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@SeanSheraton8 ай бұрын
I started surfing around 2 months ago, and at 46 years old I question why I didn't start earlier. I feel so much more connected to the ocean and myself when I'm out there. Thanks for this video.
@rebeccab97808 ай бұрын
Totally relate! I started a year ago aged 40 and it just feels incredible. Universe never aligned before now.
@marilynsaenzdeviteri60093 ай бұрын
I have a friend who’s really good . Im 44 , I never done this ever. And looks like I’m going to start. Let’s see.
@dennycushing65763 ай бұрын
I just started, at 38 years old and kept asking myself the same question. A local SD surfer legend and friend recently said: you will always wish you started earlier, but you will never be as young as today. 🏄♂️ Go surfing!
@matmaism2 ай бұрын
@@dennycushing6576 thats right - so whatever skill level you are paddle out and have a shot a mavericks 😂
@MAandS2 ай бұрын
I just started at 35. Wish I had done it sooner. It's altered my brain chemistry hahaha.
@jblo768 ай бұрын
As someone who’s been surfing for 15 years, it’s actually very impressive how quickly he picked it up, catching waves on his own, and even going down the line. Most people do not get close to that stage in 4 days.
@evanhobbs3308 ай бұрын
Kind of seemed like he might have gotten pushed into the first one he went down the line.
@Artyfartymetal-xf3ku4 ай бұрын
or even 400 days!
@AX-fx7ng4 ай бұрын
What prior things he had down, helped him? Maybe people can do some pre prep?
@Nachat_L3ilmi4 ай бұрын
i did it in 1 day, and on my own (why yes thank you, where's my medal?)
@dixievibing1813 ай бұрын
@@AX-fx7ngsurf skating for sure
@CantTalkImRiding8 ай бұрын
He's spot on that the actual surfing is the easy part. Reading the ocean and swells and positioning yourself is the hard part. It actually does take years for that part before you can surf different spots and adapt.
@kanchanrana53308 ай бұрын
Four years ago, I decided to learn surfing, i would say rather say it happened along the way. After a week or so, I managed to stand on the board and catch small waves. But there was one day that stood out. Despite many falls and tumbles in the waves, I found myself riding them at least ten times. It was pure joy, and I couldn't stop smiling all day long. And believe it or not, I had never even seen the ocean before that day-I was 28! Watching your surfing journey, Tim, brought all these memories flooding back, and I couldn't help but chuckle and smile along with your adventures with wonderful joyful people. Thank you for sharing such a heartwarming video it's inspired me to revisit those cherished memories once more.
@50yroldgrom8 ай бұрын
The fundamentals start with fun,you did awesome. I met Laird and surfed that same place you had your day 4 challenge. A magical experience! Well done sir
@rebeccab97808 ай бұрын
Cool video! I finally realised my dream of learning to surf at the age of 40. While it's probably been the most challenging thing I have ever done, at the same time it is the most joyful, beautiful and spiritual thing I've experienced too. The feeling of riding a wave is indescribable and I'm only catching baby green waves at this stage! So cool, I hope you get to keep it up.
@abdelm4lek4 ай бұрын
The way Laird Hamilton explains the concepts and articulates his ideas so seamlessly shows how much experience he's accumulated and why he was a world champion
@fabiolaescamilla75918 ай бұрын
I took my first lesson after my birthday. I was walking down a pier in the afternoon over last summer and I saw people surfing. I though , that looks fun! I booked my 1st lesson the following weekend and ever since then I’ve been taking a he lesson twice a month. I am 2 1/2 hr from the beach. It’s been challenging specially on the winter. But I love it! I am impress how quickly you got it! I hope you continue doing it.
@zingleraster91246 ай бұрын
Inspirational. My young son has had a couple lessons & I have recently bought a longboard to surf with him at the age of 50+. Great video Tim.
@hberger86238 ай бұрын
....how inspiring and what supporting wonderful coaches.....go on, go out and protect the ocean. Started doing the same @50+. The watermen are right....age is just a common excuse. Thx to the entire crew.
@davidmcclymont59998 ай бұрын
As a lifelong surfer I am so impressed! Amazing! Great job
@cashew18 ай бұрын
Surfing is partly an art form or like martial arts. Repetition is key. Like playing an instrument repeat, repeat, repeat. Eventually when your not thinking it comes to you... Feel it and have fun.
@bosshossmotorcycle385bhpwi95 ай бұрын
Yes, I'm a martial artist, flow performer etc & have just had my 1st ever surf lesson. Loved it.
@lucaleandri8 ай бұрын
Wow! That’s impressive, I’ve seen people struggle for a long ass time to get to that point! I hope you kept on surfing Tim!
@pgjohnson55048 ай бұрын
Inspiring! Thanks for video. Never learned to surf when I lived there. Going to go back and learn now-30 years later.
@dramjet72 ай бұрын
Great challenge, well done. You got up on the SUP in ocean chop very quickly, showed me you’d pick it up quick. Awesome mentors there. Enjoy the stoke.
@WatermanSurin8 ай бұрын
such a great crossover! You did amazing Tim. Looking forward to more videos like this
@DylanHughesPhotoVideo8 ай бұрын
Pretty solid for a few days!
@gileswestwood8 ай бұрын
yea the popup was impressive, a big blocker for people learning to surf is they just don't have the hip flexibility, especially if you've been deskbound for a long time. well done tim tim.
@socaljohnnyc8 ай бұрын
Tim - huge fan of your podcast! Thing is laird is almost 60 so I believe this may be from a bit ago (?). But this looks really good for never surfing, but I imagine you have done it before. It will be very hard to advance in surfing if you live in Texas. I surf in SoCal all year so I’ll surf with you if you ever want to surf in la or oc. Also, anytime I take people out who’ve never done it they are usually exhausted after 30 minutes of paddling so you did very well.
@j.carlat8 ай бұрын
Thanks for showing Hawaii in such a great way. Best place on earth.
@emilienbialecki4483 ай бұрын
Surfing is the best thing ever!!!! Glad you got hooked Tim!!!
@NeurosenkavalierEmilSinclairАй бұрын
Besides drugs, surfing is the only thing that really brought me into a state of mind where life feels exciting and good. The rush and being stoked after riding a good wave, the humbled thankfulness after nearly drowning, the weird sense of being on your own but not alone when sitting out there with friends...
@DingersVODS2 ай бұрын
this video is underrated. Very well put together
@deltabravo45893 ай бұрын
the lazy uke music and the wipe outs on the paddle board🤣🤣 it reminded me of my own falls the other day. Every wipeout you're learning what not to do and you're also learning that the discomfort of eating shit is not so bad. What Tim said, "feel more, think less" is what works, you just gotta feel it take you and trust in yourself. Happy surfing!
@thisoldnurse15213 ай бұрын
When I learned to downhill ski eons and eons ago, I remember that is exactly what my instructor, ski pro taught me. You have to work the mountain and it doesn’t matter at what the altitude you are. If you’re skiing the bunny hill or the mountain top when you get off a gondola. If it’s an easy run or a double black diamond. You work the mountain make sure your skis are tuned up sharpened and waxed for the conditions of the snow. -- I never forgot that, believe I had 3 or four classes. I remembered his words every time I felt the run was challenging. I skied within my skill level and gradually took tougher runs. I cannot ski anymore (I’ve done X- country as well as water skied ) I have wicked osteoarthritis and waiting new hips and knees. I also have a rheumatoid issue that affects my low back/spine and I don’t have a death wish not that way, could be very painful. 🤣
@KalesBroccoli8 ай бұрын
If you ever want a follow up lesson The Surfer’s Roadmap is available for you Timbo 🤙🏽🤙🏽
@johnhaden8 ай бұрын
Kale shooting his shot! 😂 Tim this dude is an incredible teacher and give lessons advanced surfers use!
@johnhaden8 ай бұрын
Yo… with the switch foot at the end! Remember you from jcal days 🤣
@hyunkim12238 ай бұрын
Kamalei is a G. Veteran of the surfing world for this generation. True warrior of the Aina 💪🏼
@bosshossmotorcycle385bhpwi95 ай бұрын
Had my first surf lesson last week - loved it (East Yorkshire coast, UK).
@storybydanehav7 ай бұрын
Love this format Tim! And really good work on picking up the surfing. I've been struggling with it myself for a couple years with very few opportunities and lots of time in between. This boot camp style is probably the way to go :)
@gabrieltosto38448 ай бұрын
Now you’re hooked! Congrats! 🎉
@andriiomelianenko82828 ай бұрын
Love the ocean and the surfing! Great feeling watching it, thanks!
@555shoe2 ай бұрын
Best sport to lose weight, and most fun sport so far. 45 y old. Went from 109 to 94 kg in 4 weeks with 10 days "surfing", i.e. paddling and swimming back to my board. I couldn't really understand my Mexican "teacher", the local fisherman. Was in some bigger waves, trying not to drown, liked it.
@jw85565 ай бұрын
Great learning and even better coaching
@TOBrienUSA3 ай бұрын
Welcome to the lineup Tim. I just gave my 8-year-old daughter her first board. It's the gift of a lifetime. See ya out there!
@fotiniPMT61718 ай бұрын
Amazing! One episode after the other! ❤
@mattmoore18828 ай бұрын
nice! Learning from King Poseidon himself ,,, duuuude not bad. Very Cool.
@Syzlex_5 ай бұрын
Incredible work Tim! It's so much harder to learn than it looks. Watching others via video makes it look real easy. It took me 3 weeks of going out every single day before I could even stand up on a wave 😢. (Though that was a short board and no help) It would be another 4 months before I finally experienced riding on the face of the wave and getting the sublime feeling you mentioned (that was kinda lucky too. Right place / right time). I felt I was pretty athletic, knew how to skateboard to some extend and snowboard. It's quite the learning curve and I'm still learning each time I go out. I felt the hardest part of surfing is not the actual surfing.. Most of the time you're just waiting. . Unlike snowboarding where you just get off the lift and go. Then paddling for a wave when 4-5+ others are going for it. Really diminishes the amount of waves you actually get. And where I learned to surf and I imagine many other places people who actually know how to surf aren't super enthusiastic for a beginner to come and then not catch a wave.
@troyortego46558 ай бұрын
lucky guy ... kook got the dream team...
@paraworth8 ай бұрын
Tim you need to fly a paraglider . Surfing and paragliding have the same incredible spiritual feeling
@kulfonbustardo15888 ай бұрын
The fuck it does! What part of surfing is the same as being ripped up by a 8m screamer halfway to base and then spat out the back so hard your wing gets thrown beneath you and end up in a cascade of collapses that puts you into your wing or even more fun everythings perfectly find coming into land 50m agl and wind changes direction and a dusty forms and you get slung around like a cat holding onto a ceiling fan. Im only 20 years into my surfing probably chewed thru a dozen boards before i got a nice quiver of js barons even in double overheads 15ft swell etc that ive encountered all i gotto do to survive is dive deep beneath the wave. Its nice and tranquil i calm down instincively when im being held down for ahwhile and the actual rideing of the wave is just enjoyable. Tim ferris if your reading this. People can will and do die just learning to paraglide. In no other sport do i see my friends almost always anyone who is at a world cup level they get into a little adventuresque vol biv sort of expedition after a few seasons of that they end up paralysed or dead. You can see waves. You cant see the air. We can see a fair bit of the air under certain conditions but if youve been airborne for 11 hours shits gonna get squirrelly
@kulfonbustardo15888 ай бұрын
Tldr you can EASILY die every single flight. Ive had maybe 3 close calls surfing out of thousands of sessions
@PavelDolezal018 ай бұрын
Tim, after 15 years great video! 😊
@augustineleudar4 ай бұрын
thtas truly extraordinary to be able to do that after just four days surfing - even with those teachers
@bubberxl28923 ай бұрын
It’s actually amazing how fast you picked it up
@tomcogo25168 ай бұрын
That was dope thanks Tim !
@bosshossmotorcycle385bhpwi95 ай бұрын
Wow, what an amazing crew!
@HM-yr1vr4 ай бұрын
I've been surfing for 7 years and my progression would have been faster if I started with a longboard, not a high-performance shortboard lol
@Vinzeditz03102 ай бұрын
Noted
@FruitMan-1234 ай бұрын
i enjoy the effort that he puts in maybe he should continue to surf
@muzzy4044 ай бұрын
Very impressive and inspiring! You're cool, dude!
@GraceRose-us6jb2 ай бұрын
Thank you! This was amazing!
@nosaj6668 ай бұрын
You did amazing. Proud
@millgate4 ай бұрын
More of surfing Tim please!
@vasilizolotov5 ай бұрын
Nice. I did about the same actually. What you'll find out next is that to become actually good is an order of magnitude harder. Try going to a lineup.
@djdesignstudio8 ай бұрын
Look at that smile at end! The stoke is real :)
@bradleygoff18 ай бұрын
Good work Tim!
@JohnsonJLB4 ай бұрын
Body surfing technique shown in the video of using one arm and the side of your body is the same technique you use for body dragging behind a kite when attempting to go upwind with your body when you fell off your board.
@electriquenikki3 ай бұрын
I loved the Jane Fonda workout reference 😂 incredible documentary here ❤
@pablolavrov56522 ай бұрын
NIce video man! very inspiring
@travellerswiss2 ай бұрын
Amazing vid🎉🎉🎉
@AureliaSWV823 ай бұрын
This is insanely impressive, especially considering he started in Hawaii with such hardcore waves!
@middleagedshred6 ай бұрын
Laird is still looking good, this must have been filmed a long time ago. he is still one intense dude. That would be an honour man. you ,must have done a bit of surfing before or your arms would be like noodles by the second day
@bartvandekerckhove71868 ай бұрын
Amazing progress!
@j.carlat8 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks for sharing
@evagreen083 ай бұрын
my bucket list
@surfalldayz3 ай бұрын
I started when I was 4 so I don't remember how long it took me but all the things he told you surfers definetly do
@lovecathii29 күн бұрын
Awesome!!
@amahsue8 ай бұрын
He’s got the bug now!!
@ericcoligado86557 ай бұрын
You're a natural.
@lucasaguirre8 ай бұрын
Thanks Tim!!!!
@oliverwhatley988 ай бұрын
Laird is awesome!
@alexvite50652 ай бұрын
3:29 You have a mistake here. German big wave surfer Sebastian Steudtner has surfed the possibly biggest wave ever measured at 28.57 meters (93.73ft) in Nazaré, Portugal.
@Hibbard19868 ай бұрын
Hope to visit Kauai again one day.
@Paul_Shwartz3 ай бұрын
Im watching this from long island and im learning how to surf
@conniemac71713 ай бұрын
Love this!
@stefiwong74344 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable video
@tenzinlhoden4 ай бұрын
Love it!
@mikestaub8 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@MARZOSIRUS3 ай бұрын
If your in shape you can almost learn to be a beginner level fast. The more out of shape you are the longer it takes or maybe even never learn if you are way out of shape.
@lucapoli96023 ай бұрын
That level 10 gyat at 10:02 is crazy
@marcusstocks7737 күн бұрын
always thought laird looked like face from the A team lol
@Wipeout_Zone3 ай бұрын
Amazing
@scaraus14 ай бұрын
Its spectacular made video , makes me spend my time and enjoy it , but i feel i didn't get much value, almost nothing about how did you overome your mistakes what techniques
@abhilashkothari97308 ай бұрын
How to quickly learn to DJ!!
@fboness3688 ай бұрын
Surfing in San Francisco is an entirely different ballgame. Wonder how that went for him?
@cadub17793 ай бұрын
Gooood
@johnhaden8 ай бұрын
Lairds dog is ready to take your finger 🤣
@Artyfartymetal-xf3ku4 ай бұрын
congratulations! Probably the snowboarding helped with surfing.
@NoahBishop-ox8yu8 күн бұрын
The world record is at Nazare, but it's 115/116 ft I think
@johannwolf18 ай бұрын
Welcome home Tim. Titus if you see this... thanks for the gracious hospitality at your house for your record release party. Laird... thnx for the sushi!
@Shewolfen4 ай бұрын
lucky you , Ive been trying some 20 years aand still ahven't gotten to do it because disability and life.
@Town_Country968 ай бұрын
If I had a dollar for ever time I said “that’s perfect your gonna be a natural” while giving pre surf warmups I’d be a rich man😅
@garcm7256 ай бұрын
Sharks 🦈- I can’t 😂
@TheRealMcJack8 ай бұрын
when it said biggest wave ever i was waiting for ‘maks from sickos, nazare’ 😂 if you know, you know
@leonardorignanese5902Ай бұрын
no soft board?
@KohenNewcomer3 ай бұрын
Do you think you will continue?
@justinbrooks55268 ай бұрын
Gotta commit to it … over and over fail x100 for 1 success