{"id":10764,"date":"2020-06-23T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10764"},"modified":"2020-06-27T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T20:13:30","slug":"fuck-thats-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2020\/06\/23\/fuck-thats-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"“Fuck, that\u2019s a man.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from Inside Hook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Man Who Surfs the World\u2019s Biggest Waves Without a Board<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Kalani Lattanzi is your favorite surfer\u2019s favorite surfer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\u00a0<\/strong>BRENDAN CROWLEY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kalani
Kalani Lattanzi lives to bodysurf, even if it could kill him. RICARDO BRAVO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Early one morning in October of 2015, a 21-year-old Brazilian surfer named Kalani Lattanzi stepped onto the sand at Praia do Norte in Nazar\u00e9, Portugal. Muscular and clad in a tight wetsuit, Lattanzi was indistinguishable from the many surfers who, each day, stood on the beach where he now stood. Like all of his peers, Lattanzi was preparing to enter hallowed water, a devilish patch of ocean revered and feared for producing the world\u2019s biggest swells. Just two years earlier, American surfer Garrett McNamara had been towed by a jet ski into an estimated 100-foot wave<\/a> in these waters, a world-record ride that cemented Nazar\u00e9\u2019s place in the pantheon of surf spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lattanzi, however, planned to employ a different approach to surfing these legendary waves. He was going to paddle into the chaos without a critical piece of equipment: a board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later that morning, Australian Ross Clarke-Jones and American Jamie Mitchell, both professional big wave surfers, arrived at the beach. A major swell had descended on Praia do Norte and the two men were eager to get into the water before any other surfers arrived. As they headed out into the surf, Clarke-Jones was stunned to discover that they were not alone.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe sun was rising and I saw this like, what appeared to be someone in the water swimming,\u201d says Clarke-Jones in\u00a0Kalani: Gift from Heaven<\/em>,<\/a>\u00a0a short film documenting Lattanzi\u2019s life and exploits in Nazar\u00e9. \u201cIs that a seal, or is that a dolphin, or is it a shark? Fuck, that\u2019s a\u00a0man<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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