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VIDEO: Amazing Drone Footage of Laird Hamilton Catching the World’s Longest Wave

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The legend, Laird Hamilton, foiling last month in Chicama, Perú—the longest left wave in the world!

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SwellBrains | September 9, 2021
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Surfing Legend Laird Hamilton Tells CNN: “100-Foot Wave in Portugal Doesn’t Count…”

Laird Hamilton is the Godfather of tow-in surfing. He pioneered it with friends in Hawaii using small, inflatable boats to tow each other into waves that were too big and too fast to paddle into. […]

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SwellBrains | October 30, 2013
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Swell Saturdays: Teahupo’o, The Heaviest Barrel in the World in Super Slow Motion

This video displays the best surfers in the world tackling one of the world’s most powerful waves:  Teahupo’o in Tahiti.  The size of the waves ridden in this video are preposterous.  The fact that no one in this video even makes the entire wave is mind blowing.  How do they survive these wipe-outs?  If you’re anywhere near the impact zone […]

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