Laird Hamilton takes on Teahupoo

[crimedog78]

@mobettah best surfing DVD ever. Just got back from Maui, unfortunately I didn't have a chance to check out Jaws going off this year. Went a couple of years ago and it's a sight to behold!!

[runalongnowhoney]

"I don't want to not live" - L. Hamilton.

Ride on.

[ampartist122112]

U Can't buy that kind of experience even with Bill Gates money! Plus Warren Buffet money!

[MrSomebodyelse123]

fuck that

[CaliboyAlex]

#Larid FTW!

[ToolsnFire]

Guys have gone beyond this wave since then

[Wiilllllll]

hey man. I loved this documentory, would you be able to tell me how you got it as a video file? i have it taped on sky plus if that helps aha. Cheers @b0nedry

[TheNoGoodnick]

@Wiilllllll Laird Hamilton is also in the documentary Finding Joe. He is talking about his own personal journey which lead him to what he does now. Findingjoethemoviedotcom

[mobettah]

@Wiilllllll This is a clip from the movie called Riding Giants.  Sony Entertainment video.

[pinkfantasy9699]

is Laird hamilton bethany hamilton's brother?

[Idle566]

@pinkfantasy9699

nope , none related

[boils]

Guys I surf and I love surfing but come on, this aint saving the world. Its not 'that' incredible.

[ProjectBreakfast]

3:45 Nike's logo, so JUST DO IT!

[NascentGFX]

"Laird Hamilton takes on Teahupoo" more like "Teahupoo takes on Laird Hamilton" Period...

[pufifa]

I can do better. Period.

[GOODOLREBEL]

As a guy From the flat lands of Texas Laird Hampton IS A SURFING GOD!!!!!!

[ShortDenim]

"man, that shits impossible..."

[wingman123]

sick swell brah

[Keownsy]

Id boogie board that shit!

[wardonproductions]

yeaaaaa brrooo

[ilovepanda246]

I'm suprised his heavy ass balls didn't drag him down...

[rx22289]

holy k-SHITT!!

[WolvesLoveMusicals]

I can't even surf a 4 foot wave... O_o

[illusion887]

Hwhere and hwhat? anybody got some cool Hwhip?

[seattlehawkins]

@illusion887 HWill HWheaton!...LMAO!

[destro513]

Was that a lightning bolt at :07?

[TheNoGoodnick]

@destro513 yes

[Shoxjie]

Hwhere, and hwhaht 

[crimedog78]

@303 you're right and I bet some of them end up looking like Keala Kennelly. Haters gonna hate!

[303storm]

"This is a cool video that shows just how amazing Laird Hamilton is." WRONG!!

This is a cool video that shows just how amazing this wave is. RIGHT!!

Freaking drama of gringos... There are people surfing there every day without gay towing..

[MegaClunge]

This video's from Surfing Giants - awesome film

[metallicakrumpholz]

@MegaClunge Riding Giants, not Surfing Giants

[PARF8]

que miedo esas olas :S

[bexnomad]

saw tis on a surf doc the other day and you know what ? these guys are amazing he actually steady's himself hand in, on the low side ????????? awesome....God I wish I could surf....

[Stangelycoloured]

How the titty fucking hell did he pull that off

[jpag57]

Words fail. Even on my iPhone... Again, words fail. Bravo Laird for your forever remarkable achievement.

[90lightsaber]

32 people LOVE justin bieber and are pussies and think its fake LULZ

[RANDOMdawg123]

@90lightsaber Sorry man but that was a bad call

[dullath]

greg noll cracks me up

[Jetlag28]

Not a fan of Ham. But I just got to give it up to him. Ham you totally kick ass! Congratulations.

[RedStoneSA]

The 29 'dislikes' missed the "+Add to" button.

[ironhardt]

29 jealous a-holes hate this video.

[Ghost9909]

He looks like He-Man.

[wickedstylezz]

just look at it again, it's like he's taming this gaint beast...

[Porly62]

"We'll get him when he comes back in!"

"He's not coming back."

[hanes1297]

"I dont wanna not live, with the fear of what could happen" phenominal

[rokitjon]

Great comment by Laird at the end of the video!Committing ones self to a lifes pursuit,one would want to be able to say they had that kind of experience - and to say it so well!

[migulitobarber]

he goes left, At teahupoo is impossible to go left...

[Logani1337]

@migulitobarber chopes is a left

[TheMasterofrevenge]

The greatest non competitive athlete ever?

[myhomeiswhereiam]

Goosebumps...all over. Best surfing vid ever.

[blueberrybagel]

"Wwwwhere and wwwwhat is that?"

"Maaan, that shit's impossible..."

Who are these guys?

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

@blueberrybagel old surfer dudes

[ZekeMoffat1]

@blueberrybagel Old surfer dudes from Hawaii.

[arjaeger381]

@blueberrybagel Dudes who know way more about surfing and the ocean than you do.

[mrlavabeast]

LEGENDARY

[logansurfer1234]

if he would of fallen that waves would of pitched him all the way back to hawaii



[hightideflyhigh]

"I don't want to not live because of my fear of what could happen ... " there are few people who live by this

[blackfrancis55]

i drNK Grlic pwdr

[ryublueblanka]

oh yeah..."i tow him on this wave and i almost said dont take it gnarly broooo" and laird was like " heyyyy bros...this wave is totallyyyy off the walll dudes....this is like busting a 1000 in skateboarding in the year 2000" i was like "cmon my most gnarly and charliest of brooosssssss"

[smexipizza]

TIME FOR A MAI THAI WITH KETTLE ONE VODKA & Guava Syrup

[smexipizza]

EPIC TEAHUPOO RIDE for the RECORD!

[k16cuslav]

aii i gota go change my pants haha

[masterman3178]

some day my rain of top comment will end and it will be time to pass on the torch to a new younger comment king.......who will take my throne.

[1399jn]

@masterman3178 *reign

[drumherum]

@masterman3178

lol what a good comment...

[ExtremeDeathman]

@masterman3178

I've already overthrown you, weak King! I have slain your comments, raped your keyboards and taken your Throne!!!

XD

[joeclemashford1]

@masterman3178 reign*. younger AND smarter

[masterman3178]

@joeclemashford1 yet on top i still remain. He who pulls the comment from the stone shall be crowned king. You are not the one.

[2002TouringMOE]

@masterman3178 Its spelled reign dumbass.

[masterman3178]

@2002TouringMOE its spelled how ever i want cause im comment king and i dont really care any way. At the end of the day does it matter does it keep you up at night thinking man i hate that guys spelling and grammer becuase i sleep just fine know i spelled reign Rain.

[seattlehawkins]

@masterman3178 Ohhh. Since you have THAT attitude....Your time is SHORT.

[kirinlager49]

@masterman3178 *rein

[Afbaxter7]

@masterman3178 reign*

[AALongboarding]

this is what happens when chuck norris does a cannon ball....

..

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[irlenbornbike]

26 people dont have lifes

[emmanuelsurf]

how can someone not liking this video!?

[mzbinden1952]

no words !! none!!

[repelghosts]

and i just cannot stop talking about myself...shit, i'm just mesmerized by my very fucking existence...you homo ...glad yo tall bitch found out when you got yo rectum widened last summer...you're leaving the state by dec. 2012...floating oh otherwise...but yooz leavin lairdy love...

[repelghosts]

No J lairdy boy here got fucked by Dave in that shelter beach house thing last summer..but that tall bitch of a wifey found out and hes still paying a mortgage of hell...Gemma

[nourilondon]

The king of surfers,courage,stamina,concen­tration and a big achievement.

[braddahman42]

@cannedkoolaid, yup that's him when rob waz towing at kaui

[CannedKoolaid]

Is this the same guy that was on that episode of fantasy factory, the man camp one?

[extradutyfelt1]

a ride like that, laird probably didn´t even sleep that night, he must have been in complete ecstacy..

[MrJ532]

"I don't wanna not live ,because of my fear of what could happen."

That is what I base my life on, best quote ever.

[fncomber]

He didn't even get barrelled. Pfffft. Shoulder hopper.

[picksboy]

The hand drag comment was just drama, Laird was slotted and going for ride of his life and backside just added to perfection.

[pureefficient]

Thus came about about a mortal who beseech ed the throne of Poseidon. Poseidon brought forth his might for he had heard what this man was as of no other. A massive wave Much like the wave that struck death upon those who dared to gaze its shear size confronted Hamilton. Hamilton brought forth his shear concentration and skill and rid the rage of Poseidon. Poseidon a god of Olympus had been drained of his power for Hamilton was that of 10 titans combined. Hamilton thus claimed his throne gos

[UsedNewsToday]

I love the way Laird describes the experience.

[The51Bubs51]

hahaha it says poo

[TheEpicmoviess]

Imaging falling off that!!!

[SuperKook69]

I want to shake his hand

[Koolgit]

Look at how fuckin thick those waves are!

[DANKOTF]

pedaso d ola amigo

[fujiroots]

amazing control

[joeclemashford1]

it must be hard to surf with balls that big

[jioshed]

@joeclemashford1 It must be hard making up an original comment huh?

[montauklove22]

is he realted to bethany?



[leech1191]

does anybody know the music in this video towards the end

[huntingforgod]

@leech1191 yes, I always wondered what it was, and then I was in a smoothie shop in Whistler and it came on and I said to the girl behind the counter "hey! what's this song?? I need to know right NOW." And she told me. It's Moby, the song "Inside" from the album Play.

Not a Moby fan. But love this number.

[ninjadude12210]

oh my god....

[TwoPointsUp]

The wave is so heavy.. damn.. but he got toed into it, that seems like cheating when other surfers had to paddle into it themselves, and got WORKED..still, amazing clip!

[nysurfer727]

He looks like food

[VonE780]

He's the best surfer I have ever seen in my life! This is truly amazing!(:

[rayseakan10]

1:00 most amazing thing ive ever seen

[madmax1442]

still .. soooo heavy.

[kaYboi8o8]

Ha. guys charge teahupoo way harder now lol.

[AlasdairGrant]

Jeez these guys carry on ... there are 20 other guys out at Chups doing this now, that were doing this before, and last week 100 waves were caught that were bigger than this. It's just that it's the first time all this was presented to an American audience, complete with all the messianic, love-the-sound-of-my-own-voice­, me-speak drivel. Laird is an amazing surfer, the best big wave surfer in the world, but why all this boring aggrandising? It's a cultural malaise.

[rick928]

Does his huge balls slow him down?

[15scottie]

He did have foot straps on though.

[jayrockthabells]

Gnarly, who r the 26 bitches that disliked this video? They r just as stupid as the pillow biters talkin about dylans billabong wave. Suck it

[fizzie922]

Fuck. This is so top shit!

[cmonty72]

Bruce, Nathan, Dylan ,LAurie got wave at least that big during the Billabong Tahiti. I know for a fact that Bruces wave was bigger and gnarlier than Lairds. No disrepect to Laird of course.

[Happibouncyballs]

I still marvel at the cajones you have to have in order to even attempt this. If Laird has balls of steel, the rest of you have poppy seeds in your pants.

[Headstrong761]

i hate it when a word is pronounced wrong, it sticks for life. it's not "tyopo" it's TEY-AHOO-PO-OH the pronounciation of this word is insulting to hawaiians and tahitians.

[eganc1976]

pay the man his respects and be thankful that the wave didn't kill him, i would love to see lrigg tow into any wave bigger then the one his shit makes when he plops one in the lew

[Lrigg]

There are bigger waves than this and Dylan Longbottom's tow-in wave during the recent Code Red swell in Tahiti blows this one away. Its just as big but faaar deeper.

[joeviking61]

I would love it if someone could come up with a mathematical formula, to calculate the horsepower of some of these waves. Man, it would be like " Dude, I just cowboyed a quater million ponies, and survived"

Laird, you are incredible....peace

[0trumptight0]

26 people really piss me off, how can you be looking for big wave surfing find this video watch it and say oh that was not what i was looking for. DIE! DIE!

[itzkekkula]

26 tried and failed

[eddieblackritual]

wish could have rode it longer and the film had a better view point` but thats fn amazing

[MillAreo]

check dylan longbottom's bomb ride in the billabong pro teahupoo. arguably same size wave but was way deeper in the barrel no doubt.

[skeeternew]

um.... I think I messed myself.

[EthMurraysTrickTips]

@projectfinale I agree but there were heavier ones a couple days ago in chopes.

[MauiLad]

Man thats shits impossible

[IPyrgus]

At 1:22 we can see the guy, being slaughtered by the wave, on the left of the screen..

[EthMurraysTrickTips]

Ive seen heavier waves ridden by ian walsh. Ian Walsh not only a great big wave surfer but a great surfer. also look up Billabong pro teahupoo tow sessions. Those are the heaviest waves seen at Teahupoo.

[projectfinale]

@EthMurraysTrickTips I think the point of this video was the historical meaning behind it... If you look closely at the magazine cover in the video it was for 2000, which was 11 1/2 years ago. The idea is that Laird restructured what people conceived was possible with big wave riding. I am sure bigger waves have been surfed, but that defeats the purpose.

Would you rather be the first person to climb Mt. Everest? Or would you rather be one of the 3,000 others to do it?

[MrGrowitgreen]

Never been at a loss for word but that video of Laird at Teahupoo. There are certain times in life when you a forced back into your seat and are merely in awe!

[kwfsuperstar]

this is the most beatiful wave ive ever seen. honestly watching this brought a tear to my eye.

[thirdmantube]

That was a sick mini doco. I love that bit describing how he dragged his back hand.

[jorge1995ful]

most sports needs one ball

surfing needs two!!!

[Chodalak]

the girls from blue crush surf bigger...

[masterman3178]

i really gotta stop clicking on the suggestion box videos i went from watching disney rides to disneys typhoon lagoon to this, and now my suggestions are sharks eating baby seals..........WTF how do you go from happyest place on earth to a shark ripping and killing a baby seal to death. The suggestion box will always lead you to darker and darker videos.

[Raqquazaex]

@masterman3178 ik wat u mean im watching bmx vids then it goes to worlds biggest hotels wtf..

[lostlibra07]

@masterman3178

LMAO!!

[LcdoSoto]

@masterman3178 i went from police videos to shark and surfing videos and now is suggesting girls in swimming pools

[roastybeer]

@masterman3178 You start off with Disney rides, and then you expect the suggestion box to take you to brighter places?

[TwoPointsUp]

@roastybeer - Right. It's all downhill from there..I think i have to guiltily admit I saved one of those vids, myself..Killer whales eating seals or whatever..some harsh Nature reality- stuff..

[gettincrazywithit]

@masterman3178 lmao ya I went from watching Grizzly bears eat berries in Siberia to Nazis at the gates of Moscow...gotta love youtube.

[thuff420]

@masterman3178 That's youtube for ya

[drplbiftin]

@masterman3178 killing to death? Well... no shit!

[nobrizzle]

@masterman3178 dude...thanks...that busted my gut pretty good lol

[terminator1905]

ADAM ÖLMÜYO BEYLER!! HE İS İMMORTAL

[surfactor777]

THIS WAS THE START/THIS VID WILL BE AROUND FOREVER/HE WENT ON SHORE THEY SAY AND CRIED LIKE A BABY/WHO WOULDNT/EVEN A NAVY SEAL WOULD/GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS/THIS IS AT A PLACE WHERE U THINK ITS GREEN SCREEN/BUT THIS IS REAL/WOW

[olcorral]

Unless you have been taken out by a wave you'd never appreciate the power of moving water.

This is the most insane wave and it's breaking in only a couple feet of water. Underneath is shear, sharp coral. You go down, you die.

[Rolathes]

Bah, je fait sa tout les jours ^^

Non franchment il est balèze =)

[Evanschamp]

@Rolathes Comment dit-on "stud" en français parce que ca c'est ce qu'il est.

[marwan1517]

fantastic



[IClausius]

Man, he was under the spray for a long time at the end, but like the guy said, that opposite hand drag plus the slight stall (and keeping that front foot way out front to hold the rail down) kept him in. I'm sure he wanted to trim it up really bad but seemed to know that would be disaster.

[antonio105x]

@MrTwat444 you said it yourself. Reef is very shallow and alto waters not very deep (which is why wave isnt huge) the unique conditions of the reef and swell at teahupoo, the waves just get extremely thick and cylindrical like they said. Likw the whole ocean immediately hits a wall and rises and then the floor falls, its silly. Never been but will def go see it in person one day!

[antonio105x]

1:20 is he alive? . . . seriousley :/

[silvergui]

I almost cried seeing this. just breath taking.

[379buzz]

26 people play tennis

[moots4life]

In the beginning he's pretty much just saying, "They dared me"

[bibadibabadyboobady]

26 people cant swim

[carsonkent]

clip is from Riding Giants....a movie any surfer needs to see

[DIZZYGIT]

In the vid, they actually say it´s not one of the biggest but what that wave is, is a killer. It looks a good 6 foot back with a 12 foot front, with a lip on that thing extends out further than any single wave i´ve ever seen. Damn the vacum it leave on the shallow bed is truly horrendous.

[Justin8416]

dude i have that movie

[missydez]

how high is that wave..??? (in metres)?

[rossija1]

the thunder of god :|

[heeh2]

2:24 Poseidon applauding.

[picksboy]

He did it backside and just perfect! H-Man is a super human machine.

[UGHC1]

... HARDCORE.

[alexb1413]

HOLEY COW!

[creekwood2]

captain of the titanic @3:15



[blankmj91]

Man that shits impossible you dont do that

[eldogo11]

the cave floor called.......... it wants its bat shit back!!!!!!!

[magnumlaxer]

hahaha 3:03 "hwhere and hwhat"

[MisterBouncyBounce]

i don't see what the big deal is.