Big wave surfer says one of his favorite big waves is 15 minutes down the road here on Malley. He first surfed Jaws with Laird Hamilton and Dave Colama when he was 16 years old. "There's like a different kind of like, it's very tribal," Kapono says about surfing.
What is the biggest wave in the solar system? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science of big waves with professional big wave surfer Kai Lenny.
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