Laird Hamilton has never been one to cloak himself in subtlety or nuance. He’s big and brash, with an ego as mammoth as the waves that have carried him to fame. Whether by design or accident, those ...

It’s the winter of 1995 and the North Shore is taking a beating. Biggest swell in five years. Most of Oahu is unrideable, but for the deranged and death-adverse, there’s two options: Waimea Bay, or ...

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 ...