The Rich Roll Podcast

Imagine yourself standing before a 100-foot wave of ocean water.

That's like a skyscraper.

For most I'm guessing, running to safety would be the first instinct that would kick in.

But for today's guest, the immediate thought is singular.

Grab your board and let's go surfing.

Fear is something that we choose, something we manufacture in our mind.

We fully embrace the moment.

Fear does not exist.

His name is Garrett McNamara and he is an internationally recognized big wave surfer,

one of the greatest to ever do it, who commanded global attention by surfing one of the world's largest waves.

I just wanted surf, the goal is to keep surfing and has accomplished a myriad of other just absolutely insane surfing feats,

like surfing waves generated by a 300-foot glacier in Alaska, surfing giant barrels breaking on shallow jagged reefs,

and on massive open ocean hurricane swells.

Garrett and his team are also the subjects of the hit HBO docu series you might have seen called the 100-foot wave,

which thrillingly chronicles their pursuit of the largest waves in the world.

There's nothing that we can't do if we put our mind to it.

Season one is just a must watch Emmy Award winning series.

It's a real life edgy or seat filmmaking experience and season two, which is scheduled to debut very soon, is sure to continue that tradition.

In today's conversation we discuss Garrett's background, how he began surfing.

We talk about the 100-foot wave quest and the docu series that captured it all.

And as an added bonus, Garrett's wife, Nicole, absolutely his partner in all things, joins the conversation at the end to enlighten us on the

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