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Wild Ideas Worth Living

Manifesting Big Waves with Garrett & Nicole McNamara

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Garrett McNamara is one of the best big wave surfers on the planet. In 2011, Garrett broke a world record when he rode a 78-foot wave in Nazare, Portugal. Nicole McNamara is Garrett's manager, his spotter, and his wife. The power couple have figured out a way to live a life that grounds them while focusing on what they love– surfing and family.

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0:00.0

Here at Wild Ideas worth living, we love hearing about your wild ideas.

0:07.0

Have you tried any new adventures lately?

0:09.0

Are you hang gliding on every continent or trying to walk every trail within 10 miles

0:13.9

of your house?

0:15.5

Writer of you were every listen to the show and tell us about it.

0:19.0

Who knows, maybe you'll be our next guest.

0:31.0

Garrett McNamara is known as one of the best big wave surfers on the planet.

0:36.0

In 2011, Garrett broke a world record when he rode a 78-foot wave and Nazarey Portugal.

0:42.0

At the time, it was the biggest wave that had ever been served.

0:46.0

Nicole McNamara is Garrett's manager, his spotter, and his wife.

0:50.0

The power couple has figured out a way to live a life that grounds them

0:54.0

while focusing on what they love, surfing and family.

0:58.0

I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas worth living, an REI Co-op Studios production.

1:09.0

Garrett and Nicole met in 2010 in Puerto Rico.

1:13.0

He was there working with a nonprofit called Surfers Healing,

1:16.0

and she was there to compete in a stand-up paddle boarding race.

1:20.0

My favorite part of their love story is the first thing Garrett asked Nicole,

1:24.0

you surf? The pair hit it off and quickly joined forces.

1:29.0

After traveling the world for a few years, Garrett and Nicole settled down,

1:33.0

splitting their time between Hawaii and Portugal with their three young children.

1:37.0

In 2021, the pair partnered with HBO to create an Emmy award-winning show called The Hundred Foot Wave.

1:44.0

In the series, they dive into the future of big wave surfing and revisit the moment

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