24: Kai Lenny - To Play and Flirt with Giants: Difference between revisions

[[File:ThePortal-Ep24 KaiLenny-EricWeinstein.png|600px|thumb|right|Eric Weinstein (right) talking with Kai Lenny (left) on episode 24 of The Portal podcast]]

In a world which is often slow-moving and even stagnant, there are always sectors and individuals who buck the trends. In this episode of The Portal, [[Eric Weinstein|Eric]] sits down with his favorite surfing hero [[Kai Lenny]] who is pioneering a new approach to big wave surfing. By availing himself of the latest technology and dedicating his life to innovation and discipline, all-around waterman Kai Lenny is redefining what is possible with boards and waves. Whether it is kite surfing, hydrofoils, paddle boards or towing into monster waves, Kai is not only riding, but playing in the biggest surfable waves as if they were up to an order of magnitude smaller. Eric attempts to understand Kai's approach to innovation and how he can be so carefree and seemingly casual when he is always flirting with death within some of the most powerful structures and forces nature can through at a single individual from Jaws in Maui to Nazaré in Portugal.