The footage shocked the world. Had it not been captured, no one would believe it was possible, but there it was, conformed in the vortex of the heaviest wave ever ridden, Laird Hamilton stood where no man has ever stood before. It was a moment shadowed only by the journey of his life as a waterman and an explorer of the most pure form of energy on earth. All of it, and more, captured with pristine clarity on DVD.

Teahupoo on the 17th of August 2000 : nobody will ever surf a wave like that in a long time...