Kai Lenny is an outlier in surfing. He’s not afraid to try new things; not afraid of the internet’s judgment of whatever it is that he’s doing. Towing, hydrofoiling, etcetera, Lenny is often a harbinger of what’s next to come in surfing. If Kai is having fun doing it, rest assured that he’ll keep doing it, no matter what the comment boards say. That’s because Kai Lenny is a person who is miles ahead of the Average Joe surfer — whether it’s big waves, foiling, down winding, windsurfing, or paddling, Kai Lenny is in the top one percent of the planet. He’s the epitome of the term “waterman”, which is often over-used.
For four months over the 2019/2020 winter, a camera crew from Indigenous Films followed him throughout his many travels.What they documented was a man singularly focussed on a few things: to become, hands down, the best big wave surfer on earth and to change the sport of surfing forever. Red Bull released episodes one and two, where Kai is heading into the cbdMD Jaws Big Wave Championships — and the harrowing hours of big wave surfing that ensued on the day of the competition.
