finished at least 3 separate occasions in the course of my paddling time. One of them involved getting swept down an eddy line that held me underwater for almost a full 20 seconds, another one was me pushing myself up and over a sieve that my lower body was getting pulled underwater into, and the third was a flush drowning scenario where I kept getting pounded by waves and held underrwater by hydraulics to the point where I literally couldn't inhale a single breath of air. I would take any of those scenarios over a two wave hold down at one of these surf spots... I can't even begin to imagine the mental fortitude and self-discipline a person would need to have in order to remain calm and continue to desperately try to hold your breath until you can get to the surface. I was in such a state of panic when I couldn't get to the surface in the first experience I described that I would have been just about to drown at the point where most surfers would have only just taken the second wave on their head.
Edit: Also love the moment where the interviewer describes how far a wave like Laird has ridden would throw a 50 ton boulder at 2:10, and he just humbly nods, like he was thinking "sounds a bit short of a distance, but just about right!"
It’s a miracle this guy is alive
I surfed a little bit when I was teen. Falling on even a 5 foot wave was scary. I realized I simply did not
want to risk what it took to be a good surfer. Cannot even imagine what it takes to ride these waves
30 feet and beyond.
Absolute legend
"It was when I almost divorced Gabriella. I thought for sure she would kill me."
Laird is a Beast
I was in Kauai in 1990 and a surfer 🏄♂️ went out and died on a large wave right in front of the hotel we were staying at. I cried so hard for someone I never met.
To Laird, I have seen this happen in street fights, where you expect your neighbors to back you up by calling the police, and they don't, and leave you to the wolves. I have also seen this working ambulance, where the driver of the car left the scene where that driver hit a young boy about 7 years old, on his bicycle, and drove away because they were afraid. The older brother called us to take his younger brother to the hospital. We did and stayed with him, until the doctor released us. Nothing gets me more than the human inconsideration, and to be left for dead. It is very difficult to forgive these situations. I have issues today with the whole trust thing with other humans.
The police are the worst
Last person I would ever call is the police 💯
Been awhile, glad for new uploads. I like how much longer they are.
Used to "babysit" laird when i lived next door at pipe in the '70s when billy and joanne went out or were gone he was a handful for sure
Who does Laird think most highly of? "It's the guy who can take the beating." The most revealing comment in the interview.
Rocky Balboa kinda stuff
Graham laughing at his death question makes me wonder why the laugh
Great interview
The greatest soul surfer of all time, after Jerry Lopez.
Man I can't imagine being knocked down 40ft underwater into complete darkness. That would be terrifying.
I dont know why but this guy got me cracking up
Laird, You got my respect. I’ve see many of your videos.
Also e rides!!
legend
That ankle deserves an award.
Was once wiped out by bathtub wave. Was scary.
This interview made me want to watch North Shore
Lol nobody listens to turtle
Just look at his foot at ankle.
The abuse his body has seen is incredible
Not full of himself-refreshing
I'd like to know what he actually does to survive a big wipe out? What is the actual technique or strategy. I mean does he take a deep breath and curl ino a ball or what? Does he swim to the bottom, swim to the top or just let the wave carry him to the shore?
It's just instinct 💯 that's it some humans are just built different it's that simple.....
Can’t figure out if Laird Hamilton is more of a hero to me or is it Maynard James Keenan. All my other heroes are dead.
I relate to this
Team work makes the dream work 💯🙏
Gems of Wisdom in just as few minutes
"He doesn’t have the skill to be in these conditions. He should not be in this kind of surf... He's just lucky that he didn't drown."
Wow. Just wow
I wonder who his surfie pal on the jetski was that left him to fend for himself. Would be interesting to know
A guy that was willing to go when he couldn't find anyone else willing to risk their life.
i thought that was it but then i realized this was it until i thought whoa that was it 10 years ago and it came to me that it's not it until it's it.
My only hero
Laird My Man... One of the toughest madafaka in the world.. Wow.. what a story..
This guy will go down eventually. He keeps pushes the envelope and is getting older. Legend's always do..
Maybe and thats ok but he does not push the envelope anymore. He respects the sea and his ability and age.
We all go down fool...live life and be smiling not being scared
These guys are super human, that teahupoo wave👌🤙
This guy is intense !!
I imagine you better not be thinking about anything else but the wave you're riding to avoid wipeout.
Ddaaaaaaaaaamn. That must have been some party afterwards. Weed done, We done. ✅
Like i need help at the top of everest it's so tall helicopter can't reach you. So, if you die up there you die. People have to either carry your body down lower or they leave you there. Similar to this
His neck..
Kind of on the fence about the ski rescue scenario. Unless the guy straight up bitched out and turned tail well before a set, I would imagine the ski driver is in the vest position to make a judgement call. Ski won’t do any good getting washed away by a 60 foot wave. The surfer chose to let go of the rope, and thus accepted all of the consequence
soul surfer
I had the ass ripped off my board shorts learning to surf. Got drug across the coral leashed to the board, I stuck to skateboarding.
Dudes legs are insane 😮😂🤣 holly shit!
Lance Burkhart is amazing!
I wonder who it was that wouldnt help him out with the jet-ski situation thing. The conversation would've been so cold after that lol
That's why he is rad. Because he's rad....😁
Laird....
Everyone else's best friend..
Everyone else....
Not worthy of Lairds trust.
Surfing looks like it would be fun but I can’t surf because I am way too afraid of sharks
any guesses as to the identity of the tow partner laird's referring to...?
Yeah I think it was Donald Trump.
Derrick Doerner
Joe Bidan, he forgot where he was
kermit the frog
The "black" cant be the same depth around the world cause scuba diving in guam and Philippines the black is like 250+ ft....unless he did get pushed that far ☠☠
Edit: nvm he just said 30-40ft lol that's crazy deep with no regulator
Yeah, he tries to say it but the black is shallower under the big wave because the whitewater is a reflective curtain. But it's still 30-40 friggin feet.
Different colors disappear depending on water properties as depth increases (250 feet is an excessive depth , even considering SCUBA).
Lance Burkhart!
Can't wait to drink his organic coffee and superfood creamer!!!
legend!
Nice place
What about the day he was empty of coconut oil?
Laird is much saner to me than Graham.
Wow handful of near deaths not from surfing
Wow
I wonder why surfers don't carry a small bottle of air, good for a couple breaths, as a safety measure.
That’s cold man ,,, hey friend come get me I’m gonna you know drown ,
Friend fuck that bro
Why dont they have mini o2 cylinders?
What type of name is Laird😧
A laird is a Scottish lord.
If you want the ultimate ride, in your life? You have to be , willing to, pay the ultimate price!?? 😎🌬️🌪️
5.30
Laird Proves He Is A Sociopath
His Life Is More Important Than Someone Helping Him
If the skier makes a judgement call that he can't make it to you and get both of you out then you are on your own. It's that simple. The skier will do you no good joining you in the black at the bottom of the ocean. I like Laird but he definitely has a douche quality about him.