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Laird Hamilton Biography
Laird John Hamilton born Laird John Zerfas is an American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, author, motivational speaker and an occasional fashion and action-sports model. He is married to Gabrielle Reece, a professional volleyball player, television personality, and model. In February, 2012, Hamilton was featured in Oprah Winfrey Network production of Oprah Presents Master Class, in which he shared his life and life philosophies with the audience.
Laird HamiltonAge| Birthday| How Old is Laird Hamilton?
The pro surfer was born on March 2, 1964 in San Francisco. He was born in an experimental salt-water sphere at UCSF Medical Center designed to ease his mother’s labor.
Height & Weight
The author is pretty tall; standing at 6 ft 3 inches/1.91 m. He weighs 215 lb 98 kgs.
Laird Hamilton Networth
The sports fitness model’s networth is estimated to be $10Million with his income streaming from his career as a surfer, endorsements, book sales as well as sales from his Superfoods franchise.
Parents| Family
He was born to Mr. L. G. Zerfas, and Mrs. Joann.His father left the family before his first birthday. This prompted his mother to relocate with him to Hawaii while he was still an infant. He however adopted his second dad in 1960s. He made friends with surfer William Stuart “Bill” Hamilton, a bachelor at the time, on Pūpūkea beach on the North Shore. Bill was a surfboard shaper and glasser on Oahu in the 1960s and 1970s and owned a small business handmaking custom, high-performance surfboards for the Oahu North Shore big wave riders of the era. The two became immediate companions. The young Laird invited Bill Hamilton home to meet his mother. Bill Hamilton married Laird’s mother, ultimately becoming Laird’s adoptive father.
The family later moved to a remote valley on Kauaʻi island. Joann and Bill had a second son, Lyon, Laird’s half-brother, who also became a surfer. in 1997, his mother died of a brain aneurysm.
Model
Laird took interest in modelling while he was young at 16 years old. He quit school leaving the eleventh grade at Kapaa High School to pursue a modeling career and enrolled on a supportive work in construction. At 17, Hamilton was discovered on a beach in Kauaʻi by a photographer from the Italian Men’s Vogue magazine L’Uomo Vogue which landed him a modeling contract and later a photo shoot session with the actress Brooke Shields in 1983.
Laird Hamilton Wife
Hamilton initially tied the knot with big-wave surfer and clothing designer Maria Souza. The couple had a daughter but would later divorce. In 1995, the surfer met New York fashion model and women’s professional volleyball player Gabrielle Reece in Maui after a television interview by Reece who was hosting the show ‘The Extremists’. The couple eloped in a week and later got married on November 30, 1997. The couple have two daughters together. Hamilton and his family split their time between residences in Hawaii, and Malibu, California along with his daughter from the previous marriage.
Laird Hamilton Diet
Breakfast
Tablespoon of baking soda dissolved in water
Espresso with coconut oil
During the day
Kombucha
Turmeric juice
Lunch
Fish with roasted cauliflower and arugula salad
Dinner
Beef vegetable stew
TAKE EVERY WAVE THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON
Filmmaker Rory Kennedy provides an account of the career of big wave surfer Laird Hamilton, a man who has spent his life conquering untamable walls of water.
Laird Hamilton XPT Life
Laird Hamilton is a co-founder and co-creator of XPT Life or Extreme Performance Training, along with his wife, Gabrielle Reece. Extreme Performance Training is a performance lifestyle rooted in the ability to adapt by doing rigorous training modules offered at the training classes.
Laird Hamilton Coffee | Superfoods
Laird owns Laird Superfood that sells products such as Superfood Creamers, Instafuel, HYDRATE Coconut Waters,Activate Daily Jumpstart, Mushrooms, Coffee, Coconut Sugar, Keto Friendly Products,Turmeric Products,Vegan Products as well as Paleo Products. In regards to coffee; the hgh Altitude Organic Beans are wet processed to eliminate contamination, slow-roasted in small batches, and packaged using proprietary inert gas process which reduces oxygen content to less than 1%. Normal industry standard inert gas packaging aims for 5% O2 levels. Having virtually no O2 in the bags ensures that the unopened coffee bags taste fresh for up to 1 year.
Laird Hamilton Activist
Hamilton is also an environmental activist. He joined a protest in Malibu against a proposed plant, which would affect the quality of the local waters. Other celebrities attended the event, including Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry and Ted Danson.
Laird Hamilton Movie
In the 1987 movie North Shore, Hamilton played the violent, antagonistic role of “Lance Burkhart”. In 1989 Laird featured in windsurfing movie Moving Target alongside Fred Haywood.
Hamilton appeared as Kevin Costner’s stunt double during the 1995 filming of Waterworld
Hamilton had a minor role as Troy in The Descendants.
In the 2015 film Point Break, Hamilton played a surf vagabond tossing a tow rope to Utah, played by Luke Bracey.
Laird Hamilton Quotes
Books
- Laird Hamilton (2010) [2008]. Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing.
- Hamilton, Laird (2019). Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean. Rodale Press
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