Laird Hamilton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Laird Hamilton
Occupation	Surfer
Date Of Birth	Mar 2, 1964(1964-03-02)
Age	60
Birthplace	San Francisco
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Pisces

Laird Hamilton Biography

Laird Hamilton is one of the most popular and richest Surfer who was born on March 2, 1964 in San Francisco, California, United States. Big-wave surfer and sports model who, in 2000, rode the Teahupo’o, which was the heaviest wave ever ridden successfully.

He gained fame as a surfer like Kelly Slater.

Laird John Hamilton (born March 2, 1964) is an American big-wave surfer, co- inventor of tow-in surfing, and an occasional fashion and action-sports model. He is married to Gabrielle Reece, a professional volleyball player, television personality, and model.

When 16, Hamilton left the eleventh grade at Kapaa High School to pursue a modeling career and work in construction. At 17, Hamilton was discovered on a beach in Kauaʻi by a photographer from the Italian Men’s Vogue magazine L’Uomo Vogue which landed him a modeling contract and later a 1983 photo shoot with the actress Brooke Shields. Hamilton continued to do occasional men’s action sportswear print modeling.

He married his second wife, Gabrielle Reece in 1997.

Laird Hamilton Net Worth

Laird Hamilton is one of the richest Surfer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Laird Hamilton 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he was 17, he was discovered as a model on the beach and became an accomplished surfer.

He was in the 1987 movie North Shore. which showcased his pro-surfing skills.

Laird was born Laird John Zerfas in San Francisco on March 2, 1964, in an experimental salt-water sphere at UCSF Medical Center designed to ease the mother’s labor. His father, L. G. Zerfas, left the family before his first birthday. While he was an infant, Laird and his mother, Joann (née Zyirek), moved to Hawaii. In 1967, while still a young boy living on Oahu, Laird met with 1960s surfer William Stuart “Bill” Hamilton, a bachelor at the time, on Pūpūkea beach on the North Shore. Bill Hamilton was a surfboard shaper and glasser on Oahu in the 1960s and 1970s and owned a small business handmaking custom, high-performance surfboards for the Oahu North Shore big wave riders of the era. The two became immediate companions. The young Laird invited Bill Hamilton home to meet his mother. Bill Hamilton married Laird’s then-single mother, becoming Laird’s adoptive father.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Laird Hamilton height 6 ft 2 in Laird weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Laird Hamilton Dating?

According to our records, Laird Hamilton married to Gabrielle Reece , Maria Hamilton. As of December 1, 2023, Laird Hamilton’s is not dating anyone.

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In late 1992, Hamilton with two of his close friends, big wave riders Darrick Doerner and Buzzy Kerbox (also an occasional men’s fashion model; Hamilton and Kerbox later lost their friendship over a property disagreement), started using inflatable boats to tow one another into waves which were too big to catch under paddle power alone. This innovation is chronicled in the documentary film, Riding Giants. The technique would later be modified to use personal water craft and become a popular innovation. Tow-in surfing, as it became known, pushed the confinements and possibilities of big wave surfing to a new level. Although met with mixed reactions from the surfing community, some of whom felt that it was cheating and polluting, Hamilton explained that tow-in surfing was the only way to catch the monstrous sized waves. Using tow- in surfing methods, Hamilton learned how to survive 70-foot (21 m) waves and carving arcs across walls of water.

Facts & Trivia

Laird Ranked on the list of most popular Surfer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Laird Hamilton celebrates birthday on March 2 of every year.

In 1995, Hamilton met women’s professional volleyball player and New York fashion model Gabrielle Reece in Maui after a television interview by Reece who was hosting the show ‘The Extremists’. They later married on November 30,

1997. In 1996, People magazine named Hamilton one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World, and in the same year Hamilton pushed for and took from his future wife the correspondent position for the syndicated cable series ‘The Extremists’. In 1989 Reece had been named by Elle magazine as one of the Five Most Beautiful Women in the World.

Where is Laird Hamilton today?

Laird Hamilton and his wife Gabby Reece at home in Malibu. The family splits its time between Malibu and Kauai. Hamilton makes coffee for guests in the first floor gym of his Malibu home.

Are Bethany Hamilton and Laird Hamilton related?

Hamilton, Bethany (1990 – ) Hamilton ( no relation to Bill or Laird Hamilton ) was born (1990) and raised in Kauai, began surfing at age four, and was soon dominating the local amateur circuit.

Are Gabrielle Reece and Laird Hamilton still married?

Personal life On November 30, 1997, Reece married big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton. They have two daughters: Reece Viola Hamilton and Brody Jo Hamilton. She and Hamilton also are raising Izabela, Hamilton’s daughter from his previous marriage to big wave surfer and clothing designer Maria Souza.

Does Laird Hamilton eat fruit?

In brief, it appears that the spirit of the Laird diet is this: high-fat content, virtually no sugar, not even alcohol or fruit (in an interview with GQ, Laird said fruit is meant to be eaten seasonally ), no dairy (unless it’s raw), vegetables, protein, low carbs, no bread, and no solid food until lunch.

Who owns Laird Superfood?

Laird Hamilton Co-Founder, Chief Innovator and Director Hamilton has been focused on bringing his expertise and passion for fitness and nutrition to the masses. Mr. Hamilton is an American athlete best known for his accomplishments in big wave surfing. Over the past 25 years, Mr.