us to go out to this wave -- >> rose: and catch it earlier. yeah, and get on to a board designed to go faster and have better performance and, through that relationship with jaws, we developed a notationice, rescue techniques that have allowed modern surfers go out and try to manually paddle into these waves. >> rose: and finding bigger and bigger waves. >> yes. >> rose: roll tape, the last clip. here it is. ♪ >> i towed layer the first time on a couple of waves out there. we tried our technique, and, wow, this wave is real will you you -- really good. the way it comes in is a really good setup. ♪ >> that was the wave designed for it, the technique. the wave was moving, there was nobody there. ♪ >> i road three of the baddest, biggest waves that i had ever ridden before, an after having all these adrenaline rushes, i peaked. >> it became jaws, the that was the nickname we called it. >> 40, 50 feet, spitting, regurgitating, it was horrifying. >> you're looking at mother future build these mountains of water that are crashing down with intensity that nobody's ever seen. and because i was hanging out with the wrong people at that time, mainly laird, i had to go challenge it. >> rose: now