The winds blow from land to sea, rainfall rarely exceeds 10 millimetres (zero.39 in) annually and the local weather is highly inhospitable. In the days earlier than engine-powered ships and boats, it was potential to get ashore by way of the surf but unimaginable to launch from the shore. The only means out was by going through a marsh tons of of miles lengthy and solely accessible through a hot and arid desert.
Hamilton appeared as Kevin Costner's stunt double through the 1995 filming of Waterworld. Reportedly, Hamilton was almost lost at sea when his Kawasaki Jet Ski ran out of gas during a squall. He then drifted for hours earlier than being rescued by Coast Guard off the Island of Maui. Hamilton commuted daily to the enclosed set between Maui and the Big Island by jet ski.
Laird Hamilton is a billabong skeleton surfing shirt co-founder and co-creator of XPT Life or Extreme Performance Training, along with his spouse, Gabrielle Reece. In February 2008 Hamilton joined the board of directors of H2O Audio, a watersports music company in San Diego California.
Footage of Hamilton is used on the video for Dayvan Cowboy from Boards of Canada. In 2003, he was featured in Dana Brown's surf documentary Step Into Liquid. On January thirteen, 2010, Hamilton and spouse Reece appeared as themselves on the episode "Gary Feels Tom Slipping Away" of the CBS television sequence Gary Unmarried.
In 2008 Hamilton introduced his personal "Wonderwall" line of affordable clothing, offered through Steve & Barry's till that retailer shut down on the finish of January 2009. He has had lengthy-time sponsorship from the French beachwear firm Oxbow surfwear. Joann and Bill had a second son, Lyon, Laird's half-brother, who additionally became a surfer. More than a thousand such vessels of varied sizes litter the coast, notably the Eduard Bohlen, Benguela Eagle, Otavi, Dunedin Star and Tong Taw. On the coast, the upwelling of the chilly Benguela current gives rise to dense ocean fogs (referred to as cassimbo by the Angolans) for much of the year.