The winds blow from land to sea, rainfall hardly ever exceeds 10 millimetres (0.39 in) annually and the climate is highly inhospitable. In the days before engine-powered ships and boats, it was possible to get ashore through the surf however inconceivable to launch from the shore. The only method out was by going via a marsh tons of of miles lengthy and solely accessible via a scorching and arid desert.
Hamilton appeared as Kevin Costner's stunt double during the 1995 filming of Waterworld. Reportedly, Hamilton was nearly lost at sea when his Kawasaki Jet Ski ran out of gas throughout 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, 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 wife Reece appeared as themselves on the episode "Gary Feels surfing skeleton shirt Tom Slipping Away" of the CBS tv collection Gary Unmarried.
In 2008 Hamilton introduced his personal "Wonderwall" line of affordable clothes, sold via Steve & Barry's till that retailer shut down on 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 additionally grew to become a surfer. More than a thousand such vessels of assorted 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 (called cassimbo by the Angolans) for a lot of the 12 months.