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24: Kai Lenny - To Play and Flirt with Giants

2020/2/29
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Eric Weinstein: 本节目探讨了在学术界、科学界和经济领域创新普遍放缓的背景下，大浪冲浪运动中出现的创新和突破。Kai Lenny 的冲浪成就象征着在面对潜在威胁时，勇于探索可能性，并重新唤醒人们对自身潜力的认知。他的成就鼓舞人心，即使是身处内陆或行动不便的人也能从中获得启发。 Kai Lenny: 从小在 Jaws（Peahi）附近长大，他将驾驭巨浪的冲浪者视为超级英雄。他热爱大浪冲浪，并将其视为一种激情。他认为大浪冲浪不仅仅是一项运动，更是一种精神体验，需要激情、努力、专注和决心，以及对恐惧的掌控。他不断追求进步，喜欢挑战新的极限，并认为大浪冲浪还有很大的发展空间。他喜欢将技术与激情相结合，并通过水翼板、风筝冲浪和安全设备等技术来提升冲浪体验。他认为在巨浪中冲浪是一种独特的体验，时间会变慢，感觉像是在矩阵中，能够让人直面死亡，并认识到自身的局限性。他认为大浪冲浪需要对自然的顺从和接受，也需要强烈的自我意识。他喜欢挑战舒适区，并从中获得成长。他认为大浪冲浪需要风险管理能力，并需要在强烈的自我意识和对自然的顺从之间取得平衡。他认为冲浪运动需要不断被推动，并希望能够将自己的经验传承给下一代冲浪者。他认为在巨浪中冲浪能够让人体验到纯粹的快乐和解脱，并能够让人认识到自身在自然面前的渺小。他认为大浪冲浪需要与海洋的频率保持一致，并需要精确的定位和技巧。他认为牵引式冲浪能够应对大浪的高速和强风，并能够帮助冲浪者更加专注于冲浪本身。他认为世界上还有许多未被发现的巨浪，并希望能够探索这些巨浪。他认为与鲨鱼等海洋生物和谐相处非常重要，并认为在面对危险时，自信和尊重能够帮助人们化解危机。他认为大浪冲浪的体验难以用语言表达，并希望能够将这种体验分享给他人。

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Eric Weinstein discusses his fascination with innovation and how he finds inspiration in areas like surfing, where individuals like Kai Lenny are pushing boundaries and redefining possibilities.

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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 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.

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