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The first time I met with Laird was to copy one of his boards. He was visiting the Basque Country in 2006 and he was exhibiting a grace on the waves in a style of surfing that hadn’t been seen commonly on the continent. Stand Up Paddling, like Laird’s image, would eventually become ubiquitous and polarizing. And it was the board I wanted to copy, but Laird’s abilities, even then, I knew were not to be repeated by me or anyone. His dedication to performance and innovation keep him in a class of his own for better or worse.
It’s this definitive outlier character that attracted the attention of Rory Kenny, daughter of U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, the film’s director. Surfing is a decidedly inward looking pursuit and Laird’s ability to captivate mainstream audiences has made him an unlikely ambassador and icon for surfing. While it’s easy to suggest that his tow-in his-tory and strap surfing don’t represent the soul of surfing, his relationship with the ocean suggests otherwise. For hardline traditionalists that shirk competition and quantifying wavering performance, Laird is an unlikely ally.
“I did not reject competition,” Hamilton says, “I rejected judgment.” For Laird the thought of another personal evaluating the way he rode a wave incomparison to someone else made the whole thing moot. A judge’s distracted opinion in a faraway tower didn’t matter. He had his own expectations to live up to and the stakes were much higher that topping out at a heat.
Take Every Wave not only chronicles the achievements of Laird — from the pioneering use of personal watercraft to the ill-fated employment of velcro booties for rodeo flips — the film explores his motivations for finding his limit. From his troubled history with authority to his complex personal relationships, no stone is left unturned. And in only the way a surfing outsider can do, Kennedy finds balance between paying homage to an icon and exploring the rocky path to that status.
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