Episode 024: Garrett McNamara - Redefining The Boundaries

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com Another week, another legend – this time big wave surfer and extreme waterman, the great Garrett McNamara. Garrett was in London for a few days during mid November 2017, so I sat down with him for an hour and look back over his storied, spectacular career. And what stories these are. Whether it's growing up surfing Halewia and then pioneering the outer reefs, or dedicating his life to Nazare, Gmac's life story reads as a guide to big wave surfing's recent history, and in this chat we cover the lot. As it was a week after Cotty's slam at Nazare, we hear Garrett's perspective on that, as well as the details of new Fearless project with Pablo Garcia, and some fascinating stuff on how recovering from his own death-defying wipeout at Mavericks left him facing the biggest emotional and physical test of his life. Yep. there's plenty to get your teeth stuck into here. It was brilliant to speak to Garrett about his life and experiences in such intimate detail - big thanks to Garrett for coming on the show, and to Jordan Williamson at CSM for making it possible. Thanks as ever to Scott Nixon (www.scottnixon.co.uk) for post-production help and Matt Ward (www.linguistine.com) for the theme tune.