I' know this guy who is an extreme athlete. Last year he set a world record by paddle boarding the entire length of the California coast (1,250) to help raise money for plastic pollution in the ocean. Before that he ran 120 marathons in 120 consecutive days from Los Angeles to New York City for Child Abuse. This year he will run then bike then paddle board around the island of Oahu. He trains with Laird Hamilton a lot (that was the connection). He was telling me of a guy he met in Hawaii who last year surfed Jaws at a contest. The prize was $1,000 per foot of the size of the wave. He won a check for $65,000.00 That is a huge wave. That guy was also a friend of mine who bought my Jeep off me before I moved back to the mainland. If you haven't seen big waves before, save your money and go to Hawaii for a couple weeks in the winter. Plan on walking a long ways to the beach cause the roads are packed with people watching the waves. Unreal No I am not name dropping that is why I did not put down any names and NO I do not know Laird Hamilton