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What Movie Awards did Laird Hamilton win?
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Laird Hamilton roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Point Break | Surf Vagabond |
| The Descendants | Troy Cook |
| Gary Unmarried | Self 1 episode, 2010 |
| Phineas and Ferb | Self 1 episode, 2010 |
| Ballers | Laird Hamilton 1 episode, 2018 |
| Modern Marvels | Self - Big Wave Surfer 1 episode, 2003 |
| Chelsea Lately | Self - Guest 1 episode, 2010 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self 1 episode, 2004 |
Laird Hamilton's photos
Interesting Facts about Laird Hamilton
- Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]
- Known for surfing the monster waves, having been a pioneer of using jet skis to tow surfers into huge waves. Big wave accomplishments: the "Millennium" in Teahupoo, Tahiti in 2000 and "Jaws" in Maui in 2002
- Stepfather Bill Hamilton is a surfboard shaper.
- Left school at 16 to take up modeling.
- Mother, Joan (also a surfer) gave birth to him in a "bathysphere" as part of an experiement at UC Med Center in San Fransisco.
- Stepson of '60s surf legend Bill Hamilton.
- Revolutionizing surfing with a sport he calls Foilboarding. A surfboard with foot straps has a hydrofoil attached underneath so that at speed the board rises out of the water making it much more maneuverable.
- Is widely considered to be the greatest big wave surfer in history.
- Met his wife when she interviewed him about big wave surfing as a host for the TV series The Extremists (1995).
- Has one daughter with Gabrielle Reece, named Reece, born October 2003.
- Had a daughter, Izabella, with Maria in 1995.
- Was chosen by director Albert Pyun to replace Dolph Lundgren as He-Man in the unproduced sequel to Masters of the Universe (1987).
- As a small boy, he introduced his mother to his stepfather, after having met Bill Hamilton on a Hawaiian beach.
- Daughter, Brody Jo Hamilton, born 2 January 2008, weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces.
- Release of his book, "Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul and, of course, Surfing". [2008]
- He is the son of Joann V. (Zyirek) and L. G. Zerfas. The surname "Zerfas" is German.
References & Fact Checks ✅
- 1/ Filename: oahu-north-shore-surfing-hand-drag-794193ED.jpg
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oahu_North_Shore_surfing_hand_drag.jpg
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- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- Date taken: March 2002
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- Date taken: 14 August 2006 (original upload date)
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TeahupooLaird.jpg
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Flickr - Author: The Last Minute
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
- Date taken: 1 November 2007
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Laird_Hamilton3.jpg
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Flickr - Author: Bob Bekian
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
- Date taken: 22 September 2010
