"I have the ability and the advantage that I'm able to ride conditions that most people can't," he says. "It almost took me 15 years of trying to work up the ladder with one particular sport" His factory is an old pineapple mill here in the, the jungle of Maui With ironically some of the highest technology of the surfing industry. 'We try to like use it to make our equipment better'
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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