From the VFArchive: Meet 'Snips,' 'Ger,' and the godlike Laird Hamilton. Theirs is the extreme world of big-wave surfing, a sport that lies somewhere between obsession and religion, in which death lurks inside waves as tall as a six-story building.
Meet"Snips" and"Ger," the clean-cut Southern California jocks who surf Todos Santos; Flea" and"Skindog," daredevils from the north who rule the waves of Maverick's; and the godlike Laird Hamilton, who made his name on Maui's monster reefs. Theirs is the extreme world of big-wave surfing, a sport that lies somewhere between obsession and religion, in which death lurks inside waves as tall as a six-story building.
soaks up the culture and the debate over who has taken the most terrifying ride
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