A good few years back there was a documentary called step into liquid. Hydrofoil-ing big waves is introduced there by some other legends. Its great to see that Kai's passion has brought him to explore this as well.
Love this guy's abilities, pure joy in what he does with a board and a wave, and the gift to himself of never having any major regrets in life. Thanks for a great video.
Not even wearing a helmet: it couldn’t save you in case of a major impact with your board or foil, but in case of a minor impact, it could make the difference between head injury or no injury Anyway, you put the damn thing to an incredible level!
Surprisingly long mast. Not sure about the pluses & minuses of that on such huge waves. The water on the wave face is pretty smooth, on the other hand, the potential for turbulence & white water is extreme.
My boyfriend this morning was "what are you watching?? Please don't put this on the tv". He was like where are the rest of the episodes 🤣 Such a badass series
If I was Laird H, I might be a little peeved at the fact that he is claiming to do something that 'no one' has done before. The guy is certainly a legend but give props to those who lead the way.
I hope you achieve your dreams Kia cuz you are definitely living your best life👍,you are an amazing hard waterman and an amazing person 👍👍✅🦌💨🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
There is the Wing-In-Ground (WIG) effect, the board essentially flies close to the water surface while supported by a field of high-pressure air beneath it and above the water surface. This creates the impression that it's simply gliding above a cushion of air. Drag is amplified by the posture of Kai standing up and height above the water surface in relationship to reduce the WIG effect , more drag is addes by the foil size. But Kai is ballzy as ever. The WIG effect can work for and against you
For the wing in ground effect to happen the wing needs to be near the ground or in water the sea floor, so being just below the surface doesn't cause this.
As a non surfer (fuckin' shit scared of sharks!!) I came across Kai Lenny videos earlier this week. The wife (who did surf when younger) was watching him on YT. Watching him bouncing off waves & doin' 360s comin' down the face of those waves in Hawaii I thought he was one of the best surfers I've ever seen. I may have never surfed but I know lots who do & have done & have watched lots of surf stuff over the years.
Holy shit! In some of the first surf footage, somewhere in the first 5 minutes, he gets launched out the front from the explosion of the lip! That looked deadly violent! It's lucky he wasn't hurt. And shortly after, the launch off the lip out the back was a good 50 feet in the air! Crazy!
Go Bro👍👍🐐💨🌊 hope you ride a corker in Portugal, I’m sure the foil will help.✅ side note- it was an Australian who invented the hydro foil, helping oz win an America cup, to Bob hawk and the dodgy Alan Bond great Glee👍 👍✅🌊all the Best bro☮️
An Australian invented the hydro foil? Really? I think hydro foils have been around for over 100 years and personally I have ridden waves on my hydro foil 20 years ago before laird even adapted the water ski foil chair to a surfboard to foil waves on. So when and which Australian are you referring to?
@@capodad2u The judo foil is ancient technology from First Nations people ie aboriginal civilisation in Australia 🇦🇺 then Hawaii and other places like Tahiti, New Zealander s ect, the Aussie I was referring to helped a boat builder who designed the wing keel design that helped propel Australia to win the America’s cup in off the coast of Rhode Island in 1983I think, his name is Ben Lexen I 🤔Boat was called Australia ll Bertrand Russle was captain. I look forward to trying out a surf board with the wing foil.👍👍🦌💨🌊🌊🧜♂️
@@damienmixtape7erglis319 what does any of this have to do with foil surfing? Re-designing an existing technology is not inventing. So your saying the aboriginal Australians invented the hydrofoil and hydrofoil surfing? I think I would credit laird with that one, although others did attempt to put a hydrofoil on surfboards in the 60's with limited success. I rode waves (barely) on my aquaskipper hydrofoil which is a human propelled device many years ago. Laird Hamilton is widely considered the person responsible for making hydrofoil surfing a practical reality. Did Australians invent surfing too?
@@capodad2u I’m not saying an a Australian invented hydro foil surfing that credit does go to laird 👍👍 he used an Australian designed technology, but laird definitely propelled surfing into the 21st century with his tow in surfing and use of the wing foil keel, and surfing came from the aboriginal population descended from the aboriginals from terra Australis, who populated the Hawaiian islands and other pacific islands over the course of millions of years. We are the first people. 🇦🇺🏳️🌈🇦🇶
@@banzaiib "masks don't stop the spread". Then how do you explain the lower infection rates in Asian countries ? Also, if nothing else, they keep you from touching your mouth and picking your nose with contaminated hands/fingers. "why are we making healthy people wear them". To keep them healthy maybe ?
Boy, I'm your fan! I like your sayings, photos and videos! Of course, no neuras, no frills ok! You are the man! My name is: Rubenn Dean Paul Alws "Petrópolis, Rio de Janero" Brazil! I love making friends!
@Marco Arenas this is ep3. Here's the YT link to eps 1 and 2 (we combined them for YT): ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... but you can check out the whole series over at Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
@oldschoolwaverider Hainan gets really good, don't sweat it! Also, if you're able to shoot over to Taiwan, plenty of great waves there, too. Good luck mate!
@AmThat We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy 👊
@Remy Steele: We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy 👊
Wait, did Kai say that Nazare has only been discovered in the last 8 years? Because in the 1990s, it was made sort of famous to the public in the movie Point Break. I went back to see if he said "80" years, but I still heard "eight".
@Guaneh: We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy!!
@Vlack73 We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy 👊
In Portugal you have alternative roads to avoid tollls. You only pay tolls in some the largest highways. He from Airport in Lisbon to going to Nazaré need to catch the A8 highway and the cost from Lisbon to Nazaré is about 7,05€ (~10 USDolls). Time is money if you choose the alternative roads need at least 2hours and half to reach Nazaré (but the view along the sea is great), you pass inside small towns with lot of churches and small castles. Using the highway no view only hills but is faster only 1hour and 40 minutes (very careful with speeding in the highway, if you enter the highway (they have cameras that regist the time) and you when you let the highway and the computer make the calculation based in kms you run through and the time you took you to do it, and if that calculations is >132km/h (max speed is 120km/h but they give a 10% of tolerance) you going to have a speed ticket/fine.
Do not know how you can say that your doing it on your own, when you have lots of help, but you are pushing the limits of what is possible & will be good to see what happens, though?
@Shuey187 We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy 🤙
Kai is his own man. Live long and prosper Kai Lenny!
I swear Kai is an absolute legend when it come to over the top things
Kai continues to amaze me everyday
Here's the full Life of Kai series @Harper Sings: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
@@RedBullSurfing omg thank you!!!
A good few years back there was a documentary called step into liquid.
Hydrofoil-ing big waves is introduced there by some other legends. Its great to see that Kai's passion has brought him to explore this as well.
Kai you are totally insane but I love you dude! Cant wait to see you riding the biggest wave with foil! God bless you dude!
in case you haven't seen the whole series @Louis Treminio: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
Hellou
Probably one of the most exciting surfer of our time he pushes boundaries beyond belief. 👍
This vid gets my serotonin levels way up haha!! Kai is living the dream life
keep those levels peaking @Jackson Landrey: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍😁
Kai is so good at big wave surfing! He is definitely my favorite!
Agreed! Here's the whole series in case you missed it: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
@@RedBullSurfing thanks I watched it tho
U guys r so gnarly thanks Red Bull!
Kai you're such an inspiration!
I need more episodes don’t play with me.
Loo
Dig in @brewely 👉 www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
@@RedBullSurfing I’m already ready for Season 2...
@@brewely lol me too
Loving the awesome footage ...... keep it coming 👍
Lots of love and respect for you and all the other inspirational surfers out there!
Ни слова не понимаю на английском языке , но с удовольствие посмотрел все три эпизода 🤙🏽 крутой парень 😊
Love this guy's abilities, pure joy in what he does with a board and a wave, and the gift to himself of never having any major regrets in life. Thanks for a great video.
Kai! I admire your skill and courage and great attitude!
Red Bull, you have chosen a great person to sponsor!!
Not even wearing a helmet: it couldn’t save you in case of a major impact with your board or foil, but in case of a minor impact, it could make the difference between head injury or no injury
Anyway, you put the damn thing to an incredible level!
Getting caught in the foam at Nazare is one of the most terrifying things that I can imagine to happen to someone in the water. So fucking sketchy
Foiling Nazare is the scariest thing you can do at Nazare 😬 But there is nothing that can stop Kai 🤙
just scratching the surface for sure. he's gonna continue blowing minds out there.
Or maybe boogey boarding Nazare 😂
Kai you're crazy 😂👍
Wtf bro😯 your talent has no limit!
Surprisingly long mast. Not sure about the pluses & minuses of that on such huge waves. The water on the wave face is pretty smooth, on the other hand, the potential for turbulence & white water is extreme.
Kai is leading the charge
Kai is just killing it!
My boyfriend this morning was "what are you watching?? Please don't put this on the tv". He was like where are the rest of the episodes 🤣 Such a badass series
Just watched episode one and I’m so interested!
@Delanie Tasto... here are the rest!! www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
Man so cool and awesome to have redbud as your sponsorship!
na moral, é lindo a admiração e o carinho do Kai pelo chumbo, irado parceria monstra!
Kai is breaking boundaries!
Wrong
This guys on another level
Epic footage and legend Kai!!!
This is the content I was looking for
@Gioyu Comi this was shot before the pandemic
Thank you for shedding some of the daily anxie5rty watching you excel. I'm jealous and thankful
Kai Lenny DOES IT AGAIN
Kai is crazy.
Hi Lucas, its Mylan from Cloud 9 comp! Great to see the impressive surfing. 🤙
This guy has more courage and a zest for life than anyone of his generation. All the worlds a stage, and its in his hands. May God keep him safe!
This pair could take surfing to crazy levels but be safe.
If I was Laird H, I might be a little peeved at the fact that he is claiming to do something that 'no one' has done before. The guy is certainly a legend but give props to those who lead the way.
Yeah, it feels like Kai is an inch from good lad to egocentric dude...
This was last year there is no one using mask cause covid
@@alejandroferrer7128 what ?
Nazaré actually means Nazareth, as in Jesus of Nazareth, so it's actually biblical ahah. Greeting from Portugal.
Before be Nazaré was Nazareth like 100 years ago!
Im from there! 😅🇵🇹💖
I hope you achieve your dreams Kia cuz you are definitely living your best life👍,you are an amazing hard waterman and an amazing person 👍👍✅🦌💨🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
Kai is so dope I've never existed.
Chumbo is so sweet 🎂.
Good personality
pullin up in the "warrior of change"
Sick edit. Killing it Kai 🌊🙏🥳
Loved this!!! Sending good vibes from our surf vlog channel down in Costa Rica💚🌴🏄🏼♀️🏄♂️
Cheers @Coastal Distancing 🤙🤙
There is the Wing-In-Ground (WIG) effect, the board essentially flies close to the water surface while supported by a field of high-pressure air beneath it and above the water surface. This creates the impression that it's simply gliding above a cushion of air. Drag is amplified by the posture of Kai standing up and height above the water surface in relationship to reduce the WIG effect , more drag is addes by the foil size. But Kai is ballzy as ever.
The WIG effect can work for and against you
For the wing in ground effect to happen the wing needs to be near the ground or in water the sea floor, so being just below the surface doesn't cause this.
Legend
You’re the man
So sick brotha, stay ripping
if you get the chance visie La Piriquita in nearby Sintra, home to one of Europes most beloved coffee and port shop. Meantime be careful.
This makes me want to surf this second 😂😮
The Corona Open in China🤣
Such an innovator
kai sounds like steve carell a little bit😂
Surfing the underwave!
silly kai, 360 airs are for SNOWY mountains... the dude is next next level
Kai you didn't win the Pe'ahi contest because your performance level is above what the judges can comprehend.
As a non surfer (fuckin' shit scared of sharks!!) I came across Kai Lenny videos earlier this week. The wife (who did surf when younger) was watching him on YT. Watching him bouncing off waves & doin' 360s comin' down the face of those waves in Hawaii I thought he was one of the best surfers I've ever seen. I may have never surfed but I know lots who do & have done & have watched lots of surf stuff over the years.
Hi Kai Big Fan. Are you friends with Koa Smith and his brothers? You guys look the same. Same soul seekers spirits. Aloha brother.
Great ep and kudos to the artist who created that intro
Kai-nney B !!
Kai is a foil kook! Respect
“We don’t have tolls on Maui”
I couldnt help but imagine someone falling forward on a big wave and having that hydrofoil go up and come down on top of them....
Epic video keep em comin
Here's the whole series @clay mulvaney! www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
Wow that looks so dope!! Intense and fun at the same time 😳🤘👊🏼😀
Holy shit! In some of the first surf footage, somewhere in the first 5 minutes, he gets launched out the front from the explosion of the lip! That looked deadly violent! It's lucky he wasn't hurt. And shortly after, the launch off the lip out the back was a good 50 feet in the air! Crazy!
I lived in Crete and the have a huge winter swell the Gulf of crete
Need more speedometer app. How fast is he travelling.
As fast as gravity...
man at 13:26 i could not stop laughing
Red Bull: Cardiac Arrest Juice.
Go Bro👍👍🐐💨🌊 hope you ride a corker in Portugal, I’m sure the foil will help.✅ side note- it was an Australian who invented the hydro foil, helping oz win an America cup, to Bob hawk and the dodgy Alan Bond great Glee👍 👍✅🌊all the Best bro☮️
Is the goat farting on the wave?
An Australian invented the hydro foil? Really? I think hydro foils have been around for over 100 years and personally I have ridden waves on my hydro foil 20 years ago before laird even adapted the water ski foil chair to a surfboard to foil waves on. So when and which Australian are you referring to?
@@capodad2u The judo foil is ancient technology from First Nations people ie aboriginal civilisation in Australia 🇦🇺 then Hawaii and other places like Tahiti, New Zealander s ect, the Aussie I was referring to helped a boat builder who designed the wing keel design that helped propel Australia to win the America’s cup in off the coast of Rhode Island in 1983I think, his name is Ben Lexen I 🤔Boat was called Australia ll
Bertrand Russle was captain.
I look forward to trying out a surf board with the wing foil.👍👍🦌💨🌊🌊🧜♂️
@@damienmixtape7erglis319 what does any of this have to do with foil surfing? Re-designing an existing technology is not inventing. So your saying the aboriginal Australians invented the hydrofoil and hydrofoil surfing? I think I would credit laird with that one, although others did attempt to put a hydrofoil on surfboards in the 60's with limited success. I rode waves (barely) on my aquaskipper hydrofoil which is a human propelled device many years ago. Laird Hamilton is widely considered the person responsible for making hydrofoil surfing a practical reality. Did Australians invent surfing too?
@@capodad2u I’m not saying an a Australian invented hydro foil surfing that credit does go to laird 👍👍 he used an Australian designed technology, but laird definitely propelled surfing into the 21st century with his tow in surfing and use of the wing foil keel, and surfing came from the aboriginal population descended from the aboriginals from terra Australis, who populated the Hawaiian islands and other pacific islands over the course of millions of years. We are the first people.
🇦🇺🏳️🌈🇦🇶
Kai is the guy who was teasing these giant waves at Nazaré.
Is it just me or is there some irony between being in China and the event being called the “Corona Open”
It not just you that found that ironic that's for sure.
@@asfdoth masks don't stop the spread... and why are we making healthy people wear them? It's so stupid.
@@banzaiib I totally agree. Getting Hawaii politicians to acknowledge this is another matter.
Glad to see everyone advocating for sure. Just a note though that this was shot before the pandemic.
@@banzaiib "masks don't stop the spread". Then how do you explain the lower infection rates in Asian countries ? Also, if nothing else, they keep you from touching your mouth and picking your nose with contaminated hands/fingers.
"why are we making healthy people wear them". To keep them healthy maybe ?
I thought my classmate is the most ambitious person, but not again until I see him.
Would towing behind a jet ski at 50-60mph be a comparable training? What are the differences?
Broooo 7:54 😱😱😧😨🤯
Boy, I'm your fan! I like your sayings, photos and videos! Of course, no neuras, no frills ok! You are the man! My name is: Rubenn Dean Paul Alws "Petrópolis, Rio de Janero" Brazil! I love making friends!
He's a future Laird
This isnt a fruit farm
Fun adventure
Is this Ep2 or 3? cant find the 2nd
@Marco Arenas this is ep3. Here's the YT link to eps 1 and 2 (we combined them for YT): ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... but you can check out the whole series over at Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai
What Song at ending?
As someone moving to China to live and work, dreading not being able to surf, I am happy to see Hainan has a few waves, however fickle they may be.
@oldschoolwaverider Hainan gets really good, don't sweat it! Also, if you're able to shoot over to Taiwan, plenty of great waves there, too. Good luck mate!
Just came back from Hainan and Wanning has some great waves¡ The Sun-moon bay is especially nice
Where's episode 2?
@AmThat We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy 👊
How does he do 360s!?!?
Nah, he tweakin
Where is episode 2??
@Remy Steele: We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy 👊
Wait, did Kai say that Nazare has only been discovered in the last 8 years? Because in the 1990s, it was made sort of famous to the public in the movie Point Break. I went back to see if he said "80" years, but I still heard "eight".
Waiting for foil to be seen on Formula 1 😂
This is fucking sick bro!
there's gotta be some places in the world where swells stand up tall, but never break - opportunity to foil for miles?
That’s the biigest foil ever
14:11 gigantes of nazareth is brazilian.. omg
Where is the 2nd ep??
@Guaneh: We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy!!
nice video, I wanna foil too
Where is the episode 2 ??
@Vlack73 We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy 👊
@@RedBullSurfing Great, thanks for the second link, it's easier to find every episode here !
We don't have tolls on Maui because we don't have drivable roads on Maui
In Portugal you have alternative roads to avoid tollls.
You only pay tolls in some the largest highways. He from Airport in Lisbon to going to Nazaré need to catch the A8 highway and the cost from Lisbon to Nazaré is about 7,05€ (~10 USDolls).
Time is money if you choose the alternative roads need at least 2hours and half to reach Nazaré (but the view along the sea is great), you pass inside small towns with lot of churches and small castles.
Using the highway no view only hills but is faster only 1hour and 40 minutes (very careful with speeding in the highway, if you enter the highway (they have cameras that regist the time) and you when you let the highway and the computer make the calculation based in kms you run through and the time you took you to do it, and if that calculations is >132km/h (max speed is 120km/h but they give a 10% of tolerance) you going to have a speed ticket/fine.
Kai has a real chip on his shoulder, I know at least 10 locals that would charge just as hard if given the chance
we want a series on lucas chumbo !
I body boarded for a couple of years I thought you might want to know might be a new break
Was this filmed pre covid? Just noticing a lack of precautions taken place by everyone.
So what do you think, given your own visual conformation of these facts you've clearly stated yourself already?
Do not know how you can say that your doing it on your own, when you have lots of help, but you are pushing the limits of what is possible & will be good to see what happens, though?
I can't find Episode 2 :-S...
@Shuey187 We combined eps 1&2 here: ua-cam.com/video/oRwX9IHWg4M/v-deo.html .... also, here's the full series on Red Bull TV: www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/life-of-kai .... enjoy 🤙
@@RedBullSurfing Thank you! :)