Laird Hamilton Workout and Diet

Laird Hamilton was born in San Francisco and grew up in Hawaii. As a young child, he became fast friends with big wave surfer Bill Hamilton. He introduced Bill to his mother, the two later married and Bill adopted Laird. Laird Hamilton was always physically active. He started surfing at a young age and he was always a risk-taker, doing things like jumping off 60-foot cliffs when he was only 7 years old. When he was 17, Hamilton was discovered by a photographer in Kauai, and this turned into a modeling contract. He was also an accomplished surfer by this time, although he was never crazy about the professional circuit and eventually rejected it. Hamilton appeared in a few movies, including North Shore and Moving Target. He was also Kevin Costner’s stunt double in Waterworld. Hamilton was a co-innovator of the technique of towing a surfboard to huge waves. He holds many surfing records, and some of his feats have been recorded in the documentary films, Riding Giants and Take Every Wave. He has also experimented with the foilboard, he popularized kitesurfing and he is a proponent of stand-up paddle surfing, calling it a return to the traditional Hawaiian way. Hamilton is the co-creator and co-founder of XPT Life, a training program to improve athletic performance. He has also written or co-authored a couple of books, Force of Nature and Liferider, about his life, resilience, diet and relationships. Hamilton has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. He is married to professional volleyball player and model, Gabby Reece.Hamilton is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs about 172 lbs.