RIDING GIANTS -= Laird Hamilton

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  • @amiosa35
    @amiosa35 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A talented body that's trained beyond the point where terror exists knows exactly how to balance itself in nature..it's true, there is no way to practice for a moment like that--you would have to be able to get and stay out of your own way, big time. What a Thing.

  • @DaniBeauchamp
    @DaniBeauchamp 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He's a great surfer & a really nice chill guy. I was really stoked when Gabby showed me the video. That wave is just SICK!! Great stuff

  • @XxWaveSurferxX
    @XxWaveSurferxX 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Riding Giants is the best surfing documentary there is...hands down.
    WAVEridingFREAKS...

  • @CadenRolland
    @CadenRolland 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He's not just riding a wave he is redefining what it means to be alive

  • @WavesAreThere
    @WavesAreThere 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    doesn't it send shivers up your spine? it is so unbelievable, so unthinkable for mere humans...

  • @myhicks
    @myhicks 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And to think someone caught all that on film so we could all witness it. You know you wouldn't believe it if someone told you it happened, this is something you have to see. Incredible.

  • @mythumbsupaccount
    @mythumbsupaccount 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This break has been around for a while but Laird's picture did put this break on the map for a lot of people.

  • @Tozzommi
    @Tozzommi 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hear people saying that, yeah there's been bigger waves ridden before and after that.. yeah, well that's true if you mean big by how tall it builds before breaking, but this particular wave is both really big and it's extremely, extremely fast and powerfull. amazing stuff and a great documentary that everyone should go and get. :), thanks for the uploader.

  • @MateoKupstysChica
    @MateoKupstysChica 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ...man, we really live for moments like this one!

  • @MagicgerG
    @MagicgerG 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this gives my chills all threw my body... hearing that wave just crack down and that how wad of spit coming out of it.

  • @snifnscratch
    @snifnscratch 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is about 6-8 ft bigger than Hamiltons ride, and although it was heavier, you still have to respect Hamiltons ride, which was done nearly ten years ago. If he had the same conditions as Drollet, he would have done the same ride. At the time, Lairds teahupoo ride set the standard for this kind of surfing.

  • @tallkidrunner92
    @tallkidrunner92 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Even Greg Knoll says its crazy and in his day he was by far the big wave surfer and one of the first

  • @jjdcolburn
    @jjdcolburn 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    dude that wave is awesome!!!
    he`s an awesome surfer.

  • @TheEliteFisherMan
    @TheEliteFisherMan 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "man... that shits impossible, you dont do that!" LOL

  • @aussiemilla
    @aussiemilla 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    laird speaks about how fear is necessary to live and how he uses it to keep himself alive in situations
    he says being called fearless is like being called a coward

  • @DownTownSurf91
    @DownTownSurf91 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love surfing, I'd love to surf a wave like this one day.

  • @bertbruce3261
    @bertbruce3261 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was before anybody knew how to ride that wave when it was balling like that..pioneer...laird set the pace and people followed

  • @aciverson84
    @aciverson84 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Riding Giants is one of the best movies ever!!! Buy it! Laird is an idol!

  • @deltatangofoxtot
    @deltatangofoxtot 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I think it's the single heaviest thing I've seen in surfing..."Matt Warshaw--Author: "The Encyclopedia of Surfing". Love Greg Knoll's response too! There is another documentary, Not the film this is taken from...where you get to see Laird break down for a few minutes immediately after the run. I believe it was called "Step into Liquid"; his hydrofoil design was also featured! Laird is THE MAN.

  • @SquidgyMcGee
    @SquidgyMcGee 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    still the most glassy picturesque chopes of that size i have seen... Unbelievably fucking sick!

  • @SpeakTruer
    @SpeakTruer 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't believe he came out on his feet!! Totally awesome, dude...........

  • @royboyrips
    @royboyrips 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lairds da Man!!! He Always will Be!!!
    But we can't forget Manoa, Raimana & Malik... RIP Malik...

  • @mikeziegler7008
    @mikeziegler7008 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My perception of the sequence of events: This incredible photo comes of out of Laird being towed into Teahupo'o. Laird, ever the self promoter, comes up with the idea of getting all of the best known big wave riders in history to comment on the picture and video of the ride and make a movie that unanimously proclaims him as the best big wave rider ever. The only problem, (in my view), is that by the end of the movie, Jeff Clark showed more sack than any of them. It's not what he did or where he did it... it's that he did it ALONE! No jet skis. No helicopters. No cameras. And oh yeah, he paddled in!

  • @InreallifePOSTS
    @InreallifePOSTS 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He was so innovative for big wave surfing then. But we shouldn't forget th craziness of code red, the right, or any of the famous mavericks waves; because the surfers of those were pioneering big wave surfing.

  • @TheNoGoodnick
    @TheNoGoodnick 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Laird Hamilton is crazy awesome! I was watching this documentary for my English class called Finding Joe (Good Movie!) and was surprised when I saw the familiar moves of Hamilton. Findingjoethemoviedotcom

  • @JamesGarbutt33
    @JamesGarbutt33 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    how the hell can 21 people dislike this?

  • @Mooseshagger1
    @Mooseshagger1 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    The guy is mental but then again, you would ALSO have to be mental riding the jetski at the top of that wave. Insane !!! LOL

  • @AKSBSU
    @AKSBSU 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That looked almost too intense to even be fun even if I had the talent to do that. I'd be thinking "How the f*** am I going to get out of this?!?" even if I managed to ride it for awhile.

  • @dodi4700
    @dodi4700 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thx mates.
    The shallow aspect makes allotta sense. I'm going to watch the movie sometime this week...

  • @Vanoffy
    @Vanoffy 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just unfreaking believable!

  • @jackj789
    @jackj789 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love this film!!!
    its amazing

  • @ghostofmorgan
    @ghostofmorgan 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW 1 Greatest ride ever , I d like to see the underside of the small board that he rode
    and was there any wieght add to the board . I noticed that the other videos of Teahupoo
    wipeouts a surfer was blown out of the wave by what looked like the l;ack of weight in his board .. Please send imfo thank you

  • @jmmays
    @jmmays 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is so sick. I have surfed all my life and I would go nowhere near Teahupoo. Did someone say that wave wasn't THAT big?? Please.

    • @jaydubs6354
      @jaydubs6354 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it may not be the tallest wave but holy shit the volume of water is crazy. Looks like it’s also much shallower than other big wave breaks

  • @MadMax31577
    @MadMax31577 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Riding Giants is a must in your video library.

  • @gophukyurselvs3621
    @gophukyurselvs3621 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    look up Mike Parsons wave at Cortez Banks. That wave put big wave surfing on the mainstream stage

  • @mikemartin8088
    @mikemartin8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I picked up that magazine and said exactly that, "Where and what, is that???!!!???"

  • @snoddster
    @snoddster 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey megaripp this man is a pioneerer for surfing he has ridden some of the biggest waves in the world give him some respect and i doubt that u went out the say after and when it was twice as big so just think about that :z

  • @johnwhite8520
    @johnwhite8520 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you notice......he literally stayed in one spot as the wave curled

  • @canihazburgers
    @canihazburgers 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the Moby track Inside at the end of this video. Shame you missed the best bit!!!

  • @xDeeZyx
    @xDeeZyx 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    from 1 wave and no others around it listen to how intensely deep that thing crashes

  • @deyoungparker
    @deyoungparker 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @808beachbound that's one of the best descriptions of 'Chopes I've ever read.

  • @Pleaver
    @Pleaver 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Laird has ice water in his veins. He really knows no fear at all. He eats fear on toast for breakfast.

    • @Fernandez218
      @Fernandez218 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fear usually keeps us alive but also limits us. it's rare to have someone show no fear, test the boundaries of death, and stay alive. Laid has these latter qualities. Many people have no fear and die. Laird has no fear in surfing and lives.

  • @dvsmike
    @dvsmike 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @KrazyKKid you talkin about The Endless Summer maybe? They made a part 2 to that as well of a couple young guys retracing there steps. Righteous movie.

  • @Hoganforever
    @Hoganforever 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Laird! inspirational legend
    Happy New Year!!

    • @cusoonmyfriend3738
      @cusoonmyfriend3738 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Laird is surfing on the water
      Putin is surfing on jews tiny hats

  • @johansjr
    @johansjr 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Insane .... just Insane ! from Jimmy in Huntington !

  • @phileosea
    @phileosea 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    is a heavy wave much more difficult than ordinary ones?

  • @Premierartist
    @Premierartist 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing Laird!

  • @khodges9129
    @khodges9129 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw this on the cover of surfer mag when I was a kid and I just said what the hell looking at the shear thickness of the lip of the wave. Its like 10 ft thick

  • @tipigi
    @tipigi 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh gimme a break bamiyah, the "vulgar" language doesn't ruin anything. So the guy speaks his mind and they kept it in instead of editing it out. Obviously, the film maker didn't think his film was ruined...good for them for leaving it in!

  • @surfdogdude
    @surfdogdude 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, You're a Legend!

  • @IKillGoliath
    @IKillGoliath 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Remember a guy had been killed there a few weeks earlier. Laird conquered the Killer wave and his own fears that day. like greg knoll and his wave in 60 foot hurricane surf! laird and he are in a league of there own.

  • @pugsley141
    @pugsley141 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know anything about surfing but how come that wave was so famous? Iv seen quite a few people surfing bigger waves on you tube. Please respond if you know.

  • @TRONwuzhere82
    @TRONwuzhere82 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    sheer epicness!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @GinaMarieD
    @GinaMarieD 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    that was awesome....

  • @EddieKM
    @EddieKM 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can someone help me out?
    i'm trying to find a surf movie i saw when i was a kid, all i remember is it was an old guy sitting by a fire telling the kids a story about how surfing used to be... it had a lot of surf footage and good songs- i've been looking for this movie forever...
    Has anyone ever seen it?

  • @Physhi
    @Physhi 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the name of this documentation?

  • @MrCholerae
    @MrCholerae 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is were I would take my kids to learn surf ...

  • @sdpadresfan
    @sdpadresfan 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing.

  • @DBNIGHT
    @DBNIGHT 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    great after effects editing

  • @m1spike
    @m1spike 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    seriously, what a stud

  • @toxsickdog
    @toxsickdog 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    get too high on a wave like that &
    you get sucked up & into the vortex,
    so when Laird felt the pulling effect
    sucking His board up, He dragged His
    right hand to add more resistance to
    be where He wanted to be on that heavy
    ass teahupoo behemouth. check out that spit at the finish, insane.

  • @tontoontour
    @tontoontour 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome....

  • @ArctikMonkee
    @ArctikMonkee 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    i got his autograph tonight and i surfed with him

  • @TheAirperri
    @TheAirperri 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    1: 56... Out of this world.

  • @akproductions911
    @akproductions911 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    larid rip the greatest surfer that set foot on this planet

  • @joeviking61
    @joeviking61 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ok Laird, what about Garrett Macnamara now? Your gonna have to Surf Niagra Falls or something

  • @midi982
    @midi982 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are the best Hamilton

  • @nbb1603
    @nbb1603 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    i wouldnt even surf that for 5 billion dollars!long live laird hamilton

  • @mjmoto72
    @mjmoto72 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    yea it is. never seen a wave like that in my life .. i think i would shit my board shorts. also respect where respect is due. i grew up with the movie north shore lol i know.. my point is the mans got to be almost 45! cheers to you " lance berkhardt"

  • @nbb1603
    @nbb1603 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey it takes years of experience to ride waves like dat and dude, dat was da heaviest wave that has eva been ridden

  • @DeacanSharp
    @DeacanSharp 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    LEGEND!

  • @tiyanan1
    @tiyanan1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    teahupoo ,tahiti .perfec wave and so glassy

  • @Erloss
    @Erloss 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    NICE wave

  • @danieljagoe69
    @danieljagoe69 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    that thing is a freak of nature....

  • @garion187
    @garion187 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    a heavy wave has more force to it, the thickness will suck you up and send you tumbling, you have less control and shit just happens faster. so yes. and in all honesty i dont think that there has been anything that thick ridden before. thats like a bus falling down all around you.

  • @sdpadresfan
    @sdpadresfan 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    so hows the weather under that rock you're living in?

  • @stripper01
    @stripper01 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was the first like giant wave that the world saw someone ride.. thats why everyone was like WTF... after that he did way bigger and stuff

  • @johnwhite8520
    @johnwhite8520 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He was literally surfing in one spot

  • @clovishighwrestling
    @clovishighwrestling 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    insane then, and insane still!

  • @LeftSideSkate
    @LeftSideSkate 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    haha man, you try and go under that thing, it sucks you up, and over backwards until you ARE the tip of the wave, and then it slams you down, and up, and around until you have no idea which way is what, and no air left in your lungs, and then it does that some more. and where that wave is, and the reason it's so perfect is that its SHALLOW. and whats under that perfect surface? razor sharp coral. good luck.

  • @Sloth55Chunk
    @Sloth55Chunk 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Legend; that is all.

  • @ihittu
    @ihittu 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    look at it...its so damn perfect lol its like glass

  • @RidCoxy
    @RidCoxy 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    5 stars, No doubt!

  • @perniciousgreg
    @perniciousgreg 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dunno how hes able to ride with balls that big! 0_0

  • @thepickupchick
    @thepickupchick 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    holy moly!!!!

  • @bamiyah
    @bamiyah 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE THIS DVD! The thing that is annoying is that that one guy who supposedly surfed that huge wave in Hawaii fifty years ago (I can't remember his name D=) totally ruins the film with his vulgar language. He single-handedly makes the composition pg13. LAIRD IS THE COOLEST THOUGH.

  • @irvash
    @irvash 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    no movie a really wonderful documentery

  • @loanamariadona302
    @loanamariadona302 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The First, the only one!!!

  • @rannix18
    @rannix18 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    if you draged your hand wouldnt that slow you down and help you get sucked up?

  • @poseclop
    @poseclop 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    is that teahupoo ?

  • @Caffeine_And_Seawater
    @Caffeine_And_Seawater 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    i just watched this film on sunday on channel 4 it was fucking amazing watching laird surf that its fuckin insane

  • @tmartinez426
    @tmartinez426 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    ok RS3113 u obviously have no idea what ur talkin about...Teahupoo is the most feared waved in all of surfing, its the most powerful, thickest fastest big wave...surfers r terrified of teahupoo, plus the wave is only a couple feet over the reef below, imagine the wipeout. thats why it was such a big deal becuz its one thing to go down a big face, its another to be tubed in a such a powerful wave

  • @nattyrebel1
    @nattyrebel1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    sickkkkk

  • @CarweeklyCoUk
    @CarweeklyCoUk 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    legend

  • @sensall100
    @sensall100 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    damn i thought the title of this video was about something else

  • @JuiceyWang
    @JuiceyWang 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @fransack. You know the saying fat floats? well fran if you can make a wave this big you will most definitely float.

  • @Fad3r
    @Fad3r 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    yeah definitely people have done larger waves, but look at how it explodes when it crashes.

  • @SkitzLewiss
    @SkitzLewiss 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    this wave is sick, but bruce irons yesterday surfed more dangerous and massive waves

  • @ticobeach
    @ticobeach 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She had the face of an angel
    Smiling with sin
    A body of Venus with arms
    Dealing with danger
    Stroking my skin
    Let the thunder and lightening start
    It wasn't the first
    It wasn't the last
    It wasn't that she didn't care
    She wanted it hard
    And wanted it fast
    She liked it done medium rare

  • @NickBrunisch
    @NickBrunisch 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is insane