on august 27, 2014, hamilton was in the news again for riding waves and boards which few others dared. hurricane marie caused southern california to be hit with a swell of extreme size—triple over head (and larger) waves could be found from san diego to los angeles, including laird's home break at malibu. late in the day, on a stand-up paddle board, hamilton dropped into one of the largest waves of the day and proceeded to "shoot" the malibu beach pier at an extremely high rate of speed.