Stephen Collar

And I'm living in this community with people who are routinely not just setting world records. They're doing things that for all of our query history, we thought was going to kill people that you couldn't do. And I always say it's like one thing when you see like Laird Hamilton surfing a big wave on a screen.

And I'm living in this community with people who are routinely not just setting world records. They're doing things that for all of our query history, we thought was going to kill people that you couldn't do. And I always say it's like one thing when you see like Laird Hamilton surfing a big wave on a screen.

And it's one thing when you go out drinking with your buddies on a Friday night, every time you wake up Saturday morning and go into the mountains together and they do something that for all of recorded history has never been done. It sort of catches your attention. What really caught my attention was everybody I knew, they didn't have any money.

And it's one thing when you go out drinking with your buddies on a Friday night, every time you wake up Saturday morning and go into the mountains together and they do something that for all of recorded history has never been done. It sort of catches your attention. What really caught my attention was everybody I knew, they didn't have any money.

They were like broken homes, blue collar, very little education. There was a lot of substance abuse in those communities and a lot of high-risk behavior. Normally, you put those things together in a community, you know what happens. People die younger, they go to jail. What they don't do is reinvent what's going on for the human species, what's possible.

They were like broken homes, blue collar, very little education. There was a lot of substance abuse in those communities and a lot of high-risk behavior. Normally, you put those things together in a community, you know what happens. People die younger, they go to jail. What they don't do is reinvent what's going on for the human species, what's possible.

That's what I was seeing on almost like a weekly basis. So the question was, what the hell is going on? Where is this coming from? And if you started talking to people about it, nobody had that word flow back then, right? It was in psychology, but we talk a little about being in the zone, but you couldn't really, hey, my sense of self disappeared in time passes.

That's what I was seeing on almost like a weekly basis. So the question was, what the hell is going on? Where is this coming from? And if you started talking to people about it, nobody had that word flow back then, right? It was in psychology, but we talk a little about being in the zone, but you couldn't really, hey, my sense of self disappeared in time passes.

Like you couldn't talk about that stuff out loud. Back in the 90s, people really thought you were crazy. But if you talk to these action sport athletes, that's what was happening. So. In that milieu, out of that milieu, I got Lyme disease. And I spent three years in bed and was going to end my life. The doctors had pulled me off medicine. My stomach lining was bleeding out.

Like you couldn't talk about that stuff out loud. Back in the 90s, people really thought you were crazy. But if you talk to these action sport athletes, that's what was happening. So. In that milieu, out of that milieu, I got Lyme disease. And I spent three years in bed and was going to end my life. The doctors had pulled me off medicine. My stomach lining was bleeding out.

There was nothing anybody could do for me. I was so- What year was this? I got it when I was 30. So it was 1999 is when I got it. And I was sick to like 2002. I was basically in bed for three years. Brain fog was terrible. I couldn't think. I could function like 10 minutes a day. So I had 10 minutes a day when I was clear-headed. The rest of the time, I laid on a couch.

There was nothing anybody could do for me. I was so- What year was this? I got it when I was 30. So it was 1999 is when I got it. And I was sick to like 2002. I was basically in bed for three years. Brain fog was terrible. I couldn't think. I could function like 10 minutes a day. So I had 10 minutes a day when I was clear-headed. The rest of the time, I laid on a couch.

I could watch basketball, but I couldn't even watch basketball because I had no memory left. So I couldn't watch the Lakers. Anybody playing a half-court style was too slow. The Clippers that year were playing that like Antonio's seven-second offense where they'd run up and score back. It was the only thing I could follow on television because it was the only thing that was making any sense.

I could watch basketball, but I couldn't even watch basketball because I had no memory left. So I couldn't watch the Lakers. Anybody playing a half-court style was too slow. The Clippers that year were playing that like Antonio's seven-second offense where they'd run up and score back. It was the only thing I could follow on television because it was the only thing that was making any sense.

And a friend shows up at my house. I'm literally ready to kill myself. And she says, let's go surfing. You know, my response was, fuck you, right? You're out of your mind. You're crazy. I can't walk across my room. I can't go surfing. You're out of your mind. And she wouldn't leave my house after like four hours. I was like, fine, let's just go surfing.

And a friend shows up at my house. I'm literally ready to kill myself. And she says, let's go surfing. You know, my response was, fuck you, right? You're out of your mind. You're crazy. I can't walk across my room. I can't go surfing. You're out of your mind. And she wouldn't leave my house after like four hours. I was like, fine, let's just go surfing.

At least like, you know, what's the worst that can happen? And they had to carry me to the car. They gave me a board the size of a Cadillac. They brought me to the wimpiest beginner wave in Los Angeles. And I was out there

At least like, you know, what's the worst that can happen? And they had to carry me to the car. They gave me a board the size of a Cadillac. They brought me to the wimpiest beginner wave in Los Angeles. And I was out there

maybe 30 seconds they walked me out to the break put me on this big board i'm just bobbing in the waves and a wave came and i hadn't surfed in like five years but i popped up it was just like muscle memory i just spun my board around and popped up probably all the energy i had in the world left period was to pop to my feet but i popped up into a dimension that i didn't even know existed i've had flow states experience but i had never had it like with is known as macro

maybe 30 seconds they walked me out to the break put me on this big board i'm just bobbing in the waves and a wave came and i hadn't surfed in like five years but i popped up it was just like muscle memory i just spun my board around and popped up probably all the energy i had in the world left period was to pop to my feet but i popped up into a dimension that i didn't even know existed i've had flow states experience but i had never had it like with is known as macro