With the wind, as a surfer, you've always watched birds ride the ridge line of these swells and get all this energy from the updraft of the wind on these swells. With the wing, that was kind of always my dream is to ride along the crest of the wave like I was a bird. And if you get in a rhythm with the ocean, it's sort of like being on a swing or pendulum and it just kind of takes you.
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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