Mentally, the first time this happens to you and you're okay, used to five seconds. But now you're down for 30 seconds, 35 seconds. What is the training that you have to go through to say, I'm not going to die? Or do you just go, "I'm going to die"? The first time I fell when I was 16, I was like under what? He says if you didn't believe in a higher power, put yourself in that situation and you start praying to someone, anyone.
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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