Guys this is just ridiculous, I did surf Mavericks at the time tow-in was permitted, for Laird talk bad about Maya was really choking to me, he knows what means holding the rope and letting go of the rope, you need to have balls. For him to say she doesn't have experience to surf Portugal is BS, Maya is the best women out there, doing much better that many guys, and Carlos did surf the wave. Deep inside Laird knows that.
Man, all those times guys take off on bombs at Mavericks super deep, successfully make the drop, straighten out, and the whitewater catches them a good three seconds later are all "failed attempts". Good to know Laird. What a goofball.
Laird is correct. Those dissing him have little appreciation for what he has done for the sport of big wave surfing. He was not being all pc and handing out ribbons just for participation.
I have a lot of respect for Laird as a complete waterman but not so sure he need to criticize Maya even if its all true. Hell Laird has broken every bone in his body some multiple times. We all make mistakes and I am sure she knew she already did. Giving her a hard time was a bit of a dick move and I wonder if he would have said that if she was a man. Say it to her face to face not in an interview, that is totally disrespectful.
On both counts I think Hamilton is corrrect, egos aside.. of course people will dissagree, but a wipe out is just that..it is a DNF same as any other sport you could argue he partially completed the ride, but either way huge respect to anyone out in those conditions ,who survives the falls
I know a lot of people disagree with Laird Hamilton on his comments towards Carlos Burle's claim to "riding the biggest wave recorded". And my comment is not to take anything away from Carlos. However, as a man whom has been surfing for 30+ years, I have to say that I agree with Laird Hamilton when he says "Carlos didn't make the wave" and it was indeed a wipe out. Ask anyone who really surfs and they will tell you, "Carlos made the DROP (not fully)... but he didn't make the wave". If it was a regular session waist - chest - head high - over head - a couple of feet overhead ... and the sets were just rolling or throwing a little and then rolling, and 1) you dropped straight in 2) held it for a little bit and 3) got swallowed by the roll/whitewash. IF you paddled back out the line-up and said, "Did you see my wave?", your boys will tell you it was a nice drop but TOO BAD YOU DIDN"T MAKE IT. In fact, you wouldn't even ask that question ... because you already knew the answer when you got swallowed up. This isn't trying to take anything away from Carlos Burle. It takes a lot of balls and some missing screws to do what he did and continues to do. His claim to "riding the biggest wave recorded" takes away from the guys who were riding big waves before him and actually made/completed their waves. What I just explained above it one of the first things you learn from when you start surfing. You always want to make (finish) the wave or it doesn't count. Making (to finish) a wave brings the stoke. Even in a session where it's soupy, choppy and chaotic closeouts ... you are always stoked about the waves you made. As for Laird Hamilton's comments about Maya Gabeira, the guy wasn't thinking before he spoke (maybe ego?). When it comes to surfing (as in life), no one knows if they are capable or belong in any situation ... unless they put themselves in "said" situation. And it's not like Maya Gabeira is a novice surfer who had no business at all being out there. In fact, she is an accomplished surfer when it comes to big waves. I don't think Laird Hamilton was knocking her. He just didn't show any respect for abilities. People want to push themselves to see what they are capable of. And that should be respected.
Laird Hamilton is undoubtedly the world's greatest waterman and possibly the most complete athlete in the world. Not to mention that he basically brought big wave riding to the forefront. Period. To say an athlete like him who has specifically avoided judgment or competition says you didn't finish the wave, then you didn't finish the wave. I don't think there is a higher authority alive on this planet. The day at Jaws when Brett Lickle was hurt my understanding is that it was 100ft. You dont hear him claiming World Records despite many authorities saying it may have been the biggest day there ever. End of the story -- if you dont come out of the white water, you might as well have wiped out on the first 10 foot of the drop....
for me, according to laird hamiltons description of completing a wave, burles wave was impossible because the wave closed up on him, so tell me,if u ride a 2 feet wave and do na air reverse ,nail it,and just quit the wave,would u consider dat u completed the wave although u didntcame out in a safe spot?
yago nunes Yes, but only if it was an intentional dismount completed without eating it in the whitewash. Shooting out from under a closing barrel then diving off the board would count because its the safest and logical thing to do once a wave has closed out behind you. The wave is over and you still on your feet.
sebfynn haha fuck offfff! All laird is just a big wave surfer/waterman who markets himself better than anyone else. There are so many underground guys at his level or higher that we never hear about.
i think laird is bothered that someone caught a bigger wave than people have seen him ride. its his own fault for not promoting himself from the very beginning of his career. kinda douchy discrediting his fellow brother in surf. big wave surfers are supposed to have a camaraderie with each other.. maybe its the hawaiian in him coming out ( theyre douche bags)
I think Laird made good points. Make the whole wave, then it counts. That simple. From the footage of the wipeout, Maya looks like she got off her board during the ride where it looked smooth; that doesn't look good to most giant wave riders. It just looked unskilled. Laird most likely doesn't know about Maya's credentials, but probably saw the footage and said "if you bail out like that, you shouldn't even be on the wave, yet, until you're ready." If anyone knew Laird, he's ALWAYS stressed about how he doesn't like seeing all these younger, sponsored kids at Pe'Ahi Jaws getting into these giant waves unless they were ready, both mentally and physically. He's a really old-school dude that always believed in riding the waves for the right reasons, and not rushing into giant waves until you've sort of proven you're a true and strong waterman. Kai Lenny was the most recent example of someone who got the okay by Laird to do Jaws and that kid is super respected on the island. It's not a sexist comment, he's harsh on everyone about riding these waves. (Carlos and Maya are riding big waves under Red Bull; I'm sure this had a bit to do with why Laird said all this). The part that does get me, and probably most of us, is what he was saying in the beginning of the video about "waves shouldn't just be measured on height." Yeah, that came off salty. I can't back him up for that. He gave me the impression he was jealous because he back then rode Jaws, known for its height back then, then found Teahupoo, known more for its power than its size and he wants it known that power of the wave might be more important. Comes off like he wants people to think Teahupoo is heavier in that sense and he conquered it and that's more impressive than the Nazare wave.
Laird is correct. Evel Knievel jumped buses. If he wiped out, the jump was unsuccessful. Evel had to complete the jump safely and successfully in order to get the record on the books. Period!
Laird, I'm a fan...but, Dude, you are wrong. I saw the footage and Burle rode that wave. If he was in a contest he would even be scored on that ride. As we get older, younger riders are going to keep pushing that envelope and surpass older "records." As a Big Wave Star, you should have congratulated Burle and shown him the respect he earned.
A bit harsh what he says about Maya, unless he knows her training routine and experience. Plenty of exceptional big wave surfers have gotten into trouble, Greg Long coming to mind. Carlos did make the biggest drop ever and kept ahead of the white water for a fair while. But in competition format he would have lost big points for not outrunning the white water. I understand Laird's concern because he and his mates invented a technique for the inexperienced to get into a lot of trouble.
It's not harsh at all he's 100% correct she broke her ankle almost immediately then drowned and was brought back to life on the fucken beach man... No rational mind can say she was prepared for that or should have been there.
You may like to change this part of your well said comment, " he and his mates invented a technique for the inexperienced to get into a lot of trouble.", to something like," he and his mates invented a technique that if used by the inexperienced can get them into a lot of trouble". Mr perfect here. Just sayin mate.
I hate to side with Laird, but I'm going to say it anyway: Maya admitted the fact that the wave was twice as big as anything she had ever ridden. No doubt she deserves kudos for attempting it, but without the proper experience she was taking an unnecessary risk - not only of her life, but the lives of the jetski drivers as well. Now it's 6 years later and it seems she has worked on her big wave riding skills enough to come back and challenge Nazare.
If someone takes off at Teahupo'o and doesn't make it out of the barrel then its not a complete ride. If you are riding big waves and don't ride the wave out to the channel and kick out, it doesn't count. The biggest wave ever paddled in to was 61' at Cortes Bank. Its a world record because he paddled in and rode the wave to the shoulder and he had multiple witnesses in the water. You can't call your own world record. Garrett McNamara's ride on the 90' wave the year before (at the same spot) was a complete ride. Almost all of Carlos Burle's other waves were full rides but he got wiped out on the biggest one. Its a fact. Anyone who has surfed, bodyboarded, or bodysurfed will tell you the same
***** Your tripping if you think a surfers sponsors tell them to tow into 60 foot plus faces. The surfers do it for the love and after they get attention for it sponsors come to them.
Thank God we don't need Laird's permission to take our own risks. You should be nice to the people you meet on the way up, because your going to meet the same people on the way down.
+Alex Risby People that resort to name calling to get attention rarely deserve an explanation but I will offer one for your comments sake. In testament to my comment about non surfers talking shit about surfing I rest my case. You are not a surfer so reserve your comments for something you know about.
+Alex Risby Initially you went about refuting claims I never even made. Defending things that were conjured up by your own confused mind. Telling my dumb ass to shut up after asking me questions that had nothing to do with anything I mentioned. You claim you called me a name. I know that. It was why I mentioned your name calling behaviour as not deserving of much attention but I replied anyway by saying that you were proof of not possessing anything worth listening to as a result of your own inexperience as a surfer. And I was right wasnt I? You say you surf every week. What, ONCE a week? Since when? There is more to surfing than going paddling with a boogie board for an hour a week in whitewash, wearing new fins and a full wetsuit and a hood to keep your hair getting wet between drinking beer and gawking at bikini clad chicks on the beach and wishing you were more concealed so you could beat yourself at the sight. And if Im wasting your time I fail to see why you would bother with all the interest you have. Who said anything about you being a nice guy or not? Or putting anyone down with my "simple mind"? And how the fuck is playing chess gonna make anyone smarter and save any money? Or make me happier? What the? Is that what makes you happy? Playing some board game? What the fuck are you talking about? Is English a secondary language to you? It appears that way by reading what you have so far offered. So perhaps I should give you a break for that. Stop calling people stupid names or basing your comments on non related elements of your own thinking. It is cause for not being taken seriously Cheer up man. Everyone is not against you.
+Alex Risby There goes the immature name calling again. And telling me to do the things you so dearly need to do yourself. Are you the sort of person that denies responsibility in your actions? Instead of dealing with things properly you just ignore them or run away from them right? And about growing up. I believe if I never learned to grow up at age 50 I never have to at all. So fuck you .
+Alex Risby there really is no hope for you is there? You cannot read or understand simply written, basic English language. I could help if you want. I like to help. And you should learn to surf in order to qualify as knowing what you are talking about on this and similar subjects. Here's a good to and an important first. Go live at the beach. Actually live there, don't work, don't school, just smoke dope and surf all day every day for two years. Got it. ok, go do that, then report back here. Go on now.Spend your life savings on a second hand board the same length as yourself and a ball of wax and go hit it. The first thing you need to learn on ya stick is diving a wave. There you go. That will be helpful. Trust me. If you can learn to dive under a wave, board and all, you will have the advantage of being anywhere in the water with the confidence of not getting beat up. This will prove monumental in the speed and clarity of the process. You will thank me later.
+Alex Risby I see whats goin on here. All you guys disagreeing with this video are a bunch of latinos defending another brown skinned brother in some race card bullshit. Geez, what a bunch of butt hurt racist fools.
I can see both sides of the argument but I do feel that riding giant waves is closer to climbing a mountain than a 100m race. If Mallory had been seen standing on the summit would we still consider HIlliary the first to climb Everest successfully...no ....but the first to return safely. Carlos rode the wave and if the height is confirmed then he may have ridden the tallest wave ....not necessarily the largest by volume or the most powerful or the most difficult....but an mores sieve feat in ins own right.
Wow ! For being such the uber cool guy Laird can't even manage a decent sentence. Way to break that airhead surfer stereotype Mr. Ego ... BTW Carlos is not only a much better surfer than Laird in my opinion but he's light years ahead of this putz as far as being a decent human.
I always admired Laird, until I watched a few of his interviews. Dude’s ego is bigger than his talent! And he is TALENTED! Even his wife says that in a few interviews.
Laird is wrong ... there is no channel at Nazaré, one must jump into the water to not hit the rocks, Carlos was at the center of the wave and could never ride to the side.
Laird is right in some sense about him not making the wave but Carlos absolutely towed into the biggest drop ever but he did not complete the wave or even get close to actually riding that wave to it's fullest.
Laird is just so old school you millennials need to put away your juice boxes and grow up, Carlos didn't make the wave and didn't earn it, Maya is a girl so everything she does gets over hyped attention for doing something thousands of other have already done, stop wanting a special award to be handed out because someone tried really hard but failed.
I see someone has some common sense, I mean with this whole equality issue going on we wouldn't treat her wave and other male surfers big waves separate, then her wave would get pushed into the growing pile of other 60+ foot waves ridden.
Please....the big outer reef breaks that Laird has surfed for decades are way more unforgiving and require a much broader skill set. Nazare is huge and FAST, but what are you supposed to do with that wave? Go in a straight line and hope you stay ahead and dont get eaten? What is the point? Go straight and fast. No bottom turns. No decision when to cut back. Fade to get tubed..misjudge and get eaten. None of that. Just go in a straight line and maintain board speed. Not saying it is not elite....just not nearly as involved as a wave that actually requires many many more skills. ruclips.net/video/-LX0cEPvTds/видео.html
He obviously didn't know nazare when made this comment. There is no way out when the wave does not stop until it catches up to where you are. You simple cant just ride a wave in nazare (you survived it or break something, or die). This is when people make comments out of ignorance before actually go to the place... and see for himself. Typical. Then he didn't know maya either. Why bother. He's basically tossing comments and his fans agree out of blind faith just because. Really? Next time accept the invites and go there before making comments.
So how many records does Maya have compared to Laird? How many near drownings did Laird have? Who is he to judge her? He is a great big wave surfer, but not to be making this comments about her. His big ego shows.. He is hurt that she is riding big waves like him. Whats the biggest wave he’s ridden compare to hers? Shes riden 70’ plus waves and recorded, how about Maya saying “i rode a 100’ plus wave but it wasn’t recorded” haha Laird, shes got her records on tape! A woman riding huge waves, show respect!
dude i must say one thing,Lard never went to surf those waves....and we are now 2017....that shows Lard is not as a big wave surfer as he claims...also to bash on surfers like Carlos and Maia is bullshit...
Take both Laird's ego and Brazilian nationalism out of the picture and the fact remains that Burle didn't make the wave and Gabeira had no business being there.
And guess what, Maya gets Guiness world record for biggest wave ridden by a woman. In Nazaré, 68-foot wave ! Not bad for a girl who has "no business being there" LOL
@@lmartins2797 Laird has almost drowned multiple times by his own admission. Almost all big wave surfers have near death experiences. To say Maya is inexperienced and should not be there is so absurdly sexist. She is the most experienced female big wave surfer EVER.
@@evangillespiemusic8805 And all the men that have died at teahupoo..should they have been out there? And the many, many men that have died at pipe.. were they endangering others?
Only a surfer knows about surfing. One can differentiate , just from what one writes, whether or not whoever is doing the writing is a surfer , if , of course, that is the content of their literary efforts. Among the leading authorities on surfing that the planet has to offer, Laird Hamilton is certainly one of the leading experts and in my opinion, the topmost mind one could hope to glean the best information about big wave surfing. He is a dedicated and well practiced, very well spoken individual and whatever he says here should be taken to the top of the class in the world of the big wave knowledge pool. The man has spoken. Any surfer knows that if they eat it , they simply didnt make the wave. I dont care if I drop cleanly into the gnarliest wave, pulling off a super clean bottom turn with a series of outstanding moves after that, if I eat it then I couldnt count that wave as mine. I could use it to demonstrate that I know how to surf but if it happened in any surf contest it would lose many points that could otherwise be the difference between being the man or not. What would happen if we claimed waves with wipeout endings? Well, I could hire a helicopter and positioned in the right spot fall earthward and make a few feet on my feet with a small board strapped to them with which to move across the water on a very steep angle, then eat shit and die. Aint nobody gonna pin a medal on my sorry ass pile of bones with a script saying I made the biggest wave in history. And as I slowly lost consciousness being thrashed about in the dark, different parts of my powerless rag doll body that has served me so well through the years, registering light thumps in my brain as pieces of it are torn from whence they came to be lodged into the small spaces between the polyps that make up the very reef that makes the actual wave a reality to feed the multitude of colourful fish that will suddenly appear from nowhere between this and the next wave to hurriedly disappear like magic again as that next one bears down taking bits of me with them, the pain of my burning lungs and other important parts of me that are screaming out for O2 like knives of desperate need probing quickly through me is slowly ebbing and not feeling so necessary any more, my face and jaw relaxing and allowing a small volume of bubbly seawater to be forced into the passages beyond to inflate the lungs with a cough inducing reaction followed by a deep pull of liquid, making good the darkness that is enveloping everything about me, the last thought I have is painted on a small wooden sign next to a railway line of time and space , facing me and disappearing off into the distance as I am propelled backward, ever faster toward an unknown destination and it reads, "I didnt make it". And the fact remains forever and its memory soon forgotten while above in the bright sunshine people position themselves for the next set, others lie in the heat on the sand and little ones run from the small wall of water as it shoots up the steep sandy bank of broken shells and tiny sticks and various forms of hard outer layers that used to protect small animals also gone, to lose the last of its energy and disappear completely, taking with it the only thing left of the power that claimed so much only moments before. So much.
+pedro gaiolas pinto Actually, the most egregious example of what you're talking about would be Mike Parsons' perfect 10 "ride" at Jaws. As amazing as it was, I've always watched it and thought to myself "That looks more like a perfect 10 wipeout".
It does look unskilled but so many top big wave guys will have made many a similar mistake in their big wave career ! She is lucky to be alive but goes through all the relevant training for big wave riding , how is she doing to see whether or not she can surf the biggest waves of she doesn't try. But she does look unskilled when she fell at that stage of the wave mistakes happen, she'll hopefully learn from it like the big wave surfers do. Paddle into the waves and you'll have more of a appreciation of their power and difficulty to ride them, being towed in is a hell of a lot easier and possibly safer but the jet ski assistance is pushing people to try and surf waves and they aren't that skilled of a surfer, take it easy with the waves when towing in use it with care (imo) And if top guys give you advice take it as a compliment and maybe they can help you surf the big waves safer.
Not sure why this is coming up on my feed now. But you don't need to 'make the wave' to ride the biggest wave in the world. As long as you were on it at some point then it should count. Burle definitely wiped out at the end of the ride.
Ok, Laird is a phenomenal athlete obviously and I have huge respect for his wave riding, but I don't know what the fuck he's talking about Carlos having supposedly not ridden that wave. Sure as hell looks like Carlos rode it to me. Plain as day. He finished it and was only engulfed by the wave's foam. Didn't look like he wiped out at all. Laird reeks of jealousy here. Very anti-surfer ethos.
Laird sounds a bit salty about it here... Personally I think Carlos' wave should hold the title of the biggest wave ever ridden, but not the biggest wave ever surfed. Carlos mostly just went straight, and later fell. I personally think that only counts as riding, not surfing. Same thing with beginner surfers that only go straight, with the white water. It's not surfing, just riding.
The wave wasn't ridden out...that's easy to see whether you hate Laird or not. Disappearing into the white wash and not making it out on your feet is getting "wiped out". It's not a complete ride. It's still a bad ass attempt but if all that is important to you is setting a record then things need to be official. Burle didn't "officially" ride out the wave to safety. Plain and simple.
As much as I agree with the Burle's case, I can't agree with him on Maya's case. Hey, Laird's lifelong friend and legendary waterman Dave Kalama makes conferences about how he wiped out and survived a possible drowning at Jaws, does it makes him unqualified? No, he came back and charged again.
G-Mac said Maya was more than ready for it that swell. Carlos bullied her into a wave she didn't want to go on and he put her in the wrong spot from the get go. No one could have rode that wave from where he put her, not even Laird. Then Carlos proceeded to execute the worst jet ski rescue in the history of the sport. Really, she is lucky to be alive. Carlos is trash, and no, he didn't ride that wave as he claimed. Laird was right on that, He took off and and got mowed over by white water.
I agree with Laird and I've never been a fan of his. Burke didn't successfully ride the wave and Maya doesn't seem to have the ability to be out there. Anyone who has ever done any sort of water towing sports learns very fast the lesson of letting go of the rope if being pulled underwater. Even with the exhaustion argument she had enough strength to hold on so she must've been thinking. She also wiped out while going perfectly straight. Sure it happens but she has the equipment to handle the wave speed but probably not the experience. Twice she's risked her life and others recently and then makes an unbelievable rookie mistake and literally drowns over it. Pull the plug!
He got out in front of it, didn't skillfully maneuver to the shoulder, didn't do anything impressive except drop down into it and stay on his board until he got taken out by the crush. If he wants credit for the biggest wave for that boring ride, give it to him, and move on to some exciting surfing. You can make a wave, and you can really make a wave.
How to loose complete consideration in a 5 min interview. Bad faith, bad mood, bitter tone, is that the true Hamilton ? The question is not about if Carlos made the wave, in a way everyone give a shit. The question is, how can a legend be so ridiculous and react like a angry teeny. I mean, look at his face, the Carlos pill is hard to digest.
Easy Lance! If making the drop on a close out doesn't count, then neither does any wave ridden in a bow legged, poo butt, stink bug stance. Oh wait? By the way laird you can measure the volume of a cube by measuring one of it's sides. "As a thinker, Laird is a great body model."
Cube was a silly example. Area = 6 x the square of one edge. No single edge on a wave and a wave sure isn't a block of water but you know what he's getting at. Look a Teahupo'o 10' face and who knows how thick draining off the reef. I've ridden tons of 10' waves but not a chance in hell I'd ride 10' Chopes.
yeah she really shouldn't have been on that wave she said her self it was at least 2 times bigger and faster than anything she's ever surfed that was a very poor decision Laird is completely right
Hes just jealous, because the sport is changing, and young people are really charging I give carlos and maya alot of credit for going for it There really trying,
There is no channel or safe spot in Nazare, Laird. Maybe you should go there and surf there, but you don’t dare to. Compared to Nazare, Jaws is a walk in the park.
Laird talk after you have surfed Nazare , this waves is like no other in the world just ask every single sufer that sufed there , wen are you coming btw ? I did saw what you did to Rick on that final !!
Nazare is big, but mushy. It is a different kind of wave. The large hollow waves that Laird has surfed are much less forgiving of mistakes than Nazare. Of course the most highly skilled crazy big wave riders are the Aussies. Some of the waves down there are insane. They make Nazare look like a mellow ocean swell...not a breaking wave.
@@shooter7a Are you crazy bruh?! Making it look like Nazare is an “easy” ride. It’s most def in the top 3 (I’d say #1) hardest and forgiveless big wave to surf.
The skill set is nothing compared to a hollow break. Every ride there is the same. Make the wave and go as fast as you can in a straight line. Not saying it is at all easy....because most of the time, surfers get eaten up there. You have to have top physical/survival abilities to not get hurt or drown. It is a different kind of "hard". But the skill set is minimal compared to a big reef break. There is little judgement...little timing at Nazare. To each his own....
Sorry Maya needs to slow her fkn roll and learn from Hawaiians who started the sport! That's the problem with a lot of Brazilians coming to Hawaii to surf and being macho! They aren't humble! Gabriel Medina and Adriana De Souza, Caio, are the only guys who have respect. I can see them trying to ride a giant wave eventually if they choose to do so. They understand how to learn from real athletes!
LAIRD IS NOT INTO HIS SPORT FOR FAME&FORTUNE.HIS PASSION IS TO PUSH THE LIMITS OF HIS ABILITIES FOR THE STOKE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE ARE CAMERAS ON THE BEACH OR NOT. SOME OF THESE FOOLS LIKE MAYA, WHOSE MOTIVATION IS TO GET YOUR FACE ON SOME MAGAZINE,HAS A PUSHBACK WHEN IT COMES TO ONES KARMA. GOOD CALL LAIRD.
Maya has no business surfing huge waves like Nazare. She needs to stop trying show how “she can do anything a man can do”. That doesn’t mean all women can’t surf big waves. Just her. There are several guys that shouldn’t be surfing big waves.
I agree with Laird and I've never been a fan of his. Burke didn't successfully ride the wave and Maya doesn't seem to have the ability to be out there. Anyone who has ever done any sort of water towing sports learns very fast the lesson of letting go of the rope if being pulled underwater. Even with the exhaustion argument she had enough strength to hold on so she must've been thinking. She also wiped out while going perfectly straight. Sure it happens but she has the equipment to handle the wave speed but probably not the experience. Twice she's risked her life and others recently and then makes an unbelievable rookie mistake and literally drowns over it. Pull the plug!
@@j1soleil you're right, she got there, but clearly she's spent the prior 8 years- following her near death at Nazaré- training her skill deficiencies to achieve the goal.
Guys this is just ridiculous, I did surf Mavericks at the time tow-in was permitted, for Laird talk bad about Maya was really choking to me, he knows what means holding the rope and letting go of the rope, you need to have balls. For him to say she doesn't have experience to surf Portugal is BS, Maya is the best women out there, doing much better that many guys, and Carlos did surf the wave. Deep inside Laird knows that.
Yeah but you said it yourself, she doesnt have balls.
I think The Legend knows what he is talking about. No disrespect man.
Laird is jelly!
@@larryhurley2314 he is a legend. But legends can also be jealous or very subjective, especially in a ego driven sport
She even said there was truth to Hamilton’s claims. So wtf are you talking about?
Man, all those times guys take off on bombs at Mavericks super deep, successfully make the drop, straighten out, and the whitewater catches them a good three seconds later are all "failed attempts". Good to know Laird. What a goofball.
Laird is correct. Those dissing him have little appreciation for what he has done for the sport of big wave surfing. He was not being all pc and handing out ribbons just for participation.
lol - handing out ribbons just for participation!!! funny and true
Participation? She was out there doin it nigga! Where were you?
Skrelnick222 At home watching you tube videos.
Exactly.
Skrelnick222 So whats your point genius? Are you saying Laird is wrong?
I have a lot of respect for Laird as a complete waterman but not so sure he need to criticize Maya even if its all true. Hell Laird has broken every bone in his body some multiple times. We all make mistakes and I am sure she knew she already did. Giving her a hard time was a bit of a dick move and I wonder if he would have said that if she was a man. Say it to her face to face not in an interview, that is totally disrespectful.
It's just a wack ass thing to say about someone that literally was still in the hospital after a near death accident, true or not
Laird Hamilton expert surfer??? WTF? Should have written BIG WAVE SURF LEGEND!!!
On both counts I think Hamilton is corrrect, egos aside.. of course people will dissagree, but a wipe out is just that..it is a DNF same as any other sport you could argue he partially completed the ride, but either way huge respect to anyone out in those conditions ,who survives the falls
I know a lot of people disagree with Laird Hamilton on his comments towards Carlos Burle's claim to "riding the biggest wave recorded". And my comment is not to take anything away from Carlos. However, as a man whom has been surfing for 30+ years, I have to say that I agree with Laird Hamilton when he says "Carlos didn't make the wave" and it was indeed a wipe out.
Ask anyone who really surfs and they will tell you, "Carlos made the DROP (not fully)... but he didn't make the wave". If it was a regular session waist - chest - head high - over head - a couple of feet overhead ... and the sets were just rolling or throwing a little and then rolling, and 1) you dropped straight in 2) held it for a little bit and 3) got swallowed by the roll/whitewash. IF you paddled back out the line-up and said, "Did you see my wave?", your boys will tell you it was a nice drop but TOO BAD YOU DIDN"T MAKE IT.
In fact, you wouldn't even ask that question ... because you already knew the answer when you got swallowed up.
This isn't trying to take anything away from Carlos Burle. It takes a lot of balls and some missing screws to do what he did and continues to do.
His claim to "riding the biggest wave recorded" takes away from the guys who were riding big waves before him and actually made/completed their waves.
What I just explained above it one of the first things you learn from when you start surfing. You always want to make (finish) the wave or it doesn't count. Making (to finish) a wave brings the stoke. Even in a session where it's soupy, choppy and chaotic closeouts ... you are always stoked about the waves you made.
As for Laird Hamilton's comments about Maya Gabeira, the guy wasn't thinking before he spoke (maybe ego?). When it comes to surfing (as in life), no one knows if they are capable or belong in any situation ... unless they put themselves in "said" situation. And it's not like Maya Gabeira is a novice surfer who had no business at all being out there. In fact, she is an accomplished surfer when it comes to big waves.
I don't think Laird Hamilton was knocking her. He just didn't show any respect for abilities.
People want to push themselves to see what they are capable of. And that should be respected.
Much respect for your thoughtful comment.
Laird Hamilton is undoubtedly the world's greatest waterman and possibly the most complete athlete in the world. Not to mention that he basically brought big wave riding to the forefront. Period. To say an athlete like him who has specifically avoided judgment or competition says you didn't finish the wave, then you didn't finish the wave. I don't think there is a higher authority alive on this planet. The day at Jaws when Brett Lickle was hurt my understanding is that it was 100ft. You dont hear him claiming World Records despite many authorities saying it may have been the biggest day there ever. End of the story -- if you dont come out of the white water, you might as well have wiped out on the first 10 foot of the drop....
for me, according to laird hamiltons description of completing a wave, burles wave was impossible because the wave closed up on him, so tell me,if u ride a 2 feet wave and do na air reverse ,nail it,and just quit the wave,would u consider dat u completed the wave although u didntcame out in a safe spot?
yago nunes Yes, but only if it was an intentional dismount completed without eating it in the whitewash. Shooting out from under a closing barrel then diving off the board would count because its the safest and logical thing to do once a wave has closed out behind you. The wave is over and you still on your feet.
"Laird Hamilton is undoubtedly the world's greatest waterman and possibly the most complete athlete in the world." Hahahahahahahaha !!!!
sebfynn haha fuck offfff! All laird is just a big wave surfer/waterman who markets himself better than anyone else. There are so many underground guys at his level or higher that we never hear about.
Well said
i think laird is bothered that someone caught a bigger wave than people have seen him ride. its his own fault for not promoting himself from the very beginning of his career. kinda douchy discrediting his fellow brother in surf. big wave surfers are supposed to have a camaraderie with each other.. maybe its the hawaiian in him coming out ( theyre douche bags)
I think Laird made good points. Make the whole wave, then it counts. That simple.
From the footage of the wipeout, Maya looks like she got off her board during the ride where it looked smooth; that doesn't look good to most giant wave riders. It just looked unskilled. Laird most likely doesn't know about Maya's credentials, but probably saw the footage and said "if you bail out like that, you shouldn't even be on the wave, yet, until you're ready."
If anyone knew Laird, he's ALWAYS stressed about how he doesn't like seeing all these younger, sponsored kids at Pe'Ahi Jaws getting into these giant waves unless they were ready, both mentally and physically. He's a really old-school dude that always believed in riding the waves for the right reasons, and not rushing into giant waves until you've sort of proven you're a true and strong waterman. Kai Lenny was the most recent example of someone who got the okay by Laird to do Jaws and that kid is super respected on the island.
It's not a sexist comment, he's harsh on everyone about riding these waves. (Carlos and Maya are riding big waves under Red Bull; I'm sure this had a bit to do with why Laird said all this).
The part that does get me, and probably most of us, is what he was saying in the beginning of the video about "waves shouldn't just be measured on height." Yeah, that came off salty. I can't back him up for that. He gave me the impression he was jealous because he back then rode Jaws, known for its height back then, then found Teahupoo, known more for its power than its size and he wants it known that power of the wave might be more important. Comes off like he wants people to think Teahupoo is heavier in that sense and he conquered it and that's more impressive than the Nazare wave.
Good points...but come on , teahupoo is much heavier and scary and technical. More skill is needed to surf it big , especially paddling
Excuse me but Laird is right here. One plus one always equals two in surfing
Laird is correct. Evel Knievel jumped buses. If he wiped out, the jump was unsuccessful. Evel had to complete the jump safely and successfully in order to get the record on the books. Period!
Harry Paul Garcia Laird is wrong ... burle performed a rescue in an ambulance ...
Laird, I'm a fan...but, Dude, you are wrong. I saw the footage and Burle rode that wave.
If he was in a contest he would even be scored on that ride. As we get older, younger
riders are going to keep pushing that envelope and surpass older "records."
As a Big Wave Star, you should have congratulated Burle and shown him the respect he earned.
A bit harsh what he says about Maya, unless he knows her training routine and experience. Plenty of exceptional big wave surfers have gotten into trouble, Greg Long coming to mind. Carlos did make the biggest drop ever and kept ahead of the white water for a fair while. But in competition format he would have lost big points for not outrunning the white water. I understand Laird's concern because he and his mates invented a technique for the inexperienced to get into a lot of trouble.
It's not harsh at all he's 100% correct she broke her ankle almost immediately then drowned and was brought back to life on the fucken beach man... No rational mind can say she was prepared for that or should have been there.
Yeah, I've got full respect for Laird, he would know heaps better than me. If he is listening, how about posting a free surfing session on you tube?
You may like to change this part of your well said comment,
" he and his mates invented a technique for the inexperienced to get into a lot of trouble.",
to something like," he and his mates invented a technique that if used by the inexperienced can get them into a lot of trouble".
Mr perfect here. Just sayin mate.
It's at least the second time she has nearly died in the surf.
I hate to side with Laird, but I'm going to say it anyway: Maya admitted the fact that the wave was twice as big as anything she had ever ridden. No doubt she deserves kudos for attempting it, but without the proper experience she was taking an unnecessary risk - not only of her life, but the lives of the jetski drivers as well. Now it's 6 years later and it seems she has worked on her big wave riding skills enough to come back and challenge Nazare.
In the same interview he says Carlos didn't do shit and Maya had no idea. Wow Laird... I thought you were better
Maya just did an interview and said herself ...' me and Carlos weren't ready for that swell'...so...
The legend speaks the truth.
If someone takes off at Teahupo'o and doesn't make it out of the barrel then its not a complete ride.
If you are riding big waves and don't ride the wave out to the channel and kick out, it doesn't count.
The biggest wave ever paddled in to was 61' at Cortes Bank. Its a world record because he paddled in and rode the wave to the shoulder and he had multiple witnesses in the water.
You can't call your own world record. Garrett McNamara's ride on the 90' wave the year before (at the same spot) was a complete ride. Almost all of Carlos Burle's other waves were full rides but he got wiped out on the biggest one. Its a fact. Anyone who has surfed, bodyboarded, or bodysurfed will tell you the same
John Calvacca So Nathan Fletchers wave 'didn't count' haha wake up John!
***** Your tripping if you think a surfers sponsors tell them to tow into 60 foot plus faces. The surfers do it for the love and after they get attention for it sponsors come to them.
+Nicholas Evans Exactly, Lairds just being a jealous bitch.
+John Calvacca I suggest you go protest the next Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards because they dont agree with you or Laird.
There is no channel at Nazaré, one must jump into the water to not hit the rocks, Carlos was at the center and could not ride to the side.
Thank God we don't need Laird's permission to take our own risks. You should be nice to the people you meet on the way up, because your going to meet the same people on the way down.
Anyone saying bad things here about Hamilton are not surfers. They should reserve their comments for a subject they know about.
+Alex Risby People that resort to name calling to get attention rarely deserve an explanation but I will offer one for your comments sake. In testament to my comment about non surfers talking shit about surfing I rest my case. You are not a surfer so reserve your comments for something you know about.
+Alex Risby Initially you went about refuting claims I never even made. Defending things that were conjured up by your own confused mind. Telling my dumb ass to shut up after asking me questions that had nothing to do with anything I mentioned. You claim you called me a name. I know that. It was why I mentioned your name calling behaviour as not deserving of much attention but I replied anyway by saying that you were proof of not possessing anything worth listening to as a result of your own inexperience as a surfer. And I was right wasnt I? You say you surf every week. What, ONCE a week? Since when? There is more to surfing than going paddling with a boogie board for an hour a week in whitewash, wearing new fins and a full wetsuit and a hood to keep your hair getting wet between drinking beer and gawking at bikini clad chicks on the beach and wishing you were more concealed so you could beat yourself at the sight. And if Im wasting your time I fail to see why you would bother with all the interest you have.
Who said anything about you being a nice guy or not? Or putting anyone down with my "simple mind"? And how the fuck is playing chess gonna make anyone smarter and save any money? Or make me happier? What the? Is that what makes you happy? Playing some board game? What the fuck are you talking about? Is English a secondary language to you? It appears that way by reading what you have so far offered. So perhaps I should give you a break for that.
Stop calling people stupid names or basing your comments on non related elements of your own thinking. It is cause for not being taken seriously
Cheer up man. Everyone is not against you.
+Alex Risby There goes the immature name calling again. And telling me to do the things you so dearly need to do yourself. Are you the sort of person that denies responsibility in your actions? Instead of dealing with things properly you just ignore them or run away from them right? And about growing up. I believe if I never learned to grow up at age 50 I never have to at all. So fuck you .
+Alex Risby there really is no hope for you is there? You cannot read or understand simply written, basic English language. I could help if you want. I like to help. And you should learn to surf in order to qualify as knowing what you are talking about on this and similar subjects. Here's a good to and an important first. Go live at the beach. Actually live there, don't work, don't school, just smoke dope and surf all day every day for two years. Got it. ok, go do that, then report back here. Go on now.Spend your life savings on a second hand board the same length as yourself and a ball of wax and go hit it. The first thing you need to learn on ya stick is diving a wave. There you go. That will be helpful. Trust me. If you can learn to dive under a wave, board and all, you will have the advantage of being anywhere in the water with the confidence of not getting beat up. This will prove monumental in the speed and clarity of the process. You will thank me later.
+Alex Risby I see whats goin on here. All you guys disagreeing with this video are a bunch of latinos defending another brown skinned brother in some race card bullshit. Geez, what a bunch of butt hurt racist fools.
I can see both sides of the argument but I do feel that riding giant waves is closer to climbing a mountain than a 100m race. If Mallory had been seen standing on the summit would we still consider HIlliary the first to climb Everest successfully...no ....but the first to return safely. Carlos rode the wave and if the height is confirmed then he may have ridden the tallest wave ....not necessarily the largest by volume or the most powerful or the most difficult....but an mores sieve feat in ins own right.
Wow ! For being such the uber cool guy Laird can't even manage a decent sentence. Way to break that airhead surfer stereotype Mr. Ego ... BTW Carlos is not only a much better surfer than Laird in my opinion but he's light years ahead of this putz as far as being a decent human.
I always admired Laird, until I watched a few of his interviews. Dude’s ego is bigger than his talent! And he is TALENTED! Even his wife says that in a few interviews.
Laird is wrong ... there is no channel at Nazaré, one must jump into the water to not hit the rocks, Carlos was at the center of the wave and could never ride to the side.
This is a good point...if a wave closes out on you, what can you even do as a rider to "make the wave".
Laird is right in some sense about him not making the wave but Carlos absolutely towed into the biggest drop ever but he did not complete the wave or even get close to actually riding that wave to it's fullest.
Laird is just so old school you millennials need to put away your juice boxes and grow up, Carlos didn't make the wave and didn't earn it, Maya is a girl so everything she does gets over hyped attention for doing something thousands of other have already done, stop wanting a special award to be handed out because someone tried really hard but failed.
Aye - just because his words aren't minced doesn't mean that he is wrong. To me, it sounded like he was more critical of Carlos than of Maya.
Best comment here. Milenials loved to over hype girls now. She wasn't prepared fir that kind of stuff
I see someone has some common sense, I mean with this whole equality issue going on we wouldn't treat her wave and other male surfers big waves separate, then her wave would get pushed into the growing pile of other 60+ foot waves ridden.
You 💯 right ! 🎉
Has Laird ever been to Nazaré? Is he avoiding the monster? Perhaps he's found his comfort zone and likes it there.
Please....the big outer reef breaks that Laird has surfed for decades are way more unforgiving and require a much broader skill set. Nazare is huge and FAST, but what are you supposed to do with that wave? Go in a straight line and hope you stay ahead and dont get eaten? What is the point? Go straight and fast. No bottom turns. No decision when to cut back. Fade to get tubed..misjudge and get eaten. None of that. Just go in a straight line and maintain board speed. Not saying it is not elite....just not nearly as involved as a wave that actually requires many many more skills.
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He obviously didn't know nazare when made this comment. There is no way out when the wave does not stop until it catches up to where you are. You simple cant just ride a wave in nazare (you survived it or break something, or die). This is when people make comments out of ignorance before actually go to the place... and see for himself. Typical. Then he didn't know maya either. Why bother. He's basically tossing comments and his fans agree out of blind faith just because. Really? Next time accept the invites and go there before making comments.
Laird is just pissed cuz no one has invited him out to ride Nazare. He's NEVER riden waves that big. Period
So how many records does Maya have compared to Laird? How many near drownings did Laird have? Who is he to judge her? He is a great big wave surfer, but not to be making this comments about her. His big ego shows.. He is hurt that she is riding big waves like him. Whats the biggest wave he’s ridden compare to hers? Shes riden 70’ plus waves and recorded, how about Maya saying “i rode a 100’ plus wave but it wasn’t recorded” haha Laird, shes got her records on tape! A woman riding huge waves, show respect!
Laird may have ridden the biggest wave ever at Pyramids, but there was no cameraman.
He's right.
i guess what laird is trying to say is that if he were on that wave he wouldve made it, and he probably would have :)
dude i must say one thing,Lard never went to surf those waves....and we are now 2017....that shows Lard is not as a big wave surfer as he claims...also to bash on surfers like Carlos and Maia is bullshit...
So did everyone on here lose the urge to hate after Laird foiled Nazare??
Take both Laird's ego and Brazilian nationalism out of the picture and the fact remains that Burle didn't make the wave and Gabeira had no business being there.
And guess what, Maya gets Guiness world record for biggest wave ridden by a woman. In Nazaré, 68-foot wave ! Not bad for a girl who has "no business being there" LOL
@@lmartins2797 Laird has almost drowned multiple times by his own admission. Almost all big wave surfers have near death experiences. To say Maya is inexperienced and should not be there is so absurdly sexist. She is the most experienced female big wave surfer EVER.
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@@virtue696 Maya also drowned at Teahupoo, she is a danger to herself and to others.
@@evangillespiemusic8805 And all the men that have died at teahupoo..should they have been out there? And the many, many men that have died at pipe.. were they endangering others?
Laird is a super man with super foods.
Laird Hamilton, should stay quiet! I feel sorry for him on giving this interview! it is so embarrassing*
Only a surfer knows about surfing. One can differentiate , just from what one writes, whether or not whoever is doing the writing is a surfer , if , of course, that is the content of their literary efforts.
Among the leading authorities on surfing that the planet has to offer, Laird Hamilton is certainly one of the leading experts and in my opinion, the topmost mind one could hope to glean the best information about big wave surfing. He is a dedicated and well practiced, very well spoken individual and whatever he says here should be taken to the top of the class in the world of the big wave knowledge pool.
The man has spoken.
Any surfer knows that if they eat it , they simply didnt make the wave. I dont care if I drop cleanly into the gnarliest wave, pulling off a super clean bottom turn with a series of outstanding moves after that, if I eat it then I couldnt count that wave as mine. I could use it to demonstrate that I know how to surf but if it happened in any surf contest it would lose many points that could otherwise be the difference between being the man or not.
What would happen if we claimed waves with wipeout endings? Well, I could hire a helicopter and positioned in the right spot fall earthward and make a few feet on my feet with a small board strapped to them with which to move across the water on a very steep angle, then eat shit and die. Aint nobody gonna pin a medal on my sorry ass pile of bones with a script saying I made the biggest wave in history.
And as I slowly lost consciousness being thrashed about in the dark, different parts of my powerless rag doll body that has served me so well through the years, registering light thumps in my brain as pieces of it are torn from whence they came to be lodged into the small spaces between the polyps that make up the very reef that makes the actual wave a reality to feed the multitude of colourful fish that will suddenly appear from nowhere between this and the next wave to hurriedly disappear like magic again as that next one bears down taking bits of me with them, the pain of my burning lungs and other important parts of me that are screaming out for O2 like knives of desperate need probing quickly through me is slowly ebbing and not feeling so necessary any more, my face and jaw relaxing and allowing a small volume of bubbly seawater to be forced into the passages beyond to inflate the lungs with a cough inducing reaction followed by a deep pull of liquid, making good the darkness that is enveloping everything about me, the last thought I have is painted on a small wooden sign next to a railway line of time and space , facing me and disappearing off into the distance as I am propelled backward, ever faster toward an unknown destination and it reads, "I didnt make it".
And the fact remains forever and its memory soon forgotten while above in the bright sunshine people position themselves for the next set, others lie in the heat on the sand and little ones run from the small wall of water as it shoots up the steep sandy bank of broken shells and tiny sticks and various forms of hard outer layers that used to protect small animals also gone, to lose the last of its energy and disappear completely, taking with it the only thing left of the power that claimed so much only moments before.
So much.
+Kerry Emmerson man ur trippin shit
+Amir Ihsan Rosli Sorry man, did you have difficulty understanding my writing. I can write slower if you like.
+Kerry Emmerson ... fish spurting between swells to eat your brains from the coral ... NICE well written Cuz!
+Kerry Emmerson not slower, just not as long and compact as that. lol.
+Amir Ihsan Rosli Bit of creative writing mate.
Can't argue with the god.
Laird Hamilton's comments on Maya and her partner were motivated by envy. It is as simple as that. He is getting old fast.
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Why would he be envious if he's ridden waves 2x more dangerous than those?... i.e. Teaupoo is only one example. Go back to your tacos & rice
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@@davez325 hey david, I'm here 8 years later, hope ur still not this retarded
I have seen ASP judges giving 9+ to rides that finish with a wipeout, so I am not sure if this argument is valid.
+pedro gaiolas pinto Actually, the most egregious example of what you're talking about would be Mike Parsons' perfect 10 "ride" at Jaws. As amazing as it was, I've always watched it and thought to myself "That looks more like a perfect 10 wipeout".
Asp is now woke.
he's got a point, you have to finish for it to count. i would give it to him though, and it's not like it won't be broken soon anyway
It does look unskilled but so many top big wave guys will have made many a similar mistake in their big wave career ! She is lucky to be alive but goes through all the relevant training for big wave riding , how is she doing to see whether or not she can surf the biggest waves of she doesn't try. But she does look unskilled when she fell at that stage of the wave mistakes happen, she'll hopefully learn from it like the big wave surfers do. Paddle into the waves and you'll have more of a appreciation of their power and difficulty to ride them, being towed in is a hell of a lot easier and possibly safer but the jet ski assistance is pushing people to try and surf waves and they aren't that skilled of a surfer, take it easy with the waves when towing in use it with care (imo)
And if top guys give you advice take it as a compliment and maybe they can help you surf the big waves safer.
All credits to legend. mike Stewart discover teahoopo and bodyboarders Portugal showing nazare. Stop fight gromets😀
Not sure why this is coming up on my feed now. But you don't need to 'make the wave' to ride the biggest wave in the world. As long as you were on it at some point then it should count. Burle definitely wiped out at the end of the ride.
Ok, Laird is a phenomenal athlete obviously and I have huge respect for his wave riding, but I don't know what the fuck he's talking about Carlos having supposedly not ridden that wave. Sure as hell looks like Carlos rode it to me. Plain as day. He finished it and was only engulfed by the wave's foam. Didn't look like he wiped out at all. Laird reeks of jealousy here. Very anti-surfer ethos.
“Getting engulfed by the wave’s foam” means u didn’t make it
Goats don’t do jealousy.
Surfers are douches
Laird sounds a bit salty about it here... Personally I think Carlos' wave should hold the title of the biggest wave ever ridden, but not the biggest wave ever surfed. Carlos mostly just went straight, and later fell. I personally think that only counts as riding, not surfing. Same thing with beginner surfers that only go straight, with the white water. It's not surfing, just riding.
The wave wasn't ridden out...that's easy to see whether you hate Laird or not. Disappearing into the white wash and not making it out on your feet is getting "wiped out". It's not a complete ride. It's still a bad ass attempt but if all that is important to you is setting a record then things need to be official. Burle didn't "officially" ride out the wave to safety. Plain and simple.
It's like riding a rollercoaster, falling out and dying half way through then getting a t-shirt that says "I survived this rollercoaster."
Carry your own damn board!!!
It's only a contest, it doesn't matter right...not us soul surfers🤙
As much as I agree with the Burle's case, I can't agree with him on Maya's case.
Hey, Laird's lifelong friend and legendary waterman Dave Kalama makes conferences about how he wiped out and survived a possible drowning at Jaws, does it makes him unqualified?
No, he came back and charged again.
Yeah idk I guess Laird knows more about it than I do but it looked like a pretty fucking good ride to me.
G-Mac said Maya was more than ready for it that swell. Carlos bullied her into a wave she didn't want to go on and he put her in the wrong spot from the get go. No one could have rode that wave from where he put her, not even Laird. Then Carlos proceeded to execute the worst jet ski rescue in the history of the sport. Really, she is lucky to be alive. Carlos is trash, and no, he didn't ride that wave as he claimed. Laird was right on that, He took off and and got mowed over by white water.
I agree with Laird and I've never been a fan of his. Burke didn't successfully ride the wave and Maya doesn't seem to have the ability to be out there. Anyone who has ever done any sort of water towing sports learns very fast the lesson of letting go of the rope if being pulled underwater. Even with the exhaustion argument she had enough strength to hold on so she must've been thinking. She also wiped out while going perfectly straight. Sure it happens but she has the equipment to handle the wave speed but probably not the experience. Twice she's risked her life and others recently and then makes an unbelievable rookie mistake and literally drowns over it. Pull the plug!
"THE CURIOUS JEALOUS CASE OF LAIRD HAMILTON" ... 🤣
CARLOS BURLE IS THE GOAT.. OF COURSE HE IS A 🇧🇷 STORM!
You tell em Laird!! The truth always stings
He got out in front of it, didn't skillfully maneuver to the shoulder, didn't do anything impressive except drop down into it and stay on his board until he got taken out by the crush. If he wants credit for the biggest wave for that boring ride, give it to him, and move on to some exciting surfing. You can make a wave, and you can really make a wave.
How to loose complete consideration in a 5 min interview. Bad faith, bad mood, bitter tone, is that the true Hamilton ? The question is not about if Carlos made the wave, in a way everyone give a shit. The question is, how can a legend be so ridiculous and react like a angry teeny. I mean, look at his face, the Carlos pill is hard to digest.
Carlos did not make the wave. Maya's driver did a horrible job. she did great.
Jealous not be him.
Easy Lance! If making the drop on a close out doesn't count, then neither does any wave ridden in a bow legged, poo butt, stink bug stance. Oh wait? By the way laird you can measure the volume of a cube by measuring one of it's sides. "As a thinker, Laird is a great body model."
Cube was a silly example. Area = 6 x the square of one edge. No single edge on a wave and a wave sure isn't a block of water but you know what he's getting at. Look a Teahupo'o 10' face and who knows how thick draining off the reef.
I've ridden tons of 10' waves but not a chance in hell I'd ride 10' Chopes.
He made some valid points, but his tone is definitely expressing a degree of jealousy. Very sad to see his ego come forward instead of his humility..
Laird is hating HEAVY! I agree with him alot of times, but bruh...you sound bitter af!
Hamilton's right, Billabong put a lot of people's lives in danger!
I don't get it, is Laird saying he is an Aviator now?? No Old Bold pilots, what the fuck that have to do with Surfing??
Laird is a narcissistic egomaniac that doesn’t want anyone else to get the limelight besides him, but I would agree with what he’s saying regardless.
your a asshole narcissistic pointless point maker, gen z douche?
Made me lose any respect for Laird
***** actually you're right he was blunt but it was true
yeah she really shouldn't have been on that wave she said her self it was at least 2 times bigger and faster than anything she's ever surfed that was a very poor decision Laird is completely right
Você surfou aquela onda e Carlos Bule (com a permissão de DEUS) a resgatou, Maya!
Agradeça!
Declarações como essa depõe contra você!
+1 Lord... I'm with you on this one...
Laird's Creamer for tha win!!!
Burkhart breaks boards, barney
Hes just jealous, because the sport is changing, and young people are really charging
I give carlos and maya alot of credit for going for it
There really trying,
He’s hating HEAVY, which does not excuse what Maya did. She was irresponsible in a way if you ask me.
I have always admired all path of Laird, but I never imagined he could talk so much nonsense as well.
Agree with him. Also might be a bigger wave but Peahi moves faster more aggressive.
There is no channel or safe spot in Nazare, Laird. Maybe you should go there and surf there, but you don’t dare to. Compared to Nazare, Jaws is a walk in the park.
Sauna chat
Gotta ride away...
Laird sounds jelly
Laird sounds like uncle Tom
Laird is a trailblazer in big wave surfing. What he says is gospel.
PLEASE ....he made the drop....give me a break....and slater telling Maya to quit surfing big waves....what a goon....
Stick to your SUP
didnt that chick get saved twice now...in over her head
Laird talk after you have surfed Nazare , this waves is like no other in the world just ask every single sufer that sufed there , wen are you coming btw ? I did saw what you did to Rick on that final !!
Nazare is big, but mushy. It is a different kind of wave. The large hollow waves that Laird has surfed are much less forgiving of mistakes than Nazare. Of course the most highly skilled crazy big wave riders are the Aussies. Some of the waves down there are insane. They make Nazare look like a mellow ocean swell...not a breaking wave.
@@shooter7a Are you crazy bruh?! Making it look like Nazare is an “easy” ride. It’s most def in the top 3 (I’d say #1) hardest and forgiveless big wave to surf.
The skill set is nothing compared to a hollow break. Every ride there is the same. Make the wave and go as fast as you can in a straight line. Not saying it is at all easy....because most of the time, surfers get eaten up there. You have to have top physical/survival abilities to not get hurt or drown. It is a different kind of "hard". But the skill set is minimal compared to a big reef break. There is little judgement...little timing at Nazare. To each his own....
@@shooter7a well explained! I see what you’re saying now! Respect! 👊👊👊
talking crap
Sorry Maya needs to slow her fkn roll and learn from Hawaiians who started the sport! That's the problem with a lot of Brazilians coming to Hawaii to surf and being macho! They aren't humble! Gabriel Medina and Adriana De Souza, Caio, are the only guys who have respect. I can see them trying to ride a giant wave eventually if they choose to do so. They understand how to learn from real athletes!
Hater!!
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LAIRD IS NOT INTO HIS SPORT FOR FAME&FORTUNE.HIS PASSION IS TO PUSH THE LIMITS OF HIS ABILITIES FOR THE STOKE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE ARE CAMERAS ON THE BEACH OR NOT.
SOME OF THESE FOOLS LIKE MAYA, WHOSE MOTIVATION IS TO GET YOUR FACE ON SOME MAGAZINE,HAS A PUSHBACK WHEN IT COMES TO ONES KARMA.
GOOD CALL LAIRD.
There tall and then there big, these waves at naizar are tall mushy messes, I would say teapo'o is bigger the wave has the girth a five waves.
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Salty balls Hamilton
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Exactamundo, the ugliest word in the dictionary.
Maya has no business surfing huge waves like Nazare. She needs to stop trying show how “she can do anything a man can do”. That doesn’t mean all women can’t surf big waves. Just her. There are several guys that shouldn’t be surfing big waves.
reading this today and LOL!!!!! AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAH
I agree with Laird and I've never been a fan of his. Burke didn't successfully ride the wave and Maya doesn't seem to have the ability to be out there. Anyone who has ever done any sort of water towing sports learns very fast the lesson of letting go of the rope if being pulled underwater. Even with the exhaustion argument she had enough strength to hold on so she must've been thinking. She also wiped out while going perfectly straight. Sure it happens but she has the equipment to handle the wave speed but probably not the experience. Twice she's risked her life and others recently and then makes an unbelievable rookie mistake and literally drowns over it. Pull the plug!
Tell that now to Maya after she has set the world record to ride the biggest wave.
@@j1soleil you're right, she got there, but clearly she's spent the prior 8 years- following her near death at Nazaré- training her skill deficiencies to achieve the goal.