1:17:00
The difference between this wave and
Waimea is this is about five Waimeas.
1:17:05
You take Makaha, Waimea, Sunset,
Pipeline, Ka'ena Point, Mavericks...
1:17:11
...put them together in a pot,
that's what you get.
1:17:16
Like Waimea and Mavericks...
1:17:18
... Peahi featured its own crew
of groundbreaking pioneers.
1:17:22
In addition to Hamilton,
Doerner and Kerbox...
1:17:24
...were windsurfing champion
Dave Kalama...
1:17:29
... then Mike Waltze, Pete Cabrinha,
Mark Angulo...
1:17:33
... Rush Randle and Brett Lickle.
Known as "The Strap Crew"...
1:17:37
... these boys rewrote the rules of
big-wave surfing by riding waves...
1:17:41
... in a manner that was once
the realm of sheer fantasy.
1:17:52
Things that, previously,
they only dreamed of doing.
1:17:55
Things we only saw in animation,
suddenly, surfers were doing.
1:17:59
Now you're riding waves...
1:18:00
...with greater speed
than you ever dreamed of.
1:18:03
I mean, it's like a dream.
It's just like, "Oh, my God.
1:18:06
I'm on the perfect wave,
I'm going 35 miles an hour."
1:18:09
It's so fun that it's just... l...
1:18:12
I better shut up.
1:18:20
Coming up on the Ski and seeing
plumes of water 100 feet in the air.
1:18:23
You can hear the drone of the Skis
in the distance.
1:18:26
You have these things in your head,
like, "What's going on?
1:18:29
What waves are guys riding?
What have people done?
1:18:32
How bad were wipeouts?
Is anyone dead yet?"
1:18:37
The first time that I surfed at Peahi...
1:18:39
...I remember getting
so uptight on the way out...
1:18:43
...just going, "Oh, man,"
you know, so much anxiety...
1:18:46
...that I was thinking:
1:18:48
"Jesus, I'm just... I'm not
gonna be able to surf."
1:18:52
And I remember finally
having to go, "Okay.
1:18:57
Shit.
1:18:59
I guess this is a good day to die."