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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When 16, Hamilton left eleventh grade at [[Kapaa High School]] to pursue a modeling career and work in construction. At 17, Hamilton was discovered on a beach in Kaua'i by a photographer from the Italian ''[[Men's Vogue]]'' magazine ''[[L'Uomo Vogue]]'' which landed him a modeling contract and later a 1983 photo shoot with the actress [[Brooke Shields]].<ref name="stahl">{{Cite <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">news </del>|author= <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Lesley Stahl<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, Rebecca Leung |title = Surf's Up!: Lesley Stahl Talks To Big-Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton |<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">work </del>= [[60 Minutes]] |publisher = [[CBS News]] |date = July 25, 2004 |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/26/60minutes/main602558.shtml |accessdate = December 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="mahalo.com">[http://www.mahalo.com/laird-hamilton Laird Hamilton Profiles and Biographies Mahalo.com]</ref> Hamilton continued to do occasional men's action sportswear print modeling.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When 16, Hamilton left eleventh grade at [[Kapaa High School]] to pursue a modeling career and work in construction. At 17, Hamilton was discovered on a beach in Kaua'i by a photographer from the Italian ''[[Men's Vogue]]'' magazine ''[[L'Uomo Vogue]]'' which landed him a modeling contract and later a 1983 photo shoot with the actress [[Brooke Shields]].<ref name="stahl">{{Cite <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">web </ins>|author= Lesley Stahl, Rebecca Leung |title = Surf's Up!: Lesley Stahl Talks To Big-Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton |<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">website </ins>= [[60 Minutes]] |publisher = [[CBS News]] |date = July 25, 2004 |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/26/60minutes/main602558.shtml |accessdate = December 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="mahalo.com">[http://www.mahalo.com/laird-hamilton Laird Hamilton Profiles and Biographies Mahalo.com]</ref> Hamilton continued to do occasional men's action sportswear print modeling.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2008 Hamilton announced his own "Wonderwall" line of affordable clothing, sold through [[Steve & Barry's]]<ref>{{cite <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">news </del>|title= Surfing star Hamilton makes cool gear affordable |<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">newspaper</del>= [[USA Today]] |date= May 15, 2008 |url= http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2008-05-15-hamilton-line_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip |accessdate= December 1, 2010 |first=Sal |last=Ruibal}}</ref> until that retailer shut down at the end of January 2009.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2008 Hamilton announced his own "Wonderwall" line of affordable clothing, sold through [[Steve & Barry's]]<ref>{{cite <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">web </ins>|title= Surfing star Hamilton makes cool gear affordable |<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">website</ins>= [[USA Today]] |date= May 15, 2008 |url= http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2008-05-15-hamilton-line_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip |accessdate= December 1, 2010 |first=Sal |last=Ruibal}}</ref> until that retailer shut down at the end of January 2009.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2007, when Brett Lickle was towing Hamilton into a wave on the Maui north shore, a wave knocked Lickle from the watercraft.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2007, when Brett Lickle was towing Hamilton into a wave on the Maui north shore, a wave knocked Lickle from the watercraft.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fin on a surfboard sliced Lickle, causing him to bleed into the sea, which he feared would attract sharks. Hamilton swam to recover the watercraft, found Lickle in the surf, fashioned his swimsuit into a cloth tourniquet, and applied it to Lickle to save his life. Hamilton then piloted the watercraft back to a landing, where Lickle was immediately taken to a hospital for treatment.<ref>{{cite <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">news </del>|title= Surfing star Laird Hamilton aides fellow tow-in surfer |<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">newspaper</del>= Maui News |date= December 5, 2007 |url= http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/36622/Surfing-star-Laird-Hamilton-aides-fellow-tow-in-surfer.html |accessdate= December 2, 2010 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fin on a surfboard sliced Lickle, causing him to bleed into the sea, which he feared would attract sharks. Hamilton swam to recover the watercraft, found Lickle in the surf, fashioned his swimsuit into a cloth tourniquet, and applied it to Lickle to save his life. Hamilton then piloted the watercraft back to a landing, where Lickle was immediately taken to a hospital for treatment.<ref>{{cite <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">web</ins>|title= Surfing star Laird Hamilton aides fellow tow-in surfer |<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">website</ins>= Maui News |date= December 5, 2007 |url= http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/36622/Surfing-star-Laird-Hamilton-aides-fellow-tow-in-surfer.html |accessdate= December 2, 2010 }}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In February 2008 Hamilton joined the board of directors of [[H2O Audio]], a watersports music company in [[San Diego California]]. He had used H2O Audio products on many of his long distance paddling endeavors before joining the company.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Pioneering Surfer / Waterman Laird Hamilton joins H2O Audio's Board of Directors to help company "Ride With Giants" |work= press release |date= February 12, 2008 |publisher= [[H2O Audio]] |url= http://www.h2oaudio.com/pressrelease/08_02_12.php |accessdate= December 2, 2010}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In February 2008 Hamilton joined the board of directors of [[H2O Audio]], a watersports music company in [[San Diego California]]. He had used H2O Audio products on many of his long distance paddling endeavors before joining the company.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Pioneering Surfer / Waterman Laird Hamilton joins H2O Audio's Board of Directors to help company "Ride With Giants" |work= press release |date= February 12, 2008 |publisher= [[H2O Audio]] |url= http://www.h2oaudio.com/pressrelease/08_02_12.php |accessdate= December 2, 2010}}</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later in 2008 he published a book which he describes as not an autobiography, but discussing his philosophy of life.<ref>{{cite <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">news </del>|title= The book of Laird |<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">newspaper</del>= [[Maui News]] |date= November 20, 2008 |author= Rick Chatenever |url= http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/511412/The-book-of-Laird.html |accessdate= December 2, 2010 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later in 2008 he published a book which he describes as not an autobiography, but discussing his philosophy of life.<ref>{{cite <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">web</ins>|title= The book of Laird |<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">website</ins>= [[Maui News]] |date= November 20, 2008 |author= Rick Chatenever |url= http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/511412/The-book-of-Laird.html |accessdate= December 2, 2010 }}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*{{Cite journal</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Cite journal | last = Jenkins | first = Bruce | title = Laird Hamilton: 20th Century Man | journal = The Surfer's Journal | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | date = Fall 1997 | url = http://www.surfersjournal.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TSJ&Product_Code=BI06-3&Category_Code=}}.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*{{Cite web |author= Candus Thomson |title = After shooting curls, he's chilling |website= [[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=November 29, 2004 |url = http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-11-29/sports/0411290087_1_laird-hamilton-bobsled-chelios | accessdate = December 2, 2010 }}</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Cite book |author=Matt Warshaw |title = Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing| publisher=Chronicle Books| date = 2003| isbn = 0-8118-4159-6| oclc = 223979881}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Cite book |author=Matt Warshaw |title = Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing| publisher=Chronicle Books| date = 2003| isbn = 0-8118-4159-6| oclc = 223979881}}</div></td></tr>
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| born = {{Birth date and age|1964|03|02}}<br />
| died = <br />
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, USA<br />
| birth_name = Laird John Zerfas<br />
| nickname = <br />
| residence = Kauai, Malibu, California<br />
| height = 6'3"<br />
| weight = 215 lb<br />
| stance = Regular Foot<br />
| years_active = <br />
| sponsors = Oxbow, Amway<br />
| major_achievements = Co-invented [[Tow-in surfing]]. August 17, 2000 at [[Teahupo'o]] heaviest wave ever ridden successfully.<br />
| shapers = <br />
| quiver = Long boards<br />
| favorite_waves = [[Teahupo'o]], [[Banzai Pipeline|Pipeline]], [[Jaws (beach)|Jaws]]<br />
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| website = [http://www.lairdhamilton.com/ lairdhamilton.com]<br />
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'''Laird Hamilton''' (born March 2, 1964) is an [[United States|American]] [[big wave surfing|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 player, television personality, and model. Hamilton and his family split their time between residences in [[Kauai]], [[Hawaii]], and [[Malibu, California]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Laird was born '''Laird John Zerfas''' in [[San Francisco]] on March 2, 1964, in an experimental salt-water sphere at [[University of California, San Francisco|UCSF Medical Center]] designed to ease the mother's [[Childbirth|labor]].<ref>{{cite web| author=Miki Turner| website=Page 3| title=10 Burning Questions: Laird Hamilton| publisher= ESPN.com| date=July 9, 2004| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=10bqs/hamilton|accessdate=December 2, 2010 }}</ref> His Greek-born father, L. G. Zerfas, left the family before his first birthday. While he was an infant, Laird and his mother, Joann (née Zyirek), moved to Hawaii. While still a young boy living on [[Oahu]], Laird met with 1960s surfer Bill Hamilton, a bachelor at the time, on [[Pūpūkea, Hawaii|Pūpūkea]] beach on the [[North Shore (Oahu)|North Shore]]. Bill Hamilton was a surfboard shaper and glasser on Oahu in the 1960s and 1970s and owned a small business handmaking custom, high-performance surfboards for the Oahu North Shore big wave riders of the era. The two became immediate companions. The young Laird invited Bill Hamilton home to meet his mother. Bill Hamilton married Laird's then-single mother, becoming Laird's adoptive father.<ref name="stahl"/><br />
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The family later moved to a remote valley on Kaua'i island. Joann and Bill had a second son, Lyon, Laird's half-brother, who also became a surfer. Laird's mother died of a brain aneurysm in 1997.<ref name="deadmens">{{cite web |first=Daniel |last=Duane |title=Last Man Standing - Surfer Laird Hamilton |website=[[Men's Journal]] |date=July 2004 |url= http://www.mensjournal.com/feature/0407/lairdHamilton.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080703165631/http://www.mensjournal.com/feature/0407/lairdHamilton.html |archivedate=2008-07-03 |accessdate=2013-02-09}}</ref><br />
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Hamilton had a reputation for an aggressive demeanor around others of his age. This hostile attitude was in part due to Laird and his brother Lyon being bigger than their classmates, fair-skinned, and blonde: unusual in their predominantly Hawaiian-populated neighborhood. The role of the outsider profoundly affected Laird through to his teen years and early adult life. He became used to this role and was uncomfortable being in the center of anything. He was also known for his physical and mental toughness.<ref name="giants">''[[Riding Giants]]'' motion picture, directed and produced by [[Stacey Peralta]], distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.</ref><br />
Young Laird is shown in early video footage jumping off a 60-foot cliff into deep water at 7 years of age.<br />
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===Modeling===<br />
When 16, Hamilton left eleventh grade at [[Kapaa High School]] to pursue a modeling career and work in construction. At 17, Hamilton was discovered on a beach in Kaua'i by a photographer from the Italian ''[[Men's Vogue]]'' magazine ''[[L'Uomo Vogue]]'' which landed him a modeling contract and later a 1983 photo shoot with the actress [[Brooke Shields]].<ref name="stahl">{{Cite news |author= [[Lesley Stahl]], Rebecca Leung |title = Surf's Up!: Lesley Stahl Talks To Big-Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton |work = [[60 Minutes]] |publisher = [[CBS News]] |date = July 25, 2004 |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/26/60minutes/main602558.shtml |accessdate = December 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="mahalo.com">[http://www.mahalo.com/laird-hamilton Laird Hamilton Profiles and Biographies Mahalo.com]</ref> Hamilton continued to do occasional men's action sportswear print modeling.<br />
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In 2008 Hamilton announced his own "Wonderwall" line of affordable clothing, sold through [[Steve & Barry's]]<ref>{{cite news |title= Surfing star Hamilton makes cool gear affordable |newspaper= [[USA Today]] |date= May 15, 2008 |url= http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2008-05-15-hamilton-line_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip |accessdate= December 1, 2010 |first=Sal |last=Ruibal}}</ref> until that retailer shut down at the end of January 2009.<br />
He has had long-time sponsorship from the French beachwear company [[Oxbow (surfwear)|Oxbow]] surfwear.<ref>{{cite web |title= Riders |publisher= [[Oxbow (surfwear)|Oxbow]] surfwear |url= http://www.oxboworld.com/riders/en |accessdate= December 1, 2010 }}</ref><br />
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==Surfing career==<br />
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===1980s===<br />
By the age of 17, Hamilton had become an accomplished surfer and could have left modeling to pursue a career on surfing's World Championship Tour. However, competitive surfing and contests never appealed to Hamilton, who had watched his father Bill endure the competitive surfing contest politics and the random luck of the waves in organized championship surfing events. Bill Hamilton regarded surfing more as a [[Soul Surfer|work of art]], rather than based chiefly on wave-by-wave ride performance scored by judges.<br />
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In the 1987 movie ''[[North Shore]]'', Hamilton played the violent, antagonistic role of "Lance Burkhart".<br />
Despite further success in modeling during the 1980s, Hamilton, with his professional surfing upbringing, always intended a life of surfing, but continued to reject the professional contest circuit.<br />
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In 1989 Laird featured in windsurfing movie "Moving Target" alongside Fred Haywood.[http://www.stableroad.com/videos/movingtargetspeed.htm Moving Target clip on stableroad]<br />
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===1990s===<br />
An early attempt at media recognition was his quest to be the first surfer to complete a 360 degree loop while strapped to his board. The attempt was chronicled in Greg Stump's 1990 ski film, ''Groove - Requiem in the key of Ski''. In the early 1990s, Hamilton, along with a small group of friends collectively dubbed the "Strapped Crew" because their feet were strapped to their boards, pushed the boundaries of surfing at [[Jaws surf break]] off the north central coast of [[Maui]]. The Strapped Crew tackled bigger waves featuring stunts. Stunts included: launching 30ft jumps on sailboards, then mating the boards to paragliders to experiment with some of the earliest kiteboards.<ref>''Strapped: The Evolution of Tow-in Surfing'' DVD produced October 29, 2002</ref><br />
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In late 1992, Hamilton with two of his close friends, big wave riders [[Darrick Doerner]] and [[Buzzy Kerbox]] (also an occasional men's fashion model; Hamilton and Kerbox later lost their friendship over a property disagreement),<ref name="deadmens"/> started using inflatable boats to tow one another into waves which were too big to catch under paddle power alone. This innovation is chronicled in the documentary film, ''[[Riding Giants]]''.<ref name="giants"/> The technique would later be modified to use [[personal water craft]] and become a popular innovation. [[Tow-in surfing]], as it became known, pushed the confinements and possibilities of big wave surfing to a new level. Although met with mixed reactions from the surfing community, some of whom felt that it was cheating and polluting, Hamilton explained that tow-in surfing was the only way to catch the monstrous sized waves. Using tow-in surfing methods, Hamilton learned how to survive 70ft waves and carving arcs across walls of water.<br />
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Hamilton appeared as [[Kevin Costner]]'s stunt double during the 1995 filming of ''[[Waterworld]]''. Reportedly, Hamilton was nearly lost at sea when his Kawasaki Jet Ski ran out of gas during a squall. He then drifted for hours before being rescued by Coast Guard off the Island of Maui. Hamilton commuted daily to the inclosed set between Maui and the Big Island by jet ski.<br />
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In 1995 Hamilton met women's professional [[volleyball]] player and New York fashion model [[Gabrielle Reece]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] after a television interview. They later married on November 30, 1997. In 1996, People magazine named Hamilton one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World, and in the same year Hamilton pushed for and took from his future wife the correspondent position for the syndicated cable series 'The Extremists'.<ref name="mahalo.com"/> In 1989 Reece had been named by ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' magazine as one of the Five Most Beautiful Women in the World.<br />
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By the late 1990s, Hamilton continued with [[windsurfing]], [[waterskiing]] and [[kitesurfing]]. In 1996 Hamilton and [[Manu Bertin]] were instrumental in demonstrating and popularizing kitesurfing off the Hawaiian coast of Maui.<br />
In 1999 Hamilton sailed his windsurfer between the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kaua'i, some fifty miles away, in just under six hours.<br />
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Hamilton has also experimented with the [[foilboard]], an innovative [[surfboard]] which incorporates [[hydrofoil]] technology allowing a higher degree of precision and effectiveness of aerial techniques within the water.<ref>{{cite web |title= Laird Hamilton: A Surfermag.com exclusive interview |author= Scott Bass |work= [[Surfer (magazine)|Surfer Magazine]] |year= 2009 |url= http://www.surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/lairdintrvu/ |accessdate= December 2, 2010}}</ref> He has become a proponent of [[Stand up paddle surfing]], an [[ancient Hawaii]]an technique that requires a longboard and a long-handled paddle, as well as considerable skill, strength and agility. Purist surfers have blasted him for this, but Hamilton calls it a return to the traditional Hawaiian way of surfing, as practiced by King Kamehameha I and his queen Ka'ahumanu almost three hundred years ago.<br />
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===Ride at Teahupo'o Reef===<br />
Hamilton's drop into [[Teahupo'o|Tahiti's Teahupo'o break]] on the morning of August 17, 2000 firmly established him in the recorded history of surfing.<br />
Teahupo'o is a particularly hazardous shallow-water reef break southeast of the Pacific Island of [[Tahiti]].<ref name="A-Z">{{cite web |title= Teahupoo History |work= Surfing A-Z web site |author= Jason Borte |date= January 2001 |url= http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=925 |accessdate= December 1, 2010 }}</ref><br />
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On that day, with a larger than normal ocean swell, Darrick Doerner piloted the watercraft, towing Hamilton. Pulling in and releasing the tow rope, Hamilton drove down into the well of the wave's enormous tunnel vortex, in full view of boat-based photographers' and videographers' cameras. With his signature artistic flair, Hamilton continued deeply carving water, emerging back over the wave's shoulder. A still photograph of him riding the wave made the cover of ''Surfer'', with the caption: "oh my god..."<ref>{{Cite news |title= Cover |website=Surfer Magazine |date= August 2000 |volume= 42 |url= http://surfermag.com/photos/potpourri/2000-2002/index18.html |accessdate= December 2, 2010 }} Photo of Teahupo'o August 17, 2000</ref> The wave became known as "the heaviest ever ridden".<ref name="A-Z"/><br />
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In the filmed coverage of this event in the motion picture ''[[Riding Giants]]'', Doerner said "I towed him onto this wave. And it was to the point where I almost said 'Don't let go of the rope,' and when I looked back he was gone."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Riding Giants excerpt|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcaZarxilJQ|year=2004|accessdate= January 8, 2011}}</ref><br />
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Hamilton is regarded by surfing historians as the "all time best of the best" at big wave surfing, regularly surfing swells of 35 feet (11 m) tall, and moving at speeds in excess of 30 miles an hour and successfully riding other waves of up to 70ft high, at up to 50&nbsp;mph (80&nbsp;km/h).<br />
Hamilton prefers tow-in surfing the giant waves of Pe'ahi reef (known as the Jaws surf break) on the north central shore of the Island of Maui.<br />
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===2000s===<br />
In 2007, when Brett Lickle was towing Hamilton into a wave on the Maui north shore, a wave knocked Lickle from the watercraft.<br />
The fin on a surfboard sliced Lickle, causing him to bleed into the sea, which he feared would attract sharks. Hamilton swam to recover the watercraft, found Lickle in the surf, fashioned his swimsuit into a cloth tourniquet, and applied it to Lickle to save his life. Hamilton then piloted the watercraft back to a landing, where Lickle was immediately taken to a hospital for treatment.<ref>{{cite news |title= Surfing star Laird Hamilton aides fellow tow-in surfer |newspaper= Maui News |date= December 5, 2007 |url= http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/36622/Surfing-star-Laird-Hamilton-aides-fellow-tow-in-surfer.html |accessdate= December 2, 2010 }}</ref><br />
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In February 2008 Hamilton joined the board of directors of [[H2O Audio]], a watersports music company in [[San Diego California]]. He had used H2O Audio products on many of his long distance paddling endeavors before joining the company.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Pioneering Surfer / Waterman Laird Hamilton joins H2O Audio's Board of Directors to help company "Ride With Giants" |work= press release |date= February 12, 2008 |publisher= [[H2O Audio]] |url= http://www.h2oaudio.com/pressrelease/08_02_12.php |accessdate= December 2, 2010}}</ref><br />
Later in 2008 he published a book which he describes as not an autobiography, but discussing his philosophy of life.<ref>{{cite news |title= The book of Laird |newspaper= [[Maui News]] |date= November 20, 2008 |author= Rick Chatenever |url= http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/511412/The-book-of-Laird.html |accessdate= December 2, 2010 }}</ref><br />
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On August 27th, 2014, Hamilton was in the news again for riding waves, and boards few others dared. When Hurricane Marie caused Southern California to be hit with a swell of extreme size. Triple over head and larger waves could be found from San Diego to Los Angeles. Including Laird's home break at Malibu. Late in the day, on a stand-up paddle board, Hamilton dropped into one of the largest waves of the day, and proceeded to "shoot" the Mailbu beach pier at an extremely high rate of speed.<br />
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/laird-hamilton-shoots-malibu-pier/ |title=http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/laird-hamilton-shoots-malibu-pier |last=Housman |first=Justin |publisher=The Enthusiast Network |date=27 August 2014 |website=Surfer Magazine |accessdate=28 August 2014}}</ref><br />
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Despite being one of the best known surfers since the time of [[Duke Kahanamoku]], the matured Hamilton avoids self-promotion. He serves as an ambassador of surfing and watersports and occasional lifeguard to other tow-in surfers.<br />
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Hamilton is also an environmental activist. He joined a protest in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] against a proposed plant that was to be built in the area, which would affect the quality of the water. Other celebrities attended the event including [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Halle Berry]] and [[Ted Danson]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He has a daughter, Izabella (with his first wife, big-wave surfer and clothing designer Maria Souza) <ref name="health">{{cite news |title= Laird Hamilton Workout: Ultra-Fit at 40 |work= Men's Health Magazine |volume= 11 |issue=1 |author= John Brant |date=January 2007 |url= http://www.menshealth.com/celebrity-fitness/laird-hamilton-workout/ |accessdate= December 1, 2010 }}</ref> born in 1995.<br />
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Hamilton and second wife [[Gabrielle Reece]] have two children together, daughters Reece Viola Hamilton (born in October 2003), and Brody Jo Hamilton (born January 1, 2008 in [[Hawaii]]). According to Reece, the Hamilton family splits time living in residences in Hawaii and California.<ref>"The Chelsea Lately Show" E Channel interview of Reece.</ref> Sports Illustrated<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/arash_markazi/05/14/chelios.malibu.mob/ | work=CNN | title=Old man Chelios and his Malibu Mob | date=May 14, 2009}}</ref> describes Hamilton and wife Gabrielle as part of the "Malibu Mob", a celebrity group in the same vein as the [[Brat Pack (actors)|Brat Pack]]. Other Malibu Mob members include [[Chris Chelios]], [[John Cusack]], [[Kelsey Grammer]], [[John C. McGinley]], [[Tony Danza]], [[Justin Long]], [[Ed O'Neill]], [[Max Wright]] and tennis star [[John McEnroe]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Athletes, actors in 'Malibu Mob' cheer on Chelios |newspaper= [[USA Today]] |date= May 27, 2008 |page= 10C |author= Mike Householder |url= http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/sports/20080527/c10nhlside27.art.htm |accessdate= December 2, 2010 }}</ref><br />
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==Other media appearances==<br />
Hamilton was featured in American Express credit card television commercials; an early 2000s commercial in the series "Hi, you probably wouldn't recognize my name . . . " and more recently in the American Express "My life, my card" commercial series.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbu9ZTLLefE Laird Hamilton @ American Express]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP-HTstB0X4 Laird Hamilton @ American Express 2/ My Sherpa]</ref><br />
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Hamilton was a central figure in the 2004 documentary ''[[Riding Giants]]'' about giant wave surfing; and the opening sequence of the 2002 James Bond movie ''[[Die Another Day]]'', as [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s big-wave surfing double (shared with Dave Kalama). He appeared in ''[[Waterworld]]'', as [[Kevin Costner]]'s stunt double in numerous water scenes.[http://jetboard.com/jetboardriders.html]<br />
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In October 2006, Hamilton and [[Dave Kalama]] biked and paddled the entire Hawaiian Island chain—more than 450 miles—in a week. The feat was featured on [[Don Roy King|Don King]]'s film, ''A Beautiful Son'', in support of those afflicted with autism.<ref name="autism">{{cite news |title= Hamilton and Kalama Lend a Hand |work='Maui No Ka 'Oi Magazine |volume= 11 |issue=1 |author= Brian Berusch |date=January 2007 |url= http://www.mauimagazine.net/Maui-Magazine/January-February-2007/Laird-Hamilton-Dave-Kalama-Lend-A-Hand/ |accessdate= December 1, 2010 }}</ref><br />
He appeared on the cover of the Men's Journal April 2006 issue.<ref>{{cite web |title= Men's Journal - April 2006 |publisher= Wenner Media |date= April 2006 |work= Amazon web site |url= http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001I4FQ2E/ |accessdate= December 1, 2010 }}</ref><br />
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In 2007, Hamilton, along with his wife [[Gabrielle Reece]], appeared in the ABC [[reality television]] series ''[[Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race]]'', featuring a dozen celebrities in a stock car racing competition.<ref>{{cite web |title= Laird Hamilton: Photos |work= web site |publisher= TVGuide.Com |url= http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/laird-hamilton/photos/161151/ |accessdate= December 1, 2010 }}</ref> In the first round of competition, Hamilton matched up against [[tennis]] star [[Serena Williams]] and former NFL [[quarterback]] [[John Elway]]. Hamilton was eliminated in episode 5.<br />
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He appeared in the [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]] television show ''[[Iconoclasts]]'' with [[Eddie Vedder]] from the popular American rock band [[Pearl Jam]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Laird Hamilton: Surfer |work= Biography on Iconoclasts web site |publisher= [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]] |url= http://www.sundancechannel.com/iconoclasts/profiles/laird-hamilton/ |accessdate= December 1, 2010 }}</ref><br />
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Footage of Hamilton is used on the video for ''[[Dayvan Cowboy]]'' from [[Boards of Canada]]. In 2003, he was featured in Dana Brown's surf documentary ''[[Step Into Liquid]]''. On January 13, 2010, Hamilton and wife Reece appeared as themselves on the episode "Gary Feels Tom Slipping Away" of the CBS television series ''[[Gary Unmarried]]''.<br />
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He was a special guest star as himself in the animated television show ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''. He was also interviewed as part of the Australian documentary ''[[Bra Boys: Blood is Thicker than Water]]''.<br />
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Hamilton had a minor role as Troy in ''[[The Descendants]]''. His character was central to the story's plot.<br />
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Hamilton also was the Celebrity on the Volvo Ocean Race Boat Puma Powered by Berg. He did a spectacular exit off the boat by diving off it as it was at full speed.<br />
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In February, 2012, Hamilton was featured in ''Oprah Winfrey Network'' (OWN)'s production of ''Oprah Presents Master Class'', in which he shared his life and life philosophies with the audience.<br />
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==Works==<br />
* {{cite book |title= Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing |author= Laird Hamilton |publisher=Rodale Books |date= 2010 |origyear= 2008 |isbn= 978-1-60961-102-6}}<br />
* Appeared on the television show FitTVs "Insider Training" with his wife<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{Cite journal<br />
| last = Jenkins<br />
| first = Bruce<br />
| title = Laird Hamilton: 20th Century Man<br />
| journal = The Surfer's Journal<br />
| volume = 6<br />
| issue = 3<br />
| date = Fall 1997<br />
| url = http://www.surfersjournal.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TSJ&Product_Code=BI06-3&Category_Code=<br />
| postscript = <br />
}}.<br />
*{{Cite web |author= Candus Thomson |title = After shooting curls, he's chilling |website= [[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=November 29, 2004 |url = http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-11-29/sports/0411290087_1_laird-hamilton-bobsled-chelios | accessdate = December 2, 2010 }}<br />
* {{Cite book |author=Matt Warshaw |title = Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing| publisher=Chronicle Books| date = 2003| isbn = 0-8118-4159-6| oclc = 223979881}}<br />
* {{cite book |title= The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean |author= Susan Casey |publisher= Random House |date= September 14, 2010 |isbn= 978-0-7679-2884-7 }}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web |title = LairdHamilton.com |author=Gabby Reece |website= Laird Hamilton Official web site |url= http://www.lairdhamilton.com/ |accessdate=December 1, 2010 }}<br />
* {{cite web |title = GabbyandLaird.com |website=Gabby and Laird's Official Health and Fitness web site |url= http://www.gabbyandlaird.com/ |accessdate=June 11, 2012 |author= Gabrielle Reece }}<br />
* {{cite web |title = Laird Hamilton Interview |website= Men's Journal |date = September 27, 2010 |url= http://www.mensjournal.com/laird-hamilton-interview |accessdate=December 1, 2010 }}<br />
* [http://www.myspace.com/everything/laird-hamilton Laird Hamilton's Myspace page]<br />
* {{cite news |title= Laird Hamilton Interview |author= Jeff Ho |issue= 57 |website=Juice Magazine |url=http://juicemagazine.com/home/laird-hamilton/ |accessdate=December 1, 2010 }}<br />
* {{cite web |title= Laird Hamilton: Biography |website= Celebrity biography web site |publisher= TVGuide.Com |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/laird-hamilton/bio/161151 |accessdate=December 1, 2010 }}<br />
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm358007/ Laird Hamilton] at the Internet Movie Database<br />
* [http://www.tim-mckenna.com/porfolio-gallery-1-teahupoo.html Another set of photographs of Laird Hamilton riding "The Wave" at Teahupoo, August 17, 2000, by Tim McKenna]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcaZarxilJQ YouTube: Riding Giants = Laird Hamilton riding "The Wave"]<br />
* [http://www.clubofthewaves.com/culture_bigwave.php#laird Laird Hamilton profiled on clubofthewaves.com]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Famous surfers]]</div>WikiSysop