Kelly Slater

But that's sort of starting to change.

You're seeing a lot of people who can just, oh, I just started surfing.

I want to tow a big wave.

And it's pretty common now.

And people go to Nazare and want to get towed in on a 60, 70-foot wave.

And they've probably never paddled a 20-foot wave.

So I feel like you kind of have to, like,

You kind of got to earn your keep a little bit just for your own confidence and stuff.

It's dangerous, but my best buddy invented this inflatable vest.

Shane Dorian invented this inflatable vest because Shane had a near-drowning experience.

Himself?

Yeah, he almost drowned in Halfman Bay in California around 2013, I think it was.

from what just being pummeled by a big wave huge like you know 60 foot wave he paddled onto and um he was under for like a minute but you know imagine your heart rate's like yeah you know 150 and you you didn't get a good breath or the wind got knocked out of you and you you know you're

CO2 is high in your blood or whatever, in your lungs.

And you're upside down.

Yeah, and you're getting flipped around and you can't get to the surface and another wave comes over, that kind of thing.

So when Shane had that situation, he's like, I got to do something about this because he loved big waves and that was his thing.

And he invented this thing.

So basically every single big wave surf in the world now is wearing a vest at all times that is inflatable because...

You don't want to have to completely rely on that.