Laird Hamilton

12 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 16, 2021 by Sam Parr · said 24 times in 6 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Laird Hamilton's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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2023 8 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
2021 15 mentions in 3 episodes 5 per episode

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Everything said about Laird Hamilton, oldest first

Sep 16, 2021 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Parr: Laird Superfood IPO'd at $18M Revenue, Hit $163M Market Cap
“It went public with, like, eighteen million in revenue. Currently has a market cap of one hundred sixty three million dollars. Revenue of, like, 50, I think.”
Sam Parr Sep 16, 2021 ▶ 2:08 How to Make Billions with a DTC Niche Clothing Line | My First Million #219
Sep 16, 2021 positive
Insight
Puri: Consumers Trust Authentic Lifestyle Athletes Over Generic Celebrity Brands
“When you see someone like Laird Hamilton, who's like walked the walk for like, I don't know how many years guys, like 50 something years old and you see, he's just like ripped, absolutely ripped at that age. You kind of know that he's lived a certain lifestyle…”
Shaan Puri Sep 16, 2021 ▶ 3:37 How to Make Billions with a DTC Niche Clothing Line | My First Million #219
Aug 9, 2023
Insight
Innovation Is Merely A New Application Of Existing Ideas
“You know what I have, I say about innovation and ideas is you know, it's just a new application of an old idea. I mean, you think for anyone to have what they would think would be an original thought at this point in humanity is insanity.”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 23:30 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023 neutral
Insight
Grudge-Based Motivation Eventually Exhausts Itself Once You Achieve Your Goals
“At some point you achieve the thing you're trying to do, you prove your point and then you're sitting there going, okay, now what? And then you're like, okay, do I have to make up a new one? Or maybe I can create motivation out of success or contentment or som…”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 39:42 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023 positive
Insight
Athletes Inevitably Evolve From Taking Sponsorships To Building Their Own Brands
“I think in the evolution of an athlete, you have a tendency to, depending on your brand and your, you know, and what you've, you know, what you've done, I think you evolve into wanting to kind of be your own sponsor at the end, right?”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 8:09 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023
Disclosure
Laird Hamilton Has Been Completely Sober For Fifteen Years
“So I got 15 here. I got 15.”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 45:24 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023
Insight
Long-Term Business Victory Comes From Simply Outlasting Every Single Competitor
“You can have your little wins and your little wins and all great. But I'm talking about like at the end when you're the only one left on the battlefield and everybody's laying on the ground, then you don't even have to be any good. You don't even have to be go…”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 41:48 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Hamilton And Reece Rejected Energy Drink Sponsorships To Protect Their Authenticity
“It's contributed to our longevity, but it's also been something that's encumbered us a little bit, because we just won't do, you know, we won't just endorse and promote any, anything for money. It's just, we've been pretty cautious about things that reflect ou…”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 8:36 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023
Assertion Supported
Hamilton And His Peers Were The First To Ride Waves With Hydrofoils
“Like, we're the first guys to really stand, and then we're the first guys to ride, that you realize that you could ride, ride waves with foils”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 21:54 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023
Disclosure
Hamilton Launched Laird Superfood With Just $20,000 To $30,000 In Capital
“I mean, it could have been a couple, 20, 30 grand or something like that at the most. And that, but we went online first. That's why it was really not, didn't cost us much to start.”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 18:01 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023
Disclosure
Hamilton Refuses To Charge For Pool Training To Maintain Full Control
“If you charge people, then it's the dynamic changes, you know, and we really, we like to, I like to have that sign that says we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, like kind of thing. Like, I think that that's a better relationship. I mean, we don't…”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 33:14 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Aug 9, 2023
Assertion Supported
Hamilton Fought The Malibu Fire For Hours And Rescued Hawaii Flood Victims
“I just, we had that giant Malibu fire. I had to, I had, I fought my house for, you know, I fought that fire for four or five hours with a suit and pump. And then I had a flood in Hawaii after, and I was like, you know, at night with boats, It, you know, rescui…”
Laird Hamilton Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 1:05:52 How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
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