After that Brett Lickle save, he immediately suited back up and went back out to surf Egypt, or Pyramids, whatever they were calling that spot...biggest waves ever ridden some have said... edit...read that in The Wave by Susan Casey...
I find the whole fascination with being a waterman pretty lame. Don't get me wrong, I think ACTUAL waterman are bad ass. And as much as I find Laird annoying, he definitely qualifies. However, when some fat, pasty accountant who just moved to FL from Ohio buys a SUP and suddenly he's a "waterman" who throws shakas and says brah...give me a ****ing break. And I feel like that describes 90% of dudes that SUP.
The airfoil idea isn't new, guys have been riding air chairs on the lakes for years. Laird and co just got the idea to cut the chair off and strap onto it standing up. I'd like to try it...on the lake. Looks fun.
Yeah he believes he's bigger than life ...and for us average Joes he is ..but it's the character image that makes him interesting ..like a cartoon .
I once saw him at a yoga studio. Challenged him to a stretch off and he backed down. Dude is chicken.
if everyone using a foil is stealing from the America's cup engineers than every auto manufacturer out there ripped off Henry Ford. At that, America's Cup engineers followed looooong in the footsteps of the actual inventor of the hydrofoil in 1936, Hanns Von Schertel. The more you know...
I agree with you. I never said the foil was INVENTED by the Americas Cup, only that they used it prior to Hamilton. Thanks for the info....
