The Life of Laird Hamilton,” the latest documentary from Rory Kennedy (“Last Days in Vietnam”), is partly the life story of Hamilton, widely considered the world’s best big-wave surfer ...

The Life of Laird Hamilton. An extreme-sports film that’s also a laser-focused biographical study of a crazy man lacking a functioning fear mechanism, this portrait of the charismatic big-wave ...

Surfer Laird Hamilton has faced ... “Take Every Wave,” he had to completely open himself up. “Laird approached this project much like he approaches a big wave. There are moments when it ...

Now she’s made something completely different: a documentary about a... This week’s new movie releases offer plenty of thrills: Tom Cruise is a real life pilot turned CIA drug runner in ‘American Made ...

This is the remarkable story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. Check out "Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton" in theaters on September 29. This is the ...

Take Every Wave: The Life Of Laird Hamilton Mia McNiece joined PEOPLE in 2010 and is currently the Senior Movies Editor. Legendary big-wave rider Laird Hamilton and pro volleyball champion ...

Some people grow old gracefully, some fight it every step of the way. Big-wave surfing icon Laird Hamilton would fall into the later category. Celebrating his 60th birthday, the man’s as active ...

Late last year, Laird Hamilton, big-wave surfer and longevity machine, told Men’s Health that “everything I do is about supporting the system.” The system is mental, emotional; it’s about ...