Laird Hamilton

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A Laird Life Editor
11-13-2009

Check out “10 Foods That I Love” by Laird.  All 10 foods are listed in Laird’s book “Force of Nature” along with great recipes and Laird’s “My Must Take Supplement List”

I love sushi, I love Japanese food, I love Hawaiian food- I love food in general.  But when I get down to specifics, these are the 10 things I’d have the hardest time giving up.

1.  ORGANIC, FREE-RANGE BEEF: Meat’s at the top of the list.  I’d last about a week (maybe) as a vegetarian.  Everybody’s biochemistry is different; some people thrive on a high-carbohydrate diet.  I’m not one of them.

2.  LOCALLY CAUGHT OPAH: Opah, also known as moonfish, is a white fish found in Hawaiian waters.  It lives at depths between 50 and 4000 meters down, often in the company of tuna and billfish.

3. PAPAYA:  A perfectly ripe papaya is a beautiful thing.  Along with its delicious  taste, it contains papain, an enzyme that helps digest proteins and acts as a natural anti –inflammatory in your system.

4. PINEAPPLE:  Pineapple is another awesome fruit.  Like papaya, it contains a powerful digestive enzyme, this one called bromelain (which helps heal bruising).  Pineapple’s loaded with antioxidants, too, as well as a trace mineral called managese, which is essential to build bone and connective tissue.

5. MUSTARD: I love the old-fashioned stone-ground stuff.  It’s a flavor that really appeals to me, so this fact is a bonus:  Mustard is so dense with minerals, phyonutrients, and omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids that up until the 20th century, it was considered a medicine rather than a food.

All 10 are listed in Laird’s Book – Force of Nature – get your copy or autographed copy today. Makes a great gift!

Force of Nature

Mind, Body, Soul and, of Course, Surfing
BY LAIRD HAMILTON

“Meet a man who is to his sport what Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and Lance Armstrong are to theirs.” — Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes

“Laird is flat out surfing’s biggest, boldest, bravest. He is the best big-wave surfer in the world today, bar none.”  — Surfer Magazine

Laird Hamilton has been hailed as the world’s greatest big-wave surfer. His first book, Force of Nature, allows readers a rare glimpse inside the unique philosophy that has created his circumstances, and not the other way around. After all, this is a man whose biological father abandoned him shortly after he was born; whose first job was working on a pig farm; who dropped out of school in eleventh grade. And then the career decision: surfer. Though earning enough to pay the rent as any kind of surfer is next to impossible, Hamilton has ended up in the place we all desire to be: doing exactly what he loves, becoming the world’s best in the process, making a great living, being surrounded by nature and family, radiating peak health and fitness, and succeeding by any definition of the word.

How did he get there? And more importantly, how can the rest of us join him?

Force of Nature is a detailed map to that destination, with Laird Hamilton as the reader’s guide. It’s not about chasing trophies or accolades or cash. It’s about quality over quantity and being true to your physical, mental, and spiritual roots. Not only is it possible to thrive in the modern world without adopting its harmful habits: it’s essential. And not only has Hamilton mastered this balance, he makes a compelling and articulate case that anyone who wants to can do the same.

This book is a deeply authoritative and cutting-edge guide to peak fitness in mind, body, soul, and surfing. It comes directly from the source and his inner circle, which includes those at the vanguard of sports, training, nutrition, and more. Former pro volleyball player Gabrielle Reece, surf legend Dave Kalama, fitness gurus Paul Chek, T.R. Goodman and Don Wildman, and Food Network star Giada DiLaurentis all contribute their expertise. Readers will get an all-access pass into an elite world filled with definitive and provocative ideas.

LAIRD HAMILTON, the guiding genius of big-wave surfing, has been featured in such magazines as National Geo¬graphic, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Outside, Men’s Journal, Time, GQ, and People. He has been profiled by 60 Minutes and starred in the film Riding Giants. He divides his time between the Hawaiian islands and Malibu, California.

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