"It is like skateboarding. The only difference is that that ramp is ever changing," he says. "You have to be, if you're so in tune and time with the wave,. It basically is the one that's kind of helping you along." 'The way it is like a dance, you know, the wave is in itself,' surfers say.
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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