The winds blow from land to sea, rainfall not often exceeds 10 millimetres (zero.39 in) yearly and the climate is extremely inhospitable. In the times earlier than engine-powered ships and boats, it was potential to get ashore through the surf but impossible to launch from the shore. The solely method out was by going via a marsh tons of of miles lengthy and solely accessible via a hot and arid desert.
Hamilton appeared skeleton surfing t shirt as Kevin Costner's stunt double through the 1995 filming of Waterworld. Reportedly, Hamilton was nearly lost at sea when his Kawasaki Jet Ski ran out of gasoline 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 co-founder and co-creator of XPT Life or Extreme Performance Training, alongside together with his wife, Gabrielle Reece. In February 2008 Hamilton joined the board of directors of H2O Audio, a watersports music firm 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 13, 2010, Hamilton and wife Reece appeared as themselves on the episode "Gary Feels Tom Slipping Away" of the CBS tv collection Gary Unmarried.
In 2008 Hamilton introduced his personal "Wonderwall" line of affordable clothing, sold through Steve & Barry's till that retailer shut down at the end of January 2009. He has had lengthy-time sponsorship from the French beachwear company Oxbow surfwear. Joann and Bill had a second son, Lyon, Laird's half-brother, who also turned a surfer. More than a thousand such vessels of various 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 provides rise to dense ocean fogs (referred to as cassimbo by the Angolans) for a lot of the yr.