Surfing legend Laird Hamilton makes daring rescue in 25-foot "Wedge" waves. — -- Thousands of spectators lined the beach as surfers, bodyboarders, and other brave athletes went headlong into ...

In a very basic analogy, surfing is somewhat like riding a bike. Once you learn, once you ride that first wave all the way to shore, or once you successfully make a loop around the cul-de-sac on two ...

WAILUKU, Maui -- Big-wave star Laird Hamilton used his head and his shorts to rescue a surfing partner after he wiped out in a monster wave. Hamilton stripped naked to tie his surf trunks into a ...

Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy has made films about Vietnam, Abu Ghraib, AIDS, and other topics. Now she’s made something completely different: a documentary about a surfer. But not just any ...

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Hamiltons new book opens with a quote from the pop-punk band Green Day, and he later writes that music opens up new channels and reroutes energy. Its pretty clear that sound plays a huge role in the ...

After mastering traditional surfing as a teenager in Hawaii, Hamilton devoted the rest of his life to leading innovation in the sport. Working with different teams, he helped to invent, refine, and ...