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03x03 - Chapter III - Cortes Bank

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "100 Foot Wave". Aired: July 18, 2021 – present.*
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Revolving around big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara as he traveled to Nazaré, Portugal with the goal of conquering a 100-foot wave.

03x03 - Chapter III - Cortes Bank

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[TV static drones]

[bright tone]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- There is a story
whispered around

the world surfing beaches
for generations.

- There have been rumors for
years of massive waves

breaking in the middle
of the ocean from fishermen

who ventured into
these dangerous waters.

- Does such a place
really exist?

If they found it,
could they surf it?

- The myth would
turn out to be true.

- A Navy ship had run
aground there years ago.

- The place far beyond
the sight of land,

a hundred miles off--

- The Cortes Bank is
basically a submerged island

off the coast
of California,

shallow enough
where waves will break.

It's out in
the middle of the ocean,

and it's incredibly
difficult to go out there.

- You got to have
a lot of guts,

a lot of courage
and determination.

- There's no reason
why we shouldn't go

based on some fear factor.

- When you get
to Cortes Bank,

the only thing you see
are waves.

There's actually
no land there.

- It's a pretty
spooky place overall.

- It's the most unusual
surf spot in the world.

It's probably
the most dangerous

surf spot in the world.

A lot of surfers
have compared Cortes Bank

to going to the moon.

It's such a rare experience.

There's no place
on the planet like it.

♪ ♪

- All right, who's assisting?

- Me, me, me!

- OK, you hold the tweezers.

- Ow!

- Please don't do that.

- [laughs]

- Do you want to pull it?

- I want to.

- Just help her hold
her hand and steady.

- You got it.

Good job.

- [laughs]

- No, no, look, I got it.

- The face injury to me
was just another accident.

Nothing.
Done. Gone.

Doesn't even hurt.

But Nicole was unhappy having
to deal with another injury

because I wasn't present
and I wasn't doing things

in a good way and
I was being self-centered.

And there was
much better things

that I could have been
doing with my time

than going out
and surfing waves.

[applause]

- They translated Garrett's
autobiography into French.

So the publisher asked us
if we wanted to do

a little book tour in France.

- Merci beaucoup.

Full house everywhere we went.

Everybody stoked.

Everybody inspired.

[laughs]

I was in heaven.

- I always really
enjoy watching Garrett

in these events,
these meet and greets.

That's when you really
see Garrett shine.

- All right.
Thank you.

Thank you.

- I think being in
those situations,

it really feeds him
and pumps him up

and ignites his spirit

and his passion
for what he does.

And I think that looking back
at your career like this,

it makes Garrett realize

he wants there to be
more chapters to write.

So he's trying
to create situations

so that he can continue
writing his story.

♪ ♪

- It's good to train in Nazaré.
It's good to push the limits.

But then you take your surfing
to these other places

and you realize, like,
how much better they are.

♪ ♪

- Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, but it's not the one.

It's like...
[laughs]

It's definitely not the one.

- Yeah.
Will I get the one?

I'll get the one
for sure at some point.

[indistinct chatter]

Hello, darling.
You all right?

- It's so f*cking cold.

Sideways rain.

Wind.

It's savage.

- I'm sorry, darling.

It was just, like, it was
all go in the morning.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- [speaking Portuguese]

- [speaking Portuguese]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

I was looking at the maps,
and there it was,

what looked like
potentially a perfect swell

coming out of the
North Pacific,

heading right for Cortes Bank.

This is what
I've been waiting for.

The discovery of Cortes Bank
goes back to the late 1980s,

when I was working at
"Surfing Magazine."

And the photography
editor there, Larry Moore,

was just a legendary figure
in the surf community.

He had flown out there
with a surfing bush pilot,

flew out 100 miles,
and there it was.

At that point, there was
no telling how big it was.

Larry brought back
the still photos

that showed it was possible,
and that's how the idea

of going out there began.

Waited for a really big swell
that slammed the coast

and put together
this elaborate project

to go out there.

[yelling]

- Yeah!
[cheering]

- We had worked together
to uncover this mystery

and the secret of this place
that no big wave surfer

had ever tried to surf before.

And over the years,
I started obsessing

on the return to Cortes Bank.

But the ocean
didn't cooperate.

You know,
you forget about that.

Giant swells
don't come like that.

You know, this isn't Hollywood
where you say action

and the ocean rears up.

It's not like that.

But suddenly,
it looked like on this day

we were gonna have good luck.

And I started checking in
with the ship captains

and the rescue crew,
and people started

being stoked that I'd called.

They're ready to go.

[stirring music]

♪ ♪

- We were back here in Hawaii.

And then Cortes
came into the picture,

and it was just like,
holy sh*t.

- The last forecast I just
looked at looked epic.


for three readings.

- [laughs]

When those
opportunities arise

and all the stars align

and you have the capability
to go on a trip like Cortes--

You want to go?

[laughs]

- --it's the most special thing
you can do in big wave surfing.

- I got a sense
that Garrett wanted

to go there more than anyone.

I think he had
unfinished business.

- I'm freaking out.
I don't know what to say.

- It's gonna be like cutting
butter with a hot knife.

The cleanest, smoothest
giant waves you've ever seen.

You're gonna blow your mind.

[laughter]

- It f*cking barrels.
It barrels at 20 feet.

- Oh, my God.

- [laughs]

I was with Will
and we were in Ireland

and there was
no hesitation.

There was no--
I knew 100%.

Like, lifetime opportunity.

The first time I heard about
Cortes is reading about

I think it was Mike Parsons
got his world record.

- Oh!
[laughs]

- Yeah, and I was just like,

how did they even
find this place?

How did he get there?

You know, like,
it was a place that I'd never,

ever thought I'd get
the opportunity to surf.

♪ ♪

- Hello.
- Hey, hey.

If you want to come,
look at tickets.

[laughter]

- This is gonna be fun.
I'm excited.

I'm super excited.

I haven't been this excited
in a long time.

[both speaking French]

- The plan for this trip
was to have

four surfers
and maybe two more.

I knew that I wanted
to have Garrett and Cotty

and then Justine Dupont.

Said, OK, well, we'll put
her together with Chumbo.

- One of these ones
I'm gonna take with me.

- Let's go.

I just need to pack.

[adventurous music]

♪ ♪

[vehicle beeping]

♪ ♪

- Cortes Bank is
a long process.

First, you organize the boat.

Then you organize
the safety team,

who's gonna take care of
all the skis.

- It's a full-blown mission.

It takes a lot of equipment.
It's a massive commitment.

- It's the last Jet Ski
out of eight.

Everything's loaded
and ready to go.

- We're ready to roll.

But I wasn't quiet,
and I told Bill sharp,

hey, Bill,
get me on this trip, man.

- Nic von Rupp and Will Skudin
were just calling and calling,

calling, begging,
recalling why I owed it to them

to put them on the list.

- Well done, baby.
[laughs]

This is such a trip.

- So we ended up with
this crew of six,

and it was a great unit.

I think everyone's here
except Garrett and Nicole,

so I hope they make it.

I'm leaving in
one way or another.

- So what's your history
with Bill Sharp?

- I actually got to know
Bill lately, and I like Bill.

We're friends.

But I've wanted to k*ll him
numerous times.

- There's been an absolute
assortment of Garrett McNamaras

that I've known
over the years, you know,

and sometimes was endearing and
sometimes was a complete d*ck.

But I think he's sort
of mellowed with age.

- Yeah.

- You know, like a lot of us.

All right, I want to just
welcome everyone here

to the Cortes Bank project.

So long in the making.

Finally, it looks like
this storm is the best one

we've seen in the entire 30
years we've been looking at it.

So when the sun comes up
in the morning,

it should be something
spectacular to see.

[laughs]

- If you've never
been out there before,

it's easily the most
disorienting surf spot

on the planet,
because there's no land.

Every place else you go, you
look up and you see the cliffs,

and you kind of have
a sense of where you are.

You look up there
and there's nothing.

Cortes Bank
is incredibly dangerous

because there's
no life support services.

Pretty much every other break,

you've got a harbor
within a few minutes,

or a helicopter could
come to you quickly.

But when you're
a hundred miles at sea,

you're pretty much
on your own.

- The most important
part of the plan is that

if something happens,
serious or critical,

it's an all stop
until our paramedics

can get in there and,
you know, assess and triage.

- Safety was front and
center for everyone.

This trip came directly
on the heels

of Márcio's death at Nazaré.

I mean, it couldn't have been
any fresher in our minds.

[pensive music]

Hopefully tomorrow,
we're all making history

and by the end of the day,

we've really got
something to celebrate

and some amazing stories
to tell.

So let's do this.

[applause]

- Thank you, Bill.

- All clear.

All clear.

♪ ♪

- The plan was that
we would leave at dark,

and then we would go slowly
at about 11 knots

all night long for 12 hours.

- Sorry. Justine.
- Justine. Pleasure.

- Nice to meet you.

- Then we would be there
before dawn.

- Seeing the boat, like,
and all the equipment,

like, it makes me nervous.

f*ck.

I'm not even trying
to think about it.

♪ ♪

[laughs]

♪ ♪

- How was your first trip here?

- First trip didn't make it.

- Oh, yeah.
- [laughs]

Early 2000.

Came out with a small boat.

I was pretty much sleeping
the whole way,

and then it was too rough,
we're turning around.

I'm like, OK.
Going back to bed.

[laughter]
- That's crazy.

- We got halfway.
We got halfway.

- So what happened when you
finally made it out to Cortes?

- In 2012,

a swell popped up that had
the potential to be massive.

So we planned
this trip to Cortes.

That was the moment
that I saw how Garrett

is a different breed of human.

Here we are on a boat
with big wave surfers,

and most of them are nervous
and internalizing,

like, are they gonna go out?

Then you look over
at Garrett,

and it's like
Christmas morning.

- Oh, look at that set.
[laughs]

- It's like,
"Ah, get me out there!"

Like, he can't even
control himself.

We had a good crew.

Our friend Greg Long
was out there.

- Some from out the back

that'll connect
and run the whole way.

Then you get, like,
that west corner, and--

- We're all out there just
trying to find the waves.

I see the set coming, so
I'm paddling as fast as I can.

Didn't realize
Greg was on the wave.

- When that does happen,
you try to just ride together

and try to avoid a collision.

But something happened
with Garrett,

and his track coincided
with Greg's track,

and they both wiped out.

- The wave exploded on me,
blew me up.

They rescue me.
They take me away.

And then all of a sudden,
there's all this commotion.

- Greg had tried to
pull the inflation cord

on his wetsuit,
which surfers use

to bring them up
to the surface.

His didn't inflate.

- So now he's not coming up.

He's at the bottom of
this 50, 60-foot wave.

His guys are having
a hard time finding him.

[tense music]

- He was caught by
a couple other waves,

and he blacked out.

[overlapping chatter]

- [coughing]

♪ ♪

- The Coast Guard sent out
a helicopter from San Diego.

[helicopter whirring]

The place is scary enough,
but when you have

the downdraft of a
Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter

hovering off the deck
and you're trying to put

one of your really
close friends in a basket

to be lifted out
to get medical attention,

I mean, that's when
it really hits you

that this isn't just
fun and games.

Greg was brought back
to San Diego,

and he was hospitalized
and eventually recovered,

but it was really touch and go
there for a while.

- Yeah, it was a heavy day.

[soft music]

♪ ♪

- The whole trip's been
a bit of a nightmare, but...

- Greg Long at that point

was probably the most
respected and capable

big wave paddle surfer
on the planet.

So there was
a certain amount of backlash

against Garrett.

There was this idea
that Garrett

was not doing what
he should have been doing,

and he caused it.

I don't think Greg
felt that way,

but there were people that
came out and said that.

- There was a period of time
after the Cortes incident

where Garrett felt betrayed

by the community of surfers
that he considered friends.

No one stood up for him.
No one...

no one took his side.

I think he needed a break from
the scene of big wave surfing.

So why not be someplace
that you can be yourself?

- I think that maybe
he was able to find peace

in another country.

Going to Portugal
and letting time pass.

[pensive music]

♪ ♪

- Garrett has changed
quite a bit since then.

He's much more contemplative,

like the other guys were
on the first boat trip.

- Yeah.

- They say they're seeing sets
on the radar right now.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

It's crazy.

- You see the radar on
the bridge of the ship

showing these little
pooh, pooh, pooh.

And those are waves.

The waves are so big out there,
they show up on radar.

♪ ♪

- Radio check.
Loud and clear.

♪ ♪

- Oh, my gosh.
- Oh.

- Check out the wave.
- Yee!

♪ ♪

- The sun's rising
and you can sort of

see the backs of the waves.

Everyone was blown away.

- Holy sh*t.
Look at this.

Oh, my God.
Look at that thing!

[laughs]

We got this picture
in our mind,

like a picture that's


And when you get here,
you're like, wow,

this is the real deal.

What do you think, Cotty?

- I can't believe
we're so far out to sea

and there's just,
like, no wind.

It's like nothing.

It's nuts.

This is, like, just such
a rare, unique moment.

- We need to get over there.

What are we doing?

[soft suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[laughs]

[engines rev]

- Once you get out there,
it's magical.

It's a very mystical,
amazing place.

It was overwhelming
just to be out there.

Let's do a little gathering,
say a little prayer.

We're in the safe zone, huh?

Just want to thank Mother Earth
for all the abundance...

[voice shaking] And thank
goddess of the ocean, Yèmoja,

for this amazing experience.

And just so grateful to
be here with all of you.

- Permission to enter and ask
for guidance and protection

for all of us here,
all of our family,

all of our friends,
and everybody in the world.

Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

We love you.

[cheering]

- Make it a great day.
- Thank you.

- Well said.

- It was a whole
roller-coaster of emotions,

because everything
happened so fast.

You know, it was in
the back of our mind

what had just happened
with Márcio.

But we didn't really have time
to process it, you know?

We're out at sea with Justine,
Lucas, Cotty, all those guys.

We really felt like, you know,
we're together stronger.

Going to Cortes Bank
helped us to really,

you know, to turn the page.

- How is the ocean looking?

- A lot of time between sets.

Slow start,
but maybe that's good

so that everybody
can get their bearings.

- We've dropped the Jet Skis
from a safe spot

well outside the break,
and the surfers

have gone in and assessed
what's going on,

and it's just
glassy and perfect.

So I think they'll start
getting a few rides,

get their feet in the strap.

- And there's big fish.
[chuckles]

Not sure what that means.

- When you hear big fish,
you know what's going on.

- Nobody didn't want
to say shark,

but that was a big shark,
you know,

like bigger than the ski.

- We were on the ski,
and I see popping up,

like, I don't know,


like, a huge great white shark.

And it just pop up like this.
I was like, f*ck.

- Shark right over there.

[laughs]

- A big shark over there?

Big shark.

- Can I get on the ski then?
- I'll get you up.

[tense music]

- Yeah, you don't want
to be, like, lying,

like, in the water, you know,
like, floating around.

- They were there, man.
You could feel them.

But you forget
about that, you know,

when you're out there, just,
like, cleanest conditions,

perfect waves.

You're like, forget the sharks.
Let's surf.

♪ ♪

- The day before,
we slept in San Diego.

And Lucas and Justine,
they called Carlos,

because Carlos
had been there already.

[sea lion barks]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[laughs]

[whoops]

Whoo!

[excited chatter]

- The main energy of the swell

seems like it's really
starting to come in.

- We're driving back out,
and I was just like, whoa.

Like, that's, without a doubt,

the biggest wave
I've seen so far.

- Definitely
some action coming.

It's just coming to life
right now.

[waves roaring]

[dramatic music]

Oh, my God.
There we go.

That's real right there, baby.

♪ ♪

- The ocean was like glass.

The conditions were like,
you couldn't make it up.

- Oh!

- Clean, perfect, big, blue.

As pristine as
a big wave can be.

There's so much flow and,
like, everything feels right.

You're just, like, sliding.

It's smooth harmony.

So many sessions,
horrible, rainy, bumpy,

big sessions
we surfed in Nazaré.

We definitely deserved,
you know,

the cherry on top of
the cake, you know?

Cortes Bank.

- Looks like
we got a set coming.

I'm gonna get Cotty
on the rope.

- OK, we're following you
on the drone.

- Cotty's on.

- Whoa!

[wave crashes]

[cheering]

- I can't believe that.
No wind all day.

What a trip.

When it's so clean
and beautiful,

I feel like you're surfing
rather than surviving.

- Whoo-hoo!

- Oh.
- Oh.

- Oh, my God!

- Whoa!
- Whoa!

- Yeah, boy!

- Whoa!

- Whoo-hoo!

[applause]

[laughs]

- [laughs]

It's so clean, I've thought
about it a couple times,

but I think I'm good.

- No, I'm not going out there.

I'm good.

- I'm gonna get
a warm-up wave real quick.

- Garrett, you know,
he's still got that drive.

As much as he wants to

pass it on to his son
or to his tow partner,

he still wants to be that guy
when that 100-foot wave comes.

He wants to be that one
that's not watching it.

He wants to be
the one riding it.

- I can feel it.

At this point in my life,

it's all about quality
and not quantity.

If I do write more chapters,
if I do ride bigger waves,

I want it to be perfect.

- He's definitely
looking for something

to feel alive in the game.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- I hadn't seen him surf for a
while due to all his injuries.

He hasn't been
that present in Nazaré

the last couple of years in
terms of charging big waves.

But once he gets
on that surfboard,

it's like you can identify,
oh, that's Garrett.

- I think he totally went
into that excitement mode

where he just wanted to ride
as many good waves as he could,

but more importantly,
to be in the mix

and to show that
he fully belongs

in the middle of all this.

♪ ♪

- Whoo!

- Garrett got zapped back
to, like, 2010, you know?

- It was so fun to see
Garrett getting some waves,

like, ripping and having fun.

He almost got
a really good barrel.

- Come on, Garrett.
Pull in.

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

- Captain.
Boss, what do you think?

- I mean,
it would have been nice

if you got spit out of that
barrel, but it was great.

Whatever you're feeling.

- That's exactly
what I was thinking.

I should have just
went a little deeper.

- I got Garrett
a couple waves,

but I don't think he was
particularly stoked

with any of the ones he got.

He's way more calculated,

and I think sometimes
that's frustrating for him.

Like, I felt like
he was in a zone

where like
he wanted to surf,

but he also wanted
to drive himself.

- Outside, outside, outside.

- He's either not deep enough,
too deep, too fast, too slow.

It's really hard.

- Well, you're trying
to go for that wave,

but I'm saying next one.

- OK, OK.

- As soon as it
becomes stressful

and you're worrying, and, like,
then you're not driving as good

and, you know, you're not
getting the waves he's wanting.

- There's one really
good stop here.

- Justine and Lucas,
they had one rule that day.

It's like, we're here today
because of Garrett.

So any wave that come
is Garrett first,

or Garrett and Cotty first.

- The big one's coming now.

All of a sudden, the wave
of the day was coming.

We were right here.

Lucas and Justine were here.

- Drives over the wave.

- Garrett and Andrew,
they went for the next one.

So with Lucas,
Lucas was on the rope.

And he said, oh, let's go.
Yes, OK, OK.

And I was on the
same page as him.

So we react, like,
in a second,

and we were already
on the wave.

I could tell that it was
really a proper b*mb,

and it was deep.

And it was, wow, yes, it's
a good one and it's a big one.

[cheering]

[whistles]

- That going down
never end for me.

Like, I was going down for
like a minute almost, ahh.

♪ ♪

There was a little barrel
on the top of the wave,

such a beautiful one.

That wave was huge,
and Justine put me so perfect.

So that was
the best one for me.

- Oh, yeah.

I was so frustrated.

Lost it.
Lost my sh*t.

Lost it.

- No.

- Sorry.

Not putting Garrett
in the spot,

it really hurts, because
I want to put him in the spot.

- Yeah, Lucas.

- Phew!

- That was a huge one.

That was the biggest one
of the day so far.

- I was, but Cotty thought
I said next one.

I'm like, f*ck!

I shouldn't have
said anything.

And I said a lot of things
that I'm not proud of.

But I was pissed.

The b*mb.

- There's more coming.

- Yes.

- I'm like, done.
That was my wave.

So I just said,
I'll just drive you.

- Sorry, sorry.

He's defining sessions
by the wave.

You know, that was the one.

If you don't get in that wave,
that was the wave.

That was the one.

But that's a mindset.

You know, like,
that's up for him

to choose whether
that's the one,

you know, the wave of the day.

There's always another wave.

- We got some sets coming,
some sets coming.

We gotta move over there.

- That's why I love Garrett.

Even when he's
pissed off at me,

I know that he genuinely wanted
me to get, you know, that wave.

I think, like, the whole day,

like, I wasn't really thinking
about getting barreled.

I was thinking about
drawing lines on, like,

100-foot-plus waves.

But the best waves out there
weren't the biggest waves.

They were, like,
the medium ones,

which were like,
hitting the reef properly,

and they were going
inside out.

- There's been some
insane barrels.

- On the very inside
or outside?

- Like, almost where
the safety guys are.

That's when
it starts barreling.

- I was like, sh*t.

We want some more of those,
you know? Like...

We were kind of, like,
a little bit lost on the reef.

We should have
been getting, like,

you know, 40, 50-foot barrels.

But I think we were just kind
of missing it a little bit.

- I think Cotty's
going for the next one.

- That wave,
we sort of approached it,

Garrett actually
told me not to go.

He was like, no,
don't go on this one.

And I was on the rope and
I like, do you know what?

Like, actually, this looks like
it's shaping up quite nicely.

So I just loaded the rope
and just cut back, but faded.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Oh, my God!

- Yeah, buddy!

- That was insane.

He went through
the whole barrel.

- That's how we do it.
[chuckles]

That was beautiful.

- Oh, my God.

Oh, that was amazing.

Cotty's wave was one of the
special waves of the day.

When he got that barrel,
everybody got super stoked.

[cheering]

It was the barrel of the day.

Hey, the barrel was good.
[laughs]

I just saw it.
Was good, man.

- Ah. Pocket rocket.

- I don't know if
it was my angle,

but I seriously
thought you were dead.

I was like, what is he doing?

You're never gonna even
make that wave, period.

Forget pulling into the barrel
and come out of it.

- No.

- Well, it was
a really good angle.

- I wasn't in the barrel.

It's like, I don't know,
it's about 10 feet behind me.

- Oh, Cotty.

[laughter]

- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God!

- Oh, my God.
- I didn't get barreled.

[laughter]

- Oh, my God.
- No way.

- Wow, Cotty.

- Wow.
- What do you think now?

You disappeared.
Yeah.

[laughter]

[applause]

- Wow.

- It wasn't the biggest,
but it meant more.

- They might have to start
making magazines again

just to put that on the cover.
[laughter]

- Like, it didn't have to be
about the size of a wave

or that one single wave.

It was just the whole session.

It was just, like,
everything just gelled.

It flowed.

Yeah, it just felt--
felt good.

It felt really good.
It felt really positive.

We're in the middle of
the ocean with, like,

six of your friends
that you know,

you surfed with for years.

Justine, Chumbo, Nic, Will.

I look at their surfing,

and it just motivates me
to go harder,

to try harder, to be better.

So to be surfing out there with
them, like, that's the win.

That's the record.

You know, like,
that's the dream.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

[indistinct chatter]

- There was kind of
a lot of hugging going on

as everyone came in
on the boat.

I mean,
I proclaimed at the time

it was the greatest surf trip
of all time.

I'm prone to hyperbole,
you know, but this was.

- Whoo!

- This crew
and this amazing wave,

it was just such a score.

And, you know, like,
how could it be better?

- You can't even make this up.

You can't even
make this up, Bill.

[laughter]

- Thank you, Garrett.
Sorry I missed that wave.

- That's OK.

- I'll get you another one.
We'll have to come back.

- You got me my waves
of my career, so...

- I was doing my best to
be grateful and be happy

that we came out in one piece
and that I didn't get hurt

and that I'm really fired up
to surf big waves again.

But inside I was very
frustrated and deflated.

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The main thing
that was challenging for me

is thinking about, hmm,

this could be the last time
I surf Cortes Bank.

- Really,
this trip to Cortes,

it was an era coming full
circle after Greg's accident.

Now in 2023,
he's on this boat with

these big wave surfers that
he changed their life.

The only reason they're in
Nazaré is because of him.

And because of Nazaré, they're
on this boat at Cortes Banks.

I hope he can reflect on what
he's done for so many people

and for the surf community.

But Garrett's Garrett.

He just festers,

and he's his own worst enemy.

So I think probably for
the rest of our lives,

we'll always be looking
for the 100-foot wave.

But I don't think it's the


like, calm his soul.

[pensive piano music]

♪ ♪

[bright tone]