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ninjagin
08/11/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
I totally get where he's coming from, even though I have never surfed. (Love classic surfing movies, though.) For about 15 years I listened to tunes when I went skiing. In cassette player days, I made mix tapes so that I could get a nice selection of tunes. At MP3 time, it's all about playlists, but some albums can be played totally through... electronica seems to work well, as do surf tunes (think Dick Dale and the Ventures), but Van Halen (ahem, -=old=- Van Halen) and Bjork and Bill Evans/Miles Davis/John Coltrane jazz records work for me, too. The thing is, as I began to go skiing with other people, I lost the desire to carry tunes around. I just became more social, and it's hard to carry on conversations when you're crankin' something. Great post, and thanks, Laird... you're the bomb.
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banmojo
08/11/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
Great stuff indeed. I completely relate, as the same experience happened to me once I started to listen to music while snow skiing. Completely enhanced experience, thrilling in fact. Good on ya, Laird!
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podspawn
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
Grab the movie "Riding Giants" for more Laird awesomeness.
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Alessar
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
I'd love to go biking with music, unfortunately it's just not safe as I'm usually doing laps on my neighborhood side streets. I think surfing or swimming with music sounds fantastic.
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MargotRufus
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
All these water-resistant music players look bulky and could easily get snagged or snatched off with a wave. You would think that someone would come up with a system that attaches to the head or neck and uses a vibration to bone mechanism instead of ear buds.
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Nick
08/10/09

@MargotRufus: eesh, i dunno if i wanna get thrashed about with something around my neck. when things go bad i wanna be able to quickly escape anything that is attached my person. but i see where you were going.
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
08/10/09

@Nick: I love Nick: You want them to escape like a pair of sunglasses, right?
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#no_dice
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
i cant believe i just saw a gizmodo article written by laird, great stuff.
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ytkliu
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
After knowing very little about surfing, I went and watched the famous video of you surfing Teahupoo and was amazed. While it may not be possible for man to tame the ocean, it seems like surfing that big wave is the closest I've ever seen anyone to becoming a part of it. Mad props man, and I'll have to look into your gear for when I go diving or boating. I can't say I've ever surfed before, but that video makes me want to learn to ride at least a few small waves before I die!
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itchytooth
08/10/09

@ytkliu: If you're really lucky, you might get to ride some waves while you die. I was nearly that lucky on my second surfing attempt. The key is doing it on a rocky beach, as a storm rolls in. Good luck!
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ArmTheHarmless
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
I can't think of the name of the book, but there is scientific research on how your brain uses alternate pathways to access information when a stimulus is introduced. So it is possible for the music to change the context of surfing enough to have your brain alter its method of accessing your surfing skills.
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Saboth
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
So with all the coral reefs and whatnot, why don't you see surfers wearing helmets like skateboarders and bike riders? Mess up their tan?
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SwatLax
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
But does Lance Burkhart surf with music?
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NYCJason
08/10/09

@SwatLax: Here on the North Shore we treat friends mo betta.
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bill cant fart
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
What do you think he listens to? My money's on "Fergalicious".
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Lizard_King
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
Cue dickbags who want nothing but to state how listening to music will distract your attention, amplify the danger level of the activity or affect hearing. Also include the few that don't understand the pure pleasure of adding music to one of your favorite activity.
Haven't been impressed with the H2O Audio cases, I use a Otterbox myself. I wish either had a dock connector passthrough.
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AmphetamineCrown
08/10/09

@Lizard_King: Dickbags like Laird? "Obviously, when waves are at 80 feet and our lives are on the line, we're not listening to music."

As far as I'm concerned, you can listen to whatever you want juggling razor blades while rollerblading over lava or whatever extreme activity you are into. That it might have the possible side effect of allowing Darwin's Law to kick in, so much the better.

I'm just sayin' I wouldn't call Laird a dickbag.
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Lizard_King
08/10/09

@AmphetamineCrown: No, Laird is a god. I was referring to the comments made on blog sites condemning people for listening to music on a bicycle, while snowboarding, or while riding the subway. Look at comments for such products as a handlebar mount for ipods, bluetooth audio for motorcycle helmets or speaker systems for snowboard helmets.
Laird knows his limits, and obviously knows what he needs to focus. I'm sure there has been at least one person to blast him for wearing earphones.
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frigg
08/10/09

@Lizard_King: haven't tried the Otterbox, but have liked an H20 case a friend had.
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frigg
08/10/09

@AmphetamineCrown: I don't think Lizard King is calling Laird a dickbag, I think he's calling commenters who might whine about music dickbags.
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pekosROB
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music

If I'm not mistaken, I just saw some random TV show the other day about the evolution of surfing. This guy was the first to surf a ridiculously huge pipe I think in Tahiti. AMAZING.
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Noobs-R-Us
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
Does he listen to Mozart’s Requiem just in case he sinks slowly into the abyss and drowns? That would be most a propos.
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skierpage
08/11/09

@Noobs-R-Us: most a propos
Apropos the [firefox.com] spell checker...
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Noobs-R-Us
08/11/09

@skierpage: firefox? what's that?
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nutbastard
08/10/09

In reply to Laird Hamilton: Why I Surf With Music
whenever i go snowboarding i always put on Braindrill.

it makes you hate the mountain and want to ritualistically disembowel it on an alter to Satan, and hold up it's still beating heart and say, 'galay-maaaaa! GALLAY-MAAAA!' - which in turn just kinda makes you go all balls out, since you can't actually disembowel a mountain.
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