Movie review: Rory Kennedy's intimate look at Laird Hamilton reveals he's steady on the edge
by By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Oct 03, 2017
3 minutes
Against the grain is the only way Laird Hamilton knows how to go. A dynamic, dominating personality, he became one of surfing's central figures despite refusing to compete professionally and he revolutionized the nature of the sport not once but twice by going in directions few people much cared about.
In fact, Hamilton's story is so filled with dramatic incident and personal and psychological complexity, not to mention spectacular visuals of waves upward of 100 feet tall, that it
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