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[WAVES SPLASHING]

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[WAVES ROARING]

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[SERENE MUSIC PLAYING]

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CHRIS COTE: Hawaii, the place
that makes you or breaks you

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as a professional surfer.

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They say if you can
make it here, you've made it.

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Professional surfing is one
of the most cut throat
and elite sports in the world.

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Competitive surfers often gruel
through a 40 contest year

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and dedicate every aspect
of their lives
to try to make it as a top pro.

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Thirty four male surfers
qualify for the
world championship tour.

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A dream tour
with rock star treatment

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and massive paydays
for winning events.

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But at the end of the year,

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only one surfer
is named world champion.

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This is a goal
that very few humans

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in history
will ever accomplish,

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but one of the only ways

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to truly make it
in professional surfing.

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Basically,
if you're not on top,

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your sponsor could drop you
after one bad year.

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Many surf careers
have sadly ended
at the hand of a corporation.

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Now, this is just the reality
for most surfers,

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but not all of them.

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[UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
PLAYING]

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CHRIS: Let me introduce you
to my friend Ben Gravy.

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Now, this might come
as a shock,

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but Ben isn't from Hawaii,

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and Ben doesn't surf
on the world tour.

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Ben Gravy is showing
the entire surfing world

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that there's another way
to do it.

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Ben has proved to everyone,
surfer and non-surfer alike,

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that you don't have to settle
in life.

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Ben has proved that you can
live your life for the dream.

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[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

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All right, so we're heading
down to the campsite now.

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We don't know if these guys
are awake or asleep.

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We just drove 46 hours straight.

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So, we're completely delusional.

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Literally in the middle
of nowhere.

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[YELLS] Anybody?

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Nope, nothing.

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[YELLS] Anybody?

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All right?
Here's the situation on my end.

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I have no idea where I am.

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And I brought every board
in my quiver.

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-So, right there is the wave.
-[LAUGHS]

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It's a little smaller
than last time we surfed it,

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but I think you'll get
a couple for sure.

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Seriously, dude.
Where's the wave?

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Where is it?

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Whoo!

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[EXHILARATING
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]

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[BEN WHOOPS]

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All right, we made it down
to the bank of the river,

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forty-six hours in the car
and it was all worth it.

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I'm about to paddle out
for my first wave.

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Whoo!

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[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

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Forty-six hours to get here.

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We just river surfed
the biggest wave

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in the United States
for two days straight.

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My uncle was here.

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My favorite uncle,
Jamie O'Brien.

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-JAMIE: Yeah, brother! Yee-haw!
-[CHUCKLES]

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He was slashing
and we smashed it.

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And we're getting on the road,
so we'll see you next time.

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-Peace.
-For the dream.

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-Pew!
-Bye, guys.

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[ROCK MUSIC CONCLUDES]

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CAMY: See, I grew up
at the beach,

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so we would always come
to the beach,

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and Rob's dad had a house
at the beach.

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So, we would always come down.

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And then it got to a point
where he just started
to love the ocean.

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One of our friends
gave Rob a surfboard

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for Ben to try, and he loved it.

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Probably when he was,
like, seven or eight

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is when he started,
like, actually carrying

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a surfboard to the beach
to surf.

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So he got into it real young.

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I mean,
was already surfing contests

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by the time he was nine or ten.

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CAMY: The other kids
would go out 15 minutes.

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Three hours later, you're like,

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"Ben, you gotta
get out of the water."

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We gotta get more sun block on.

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We gotta... You gotta
have something to eat.

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You gotta drink.

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All the time was me
with his video camera
in the water for hours,

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just filming him surf.

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BEN: When I was like 13, 14,

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I won, like, a bunch
of ESA and NSSA contests.

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I won, like,
a bunch of regional contests.

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And then when I was 14,
I got sponsored by Billabong,

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and I won the East Coast
Championship that same year.

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And it was right when I was
coming out of eighth grade.

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And my parents
were kind of like,

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"Is this what you want to do?"

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And I was like, "Yeah."

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TURNER: My dad calls what we do
The Truman Show.

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Because literally
our entire lives

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are basically recorded
on either a tape

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or a digital format,
in some way.

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So, Ben got a video camera
for Christmas,

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I think,
when he was eight years old.

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Ever since,
he basically has walked around

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with a video camera
in his hands,
recording daily life.

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Everything that
we've been doing

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since we were super,
super young.

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CAMY: He and his friend Michael

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used to just
go around the house

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and make movies about mummies.

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All kinds of crazy stuff,
filming everything.

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TURNER: And we would always try
and find ways to, you know,

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get a reaction
or make a video

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that was unique.

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And it started off just,
like, skateboarding,

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throwing rocks at each other.

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It kind of evolved into
crazy stuff on our skateboards.

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Crazy stuff on our surfboards,
you know,

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jumping off of our roof.
Or there was this one video

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of our oldest brother, Hob,
going out the window,

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like, the third story window
with a hose attached.

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We didn't have access to,
like, television or computers,

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so it was kind of always like

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go find something
to entertain yourself.

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Which is kinda weird
because we had video cameras,

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but we never watched TV.

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[KIDS CHUCKLING]

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KID: Thank you.
I'll be here all week.

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[KIDS CHUCKLING]

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That was created
when Ben was, like, ten.

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And it originally stood for
Nobody's Unlike Buddy.

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The meaning behind that
was kinda like,

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everyone's accepted
in our group

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because we weren't
really ever cool.

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We were kind of just,
like, nonconformist.

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Doing what we like doing.
It wasn't really about,

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like, impressing anyone.
And we saw, like,

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a lot of other people that,
you know,

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either got picked on
or were outcasts

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who would kinda fit in
well with us because, you know,

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anything goes.

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Everyone's importance
is the same.

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And I think we figured that out
at a really early age.

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CAMY: He would invite
his friends to come surfing.

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And it was such
an all-inclusive activity,

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because anybody could get
out there and paddle around.

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And he motivated some of
his friends, like Paul Venesz,

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to get out there
and feel good about surfing

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and know that he could have
the confidence to do it.

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If we were all out surfing

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and I was paddling
for something,

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and it looked like
I was gonna get it,

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it didn't matter
where Ben was on the wave.

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He started screaming,
"Go, go, go!"

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Ben wasn't worried
if it was his wave

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because he was closer
to the peak

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or any of that.

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If he saw that I was gonna
be able to catch it,

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he just wanted me to catch it.

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Just to see me experience it
and enjoy it.

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CAMY: Ben was always more like
I would say the underdog.

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But when he started surfing,
he pretty much became

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a really good surfer
very quickly.

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But he would always
sort of gravitate

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toward the kids
that couldn't surf as well

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to hang out with and,
like, motivate them.

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He wasn't really
one of the guys

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that always hung out
with the top tier.

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And, I mean, he traveled
on the circuit as he got older.

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But in his free time,
he hung out with the Nub crew.

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Which were just kids
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that surfed casually.

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For him, it was always fun.

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Shoot, I've known Ben since
I was 13, probably, or 14.

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We were doing

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the Eastern Surfing Association
contest together,

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so I'd see him at regionals
and see him at Easterns.

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I feel like
becoming a professional surfer

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and growing up
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is, like, such a difficult
thing to do.

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It's just hard
because you're out
of the limelight of surfing.

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You know, the limelight
is California, Hawaii,

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and the East Coast is just
kinda like shed to the side.

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Here, you have to, like,
get through the ranks

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and make it
to those national competitions

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to even get noticed.

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Surfing is very small.

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You have 30 some guys
on the world tour in the QS

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and then free surfers.

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And the numbers just
aren't really in your favor

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to make that your career.

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TURNER: So, he had
the Hi8 camera.

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That's what he was filming on.

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And then he got,
like, a double VCR.

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He would record
the whole Hi8 tape

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on the one VHS tape,
and then he would

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pick pieces from that
out of that VHS

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and record them
onto another VHS tape.

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And he somehow had a stereo
hooked up with a cord,

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so you could play music
over the bits.

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It was just, like, so bizarre.

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But it worked.
And then you could copy that

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and make a second copy.

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Then computers came out.

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We started burning DVDs.
And I think Ben went through,

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like, three computers
where he broke the DVD burner

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because he was burning
so many DVDs

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trying to get our content out.

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I don't know. We didn't really
have anything to compare it to.

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We were just creating.

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And we were all doing, like,
stunts, and it evolved further.

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BEN: Well, we started
doing stunts when I was a kid.

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But, obviously,
as time went on,

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the stunts got way crazier.

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And it seems like the more that
YouTube came into the picture,

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it played a big role,
because the more views

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we would get for stunts,
the crazier we would want to go.

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[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

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You know, I didn't know Ben
when we were younger,

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but I saw that, you know,

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we obviously
traveled together surfing,

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and saw he was building
this career.

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And then I do remember,
all of a sudden,

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he was getting
more focused into,

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like, the stunt side of things.

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Doing some pretty wild stuff.

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And I started to correlate,
like, that with less surfing

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and less surf attention,

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and I was, like,
kinda bummed for him

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because I saw
he had something in surfing.

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And then I was watching it
kinda slip away.

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[SCREAMS]

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ROBERT: So that was a concern.

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And then, as they got older,
that continued.

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Then it was like,
"Oh, we'll do a car jump."

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And so they're prompting
all this stuff.

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And along with that,
they are getting older,

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and they're drinking more.

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♪ I wanna drink beer
I wanna drink beer

245
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♪ I wanna drink beer
I'm gonna drink beer... ♪

246
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ROBERT: So, for, like
eight or ten years

247
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with three sons doing
the same thing, it was hell.

248
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So, was I concerned?
Yeah, I was really concerned.

249
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CAMY: At that time,
I had multiple of his friends

250
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sleeping on my couch,
peeing on my couch.

251
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Sometimes they would
be sleeping in my shed

252
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or in my yard when I woke up.

253
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Or under the house,
in my crawlspace.

254
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And, like, one time,
Ben literally came in,

255
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punched a picture
and just shattered it

256
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right in front of me
because he was just so angry.

257
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He did it to the front door.

258
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I just... I felt like he was
spiraling out of control.

259
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Being around
your friends all day,

260
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being a young kid
who's reckless,

261
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you know, that alcohol
gives you that liquid courage.

262
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And I'm sure he got that high
from being able

263
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to pull these stunts
and do these things.

264
00:14:07,432 --> 00:14:09,814
But the alcohol definitely
helped him feel like

265
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he can do anything.

266
00:14:12,092 --> 00:14:14,336
-Sad for you right now.
-Sad?

267
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BOY 1: Why do you think that?

268
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-BOY 2: She's kinda dramatic.
-Ben has a drinking problem.

269
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BEN: I was writing for
a company called Alliance,

270
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and I remember
the guy called me,

271
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the team manager
and he was like, "We're done."

272
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And I remember
that hitting me and being like,

273
00:14:30,421 --> 00:14:33,631
"Oh, like, I'm not gonna
be a pro surfer."

274
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You were either
super gnarly at 18,

275
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and you were making
the world tour

276
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or winning pro juniors,
or in the magazines.

277
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-I was none of those things.
-[LAUGHS]

278
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I was partying in New Jersey
and just lost my sponsor.

279
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-[ENGINE REVVING]
-[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

280
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[GROANS]

281
00:15:04,110 --> 00:15:08,562
-CAMERAPERSON: Aw, yeah!
-[SCREAMS] I broke my leg.

282
00:15:09,149 --> 00:15:10,944
Fuck! Fuck!

283
00:15:11,427 --> 00:15:12,463
Fuck!

284
00:15:12,877 --> 00:15:15,086
Fuck!

285
00:15:15,121 --> 00:15:17,088
I broke my leg!

286
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MATT: I woke up probably,
like, at 9:00.

287
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And, instantly,
as I get dressed,

288
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walk outside,
and I see the car go,

289
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and all that happened.
And I just hear him.

290
00:15:26,201 --> 00:15:28,928
Yeah, like,
"Fuck, I broke my leg!"

291
00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:30,584
Fuck!

292
00:15:30,619 --> 00:15:31,931
-Yeah, I did, dude.
-BOY: No, you didn't.

293
00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:33,311
-Fuck, yeah, I did!
-Chill, chill, chill.

294
00:15:33,346 --> 00:15:35,141
My knee! My fucking knee, dude!

295
00:15:35,175 --> 00:15:36,245
Fuck, yeah, dude!

296
00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,937
It was completely
out of place, dude.

297
00:15:37,971 --> 00:15:39,283
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You're not good.

298
00:15:39,317 --> 00:15:41,285
-You're not good. Chill, dude.
-Fuck you! Fuck you!

299
00:15:41,319 --> 00:15:44,046
-No, no, no. Ben, Ben, Ben.
-BEN: Chill, dude. Chill.

300
00:15:44,081 --> 00:15:45,806
What do you mean, I'm not good?

301
00:15:45,841 --> 00:15:47,429
-BOY: No, Ben.
-BEN: I'm fine.

302
00:15:47,463 --> 00:15:49,465
-BOY: No, Ben.
-I can feel my leg.

303
00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:51,709
I don't even want to do
this shit anymore though, dude!

304
00:15:51,743 --> 00:15:52,986
It's not worth it, dude.

305
00:15:53,021 --> 00:15:54,643
BEN: I had no idea
what was going on.

306
00:15:54,677 --> 00:15:57,059
'Cause, like, you have
that moment of, like,

307
00:15:57,094 --> 00:15:58,267
"There's no way I'm this hurt."

308
00:15:58,302 --> 00:16:00,235
"There's no way...
This can't be real."

309
00:16:00,269 --> 00:16:02,409
It was the worst pain
I've ever been in.

310
00:16:02,444 --> 00:16:05,240
After that, I went into
my brother's house

311
00:16:05,274 --> 00:16:07,794
and I literally just
was drinking.

312
00:16:07,828 --> 00:16:08,968
And I was just
getting drunk like,

313
00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,141
"Oh, I'm in
so much fucking pain.

314
00:16:10,176 --> 00:16:11,142
"I gotta drink."

315
00:16:11,177 --> 00:16:14,318
I got drunk, went to sleep.

316
00:16:14,352 --> 00:16:18,322
I like an idiot said, "Don't go
to the emergency room,

317
00:16:18,356 --> 00:16:20,255
"because all they're gonna
do there

318
00:16:20,289 --> 00:16:22,947
"is they're gonna take an X-ay
and give you pain medicine.

319
00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:26,019
"Let's just go to the
orthopedic doctor on Monday."

320
00:16:26,054 --> 00:16:28,194
But they were downplaying
how bad it was.

321
00:16:28,228 --> 00:16:32,129
Apparently, his knee was like
the size of a camera.

322
00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:35,028
Are you seeing that, dude?

323
00:16:37,203 --> 00:16:39,032
That ain't right, dude.

324
00:16:39,067 --> 00:16:41,207
CAMY: We went
to Ciccotti's office.

325
00:16:41,241 --> 00:16:44,417
He looked at me and said,
"What would ever make you think

326
00:16:44,451 --> 00:16:47,006
"that you wouldn't take your son
to the emergency room?

327
00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,041
"What is wrong with you?"

328
00:16:49,387 --> 00:16:50,526
He said, "This kid...

329
00:16:50,561 --> 00:16:52,528
"I think this kid's
gonna lose his leg."

330
00:16:52,563 --> 00:16:53,633
Oh, my gosh.

331
00:16:56,532 --> 00:16:58,155
In the doctor's office

332
00:16:58,189 --> 00:17:01,158
at the Rothman Institute
in Philly.

333
00:17:01,192 --> 00:17:04,368
My knee is killing me,
since I haven't taken any Advil

334
00:17:04,402 --> 00:17:06,749
since last night,
like seven o'clock or something.

335
00:17:08,337 --> 00:17:10,477
And I'm just waiting
for the doctor right now.

336
00:17:10,512 --> 00:17:11,616
I got some X-rays.

337
00:17:12,755 --> 00:17:15,758
And I'm pretty much just
in severe pain.

338
00:17:15,793 --> 00:17:17,070
MICHAEL: So, looking
at the footage

339
00:17:17,105 --> 00:17:20,211
and seeing how dramatic
the injury was,

340
00:17:20,246 --> 00:17:25,044
and then looking at his knee,
which was quite swollen,

341
00:17:25,078 --> 00:17:27,494
um, that is a serious injury

342
00:17:27,529 --> 00:17:29,910
that needs to be addressed
within hours.

343
00:17:29,945 --> 00:17:33,328
And, if not,
there is a high risk of athletes

344
00:17:33,362 --> 00:17:35,744
losing not only function,

345
00:17:35,778 --> 00:17:39,196
but in some
very tragic situations,

346
00:17:39,230 --> 00:17:40,300
losing their limb.

347
00:17:41,922 --> 00:17:43,993
BEN: We went out
into the hospital

348
00:17:44,028 --> 00:17:45,064
to get, like, the MRI,

349
00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:46,858
and they prepped me
for surgery.

350
00:17:46,893 --> 00:17:48,377
I remember they were
doing the IV,

351
00:17:48,412 --> 00:17:49,758
they were getting me ready.

352
00:17:49,792 --> 00:17:52,519
And the doctor says
pretty much point blank to me,

353
00:17:52,554 --> 00:17:53,831
"You might lose your leg today,

354
00:17:55,350 --> 00:17:58,284
"and you will definitely
never surf again."

355
00:17:58,318 --> 00:18:03,185
And that moment
changed my entire life.

356
00:18:03,220 --> 00:18:06,395
Well, I just was
in the ER for seven hours,

357
00:18:06,430 --> 00:18:08,570
getting tests
on my blood vessels in my legs

358
00:18:08,604 --> 00:18:11,814
to make sure
that they worked properly.

359
00:18:13,230 --> 00:18:15,404
I am thanking God right now.

360
00:18:15,439 --> 00:18:17,441
I can't even believe
how happy I am.

361
00:18:18,373 --> 00:18:20,099
I have three tears in my knee.

362
00:18:21,341 --> 00:18:23,895
Um, I need surgery.

363
00:18:23,930 --> 00:18:27,589
But, oh, my God,
the vessel test is huge for me.

364
00:18:27,623 --> 00:18:30,902
My sense was that
the main ligaments in his knee,

365
00:18:30,937 --> 00:18:33,284
they were okay.
But I had great concern

366
00:18:33,319 --> 00:18:35,252
for what we call
the extensor mechanism.

367
00:18:35,286 --> 00:18:37,392
And that's a series
of structures

368
00:18:37,426 --> 00:18:40,015
that allow us
to actually extend our leg.

369
00:18:40,049 --> 00:18:41,741
And that's why we ended up
getting the MRI,

370
00:18:41,775 --> 00:18:45,986
which did in fact confirm
that he had a complete tear

371
00:18:46,021 --> 00:18:48,092
or rupture
of his patellar tendon.

372
00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:50,750
And I was saying,
"Could it be a meniscus tear?"

373
00:18:50,784 --> 00:18:52,061
"Could it be this?
Could it be that?"

374
00:18:52,096 --> 00:18:53,787
He said, "I think
it's a patellar tendon tear,"

375
00:18:53,822 --> 00:18:56,928
and I'm like, "What's worse?"
He said, "Patellar tendon tear."

376
00:18:56,963 --> 00:18:59,828
It's, like, really one of
the worst injuries you can have.

377
00:18:59,862 --> 00:19:02,865
[SLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING]

378
00:19:12,530 --> 00:19:14,463
TURNER: I would say
that Ben's accident,

379
00:19:14,498 --> 00:19:18,226
um, above all else,
was a big wake up call.

380
00:19:18,260 --> 00:19:22,885
And it allowed him to realize
and to appreciate things

381
00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,820
that he didn't before,
which included surfing.

382
00:19:26,855 --> 00:19:28,857
And, like, the fact that

383
00:19:28,891 --> 00:19:32,032
the doctor said
he may never surf again,

384
00:19:32,067 --> 00:19:37,486
really, I think, it scared him
'cause you're gonna lose

385
00:19:37,521 --> 00:19:38,901
the most important thing
in your life.

386
00:19:40,075 --> 00:19:41,835
7:00 a.m.

387
00:19:41,870 --> 00:19:45,149
March 6th, 2015, we're at
the Jefferson Surgical Center.

388
00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:47,876
I'm going in to get
my patellar tendon repaired.

389
00:19:49,257 --> 00:19:50,396
Hopefully, everything's good.

390
00:20:00,820 --> 00:20:02,304
I'm waiting for the doctor.

391
00:20:02,339 --> 00:20:03,443
They're gonna give me
a nerve block

392
00:20:03,478 --> 00:20:04,513
and put my leg to sleep.

393
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,170
Put me to sleep.

394
00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:07,896
Repair my...

395
00:20:09,898 --> 00:20:11,037
patellar tendon.

396
00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:13,246
I'm a little nervous.

397
00:20:13,281 --> 00:20:16,249
I've never had
surgery like this.

398
00:20:16,284 --> 00:20:18,355
But that moment kind of brought
everything full circle to me.

399
00:20:18,389 --> 00:20:20,874
I was like,
"Wow, I'm a really lucky person,

400
00:20:20,909 --> 00:20:23,222
"and I'm kind of just taking
everything for granted.

401
00:20:23,256 --> 00:20:24,395
"And now I might
never walk again.

402
00:20:24,430 --> 00:20:26,225
"So I blew it.
I ruined my life."

403
00:20:34,302 --> 00:20:36,890
I get surgery. It's a success.

404
00:20:37,581 --> 00:20:39,065
I'm good.

405
00:20:39,099 --> 00:20:41,240
They're like,
"18 months recovery."

406
00:20:41,999 --> 00:20:44,519
So, that's heavy. Heavy.

407
00:20:44,553 --> 00:20:48,419
I didn't walk
for 40 days after that.

408
00:20:50,559 --> 00:20:51,905
MICHAEL: Surfers really
depend upon

409
00:20:51,940 --> 00:20:53,493
that part of their knee joint.

410
00:20:53,528 --> 00:20:55,150
And to be able to do it
at his level,

411
00:20:55,978 --> 00:20:58,498
ten, maybe 20% chance.

412
00:20:58,533 --> 00:21:01,467
Okay, it's officially
been 12 days since my surgery.

413
00:21:02,468 --> 00:21:04,021
We are getting
in the car right now

414
00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:06,126
to go
to my follow up appointment

415
00:21:06,161 --> 00:21:07,852
to see how everything
is progressing,

416
00:21:07,887 --> 00:21:09,268
get my stitches out.

417
00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:12,581
And I just can't wait
till I can walk

418
00:21:12,616 --> 00:21:16,344
on this thing again. It's gonna
be the best day of my life.

419
00:21:16,378 --> 00:21:18,553
You're gonna witness
a complete and total rebirth.

420
00:21:21,832 --> 00:21:25,318
I was like, "I can't surf.

421
00:21:25,353 --> 00:21:27,527
"I can't do stunts.
I can't walk around.

422
00:21:27,562 --> 00:21:28,770
"I can't do anything exciting.

423
00:21:30,012 --> 00:21:33,119
"But I'm gonna document it
to occupy myself

424
00:21:33,153 --> 00:21:37,261
"and share my experience
with people

425
00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,883
"and let them know
what's going on."

426
00:21:38,918 --> 00:21:41,990
So for the first time ever,
I was open,

427
00:21:42,024 --> 00:21:46,063
I was telling the truth.
I was like, "I'm injured.

428
00:21:46,097 --> 00:21:49,584
"I might never be able to do
what I want to do again.

429
00:21:49,618 --> 00:21:51,102
"But this is my life now."

430
00:21:51,137 --> 00:21:52,276
Like, that was the first time

431
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,760
that I was allowing people
to see me.

432
00:21:54,658 --> 00:21:56,418
Like, the real me.

433
00:21:56,453 --> 00:21:58,109
So, that was a powerful thing
for me,

434
00:21:58,144 --> 00:21:59,973
to break down that barrier.

435
00:22:00,008 --> 00:22:01,596
'Cause I really...
There is nothing I cared

436
00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:03,770
about at that point,
except for getting better.

437
00:22:03,805 --> 00:22:06,566
So I allowed all of my...

438
00:22:06,601 --> 00:22:10,052
I allowed everything
that I thought in life.

439
00:22:10,087 --> 00:22:12,952
Like, all these perceptions
of me,

440
00:22:12,986 --> 00:22:15,748
anything that I thought
would, like, make me cool.

441
00:22:15,782 --> 00:22:21,201
Any of that stuff. That weird
like, external validation.

442
00:22:21,236 --> 00:22:24,135
I let go of it because
the most important thing for me

443
00:22:24,170 --> 00:22:26,379
was just to be healthy.

444
00:22:26,414 --> 00:22:28,277
And, like, when you
get down that low,

445
00:22:28,312 --> 00:22:31,798
you realize that every minute
that you have

446
00:22:31,833 --> 00:22:34,767
as a healthy human being
is a gift.

447
00:22:34,801 --> 00:22:37,356
Yesterday, I went to the doctor
in King of Prussia

448
00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:40,048
for my second
post operation checkup.

449
00:22:40,082 --> 00:22:43,465
And, uh, he told me I could
ditch my crutches and walk.

450
00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:44,708
I crutched out of there,

451
00:22:44,742 --> 00:22:47,020
but I got home
and I decided to give it a try

452
00:22:47,055 --> 00:22:50,023
and It was actually
a lot easier than I thought.

453
00:22:50,058 --> 00:22:51,991
So, here I am.

454
00:22:52,025 --> 00:22:54,890
CAMY: He had a script
for physical therapy.

455
00:22:54,925 --> 00:22:58,377
And Ben knew in his head
he was going to do everything

456
00:22:58,411 --> 00:23:00,448
he had to do to get better.

457
00:23:00,482 --> 00:23:03,071
And the doctor told him,
"It's up to you.

458
00:23:03,105 --> 00:23:05,867
"You have to be determined
and do what you need to do."

459
00:23:05,901 --> 00:23:08,421
"We're gonna provide you
with all of the rehab

460
00:23:08,456 --> 00:23:09,836
"that you need.

461
00:23:09,871 --> 00:23:13,184
"Um, but we have to navigate
through the psychological

462
00:23:13,219 --> 00:23:15,773
"and the emotional aspects
of this, too.

463
00:23:15,808 --> 00:23:18,086
"And that that is going
to be a challenge."

464
00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:21,883
But if you have an athlete
that is so highly motivated,

465
00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:24,713
and fearless,
and enthusiastic, like Ben,

466
00:23:24,748 --> 00:23:27,233
uh, those are the things
you can't teach people.

467
00:23:27,267 --> 00:23:30,063
Those are the things
that come in the person.

468
00:23:30,098 --> 00:23:34,516
And those are the intangibles
that make that patient

469
00:23:34,551 --> 00:23:37,381
who is an athlete,
ultimately successful.

470
00:23:38,762 --> 00:23:40,073
CAMY: He would
do the exercises,

471
00:23:40,108 --> 00:23:41,316
he would push himself.

472
00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:43,387
He would come home
and do the exercises.

473
00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:47,460
And even Dr. Ciccotti was like,
"I can't believe it, Ben,

474
00:23:47,495 --> 00:23:51,084
"but you actually
have come so far."

475
00:23:52,741 --> 00:23:56,538
But he also was vlogging
and getting a lot of responses

476
00:23:56,573 --> 00:23:57,746
from people
that were going through

477
00:23:57,781 --> 00:23:59,955
similar experiences
with injuries.

478
00:23:59,990 --> 00:24:02,199
And, you know, the fact
that he did go through,

479
00:24:02,233 --> 00:24:03,821
that was an example for a lot
of people that,

480
00:24:03,856 --> 00:24:05,064
"I can do it, too."

481
00:24:05,098 --> 00:24:06,859
'Cause supposedly
a patellar tendon tear

482
00:24:06,893 --> 00:24:08,619
is one of the most
painful injuries ever.

483
00:24:08,654 --> 00:24:10,587
And it's a long road to haul.

484
00:24:10,621 --> 00:24:12,761
But it just goes to show you
Ben's determination

485
00:24:12,796 --> 00:24:14,280
as a human being.

486
00:24:14,314 --> 00:24:16,903
That, "This is what I want,
because surfing is my life.

487
00:24:16,938 --> 00:24:19,009
"And if I lose this,
then I don't know

488
00:24:19,043 --> 00:24:20,873
"what I'm gonna do."

489
00:24:20,907 --> 00:24:22,737
BEN: I just kept going,
kept working at it.

490
00:24:22,771 --> 00:24:24,635
And it was just
questions of like,

491
00:24:24,670 --> 00:24:26,879
"Am I gonna be able
to come back?

492
00:24:26,913 --> 00:24:28,259
"Am I gonna be able
to do this?"

493
00:24:28,294 --> 00:24:30,572
And I just worked as hard
as I possibly could.

494
00:24:30,607 --> 00:24:33,472
And I just remember, like,
the day the doctor was like,

495
00:24:34,369 --> 00:24:35,888
"You're good."

496
00:24:35,922 --> 00:24:40,755
So, uh, midway through week ten,
walking pretty good.

497
00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:43,309
Still limping, obviously.

498
00:24:43,343 --> 00:24:46,554
And, uh, we're gonna grill
some burgers in the backyard,

499
00:24:46,588 --> 00:24:48,383
have a couple beers
to celebrate.

500
00:24:49,591 --> 00:24:53,526
And, uh, life is good. Honestly.

501
00:24:53,561 --> 00:24:55,528
That's all I can really say.

502
00:24:55,563 --> 00:24:58,151
I was walking again in,
like, August, I think,

503
00:24:58,186 --> 00:25:01,189
or September.
And I started drinking again.

504
00:25:01,223 --> 00:25:05,089
And over that two months,
was just the gnarliest

505
00:25:05,124 --> 00:25:07,367
emotional mental
downhill spiral.

506
00:25:07,402 --> 00:25:08,990
'Cause I had this moment
of elation

507
00:25:09,024 --> 00:25:11,302
and I was like,
"I fixed myself."

508
00:25:11,337 --> 00:25:13,477
You know, I gave myself,
like, a pat on the back.

509
00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:15,721
Let's celebrate,
you know, it's time.

510
00:25:15,755 --> 00:25:18,620
And that's just
the alcoholism in me,

511
00:25:18,655 --> 00:25:21,520
just being like, "This is...
You know, you did it.

512
00:25:21,554 --> 00:25:23,901
"Good job. Have a beer.

513
00:25:23,936 --> 00:25:25,938
"You know, like,
that's what you want."

514
00:25:25,972 --> 00:25:27,422
I got to a point
when I realized

515
00:25:27,456 --> 00:25:28,941
that that's all that I did.

516
00:25:28,975 --> 00:25:30,805
I had already let surfing slip.

517
00:25:30,839 --> 00:25:35,603
I was letting, like, my passion
for video and film slip

518
00:25:35,637 --> 00:25:38,398
and I was accepting that life.

519
00:25:38,433 --> 00:25:43,507
I was accepting just dismal,
horrible existence

520
00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:44,612
where I hated myself.

521
00:25:44,646 --> 00:25:45,992
I'm about to go to this bar.

522
00:25:50,894 --> 00:25:51,964
'Cause why wouldn't I?

523
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,383
When somebody
has reached that threshold

524
00:25:57,417 --> 00:25:59,488
and they have become
physically dependent on it,

525
00:25:59,523 --> 00:26:02,526
it affects your liver enzymes,
it affects your kidneys,

526
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,908
it affects
your basic functioning

527
00:26:04,942 --> 00:26:08,946
in that aspect, physically.
It mostly affects the brain.

528
00:26:08,981 --> 00:26:12,260
The brain becomes
dependent on it chemically.

529
00:26:12,294 --> 00:26:14,331
For those neurons
and endorphins.

530
00:26:14,365 --> 00:26:18,197
Your brain relies
on the substance

531
00:26:18,231 --> 00:26:19,474
to balance itself out.

532
00:26:21,303 --> 00:26:24,203
I end up at Maynard's,
Christmas Eve,

533
00:26:24,237 --> 00:26:28,759
with my younger brother
and I was wasted.

534
00:26:28,794 --> 00:26:31,935
And I got in some
ridiculous argument

535
00:26:31,969 --> 00:26:33,695
with the bartender over nothing.

536
00:26:34,696 --> 00:26:35,904
And she kicked me out.

537
00:26:37,112 --> 00:26:41,082
And I remember I was like,
"Good, fuck you!

538
00:26:41,116 --> 00:26:42,635
"I'm never coming back."

539
00:26:43,774 --> 00:26:48,468
And I woke up the next morning,

540
00:26:49,297 --> 00:26:50,332
and I was like,

541
00:26:52,472 --> 00:26:54,889
"That's the person
that I'm gonna be?

542
00:26:54,923 --> 00:26:56,787
"I'm gonna be that dude

543
00:26:56,822 --> 00:27:00,135
"that gets in the fight
with a bartender."

544
00:27:00,170 --> 00:27:02,828
And I remember the term
that I thought to myself.

545
00:27:02,862 --> 00:27:06,072
I was like, "That's not me."

546
00:27:06,107 --> 00:27:10,283
And I remember, I actually got
a 30 pack for Christmas

547
00:27:10,318 --> 00:27:12,665
from one of my friends,
and I never touched it.

548
00:27:13,701 --> 00:27:15,116
I gave it away.

549
00:27:15,150 --> 00:27:19,292
And I woke up Christmas morning
and that was it.

550
00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:21,536
I was done.

551
00:27:24,953 --> 00:27:26,575
CHRIS: Every decision we make,

552
00:27:26,610 --> 00:27:30,131
big or small, can affect
the rest of our lives.

553
00:27:30,165 --> 00:27:32,340
For Ben,
the choice to quit drinking

554
00:27:32,374 --> 00:27:35,308
was something he felt
he needed for himself.

555
00:27:35,343 --> 00:27:38,380
But little did he know
that making that commitment

556
00:27:38,415 --> 00:27:40,279
would have far greater effects

557
00:27:40,313 --> 00:27:41,901
than he could
have ever imagined.

558
00:27:46,216 --> 00:27:47,355
BEN: All right.
Here we go, people.

559
00:27:48,011 --> 00:27:49,737
The time has come.

560
00:27:49,771 --> 00:27:51,670
Been in Florida
for about three hours.

561
00:27:51,704 --> 00:27:54,776
And, uh, we're going surfing.

562
00:27:55,639 --> 00:27:56,433
It's game on.

563
00:27:58,573 --> 00:28:01,472
I got a big ass funboard
that I'm riding.

564
00:28:01,507 --> 00:28:03,716
We're doing it.
I'm stoked right now.

565
00:28:03,751 --> 00:28:05,338
A week into doing my vlogs,

566
00:28:05,373 --> 00:28:08,031
I decided to go down to Florida

567
00:28:08,065 --> 00:28:10,102
and I was gonna surf

568
00:28:10,136 --> 00:28:11,690
for the first time.
I had gotten cleared.

569
00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:14,002
I was allowed to surf
on January 14th.

570
00:28:14,037 --> 00:28:15,970
This is it, people.
We're doing it.

571
00:28:16,764 --> 00:28:19,801
First time surfing. 9 months.

572
00:28:19,836 --> 00:28:22,873
It's like I'm giving birth
to a new Gravy.

573
00:28:22,908 --> 00:28:26,359
I went down and I paddled out
my first day on a fun shape.

574
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:28,707
And I caught, like, two waves,

575
00:28:28,741 --> 00:28:30,709
and I just, like,
rode down the line.

576
00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:36,369
Like on the smallest, worst,
little Florida crumbly wave,

577
00:28:36,404 --> 00:28:38,924
and it was like
the best wave of my life.

578
00:28:40,546 --> 00:28:43,722
It was the moment
when I was like, "I can do it.

579
00:28:43,756 --> 00:28:45,137
"I'm back in the water.

580
00:28:47,035 --> 00:28:49,141
"From here on out,
I will never take surfing

581
00:28:49,175 --> 00:28:51,350
"for granted, ever again."

582
00:28:51,384 --> 00:28:55,664
It's extremely life-changing,
of course,

583
00:28:55,699 --> 00:28:58,357
because now you have
this clear mind

584
00:28:58,391 --> 00:29:01,498
and you can see things
through a clearer lens.

585
00:29:01,532 --> 00:29:02,879
And it helps you to be

586
00:29:02,913 --> 00:29:06,330
a lot more determined,
a lot more motivated.

587
00:29:06,365 --> 00:29:09,092
Um, it's not without
its challenges,

588
00:29:09,126 --> 00:29:11,163
but it's definitely
more rewarding

589
00:29:11,197 --> 00:29:14,718
when you set your mind to a goal
and you can achieve it

590
00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:17,238
without relying
on something else.

591
00:29:17,272 --> 00:29:18,791
BEN: I was planning
on going to Florida

592
00:29:18,826 --> 00:29:21,449
for two weeks, and I ended up
staying down there

593
00:29:21,483 --> 00:29:22,726
for four months

594
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:24,866
and just literally
just surfing every day.

595
00:29:24,901 --> 00:29:26,592
And just vlogging and surfing.

596
00:29:26,626 --> 00:29:32,356
♪ All my friends
are doing heroin again

597
00:29:32,391 --> 00:29:34,600
♪ Just when I put down
the bottle

598
00:29:34,634 --> 00:29:36,602
♪ So that I could finally win

599
00:29:36,636 --> 00:29:39,743
♪ When rock 'n' roll
ain't enough to save your soul

600
00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,055
♪ You keep going in

601
00:29:41,089 --> 00:29:43,264
♪ And hopefully
with all these sins

602
00:29:43,298 --> 00:29:45,542
♪ You can still find a hole
to pin

603
00:29:47,371 --> 00:29:49,788
♪ I hope you find a hole to pin

604
00:29:51,755 --> 00:29:54,068
♪ I hope you find a hole to pin

605
00:29:54,102 --> 00:29:58,451
♪ And all my friends
who don't talk to me no more

606
00:29:58,486 --> 00:30:00,764
♪ Because I put down the bottle

607
00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,904
♪ Didn't want it anymore

608
00:30:02,939 --> 00:30:05,907
♪ When punk rock ain't enough
to be your job

609
00:30:05,942 --> 00:30:07,150
♪ You keep going in

610
00:30:07,184 --> 00:30:09,600
♪ But hopefully
with all these things

611
00:30:09,635 --> 00:30:11,671
♪ I won't need another drink

612
00:30:13,777 --> 00:30:15,986
♪ I hope I don't need
another drink

613
00:30:18,126 --> 00:30:19,990
♪ I hope I don't need
another drink

614
00:30:20,025 --> 00:30:25,133
♪ Send me away
before I go insane

615
00:30:25,168 --> 00:30:30,138
♪ Is it just me
or are people acting crazy?

616
00:30:30,173 --> 00:30:33,555
♪ When punk rock ain't enough
to be your job

617
00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:36,041
♪ You keep going home
Who would've known

618
00:30:36,075 --> 00:30:40,459
♪ That rock 'n' roll
was enough to save my soul? ♪

619
00:30:49,330 --> 00:30:51,435
I went to Sebastian Inlet
one day.

620
00:30:51,470 --> 00:30:53,506
There was a wave breaking
inside the inlet

621
00:30:53,541 --> 00:30:56,855
on the side that usually
people don't surf on.

622
00:31:02,136 --> 00:31:04,345
And I thought it was
the coolest thing, like, ever.

623
00:31:04,379 --> 00:31:06,036
It, like, lit a fire in me.

624
00:31:06,071 --> 00:31:08,970
Dude, that was crazy!

625
00:31:09,005 --> 00:31:11,007
So, that was, like,
close to the end of my trip.

626
00:31:12,387 --> 00:31:15,666
-...who came back.
-BEN: And I came home,

627
00:31:15,701 --> 00:31:17,772
I just wanted
to keep the stoke.

628
00:31:17,806 --> 00:31:20,050
I went and I paddled out, like,
on the right side

629
00:31:20,085 --> 00:31:23,674
of the rocks at Skeleton Bay,
and it was small.

630
00:31:23,709 --> 00:31:26,643
But it's these perfect
little laps, like reeling down.

631
00:31:26,677 --> 00:31:29,888
I went out and I put the camera
on the parking lot,

632
00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:33,305
and I just pointed
the camera at the waves.

633
00:31:33,339 --> 00:31:34,720
It was this wide shot,

634
00:31:34,754 --> 00:31:36,722
and I would surf
across the screen.

635
00:31:36,756 --> 00:31:38,275
And then I'd run around
and paddle out,

636
00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:39,621
surf across the screen.

637
00:31:39,656 --> 00:31:41,934
So, I put this video up
on my vlog channel.

638
00:31:41,969 --> 00:31:45,455
And it got, like, 12,000 views
in, like, one day.

639
00:31:45,489 --> 00:31:47,871
Before that, my vlogs
were getting like 400 views,

640
00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:51,633
300 views, and it was just
the most random thing.

641
00:31:51,668 --> 00:31:53,359
It just woke me up.

642
00:31:53,394 --> 00:31:55,430
I was like, "This is it."

643
00:31:56,949 --> 00:31:59,710
So, my mission
from that point on,

644
00:31:59,745 --> 00:32:06,303
was to share these waves
that nobody surfs with people.

645
00:32:10,445 --> 00:32:12,447
CHRIS: Well,
there's full blown commitment

646
00:32:12,482 --> 00:32:14,380
and there's being in the zone.

647
00:32:14,415 --> 00:32:17,487
But this right here,
this is something else.

648
00:32:18,212 --> 00:32:20,800
Ben has found his flow.

649
00:32:20,835 --> 00:32:23,148
By allowing
his new positive mindset

650
00:32:23,182 --> 00:32:24,770
to take over his life,

651
00:32:24,804 --> 00:32:27,186
he is now a man
that can do what he loves

652
00:32:27,221 --> 00:32:29,533
without anything
holding him back.

653
00:32:29,568 --> 00:32:31,984
And who would've thought,
novelty waves.

654
00:32:32,019 --> 00:32:33,848
Well, looks like
they love him right back.

655
00:32:33,882 --> 00:32:38,749
[WHOOPS] Oh, my God,
this is crazy!

656
00:32:38,784 --> 00:32:42,201
[AMBIENT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

657
00:32:53,316 --> 00:32:56,560
A novelty wave is something

658
00:32:56,595 --> 00:33:00,979
that's very rare
and very unique to where

659
00:33:01,013 --> 00:33:04,120
it's not considered a wave
by the general public.

660
00:33:04,154 --> 00:33:05,604
It's only considered a wave

661
00:33:05,638 --> 00:33:07,295
by maybe even
a select few people,

662
00:33:07,330 --> 00:33:08,952
or maybe one person.

663
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:11,023
And it doesn't happen
all the time,

664
00:33:11,058 --> 00:33:14,199
and it takes specific things
to make it happen.

665
00:33:14,233 --> 00:33:15,338
And that's why it's so special.

666
00:33:21,827 --> 00:33:23,035
BEN: All right, guys,
this morning,

667
00:33:23,070 --> 00:33:24,726
I think we know
what's going down.

668
00:33:24,761 --> 00:33:28,040
I am driving down
to the Cape May Ferry,

669
00:33:28,075 --> 00:33:30,249
and I'm going to be riding
this board right here

670
00:33:32,182 --> 00:33:36,324
on the wake behind the ferry
as the ferry docks in the port.

671
00:33:37,739 --> 00:33:39,707
This is something
I've never seen before.

672
00:33:39,741 --> 00:33:41,778
I can't contain my excitement.
I'm freaking out.

673
00:33:41,812 --> 00:33:44,332
But right now I'm gonna
sticker up my shred stick

674
00:33:44,367 --> 00:33:46,817
so all my sponsors
can get some love

675
00:33:46,852 --> 00:33:49,268
when this video goes viral.
[WHOOPS]

676
00:33:54,066 --> 00:33:57,414
In my head,
the ultimate novelty wave was

677
00:33:57,449 --> 00:33:59,106
the Cape May Ferry wave.

678
00:33:59,140 --> 00:34:02,212
Ancient New Jersey
surfing history.

679
00:34:02,247 --> 00:34:05,905
I heard from somebody that
Dean Randazzo had surfed it.

680
00:34:05,940 --> 00:34:07,838
He got arrested
by the state police.

681
00:34:07,873 --> 00:34:09,323
It's like a legend thing.

682
00:34:09,357 --> 00:34:11,221
So I was like,
"That's what I want to do."

683
00:34:11,256 --> 00:34:12,912
I want to surf
the Cape May Ferry wave.

684
00:34:17,883 --> 00:34:20,506
So, I went down there,
I knew nothing about it.

685
00:34:20,541 --> 00:34:22,370
I didn't even know
if there was going to be a wave.

686
00:34:22,405 --> 00:34:23,992
But I knew a ferry
was going to leave.

687
00:34:24,027 --> 00:34:25,994
And I watched it leave.

688
00:34:26,029 --> 00:34:26,926
Look at that.

689
00:34:27,996 --> 00:34:29,550
Jesus.

690
00:34:29,584 --> 00:34:33,105
And I just watched this
two foot left just peel

691
00:34:33,140 --> 00:34:36,902
for like a minute
across the entire bank.

692
00:34:36,936 --> 00:34:40,561
From that moment that I saw
that wave, I had just anxiety.

693
00:34:40,595 --> 00:34:41,838
I needed to surf it.

694
00:34:41,872 --> 00:34:47,154
[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING]

695
00:34:47,188 --> 00:34:49,087
BEN: So I convinced
my girlfriend to come down

696
00:34:49,121 --> 00:34:50,398
and film me surfing
the Ferry wave.

697
00:35:06,828 --> 00:35:07,760
Where is it?

698
00:35:08,865 --> 00:35:10,349
Three ferries came in.

699
00:35:10,384 --> 00:35:14,181
No wave, no wave, no wave,
three failures in a row.

700
00:35:14,215 --> 00:35:16,562
So I'm like, "What's the point?
Like, is this even gonna work?"

701
00:35:16,597 --> 00:35:19,117
I get to thinking
that maybe the boat captain

702
00:35:19,151 --> 00:35:21,429
is slowing down
and shutting off the wave.

703
00:35:21,464 --> 00:35:23,017
So I actually put
a disguise on.

704
00:35:23,051 --> 00:35:25,433
[BOTH LAUGHING]

705
00:35:25,468 --> 00:35:27,263
WOMAN: Oh, you have to be crazy!

706
00:35:27,297 --> 00:35:28,574
BEN: So, I was sitting
on the rocks,

707
00:35:28,609 --> 00:35:30,231
like, with the fishing pole,
and then, like,

708
00:35:30,266 --> 00:35:31,439
here comes this boat.

709
00:35:31,474 --> 00:35:33,234
As I see the boat going by,
I'm like,

710
00:35:33,269 --> 00:35:35,478
"Okay, the wave's gonna
form up right here."

711
00:35:35,512 --> 00:35:37,307
I can tell it's going
to happen.

712
00:35:37,342 --> 00:35:39,482
So I start ditching
my disguise.

713
00:35:39,516 --> 00:35:42,105
Throw it on the rocks,
and I run out into the water,

714
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:43,382
I start paddling.

715
00:35:43,417 --> 00:35:46,730
-[SHIP HORN BLOWS]
-[SURF ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

716
00:35:51,218 --> 00:35:53,841
BEN: I actually turned around
and caught the wave.

717
00:35:53,875 --> 00:35:55,429
And I got caught behind it.

718
00:35:55,463 --> 00:35:57,845
The actual line,
the breaking line of the wave.

719
00:35:57,879 --> 00:35:59,502
And I felt that the bottom
was really shallow.

720
00:35:59,536 --> 00:36:01,642
So I picked up my board
and i started running.

721
00:36:03,022 --> 00:36:05,715
And I dove back
into the wave that stood up.

722
00:36:07,544 --> 00:36:11,203
♪ I'm trying to show the world
what I can do... ♪

723
00:36:11,238 --> 00:36:15,897
BEN: And I got this 45 second
absolute dream ride,

724
00:36:15,932 --> 00:36:18,900
just across the entire bank,
behind the ferry.

725
00:36:20,350 --> 00:36:24,458
♪ I'm trying to show the world
what I can do... ♪

726
00:36:36,608 --> 00:36:38,886
[WOMAN CHEERING]

727
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,578
BEN: That was ultimate elation.
I actually cried.

728
00:36:42,510 --> 00:36:43,891
Yes!

729
00:36:43,925 --> 00:36:47,377
In my head, that was
the moment when It was real.

730
00:36:47,412 --> 00:36:50,518
That moment changed my life
because it was like,

731
00:36:50,553 --> 00:36:54,142
"I fucking surf novelty waves."

732
00:36:54,177 --> 00:36:58,008
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

733
00:36:59,493 --> 00:37:02,565
BRETT: His stoke
for those waves
is just who he is.

734
00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:05,568
I mean, he fought so hard.
He has so much joy

735
00:37:05,602 --> 00:37:08,018
and that just comes out
in excitement

736
00:37:08,053 --> 00:37:10,883
over these little novelty waves,
and it's really fun.

737
00:37:10,918 --> 00:37:12,402
He sees the potential in that

738
00:37:12,437 --> 00:37:14,266
where everyone else
will just be like,

739
00:37:14,301 --> 00:37:16,510
"Oh, that's nothing."
Who blow it off
to do something else,

740
00:37:16,544 --> 00:37:18,891
and maybe even complain
that there's no waves that day,

741
00:37:18,926 --> 00:37:20,376
he sees as an opportunity.

742
00:37:31,766 --> 00:37:33,285
TURNER: I think a lot
of the things

743
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,218
that Ben does in surfing
are overlooked.

744
00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:38,256
Or, like, taken as more
of a joke than it should be

745
00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:40,292
because, like,
he is pretty much genius

746
00:37:40,327 --> 00:37:41,569
with the ideas
that he comes up with.

747
00:37:41,604 --> 00:37:43,399
And a lot of the things
that he's doing,

748
00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:46,402
even if they're not
on a giant scale yet,

749
00:37:46,436 --> 00:37:48,714
are still things
that nobody has ever done.

750
00:37:48,749 --> 00:37:52,856
So little did I know
that that video,

751
00:37:52,891 --> 00:37:55,825
I put it on Instagram
when I got home

752
00:37:55,859 --> 00:38:02,418
and Stab Magazine took it off
my Instagram posted on theirs.

753
00:38:02,452 --> 00:38:05,386
And it went absolutely bonkers.

754
00:38:05,421 --> 00:38:09,597
Every surf website,
every surf instagram account,

755
00:38:09,632 --> 00:38:12,117
everything you could think of,
that wave was on.

756
00:38:12,151 --> 00:38:13,912
That was the turning point
for my channel.

757
00:38:13,946 --> 00:38:16,984
It shows that this is something

758
00:38:17,018 --> 00:38:20,746
that people want to watch.
YouTube and Instagram wise,

759
00:38:20,781 --> 00:38:24,716
that was like a huge moment
in my surfing career because,

760
00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:27,166
I mean, I didn't even have
a surfing career before that.

761
00:38:27,201 --> 00:38:30,446
[CHUCKLING] Like,
that was just, like,

762
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,345
a total changing point
in everything.

763
00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:35,623
All right, guys, to be
a professional novelty surfer,

764
00:38:35,658 --> 00:38:38,730
there's a lot of professionalism
and skill involved.

765
00:38:38,764 --> 00:38:40,973
It's not all fun and games.

766
00:38:41,008 --> 00:38:43,251
Oh, wait. Yes, it is.

767
00:38:43,286 --> 00:38:48,256
[SURF ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

768
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:56,023
BEN: Once I realized
that you didn't need much swell

769
00:38:56,057 --> 00:38:58,301
for a novelty wave to break,

770
00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,855
I started thinking

771
00:39:00,890 --> 00:39:03,858
that I could just go around
to, like, every inlet,

772
00:39:03,893 --> 00:39:06,136
rivers, whatever,

773
00:39:06,171 --> 00:39:08,863
and find just weird
novelty waves,

774
00:39:08,898 --> 00:39:10,451
anything to ride.

775
00:39:10,486 --> 00:39:11,970
It's funny because, like,
you would think

776
00:39:12,004 --> 00:39:14,110
that real waves would make me
want to travel,

777
00:39:14,144 --> 00:39:16,630
but the thing
that got me in the car,

778
00:39:16,664 --> 00:39:19,322
going and searching,
is novelty waves.

779
00:39:23,878 --> 00:39:27,710
INTERVIEWER: Tell us about Ben's
decision to surf 50 states.

780
00:39:27,744 --> 00:39:30,471
I don't even... I can't tell you
anything, 'cause I don't...

781
00:39:30,506 --> 00:39:32,887
d... didn't...

782
00:39:32,922 --> 00:39:36,857
It never registered, like,
what was going on to me.

783
00:39:36,891 --> 00:39:40,585
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

784
00:39:45,693 --> 00:39:47,730
BEN: The first states
that I surfed

785
00:39:47,764 --> 00:39:49,559
were the states
that you would think

786
00:39:49,594 --> 00:39:51,389
that somebody
would be able to surf.

787
00:39:55,531 --> 00:39:58,844
Obviously, New Jersey,
which is my home state.

788
00:39:58,879 --> 00:40:04,091
I surfed the surrounding areas
Maryland, Delaware.

789
00:40:07,784 --> 00:40:10,062
Virginia, North Carolina.

790
00:40:17,138 --> 00:40:19,278
Georgia and Florida.

791
00:40:19,313 --> 00:40:21,626
Um, I took a trip up
to New England

792
00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:25,077
and I surfed New York,
Rhode Island.

793
00:40:26,596 --> 00:40:29,530
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Maine.

794
00:40:29,565 --> 00:40:31,601
Even went river surfing
in Vermont.

795
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:34,811
I had previously surfed Hawaii.

796
00:40:36,606 --> 00:40:39,402
And surfed in Colorado
in a river.

797
00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:44,200
And I drove out to California
and then surfed California.

798
00:40:53,623 --> 00:40:56,212
TURNER: He's an innovator,
for sure, and surfing 50 states

799
00:40:56,246 --> 00:40:57,834
is a world record.

800
00:40:57,869 --> 00:41:00,112
Like, it's a Guinness book
type of thing.

801
00:41:00,147 --> 00:41:02,287
It's kind of a hard thing
to wrap your head around.

802
00:41:02,321 --> 00:41:04,703
Um, surfing 50 states
doesn't make sense.

803
00:41:04,738 --> 00:41:07,465
People don't understand
surfing in general

804
00:41:07,499 --> 00:41:10,157
and then to put 50 states
on top of that,

805
00:41:10,191 --> 00:41:12,539
I think people
were completely baffled.

806
00:41:12,573 --> 00:41:14,299
Like, anybody can have an idea,

807
00:41:14,333 --> 00:41:16,508
but like going through with it
is totally different.

808
00:41:16,543 --> 00:41:18,993
Like, a lot of people sit around
and talk about

809
00:41:19,028 --> 00:41:20,167
what they're gonna do
with their lives.

810
00:41:20,201 --> 00:41:21,582
But, like, to go out there

811
00:41:21,617 --> 00:41:23,584
and make it happen
is totally different.

812
00:41:23,619 --> 00:41:27,243
I don't care if it's a river,
a lake, a wave pool,

813
00:41:27,277 --> 00:41:31,972
a bayou, the bay. It's surfing.

814
00:41:32,006 --> 00:41:34,077
We're doing it,
we're riding energy.

815
00:41:34,112 --> 00:41:35,562
We're riding a wave.

816
00:41:35,596 --> 00:41:38,979
♪ I was totin' my pack
along the dusty Winnemucca road

817
00:41:39,013 --> 00:41:41,153
♪ When along came a semi

818
00:41:41,188 --> 00:41:43,846
♪ With a high an' canvas
covered load

819
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:47,815
♪ If you're goin' to Winnemucca
Mack, with me you can ride

820
00:41:47,850 --> 00:41:52,302
♪ So I climbed into the cab
and then I settled down inside

821
00:41:52,337 --> 00:41:54,477
♪ He asked me
if I'd seen a road

822
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:56,099
♪ With so much dust and sand

823
00:41:56,134 --> 00:41:59,862
♪ And I said,
"Listen, I've seen every road

824
00:41:59,896 --> 00:42:01,691
♪ In this here land

825
00:42:01,726 --> 00:42:05,557
♪ I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man

826
00:42:05,592 --> 00:42:07,801
♪ I crossed
the deserts bare, man

827
00:42:07,835 --> 00:42:09,872
♪ Breathed
the mountain air, man

828
00:42:09,906 --> 00:42:11,839
♪ Of travel I've had
my share, man

829
00:42:11,874 --> 00:42:15,567
♪ I've been everywhere

830
00:42:15,602 --> 00:42:18,501
♪ I've been to Reno, Chicago
Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo

831
00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:22,678
♪ Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota
Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa...

832
00:42:22,712 --> 00:42:25,301
-Alabama!
-Alabama!

833
00:42:25,335 --> 00:42:27,890
♪ Amarillo, Tocopilla
Barranquilla and Padilla

834
00:42:27,924 --> 00:42:30,582
♪ I'm a killer
I've been everywhere, man

835
00:42:30,617 --> 00:42:32,411
♪ I've been everywhere, man

836
00:42:32,446 --> 00:42:34,482
♪ Crossed the deserts bare, man

837
00:42:34,517 --> 00:42:36,554
♪ I've breathed
the mountain air, man

838
00:42:36,588 --> 00:42:38,556
♪ Of travel I've had
my share, man

839
00:42:38,590 --> 00:42:42,352
♪ I've been everywhere

840
00:42:42,387 --> 00:42:44,734
♪ I've been to Boston
Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana

841
00:42:44,769 --> 00:42:47,841
♪ Washington, Houston, Kingston
Texarkana, Monterey, Faraday

842
00:42:47,875 --> 00:42:49,843
♪ Santa Fe, Tallapoosa
Glen Rock, Black Rock

843
00:42:49,877 --> 00:42:52,431
♪ Little Rock, Oskaloosa,
Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee

844
00:42:52,466 --> 00:42:54,088
♪ Spirit Lake, Grand Lake
Devil's Lake

845
00:42:54,123 --> 00:42:57,057
♪ Crater Lake for Pete's sake
I've been everywhere, man

846
00:42:57,091 --> 00:42:59,093
♪ I've been everywhere, man

847
00:42:59,128 --> 00:43:01,026
♪ Crossed the deserts bare, man

848
00:43:01,061 --> 00:43:03,166
♪ Breathed
the mountain air, man

849
00:43:03,201 --> 00:43:05,375
♪ Of travel I've had
my share, man

850
00:43:05,410 --> 00:43:08,102
♪ I've been everywhere

851
00:43:13,556 --> 00:43:15,247
Whoo!

852
00:43:15,282 --> 00:43:17,560
[CHEERING]

853
00:43:23,635 --> 00:43:28,088
♪ I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man

854
00:43:28,122 --> 00:43:32,264
♪ I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man

855
00:43:32,299 --> 00:43:34,612
♪ Crossed the deserts bare, man

856
00:43:34,646 --> 00:43:38,719
♪ I've been everywhere
I've been everywhere, man

857
00:43:38,754 --> 00:43:40,859
♪ I've been everywhere, man

858
00:43:40,894 --> 00:43:42,965
♪ Crossed the deserts bare, man

859
00:43:42,999 --> 00:43:44,967
♪ I've been everywhere, man

860
00:43:45,001 --> 00:43:47,107
♪ Of travel I've had
my share, man

861
00:43:47,141 --> 00:43:51,663
♪ I've been everywhere

862
00:43:56,081 --> 00:43:59,257
BEN: I show up to Missouri,
it's about a 100 degrees out.

863
00:43:59,291 --> 00:44:01,397
I'm obviously in a place
that I have no idea...

864
00:44:01,431 --> 00:44:03,295
I don't know anything
about Missouri.

865
00:44:03,330 --> 00:44:04,227
I've never been there before.

866
00:44:04,952 --> 00:44:06,436
Are you kidding me?

867
00:44:06,471 --> 00:44:07,817
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

868
00:44:07,852 --> 00:44:10,302
BEN: [YELLING] Are you fucking
kidding me?

869
00:44:10,337 --> 00:44:14,099
And I knew that there was a wave
there called the Centaur,

870
00:44:14,134 --> 00:44:17,137
and I knew
that it was big and scary.

871
00:44:17,171 --> 00:44:21,520
I'm gonna get my full suit
and the helmet for protection.

872
00:44:21,555 --> 00:44:23,350
Because this thing
is really raging.

873
00:44:23,384 --> 00:44:27,630
We found one, guys!
We fucking found the Centaur!

874
00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:30,115
There's a lot of warnings,
on the website,

875
00:44:30,150 --> 00:44:31,392
like, about the wave.

876
00:44:31,427 --> 00:44:34,257
But I had just conquered
like, four states,

877
00:44:34,292 --> 00:44:36,466
and I'm like,
I'm just going to get a wave

878
00:44:36,501 --> 00:44:39,159
and call it a day,
I'm going to check Missouri off,

879
00:44:39,193 --> 00:44:40,678
and then we're on to Arkansas.

880
00:44:40,712 --> 00:44:42,507
So, I get down
to the edge of the river

881
00:44:42,541 --> 00:44:44,785
and I automatically
had a bad feeling.

882
00:44:44,820 --> 00:44:49,134
All right, guys, the Centaur
looks seriously gnarly.

883
00:44:49,169 --> 00:44:52,759
I wouldn't say I'm exactly hyped
on doing this by myself.

884
00:44:52,793 --> 00:44:57,384
But I at least gotta go try one.
So, let's do this.

885
00:44:57,418 --> 00:45:01,043
When I see the wave,
it's just this big glassy orb

886
00:45:01,077 --> 00:45:02,769
flowing through the river.

887
00:45:02,803 --> 00:45:04,736
And I'm like, okay, cool.

888
00:45:04,771 --> 00:45:07,187
This looks like
I'm gonna ride my seven foot.

889
00:45:07,221 --> 00:45:09,534
In the ocean maybe,
but in a river,

890
00:45:09,568 --> 00:45:11,881
that's the worst idea
you could ever make.

891
00:45:11,916 --> 00:45:13,193
I need to think for a minute.

892
00:45:14,815 --> 00:45:18,854
There's mosquitoes everywhere,
biting me all over my body.

893
00:45:18,888 --> 00:45:21,408
Like, literally, I'm getting
attacked by mosquitoes as I go.

894
00:45:21,442 --> 00:45:23,306
The ground is just mud.

895
00:45:23,341 --> 00:45:25,584
Every step I took,
it went up to my ankle.

896
00:45:25,619 --> 00:45:30,210
The river is hot, sweaty, hot,
and the river's super wide

897
00:45:30,244 --> 00:45:32,626
and just flowing like
the fastest, scariest thing

898
00:45:32,660 --> 00:45:34,248
you've ever seen.

899
00:45:34,283 --> 00:45:37,665
I remember just being like,
"This is a bad idea,

900
00:45:37,700 --> 00:45:38,736
"but I'm doing it."

901
00:45:43,085 --> 00:45:44,051
Wish me luck, guys.

902
00:45:45,812 --> 00:45:48,366
I'm just heading
towards the wave.

903
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:52,266
And, dude, the river is, like,
all high,

904
00:45:52,301 --> 00:45:54,993
and you can't see the wave
until you get to the ledge.

905
00:45:55,028 --> 00:45:57,030
And from the bank,
this thing looks like

906
00:45:57,064 --> 00:45:58,756
it's about two feet tall.

907
00:45:58,790 --> 00:46:01,103
But when you're in
that river flowing, like,

908
00:46:01,137 --> 00:46:02,863
twenty miles an hour downstream

909
00:46:02,898 --> 00:46:06,004
and you see the wall,
it gets big, real quick.

910
00:46:06,039 --> 00:46:09,214
And I came over the wall
and I just spun around.

911
00:46:09,249 --> 00:46:11,044
Like, I was looking back

912
00:46:11,078 --> 00:46:13,425
and just ready
to catch this wave.

913
00:46:13,460 --> 00:46:14,806
And I remember
getting sucked down

914
00:46:14,841 --> 00:46:16,739
and I just picked up
so much speed,

915
00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:18,120
I went over the wave.

916
00:46:18,154 --> 00:46:20,260
No chance I was catching it,
I was going so fit.

917
00:46:26,645 --> 00:46:29,441
Fighting, getting sucked
under the water, and it, like,

918
00:46:29,476 --> 00:46:30,960
flipped me and rolled me,

919
00:46:30,995 --> 00:46:33,825
and I got rolled upside down
and sucked the nose under.

920
00:46:33,860 --> 00:46:35,309
My legs were sticking up,

921
00:46:35,344 --> 00:46:37,139
and I was literally
holding on for dear life.

922
00:46:37,173 --> 00:46:38,761
And I was like,
I'm about to die

923
00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:40,452
in the middle of Missouri,

924
00:46:40,487 --> 00:46:42,454
surfing a river wave.

925
00:46:44,525 --> 00:46:46,769
I eventually
got out onto, like,

926
00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:49,737
the white foam ball
and pulled myself out

927
00:46:49,772 --> 00:46:53,741
the back of the wave,
and I just like drifted over

928
00:46:53,776 --> 00:46:55,640
to the side of the shoreline,
and I was just like...

929
00:46:56,986 --> 00:46:57,815
[SIGHS DEEPLY]

930
00:47:00,714 --> 00:47:03,441
I literally
have to call it, dude.

931
00:47:03,475 --> 00:47:04,960
I can't risk my life.

932
00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:08,446
Fucking bumming, dude.

933
00:47:10,068 --> 00:47:12,312
Literally, that thing
took me under,

934
00:47:12,346 --> 00:47:13,865
flipped me upside down.

935
00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:15,522
I tweaked my back so bad,

936
00:47:15,556 --> 00:47:16,695
if I wasn't holding
on to my board,

937
00:47:16,730 --> 00:47:18,697
I probably would've just died.

938
00:47:18,732 --> 00:47:20,147
I just held on to my board

939
00:47:20,182 --> 00:47:23,668
and went up. It was holding me
back behind the waterfall

940
00:47:23,702 --> 00:47:26,084
and then finally let me go
when I wriggled out of it.

941
00:47:31,641 --> 00:47:34,472
I literally was in shock,
and I didn't realize.

942
00:47:34,506 --> 00:47:35,749
After that, I went back

943
00:47:36,232 --> 00:47:37,371
to my hotel

944
00:47:37,406 --> 00:47:38,856
I went to sleep for the night.

945
00:47:38,890 --> 00:47:40,719
Edited my video like normal

946
00:47:40,754 --> 00:47:42,238
I woke up the next morning.

947
00:47:42,273 --> 00:47:43,377
Good morning, guys.

948
00:47:43,412 --> 00:47:44,965
We are in Missouri, still.

949
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:46,242
And I'm not gonna lie,

950
00:47:46,277 --> 00:47:48,210
yesterday really took
the wind out of my sails.

951
00:47:50,108 --> 00:47:51,075
And...

952
00:47:52,697 --> 00:47:53,974
Questioning the journey.

953
00:47:54,009 --> 00:47:57,288
I couldn't drive the car west.

954
00:47:57,322 --> 00:47:58,358
Any further west.

955
00:47:58,392 --> 00:47:59,877
I, like, had a mental block.

956
00:47:59,911 --> 00:48:01,292
Like, I couldn't make
a right-hand turn

957
00:48:01,326 --> 00:48:02,810
out of the hotel

958
00:48:02,845 --> 00:48:04,088
to go to Arkansas.

959
00:48:04,122 --> 00:48:05,158
Like, I was done.

960
00:48:05,192 --> 00:48:06,849
And I just broke down crying.

961
00:48:06,884 --> 00:48:08,886
I'm so stressed out.

962
00:48:12,096 --> 00:48:13,476
'Cause I don't know what to do.

963
00:48:13,511 --> 00:48:15,720
I don t want to be here anymore.

964
00:48:16,617 --> 00:48:18,171
I had kayakers hit me up online.

965
00:48:18,205 --> 00:48:19,551
Like, "Yo, you almost died."

966
00:48:19,586 --> 00:48:21,622
Like, "That hydraulic's gnarly.
People die there."

967
00:48:21,657 --> 00:48:22,865
I go online. I looked up

968
00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:24,867
there's four deaths
at that spot.

969
00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:26,938
Four people have died there.

970
00:48:26,973 --> 00:48:29,907
Okay, guys. I've never
had this before.

971
00:48:29,941 --> 00:48:31,874
I don't know
what's going on, but

972
00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:33,600
I would imagine that this is

973
00:48:34,463 --> 00:48:36,983
a panic attack. Um,

974
00:48:37,017 --> 00:48:39,709
I'm having severe anxiety.

975
00:48:39,744 --> 00:48:40,572
Um...

976
00:48:41,988 --> 00:48:44,404
Very confusing, tripped out.

977
00:48:44,438 --> 00:48:45,405
And, uh,

978
00:48:46,302 --> 00:48:48,063
I just, I got to get home.

979
00:48:48,097 --> 00:48:50,548
So I'm pulling the plug.

980
00:48:50,582 --> 00:48:52,170
And this is real.
Yes, this is real.

981
00:48:52,205 --> 00:48:53,758
I'm really pulling the plug.

982
00:48:53,792 --> 00:48:56,002
I'm getting on 64 East right now

983
00:48:56,036 --> 00:48:57,589
and then I'm just gonna
start trucking home.

984
00:48:57,624 --> 00:49:00,420
So that's what I'm doing.

985
00:49:02,974 --> 00:49:03,975
That's what I'm doing.

986
00:49:04,976 --> 00:49:06,598
When you're as driven as Ben

987
00:49:06,633 --> 00:49:07,979
and you have these goals

988
00:49:08,014 --> 00:49:09,912
and you have an expectation,

989
00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:11,949
and sometimes it can't
always be met,

990
00:49:11,983 --> 00:49:14,917
there is, like, this
significant feeling of

991
00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:16,988
letdown and pressure.

992
00:49:17,023 --> 00:49:19,232
And so it's hard to, kind of,

993
00:49:19,266 --> 00:49:21,234
not use substances
to cope with that

994
00:49:21,268 --> 00:49:22,752
emotional pain.

995
00:49:22,787 --> 00:49:23,961
No way.

996
00:49:25,341 --> 00:49:26,411
I'm home.

997
00:49:26,446 --> 00:49:28,724
[CRIES, SIGHS]

998
00:49:34,523 --> 00:49:35,627
Dude.

999
00:49:36,835 --> 00:49:38,699
I don't care who you are,

1000
00:49:39,735 --> 00:49:41,254
how much money you make,

1001
00:49:43,808 --> 00:49:44,705
what you do,

1002
00:49:45,499 --> 00:49:47,329
how big of a person you are,

1003
00:49:48,709 --> 00:49:50,539
sometimes you just need

1004
00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:52,196
to be home.

1005
00:49:55,509 --> 00:49:57,201
It's not like I came out of that
and I was, like,

1006
00:49:57,235 --> 00:49:58,340
"All right, I'm gonna go drink."

1007
00:49:58,374 --> 00:50:00,100
But I definitely thought
about it.

1008
00:50:00,687 --> 00:50:01,550
For sure.

1009
00:50:03,207 --> 00:50:04,656
Stuff like that.

1010
00:50:04,691 --> 00:50:07,349
is what makes you question

1011
00:50:08,453 --> 00:50:10,283
your situation.

1012
00:50:10,317 --> 00:50:13,424
And in a scenario like that,

1013
00:50:13,458 --> 00:50:15,667
it would be a whole lot easier

1014
00:50:15,702 --> 00:50:17,704
to just drown your sorrows

1015
00:50:17,738 --> 00:50:19,119
with a beer

1016
00:50:19,154 --> 00:50:22,226
than it would be
to face the problem head on,

1017
00:50:22,260 --> 00:50:24,021
and deal with that emotionally.

1018
00:50:33,513 --> 00:50:39,070
I had no idea if I even wanted
to continue surfing
the 50 states.

1019
00:50:39,105 --> 00:50:41,797
JORDAN: I think he needed
to focus on the things he loved.

1020
00:50:41,831 --> 00:50:44,248
I think he needed
to focus on himself again.

1021
00:50:44,282 --> 00:50:47,182
Focus on his family,
his friends,

1022
00:50:47,216 --> 00:50:48,321
surfing for fun.

1023
00:50:48,355 --> 00:50:50,012
I think he had to get back to

1024
00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:52,394
the reason why he was doing
what he was doing

1025
00:50:52,428 --> 00:50:54,913
because he was so caught up
in this goal.

1026
00:51:00,091 --> 00:51:01,472
It's kind of a funny story

1027
00:51:01,506 --> 00:51:03,301
because it's not your
conventional, like, "We met".

1028
00:51:03,336 --> 00:51:05,338
Just, I guess, most people
meet at a bar

1029
00:51:05,372 --> 00:51:07,064
or meet at school or something.

1030
00:51:07,098 --> 00:51:08,720
We met through Instagram.

1031
00:51:08,755 --> 00:51:10,481
One day, just commenting
on Instagram,

1032
00:51:10,515 --> 00:51:12,138
and I tagged my friend
in a shirt that said,

1033
00:51:12,172 --> 00:51:13,725
"Drinking coffee
and talking shit"

1034
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,383
And I was, like,
"Oh, my God,
we need these T-shirts."

1035
00:51:16,418 --> 00:51:18,765
Not thinking it was
Ben's Instagram.

1036
00:51:18,799 --> 00:51:21,319
So, I commented on there.

1037
00:51:21,354 --> 00:51:23,252
And then, like, I guess,
a couple of hours later,

1038
00:51:23,287 --> 00:51:26,635
I got a DM, a direct message
from Ben.

1039
00:51:26,669 --> 00:51:30,052
So I clicked it, and I was like,
"Damn, dude."

1040
00:51:30,087 --> 00:51:32,227
I literally, like,
fell in love, like,

1041
00:51:32,261 --> 00:51:34,436
right when I saw her Instagram.

1042
00:51:34,470 --> 00:51:35,609
I don't know.

1043
00:51:35,644 --> 00:51:36,990
Dude, I never do this.

1044
00:51:37,024 --> 00:51:38,957
And I just went, like,
"Bam". Right, DM.

1045
00:51:38,992 --> 00:51:39,924
Like,

1046
00:51:40,890 --> 00:51:42,133
"Do you want a shirt?"

1047
00:51:42,168 --> 00:51:43,962
Or something like that.
I don't know what I said.

1048
00:51:43,997 --> 00:51:46,241
I was, like,
"I could totally get you a shirt

1049
00:51:46,275 --> 00:51:48,519
and you don't
have to pay for it."

1050
00:51:48,553 --> 00:51:52,350
So, couple clever remarks later,
we hung out

1051
00:51:52,385 --> 00:51:54,145
and we went
and got coffee together

1052
00:51:54,180 --> 00:51:56,906
Pretty much, like, the moment
that I met her,

1053
00:51:56,941 --> 00:51:59,323
from then on, it was just, like,
I just kind of knew.

1054
00:52:04,811 --> 00:52:06,399
Our relationship was pretty new

1055
00:52:06,433 --> 00:52:08,401
when I started surfing
the 50 states

1056
00:52:08,435 --> 00:52:10,679
and she would just
be tripped out because, like,

1057
00:52:11,438 --> 00:52:13,268
her vision of

1058
00:52:13,302 --> 00:52:15,097
a boyfriend is someone
that's home.

1059
00:52:15,132 --> 00:52:16,616
That they spend time with.

1060
00:52:16,650 --> 00:52:19,550
And, like, here she has me.

1061
00:52:19,584 --> 00:52:22,794
And I'm driving around
the country by myself, so...

1062
00:52:22,829 --> 00:52:25,176
"By myself" puts me
in a bad category

1063
00:52:25,211 --> 00:52:27,316
'cause it's, like,
"He's so insane

1064
00:52:27,351 --> 00:52:29,180
that nobody will
even go with him."

1065
00:52:29,215 --> 00:52:31,182
She didn't get what
I was doing at all.

1066
00:52:31,217 --> 00:52:33,943
And she always tried her
hardest to support me.

1067
00:52:33,978 --> 00:52:36,187
So our relationship's
just, like,

1068
00:52:36,222 --> 00:52:37,084
pretty magic.

1069
00:52:38,638 --> 00:52:42,262
JORDAN: Really what I was
searching for in other people,

1070
00:52:42,297 --> 00:52:43,781
or other relationships

1071
00:52:43,815 --> 00:52:46,887
that I thought of were
boyfriends in my mind,

1072
00:52:46,922 --> 00:52:48,855
they were people
that were hard-working,

1073
00:52:48,889 --> 00:52:50,339
that were determined,

1074
00:52:50,374 --> 00:52:51,996
that never gave up.

1075
00:52:52,030 --> 00:52:53,860
And I found that in Ben.

1076
00:52:53,894 --> 00:52:56,345
Together, we have done
unconventional things.

1077
00:52:56,380 --> 00:53:00,038
And, you know,
it's more exciting
than I could ever imagine.

1078
00:53:01,247 --> 00:53:03,973
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1079
00:53:27,100 --> 00:53:28,032
BEN: No way.

1080
00:53:28,722 --> 00:53:29,585
No way.

1081
00:53:30,276 --> 00:53:31,898
No way!

1082
00:53:31,932 --> 00:53:33,796
No way!

1083
00:53:34,245 --> 00:53:35,419
No way!

1084
00:53:35,902 --> 00:53:37,352
Oh, my god!

1085
00:53:37,386 --> 00:53:39,595
Are you kidding me?

1086
00:53:39,630 --> 00:53:42,357
Are you kidding me?

1087
00:53:43,116 --> 00:53:45,049
Wave Bandit

1088
00:53:45,083 --> 00:53:46,878
Ben Gravy Pro Model.

1089
00:53:46,913 --> 00:53:48,535
Look at that shiny sticker.

1090
00:53:49,536 --> 00:53:51,676
Oh, my god!

1091
00:53:52,574 --> 00:53:53,954
Are you kidding me?

1092
00:53:53,989 --> 00:53:55,577
Thank you, guys, so much.

1093
00:53:55,611 --> 00:53:57,130
Look at this surfboard.

1094
00:53:57,164 --> 00:53:58,683
It's real. It's real.

1095
00:53:58,718 --> 00:54:01,203
This is the coolest thing
I've seen in my entire life.

1096
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:02,687
Thank you for everything.

1097
00:54:02,722 --> 00:54:03,861
Thank you! Thank you!

1098
00:54:03,895 --> 00:54:06,588
And the eight-footer.
The eight-footer!

1099
00:54:06,622 --> 00:54:07,968
Are you kidding me?

1100
00:54:08,003 --> 00:54:09,107
The eight-footer?

1101
00:54:09,142 --> 00:54:10,247
Are you kidding me?

1102
00:54:10,281 --> 00:54:11,938
The eight-footer?

1103
00:54:11,972 --> 00:54:14,768
To be semi-pro is

1104
00:54:15,735 --> 00:54:19,152
to just be yourself.

1105
00:54:19,186 --> 00:54:24,122
The reality of my life is that
I was never
gonna be a pro surfer.

1106
00:54:24,157 --> 00:54:27,747
My entire career is an anomaly.

1107
00:54:28,610 --> 00:54:30,370
It happened by accident.

1108
00:54:30,405 --> 00:54:32,648
I didn't come up through
any structured

1109
00:54:33,649 --> 00:54:35,824
industry of surfing.

1110
00:54:35,858 --> 00:54:40,691
So I think it's hilarious
to call myself a semi-pro

1111
00:54:40,725 --> 00:54:43,694
because that's what
I feel like I am.

1112
00:54:43,728 --> 00:54:46,628
'Cause I'm never going to be
better than anybody else, dude.

1113
00:54:46,662 --> 00:54:50,045
I'm just straight up
a total kook.

1114
00:54:51,322 --> 00:54:52,668
I don't really know
how to explain it,

1115
00:54:52,703 --> 00:54:54,567
but, like, they can
have it, dude.

1116
00:54:54,601 --> 00:54:57,259
Pro? I don't need a title.

1117
00:54:57,294 --> 00:54:58,916
Like, I'm just a guy, dude.

1118
00:54:59,848 --> 00:55:01,401
I'm just a semi-pro.

1119
00:55:04,231 --> 00:55:07,338
I have something
very special in me.

1120
00:55:07,373 --> 00:55:08,546
When I was two years old,

1121
00:55:08,581 --> 00:55:11,169
I was diagnosed with
high-functioning autism.

1122
00:55:11,204 --> 00:55:13,827
So over the course of my
adolescence and teenage years,

1123
00:55:14,863 --> 00:55:16,347
I had a lot of trouble,

1124
00:55:16,382 --> 00:55:19,454
you know, to try and find some
sort of identity for myself

1125
00:55:19,488 --> 00:55:21,421
And then, of course,
when Ben came along

1126
00:55:21,456 --> 00:55:23,009
and introduced me to surfing,

1127
00:55:23,043 --> 00:55:26,012
you know, I found my true
purpose and identity.

1128
00:55:26,046 --> 00:55:28,601
It's uncertain, but all I know
is that just like Ben,

1129
00:55:28,635 --> 00:55:30,465
I'm going to live
the stoke life.

1130
00:55:30,499 --> 00:55:32,018
I'm living the sober life.

1131
00:55:32,052 --> 00:55:33,571
And, because of him,

1132
00:55:33,606 --> 00:55:35,228
I wouldn't be
sitting here today.

1133
00:55:35,262 --> 00:55:37,334
There's a lot of things I'd like
to be thankful to Ben,

1134
00:55:37,368 --> 00:55:38,956
but the biggest thing
I would like to say,

1135
00:55:38,990 --> 00:55:41,855
"Thanks, Ben, for being
an excellent friend."

1136
00:55:47,930 --> 00:55:49,760
JAMIE:
Ben is a really good influence

1137
00:55:49,794 --> 00:55:51,762
on a lot of people
around the world.

1138
00:55:51,796 --> 00:55:53,384
He's out there showing you

1139
00:55:53,419 --> 00:55:55,455
that you don't
have to be a pro surfer.

1140
00:55:55,490 --> 00:55:59,183
You just got to go out there
and have as much fun
as you can, you know?

1141
00:55:59,217 --> 00:56:00,598
I think he just
laid it out there

1142
00:56:00,633 --> 00:56:02,980
and said, "I'm Ben Gravy.
I'm semi-pro."

1143
00:56:03,014 --> 00:56:03,912
BEN: Yo!

1144
00:56:08,123 --> 00:56:09,158
CAMERAMAN: Look here, guys.

1145
00:56:16,269 --> 00:56:20,169
For young kids, Ben's, like,
an incredible person,
awesome role model.

1146
00:56:20,204 --> 00:56:23,207
And if you were to ask me that
10 years ago,

1147
00:56:23,241 --> 00:56:26,383
about Ben being a role model
for young kids,

1148
00:56:26,417 --> 00:56:27,936
that would be the last thing
I would think of.

1149
00:56:27,970 --> 00:56:31,008
I would say,
"Anything he does, don't do."

1150
00:56:31,042 --> 00:56:33,700
But now, it's a complete 180.

1151
00:56:33,735 --> 00:56:35,392
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1152
00:56:44,159 --> 00:56:45,747
JAMIE O'BRIEN:
And he claims semi-pro.

1153
00:56:45,781 --> 00:56:47,542
It's amazing.

1154
00:56:47,576 --> 00:56:50,855
Like, this guy's
grabbed everything
and just put it out there.

1155
00:56:50,890 --> 00:56:52,547
You know, he's got
an awesome following.

1156
00:56:52,581 --> 00:56:53,927
He's, like...
Everyone loves him.

1157
00:56:53,962 --> 00:56:56,723
I mean, Ben's living the dream
and he made it happen.

1158
00:56:56,758 --> 00:56:58,967
And that's the best part
about Ben.

1159
00:56:59,001 --> 00:57:00,313
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

1160
00:57:09,598 --> 00:57:11,945
I feel like out there, there's
only a certain amount of people

1161
00:57:11,980 --> 00:57:14,396
that could be a pro surfer,
and it's hard to relate.

1162
00:57:14,431 --> 00:57:17,710
Ben's a semi-pro.
I think everyone's a semi-pro.

1163
00:57:17,744 --> 00:57:19,539
And it's just like
putting a stamp like,

1164
00:57:19,574 --> 00:57:22,300
"I'm not a pro surfer.
But, hey, I'm having
the time of my life."

1165
00:57:22,335 --> 00:57:24,820
And he created this whole
industry around him.

1166
00:57:24,855 --> 00:57:27,409
You know, he's got killer
sponsors now.

1167
00:57:27,444 --> 00:57:29,825
He's like the forefront
of Wave Bandit.

1168
00:57:29,860 --> 00:57:32,241
He is the king of vlogging
and surfing.

1169
00:57:32,276 --> 00:57:34,312
And there is so much
respect for him.

1170
00:57:34,347 --> 00:57:36,073
And I just feel like
Ben had a dream

1171
00:57:36,107 --> 00:57:38,316
and had a vision
of what he wanted to do

1172
00:57:38,351 --> 00:57:39,835
and what he wanted
to accomplish.

1173
00:57:43,114 --> 00:57:44,391
ROB: Positive outlook on life,

1174
00:57:44,426 --> 00:57:46,842
whether you're a kid
or 80 years old,

1175
00:57:46,877 --> 00:57:50,363
it's something that you could
definitely use as a role model,
for sure.

1176
00:57:53,228 --> 00:57:56,334
I took a long time off
after that.
A while.

1177
00:57:57,059 --> 00:57:57,922
And, uh...

1178
00:57:58,889 --> 00:58:00,442
it took me...

1179
00:58:00,477 --> 00:58:02,789
You know, that moment,

1180
00:58:02,824 --> 00:58:05,309
was kind of like
the commitment moment.

1181
00:58:05,343 --> 00:58:07,656
It was, like,
are you gonna do this?

1182
00:58:08,485 --> 00:58:09,313
Or...

1183
00:58:10,935 --> 00:58:11,971
was it just kind of a joke?

1184
00:58:12,005 --> 00:58:14,007
You're gonna just let it go?

1185
00:58:14,042 --> 00:58:16,113
And I decided
that I was gonna do it.

1186
00:58:22,982 --> 00:58:24,397
At the car dealership right now.

1187
00:58:28,194 --> 00:58:29,333
As you may have guessed,

1188
00:58:29,367 --> 00:58:33,510
I have the Dodge ProMaster
for the dream.

1189
00:58:33,544 --> 00:58:34,649
I am so stoked.

1190
00:58:34,683 --> 00:58:39,136
The 2017
Dodge Semi-ProMaster.

1191
00:58:39,170 --> 00:58:41,207
I hope you guys
are as excited as I am.

1192
00:58:41,241 --> 00:58:43,934
I'm going to renovate
this thing. Make it the ultimate

1193
00:58:43,968 --> 00:58:45,556
road trip mobile.

1194
00:58:45,591 --> 00:58:47,178
And drive it across the country.

1195
00:58:47,938 --> 00:58:49,940
Good morning, Nub Nation.

1196
00:58:51,217 --> 00:58:53,840
I'm starting off today
with a socket thing.

1197
00:58:53,875 --> 00:58:55,532
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

1198
00:59:06,784 --> 00:59:09,649
In the past couple of years,
he's definitely made it,
like, a thing

1199
00:59:09,684 --> 00:59:11,202
to hunt out these novelties.

1200
00:59:11,237 --> 00:59:12,790
But even when he was younger,

1201
00:59:12,825 --> 00:59:14,965
I think, like, without trying,

1202
00:59:14,999 --> 00:59:16,691
he was always kind of hunting

1203
00:59:16,725 --> 00:59:19,694
little novelty waves
and surfing spots that

1204
00:59:19,728 --> 00:59:22,179
a lot of other people
didn't surf.

1205
00:59:22,213 --> 00:59:24,837
We're talking about
a finished floor, people.

1206
00:59:24,871 --> 00:59:26,252
JAMIE: I guess
the best way I can describe

1207
00:59:26,286 --> 00:59:28,772
Ben Gravy
in the surf industry is

1208
00:59:28,806 --> 00:59:31,533
hard work,
head down, grinding.

1209
00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:33,777
Whatever it is,
he's working every day.

1210
00:59:33,811 --> 00:59:35,675
His mind is not even
thinking it's work, you know?

1211
00:59:35,710 --> 00:59:37,263
This is, like, the way
that he operates.

1212
00:59:37,297 --> 00:59:39,506
He just wakes up
and he wants to make videos.

1213
00:59:39,541 --> 00:59:40,922
and he wants
to document his life.

1214
00:59:40,956 --> 00:59:43,062
And I think
it's really hardcore.

1215
00:59:43,096 --> 00:59:45,029
BEN:
All right, ladies and gentlemen.

1216
00:59:45,064 --> 00:59:46,962
Walls. Ceilings.

1217
00:59:47,791 --> 00:59:49,206
Cabinets.

1218
00:59:50,517 --> 00:59:52,623
Look at this storage space.

1219
00:59:52,658 --> 00:59:54,004
I'm tripping.

1220
00:59:54,038 --> 00:59:55,522
Unreal. It's unreal.

1221
00:59:55,557 --> 00:59:58,008
JORDAN: What's the most
attractive to me

1222
00:59:58,042 --> 01:00:00,700
is just his, like, drive
and determination.

1223
01:00:00,735 --> 01:00:02,529
He just goes and goes and goes.

1224
01:00:02,564 --> 01:00:03,945
And I just,

1225
01:00:03,979 --> 01:00:06,223
I just can't believe it.
Ben just doesn't give up.

1226
01:00:06,257 --> 01:00:07,604
And I've seen him

1227
01:00:07,638 --> 01:00:11,090
so many times, like, fail
in these past three years.

1228
01:00:11,124 --> 01:00:14,714
And, like, hard failures
where he was just beaten

1229
01:00:14,749 --> 01:00:16,992
and he didn't know what
he was gonna do next.

1230
01:00:17,027 --> 01:00:18,891
And he's, like, "I can't
believe this has happened."

1231
01:00:18,925 --> 01:00:21,548
Or, "I can't believe
I'm here again." And...

1232
01:00:22,584 --> 01:00:23,758
He just still didn't give up.

1233
01:00:31,835 --> 01:00:33,008
Put it on wax.

1234
01:00:33,043 --> 01:00:33,975
That's it.

1235
01:00:35,217 --> 01:00:36,149
We're done.

1236
01:00:36,184 --> 01:00:37,116
Dude, we're done.

1237
01:00:37,150 --> 01:00:38,082
We're done.

1238
01:00:38,876 --> 01:00:40,567
CHRIS: Was Ben's journey

1239
01:00:40,602 --> 01:00:44,571
to surf the 50 states
an accident
or was it his destiny?

1240
01:00:44,606 --> 01:00:46,746
The universe was lining up
for Ben.

1241
01:00:46,781 --> 01:00:50,647
His commitment to sobriety
and his love to surf
all the time,

1242
01:00:50,681 --> 01:00:53,408
anywhere he could,
was about to lead him

1243
01:00:53,442 --> 01:00:56,169
on one of the wildest rides
of his life.

1244
01:00:58,482 --> 01:01:01,174
BEN: Instead of going out
and just
checking off the states,

1245
01:01:01,209 --> 01:01:04,937
it was really important for me
to experience the journey.

1246
01:01:04,971 --> 01:01:09,493
And, yeah, with all those
big storms
coming across the country

1247
01:01:09,527 --> 01:01:11,184
and hitting us on the coast,

1248
01:01:11,219 --> 01:01:13,980
there was a lot of extra
activity that year.

1249
01:01:14,015 --> 01:01:17,052
And I felt like I could finish
what I started.

1250
01:01:17,087 --> 01:01:19,710
At least in the Great Lakes.

1251
01:01:19,745 --> 01:01:22,679
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

1252
01:01:51,500 --> 01:01:54,711
My wetsuit won't unzip.

1253
01:01:54,745 --> 01:01:56,851
Fully frozen shut.

1254
01:01:56,885 --> 01:01:58,059
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

1255
01:02:16,802 --> 01:02:17,872
BEN: Ohio!

1256
01:02:35,441 --> 01:02:36,856
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

1257
01:03:00,293 --> 01:03:01,501
What's going on out there?

1258
01:03:02,848 --> 01:03:04,090
Fun. Cleaning off.

1259
01:03:04,988 --> 01:03:06,334
Having a lot of fun out there.

1260
01:03:07,162 --> 01:03:08,543
Ben Gravy's killing it.

1261
01:03:09,786 --> 01:03:13,134
The people out there
are definitely

1262
01:03:13,168 --> 01:03:17,448
some of the most stoked people
in surfing.

1263
01:03:17,483 --> 01:03:21,211
And I guess, just because
the lakes don't get
waves all year round,

1264
01:03:21,245 --> 01:03:24,076
they kind of only
have a specific season.

1265
01:03:24,110 --> 01:03:26,595
The surfers out there
get really, really stoked.

1266
01:03:26,630 --> 01:03:29,771
It's just something really cool
to be a part of and witness.

1267
01:03:30,461 --> 01:03:31,980
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

1268
01:03:55,901 --> 01:03:58,489
BEN: Once I checked off
all of the states

1269
01:03:58,524 --> 01:04:00,181
surrounding the Great Lakes,

1270
01:04:00,215 --> 01:04:03,115
I knew that I could finish
the 50 states.

1271
01:04:03,149 --> 01:04:06,049
I had the entire Nub Nation
counting on me.

1272
01:04:06,083 --> 01:04:08,327
And the whole world
was watching.

1273
01:04:21,547 --> 01:04:22,997
BEN: Oh, my God, this is
the gnarliest thing.

1274
01:04:23,929 --> 01:04:25,896
We're here.

1275
01:04:25,931 --> 01:04:27,484
There's a wave.

1276
01:04:27,518 --> 01:04:30,038
There is a wave
right there, Hob.

1277
01:04:30,073 --> 01:04:31,177
Right there.

1278
01:04:31,212 --> 01:04:33,731
We did it, dude.
We fucking did it, Hob!

1279
01:04:33,766 --> 01:04:34,871
We did it!

1280
01:04:34,905 --> 01:04:36,838
[SCREAMING]

1281
01:04:39,220 --> 01:04:42,361
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1282
01:04:48,505 --> 01:04:50,334
So that little thing
holds as much stoke

1283
01:04:50,369 --> 01:04:52,750
as a 20-foot wave, in my head.

1284
01:04:52,785 --> 01:04:53,890
'Cause the journey.

1285
01:04:53,924 --> 01:04:55,477
The being in the middle
of nowhere.

1286
01:04:55,512 --> 01:04:57,548
Just finding this place.
We got to surf this

1287
01:04:57,583 --> 01:04:58,722
and then there's
another peak, dude.

1288
01:04:58,756 --> 01:05:00,103
It's on out here, boys.

1289
01:05:05,591 --> 01:05:07,696
Well, I think this is gonna
be pretty exciting for you.

1290
01:05:08,283 --> 01:05:12,598
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1291
01:05:16,498 --> 01:05:18,880
BEN: We're here
in Oklahoma City, and

1292
01:05:18,915 --> 01:05:20,502
apparently, we can surf
one of these waves

1293
01:05:20,537 --> 01:05:21,918
that's part
of the whitewater run.

1294
01:05:21,952 --> 01:05:23,816
It's gonna be pretty gnarly.
but we're on it.

1295
01:05:25,197 --> 01:05:29,546
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1296
01:05:31,997 --> 01:05:33,446
Dude, this is so sick.

1297
01:06:34,887 --> 01:06:37,717
Whoo! Montana!

1298
01:06:39,133 --> 01:06:40,720
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1299
01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:58,842
The boys are crashing out
at the nature preserve.

1300
01:06:58,876 --> 01:07:01,396
Hour forty-five away
from the surf spot.

1301
01:07:03,364 --> 01:07:07,230
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1302
01:07:16,963 --> 01:07:20,381
My final claim.
Stoked. Fully stoked.

1303
01:07:20,415 --> 01:07:21,416
BEN: Yeah.

1304
01:07:21,451 --> 01:07:23,694
Glad to meet ya. For the dream!

1305
01:07:23,729 --> 01:07:24,557
BEN: You're the man.

1306
01:07:25,248 --> 01:07:27,146
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1307
01:07:44,957 --> 01:07:47,891
BEN: I bought
this new sleeping bag,

1308
01:07:47,925 --> 01:07:52,516
and it's supposed to be
a 20 degrees sleeping bag.

1309
01:07:52,551 --> 01:07:55,416
So I am supposed to be able
to get down to 20 degrees

1310
01:07:56,210 --> 01:07:57,590
with that.

1311
01:07:57,625 --> 01:07:58,936
And I have another blanket

1312
01:07:58,971 --> 01:08:00,593
I'm gonna put on top of that.

1313
01:08:00,628 --> 01:08:04,080
I got my back curtains closed
to keep heat in.

1314
01:08:04,666 --> 01:08:05,978
That's really it.

1315
01:08:06,012 --> 01:08:07,497
I'm about to tuck in
and hit the sack.

1316
01:08:08,567 --> 01:08:09,913
Getting up early to surf.

1317
01:08:09,947 --> 01:08:11,639
I just want to say,
thank you guys for everything.

1318
01:08:12,295 --> 01:08:13,572
Super fun day

1319
01:08:13,606 --> 01:08:14,849
And, uh...

1320
01:08:14,883 --> 01:08:16,092
the dream keeps moving forward

1321
01:08:16,126 --> 01:08:17,541
So thank you, guys.

1322
01:08:17,576 --> 01:08:18,818
Nub Nation for the win.

1323
01:08:18,853 --> 01:08:21,890
And, as always,
just keep it positive.

1324
01:08:21,925 --> 01:08:24,203
And keep pushing for the things
that you believe in

1325
01:08:24,238 --> 01:08:25,515
and the things
that you want in life.

1326
01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:28,034
Because, uh,

1327
01:08:28,069 --> 01:08:30,244
they are attainable
through hard work.

1328
01:08:31,314 --> 01:08:32,901
Good night.

1329
01:08:32,936 --> 01:08:34,144
I'll see you guys
in the morning.

1330
01:08:34,179 --> 01:08:35,249
For the dream.

1331
01:08:43,153 --> 01:08:44,982
BEN: Dude, there's one option.

1332
01:08:45,017 --> 01:08:46,639
This option is not
looking good, dude.

1333
01:08:46,674 --> 01:08:47,985
You're not gonna like it.

1334
01:08:48,020 --> 01:08:49,159
What?

1335
01:08:49,194 --> 01:08:51,368
I found this swimming pool

1336
01:08:51,403 --> 01:08:53,543
-in Omaha.
-Yeah?

1337
01:08:53,577 --> 01:08:55,407
That's literally for swimming.

1338
01:08:55,441 --> 01:08:56,511
It's like one of those pools

1339
01:08:56,546 --> 01:08:59,100
that does this.

1340
01:08:59,135 --> 01:09:01,171
BOTH: Like a splash pool.

1341
01:09:01,206 --> 01:09:03,242
But there might be a wave in it.

1342
01:09:03,277 --> 01:09:04,450
You've seen video of it or no?

1343
01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:06,590
Video is not looking good,

1344
01:09:06,625 --> 01:09:07,971
but, as far as
Nebraska's concerned,

1345
01:09:08,005 --> 01:09:09,110
it's our only shot, dude.

1346
01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:10,698
Because this is completely flat.

1347
01:09:18,050 --> 01:09:19,983
I try to hit a state every day.

1348
01:09:20,017 --> 01:09:23,089
I mean, I put 62,000 miles
on my van in less than a year.

1349
01:09:25,506 --> 01:09:26,955
We drive, like, eight hours,

1350
01:09:26,990 --> 01:09:27,887
surf,

1351
01:09:28,405 --> 01:09:29,337
edit,

1352
01:09:29,372 --> 01:09:30,718
go to sleep,

1353
01:09:30,752 --> 01:09:32,789
wake up, drive another
eight to ten hours.

1354
01:09:32,823 --> 01:09:35,171
Surf, edit, go to sleep.

1355
01:09:35,205 --> 01:09:37,173
It's just something that, like,

1356
01:09:37,207 --> 01:09:39,485
when I came up with surf
the 50 states, I was, like,

1357
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:42,143
"Oh, this is gonna be super fun.

1358
01:09:42,178 --> 01:09:44,214
I can't believe no one's
ever done it before."

1359
01:09:44,249 --> 01:09:45,284
And there is a reason

1360
01:09:45,319 --> 01:09:46,665
that no one's ever
done it before.

1361
01:09:53,016 --> 01:09:55,743
This is actually
better than we thought
it was gonna be.

1362
01:09:56,537 --> 01:09:57,814
As of right now,

1363
01:09:57,848 --> 01:09:59,056
we're watching waves break.

1364
01:09:59,091 --> 01:10:01,127
but they're still just
lightning everywhere.

1365
01:10:01,162 --> 01:10:03,820
So, If I'm gonna
get a chance to surf,

1366
01:10:03,854 --> 01:10:05,546
the lightning is
gonna have to pass.

1367
01:10:05,580 --> 01:10:07,548
This is the kinda shit
I dreamed about, dude.

1368
01:10:07,582 --> 01:10:10,067
Surfing shit that no one
was ever gonna surf.

1369
01:10:10,102 --> 01:10:11,448
And then I would come do it.

1370
01:10:11,483 --> 01:10:13,105
And that's kind of
what the whole mission

1371
01:10:13,139 --> 01:10:15,038
was all about the whole time.

1372
01:10:15,072 --> 01:10:17,592
We're about to start
the surf culture in Nebraska.

1373
01:10:17,627 --> 01:10:19,145
This is built for swimming.

1374
01:10:19,180 --> 01:10:21,182
And after we do this,
this could become a thing.

1375
01:10:21,217 --> 01:10:23,357
Like, people might
want to surf after this.

1376
01:10:30,018 --> 01:10:32,435
I was in Florida.

1377
01:10:32,469 --> 01:10:35,196
And I was actually
surfing Typhoon Lagoon.

1378
01:10:35,231 --> 01:10:36,439
And I made a vlog.

1379
01:10:36,473 --> 01:10:38,268
And I was, like,
"Wow, my first wave pool.

1380
01:10:38,303 --> 01:10:39,856
"That was really fun.

1381
01:10:39,890 --> 01:10:41,271
"Wouldn't it be cool

1382
01:10:41,306 --> 01:10:43,377
if I went to Kelly Slater's
Surf Ranch?"

1383
01:10:43,411 --> 01:10:45,379
I know I said I wanted
to save the Kelly Slater

1384
01:10:45,413 --> 01:10:48,278
wave pool till after
I finished the 50 states.

1385
01:10:48,313 --> 01:10:51,281
But the energy just feels
so right, right now.

1386
01:10:51,316 --> 01:10:52,938
I think it's time.

1387
01:10:52,972 --> 01:10:54,491
"If you guys think
that would be cool.

1388
01:10:55,320 --> 01:10:57,874
"DM Kelly Slater,

1389
01:10:57,908 --> 01:10:59,669
and tell him that he should
invite me."

1390
01:10:59,703 --> 01:11:02,085
The next day, when my vlog
comes out

1391
01:11:02,119 --> 01:11:05,261
it just so happens to be
the last day of the season

1392
01:11:05,295 --> 01:11:06,607
for the Surf Ranch.

1393
01:11:06,641 --> 01:11:07,780
Kelly is there.

1394
01:11:07,815 --> 01:11:09,575
At the Surf Ranch, surfing.

1395
01:11:09,610 --> 01:11:11,957
Essentially, what happened was,

1396
01:11:11,991 --> 01:11:13,199
my vlog came out...

1397
01:11:13,234 --> 01:11:15,547
If you guys would please leave

1398
01:11:15,581 --> 01:11:19,620
Kelly Slater numerous comments
on his Instagram,

1399
01:11:19,654 --> 01:11:20,655
@kellyslater.

1400
01:11:20,690 --> 01:11:22,933
Please, go bombard this guy.

1401
01:11:22,968 --> 01:11:25,591
Tell him that he needs
to invite me to the wave pool.

1402
01:11:25,626 --> 01:11:28,353
I will be forever grateful.

1403
01:11:28,387 --> 01:11:30,009
And Kelly got
out of his session,

1404
01:11:30,044 --> 01:11:31,079
his surf session,

1405
01:11:31,114 --> 01:11:33,254
and he got to his phone,

1406
01:11:33,289 --> 01:11:36,015
and he had hundreds of DMs

1407
01:11:37,396 --> 01:11:38,639
from people

1408
01:11:38,673 --> 01:11:41,055
telling him to invite me
to the Surf Ranch.

1409
01:11:41,089 --> 01:11:43,471
He went on Facebook Live,

1410
01:11:43,506 --> 01:11:46,371
hundreds of thousands
of people watching,

1411
01:11:46,405 --> 01:11:47,993
and he was literally, like,

1412
01:11:48,027 --> 01:11:49,443
I'm gonna say this.

1413
01:11:49,477 --> 01:11:53,309
I got at least 50 messages today
to get Ben Gravy in here.

1414
01:11:53,343 --> 01:11:55,828
Ben Gravy, you will be
my first invite next year, okay?

1415
01:11:56,829 --> 01:11:58,106
Everybody tell him.

1416
01:11:58,141 --> 01:11:59,556
We were in the back
of the plane,

1417
01:11:59,591 --> 01:12:01,109
like, literally freaking out.

1418
01:12:01,144 --> 01:12:02,939
Everyone was, like,
looking at us.

1419
01:12:02,973 --> 01:12:04,975
But, dude, we did it.

1420
01:12:05,010 --> 01:12:06,011
You guys did it.

1421
01:12:06,045 --> 01:12:07,184
You guys did it.

1422
01:12:08,324 --> 01:12:09,601
Yay!

1423
01:12:09,635 --> 01:12:13,087
And he even said something like,
"I love that guy."

1424
01:12:13,121 --> 01:12:14,778
All those friends of Ben Gravy,

1425
01:12:14,813 --> 01:12:16,124
I got your messages today.

1426
01:12:16,159 --> 01:12:18,195
Tell Ben I'm going to get him
here next year

1427
01:12:18,230 --> 01:12:19,749
and we'll have some fun.

1428
01:12:19,783 --> 01:12:21,440
I love that guy's attitude.

1429
01:12:21,475 --> 01:12:23,822
And he goes
and surfs every wave.

1430
01:12:23,856 --> 01:12:25,444
Every novelty wave on Earth.

1431
01:12:25,479 --> 01:12:29,068
So, let's go make him
ride the best one.

1432
01:12:29,103 --> 01:12:31,243
First of all, I was
completely blown away.

1433
01:12:31,277 --> 01:12:32,658
I was honored.

1434
01:12:32,693 --> 01:12:35,385
I can't believe all those people
just went to bat for me.

1435
01:12:35,420 --> 01:12:38,215
Just through, like, the power
of the Nub Nation,

1436
01:12:38,250 --> 01:12:41,184
through just stoke,

1437
01:12:41,218 --> 01:12:43,635
pretty much just sent an average
guy to the Surf Ranch.

1438
01:12:43,669 --> 01:12:45,878
JORDAN: Oh, my God!

1439
01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:47,639
How do you feel?

1440
01:12:47,673 --> 01:12:49,261
I'm tripping, dude.
I'm gonna throw up.

1441
01:12:49,295 --> 01:12:50,227
[JORDAN CHUCKLES]

1442
01:12:50,711 --> 01:12:52,402
Oh, my God!

1443
01:12:52,437 --> 01:12:55,371
-BEN: Oh, my god.
-JORDAN: This is insane.

1444
01:12:55,405 --> 01:12:57,165
BEN: Oh, my god.

1445
01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:58,408
Are you kidding me?

1446
01:12:58,443 --> 01:12:59,375
Freaking out, dude.

1447
01:13:04,345 --> 01:13:05,760
This isn't real, is it?

1448
01:13:05,795 --> 01:13:07,521
-JORDAN: It's real.
-I'm gonna cry, dude.

1449
01:13:07,555 --> 01:13:11,456
And, for me, that was, like,
"What's the surf industry?"

1450
01:13:11,490 --> 01:13:13,043
Because Kelly Slater
just invited me

1451
01:13:13,078 --> 01:13:14,666
to his private wave pool.

1452
01:13:14,700 --> 01:13:16,219
BEN: You think I'm ready?

1453
01:13:16,253 --> 01:13:17,841
Well, I don't know.

1454
01:13:17,876 --> 01:13:20,844
Maybe we made you wait too long
and now you're gonna be nervous.

1455
01:13:20,879 --> 01:13:22,881
-I've been nervous.
-[BOTH CHUCKLE]

1456
01:13:22,915 --> 01:13:26,678
It's hard to explain,
but it's, like,
that's the pinnacle.

1457
01:13:26,712 --> 01:13:29,232
He's the greatest surfer
of all time

1458
01:13:29,266 --> 01:13:30,509
and he was just claiming

1459
01:13:30,544 --> 01:13:32,097
that I should come
out there and surf with him.

1460
01:13:32,131 --> 01:13:33,857
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1461
01:14:00,470 --> 01:14:03,128
There was something
very empowering about it.

1462
01:14:03,162 --> 01:14:06,407
Like, we are changing surfing.

1463
01:14:06,442 --> 01:14:09,479
The fact that,
as a collective group,

1464
01:14:09,514 --> 01:14:12,275
there's so much power in just

1465
01:14:12,309 --> 01:14:14,795
people's opinions when
they band together

1466
01:14:14,829 --> 01:14:16,900
that they can actually
make things happen.

1467
01:14:16,935 --> 01:14:18,523
It's almost like a revolution.

1468
01:14:18,557 --> 01:14:20,559
Of course you want, like,

1469
01:14:20,594 --> 01:14:22,872
Surfer Magazine to be, like,
"Oh, the novelty guy.

1470
01:14:22,906 --> 01:14:24,632
"He's cool too."

1471
01:14:24,667 --> 01:14:27,428
Like, when I have
all these magazines
just pushing me away.

1472
01:14:27,463 --> 01:14:31,294
And then Kelly Slater
just goes, "Oh, yeah.
That dude's sick."

1473
01:14:31,328 --> 01:14:33,261
There's a level of, like,

1474
01:14:33,296 --> 01:14:35,988
"Wow, it doesn't matter
what anybody thinks"

1475
01:14:36,023 --> 01:14:38,439
because it comes back
to people.

1476
01:14:38,474 --> 01:14:40,372
Perception doesn't matter.

1477
01:14:40,406 --> 01:14:44,272
As long as you're living
your truth
and living your honest life,

1478
01:14:44,307 --> 01:14:46,620
and, like, just doing
what you wanna do,

1479
01:14:46,654 --> 01:14:49,588
who cares what
other people think?

1480
01:14:49,623 --> 01:14:51,763
I just want to say
thank you to everybody.

1481
01:14:51,797 --> 01:14:55,491
Uh, the universe is real
and positivity is real.

1482
01:14:55,525 --> 01:14:57,562
This is the main point
that I actually wanna make.

1483
01:14:57,596 --> 01:15:00,703
Three years ago,
I was 26 years old,

1484
01:15:01,497 --> 01:15:03,429
washed up, barely surfed,

1485
01:15:03,464 --> 01:15:04,672
blown out knee,

1486
01:15:04,707 --> 01:15:06,778
with a doctor telling me
I might never surf again.

1487
01:15:07,503 --> 01:15:08,642
I changed my life.

1488
01:15:08,676 --> 01:15:10,506
I changed my mindset.

1489
01:15:10,540 --> 01:15:12,853
And today I came
to the Kelly Slater wave pool

1490
01:15:12,887 --> 01:15:13,854
and I surfed.

1491
01:15:13,888 --> 01:15:15,787
Anything is possible.

1492
01:15:15,821 --> 01:15:17,374
If you chase your dreams,

1493
01:15:17,409 --> 01:15:19,894
if you put positivity
and goodness

1494
01:15:19,929 --> 01:15:21,240
out into the universe,

1495
01:15:21,275 --> 01:15:23,001
it will come back
to you, I promise.

1496
01:15:23,588 --> 01:15:25,003
I am living proof.

1497
01:15:25,037 --> 01:15:27,488
Thank you, Nub Nation
for the win.

1498
01:15:27,523 --> 01:15:29,525
I love you
and I'll see you tomorrow.

1499
01:15:29,559 --> 01:15:31,285
For the dream!

1500
01:15:31,319 --> 01:15:32,804
Because the dream
continues tomorrow.

1501
01:15:33,736 --> 01:15:34,564
Good night.

1502
01:15:40,605 --> 01:15:44,988
-ALL: Surfing Dude!
-BEN: Surfing Dude?

1503
01:15:45,023 --> 01:15:47,059
I'm gonna have to change
my Instagram handle, dude.

1504
01:15:47,094 --> 01:15:48,198
ALL: Surfing Dude!

1505
01:15:58,899 --> 01:16:00,901
This is truly what
it really is all about.

1506
01:16:02,627 --> 01:16:04,456
Surfing is one of those things

1507
01:16:04,490 --> 01:16:07,045
where you can pass it on

1508
01:16:07,079 --> 01:16:08,736
from generation to generation.

1509
01:16:08,771 --> 01:16:11,187
There is waves here in
Omaha, Nebraska,

1510
01:16:11,221 --> 01:16:12,602
and nobody surfs.

1511
01:16:12,637 --> 01:16:13,914
But now we got AJ,

1512
01:16:13,948 --> 01:16:15,916
our first surfer here
at the wave pool.

1513
01:16:15,950 --> 01:16:18,746
Guaranteed, in 20 years,
that guy has a crew,

1514
01:16:18,781 --> 01:16:20,783
and there's kid's
surfing here every day.

1515
01:16:30,620 --> 01:16:31,828
RICK: Ben's amazing, dude.

1516
01:16:31,863 --> 01:16:35,280
He inspired me to
live a dream, you know?

1517
01:16:35,314 --> 01:16:37,696
And that included my wife,
included moving,

1518
01:16:37,731 --> 01:16:39,111
and included doing
all the stuff

1519
01:16:39,146 --> 01:16:41,597
that I would have never done
without seeing Ben.

1520
01:16:41,631 --> 01:16:43,564
He not only affects

1521
01:16:43,599 --> 01:16:46,705
my life, but he affects
other people all the time.

1522
01:16:46,740 --> 01:16:48,465
Just his positive
mental attitude

1523
01:16:48,500 --> 01:16:51,848
and driving people
to conquer their dreams.

1524
01:16:51,883 --> 01:16:54,299
That's the tie
and why he's so successful.

1525
01:16:54,333 --> 01:16:56,646
I mean, it's a dream
just to be here,

1526
01:16:56,681 --> 01:17:01,133
watching him surf
this crappy wave pool.

1527
01:17:01,168 --> 01:17:03,653
BEN: All right, we came
to Nebraska today
not expecting much.

1528
01:17:03,688 --> 01:17:04,930
And with the weather,
I didn't even know

1529
01:17:04,965 --> 01:17:06,311
if I was actually
gonna get to surf.

1530
01:17:06,345 --> 01:17:08,278
But we showed up
at the Fun-Plex

1531
01:17:08,313 --> 01:17:10,453
and all the energy
was just so amazing.

1532
01:17:10,487 --> 01:17:12,213
And sometimes it's not
always about

1533
01:17:12,248 --> 01:17:13,663
the quality of the wave itself.

1534
01:17:13,698 --> 01:17:17,978
It's about the quality
of the energy, of the location.

1535
01:17:18,012 --> 01:17:21,637
So Nebraska well and truly
exceeded our expectations.

1536
01:17:22,361 --> 01:17:23,466
I'm honored to be here,

1537
01:17:23,500 --> 01:17:26,055
honored to check off
state number 49.

1538
01:17:26,089 --> 01:17:27,366
Moving on to the last state.

1539
01:17:41,657 --> 01:17:45,005
TURNER: Ben's an anomaly
and they don't understand it.

1540
01:17:45,039 --> 01:17:48,974
Because a giant company
could put out a video,

1541
01:17:49,009 --> 01:17:51,321
and it's probably not gonna
get as many views

1542
01:17:51,356 --> 01:17:54,324
as one of Ben's videos,
who is just one person.

1543
01:17:54,359 --> 01:17:56,154
I mean, just because
you have a giant brand

1544
01:17:56,188 --> 01:17:57,811
with 500 employees,

1545
01:17:57,845 --> 01:17:59,778
it doesn't mean you put
any work on YouTube

1546
01:17:59,813 --> 01:18:01,849
to deserve more views.

1547
01:18:01,884 --> 01:18:04,818
I think it has a lot to do
with, like, charisma too.

1548
01:18:04,852 --> 01:18:07,717
You can buy a million views
or a million followers,

1549
01:18:07,752 --> 01:18:10,133
but is that real? No.

1550
01:18:10,168 --> 01:18:12,860
Is the influence Ben has
on some 8-year-old kid,

1551
01:18:12,895 --> 01:18:15,035
that he's never met,
in a different country, real?

1552
01:18:15,069 --> 01:18:17,002
Yeah, it is. That's the thing.

1553
01:18:35,296 --> 01:18:37,747
BRETT: So while YouTube's
been around for a long time,

1554
01:18:37,782 --> 01:18:39,680
as far as the surf world
is concerned,

1555
01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:41,993
it's only really been
a big player the last

1556
01:18:42,027 --> 01:18:43,373
handful of years.

1557
01:18:43,408 --> 01:18:45,962
And, honestly, a lot changed
in the surf world

1558
01:18:45,997 --> 01:18:49,207
when Ben started
getting recognition.

1559
01:18:49,241 --> 01:18:51,450
and it's becoming this thing

1560
01:18:51,485 --> 01:18:53,659
where there's this
community of people

1561
01:18:53,694 --> 01:18:57,042
that wanna be able
to follow along with, like,
their favorite surfers.

1562
01:18:57,077 --> 01:19:01,219
And now YouTube
is a huge player
in surfing.

1563
01:19:01,253 --> 01:19:03,566
And companies
are realizing that

1564
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:05,430
they can use the surfers

1565
01:19:05,464 --> 01:19:08,088
to directly relate
to the consumer.

1566
01:19:08,122 --> 01:19:09,192
And it's such a more

1567
01:19:09,227 --> 01:19:11,850
personal feel
than your advertising

1568
01:19:11,885 --> 01:19:14,784
that was in magazines,
or on TV, or whatever, prior.

1569
01:19:14,819 --> 01:19:18,581
And the game has
completely changed
in the last three years.

1570
01:19:18,615 --> 01:19:23,172
JAMIE: What we're doing as
a movement, creating content,
is the dream right now.

1571
01:19:23,206 --> 01:19:26,347
It's not about winning
contests because
it's all about having fun.

1572
01:19:26,382 --> 01:19:29,212
So by making these videos
on this rad platform,

1573
01:19:29,247 --> 01:19:31,076
and sharing everything
that we love to do,

1574
01:19:31,111 --> 01:19:34,010
and, you know, be that
person that could interact

1575
01:19:34,045 --> 01:19:35,563
like, "Oh, I can do the
same thing as Jamie.

1576
01:19:35,598 --> 01:19:37,048
"I could do the same
thing as Ben."

1577
01:19:37,082 --> 01:19:38,877
So, you know, it's like,
"Hey, get out there.

1578
01:19:38,912 --> 01:19:42,053
"Get out of your house
and film it.
Document your life."

1579
01:19:42,087 --> 01:19:43,640
Because, hey, we only live once.

1580
01:19:47,886 --> 01:19:51,441
I think Ben was nominated
for best vlog because

1581
01:19:51,476 --> 01:19:52,580
his dedication,

1582
01:19:52,615 --> 01:19:54,962
his hard work,
his everyday grind

1583
01:19:54,997 --> 01:19:56,826
to go surf no matter
where it was.

1584
01:19:56,861 --> 01:19:58,517
Whether it was in 50 states,

1585
01:19:58,552 --> 01:20:00,347
or whether it's in Puerto Rico,

1586
01:20:00,381 --> 01:20:02,798
he's out there making
the best of life.

1587
01:20:02,832 --> 01:20:04,351
And people really respect that.

1588
01:20:07,181 --> 01:20:09,321
It was a really cool moment
going to Surfer Poll, you know.

1589
01:20:09,356 --> 01:20:10,806
It's like
we're rolling in together.

1590
01:20:10,840 --> 01:20:13,429
Ben Gravy, Jamie O'Brien,
and our girls.

1591
01:20:13,463 --> 01:20:15,465
And it's just, like,
this happy feeling

1592
01:20:15,500 --> 01:20:16,950
and we're both just so psyched.

1593
01:20:16,984 --> 01:20:19,400
If you haven't checked out
Ben Gravy on Instagram...

1594
01:20:19,435 --> 01:20:21,678
Ladies and gentlemen,
the number one,

1595
01:20:21,713 --> 01:20:25,441
vloggiest vlog
in the whole vlogiverse,

1596
01:20:25,475 --> 01:20:27,650
the vlog the fans have chosen.

1597
01:20:29,894 --> 01:20:31,654
The J.O.B. Vlog

1598
01:20:31,688 --> 01:20:34,346
starring Jamie O'Brien!

1599
01:20:38,799 --> 01:20:42,527
We've been filming for years
and we never won an award.

1600
01:20:42,561 --> 01:20:44,701
Uh, I'm a speechless surfer.
Thank you...

1601
01:20:45,323 --> 01:20:46,462
for this award.

1602
01:20:46,496 --> 01:20:49,327
Um, best vlog.
Big shoutout to Ben Gravy.

1603
01:20:49,361 --> 01:20:52,709
He really drived me to, like,
see this thing in front of me.

1604
01:20:52,744 --> 01:20:54,608
And I'm, like, "I really
wanna do it!" You know?

1605
01:20:54,642 --> 01:20:57,404
And he didn't really care about
what people thought.

1606
01:20:57,438 --> 01:20:58,888
And I was, like,
I like this guy.

1607
01:20:58,923 --> 01:21:02,202
And, um, I went for it
because of you, Ben. Thank you.

1608
01:21:02,236 --> 01:21:03,410
You're the man.

1609
01:21:06,102 --> 01:21:08,449
BEN: It's honestly more
recognition in that

1610
01:21:08,484 --> 01:21:10,796
than there would be
from me winning.

1611
01:21:10,831 --> 01:21:13,144
Because, like, Jamie's the guy.

1612
01:21:13,178 --> 01:21:17,734
And he's up there
just being like,
"I'm here because of Ben."

1613
01:21:17,769 --> 01:21:20,910
And that was a moment
that I'll never forget.

1614
01:21:20,945 --> 01:21:23,671
A camera? Is this... Hello?

1615
01:21:23,706 --> 01:21:26,778
By winning that award
and giving my speech more so

1616
01:21:26,812 --> 01:21:29,643
as a thanks to Ben
was a huge honor for me.

1617
01:21:29,677 --> 01:21:31,645
And I felt like we both
walked away winning.

1618
01:21:32,784 --> 01:21:34,165
I mean, Ben's the madman.

1619
01:21:34,199 --> 01:21:35,891
He's the reason
why I'm vlogging.

1620
01:21:35,925 --> 01:21:38,894
And this is the reason
why we're all here right now.

1621
01:21:47,212 --> 01:21:50,215
TURNER: I think the reason
that Ben's more successful,

1622
01:21:50,250 --> 01:21:52,148
and it's hard for a lot
of other people to do,

1623
01:21:52,183 --> 01:21:54,081
is because they don't
break down the wall

1624
01:21:54,116 --> 01:21:56,601
and they're afraid
of what other
people are gonna think.

1625
01:21:56,635 --> 01:22:01,778
And to get to a position
where you can change

1626
01:22:01,813 --> 01:22:04,850
outcomes, you have to
let people see you.

1627
01:22:04,885 --> 01:22:06,611
You know, either in all
your glory

1628
01:22:06,645 --> 01:22:08,716
or in all your failings.

1629
01:22:08,751 --> 01:22:11,098
And that's a really
unique gift.

1630
01:22:24,353 --> 01:22:26,700
Who would've thought
novelty waves would be

1631
01:22:26,734 --> 01:22:30,393
such a hit? But he wasn't
afraid to put it out there.

1632
01:22:30,428 --> 01:22:32,775
And now it's like,
"Love me or hate me,

1633
01:22:32,809 --> 01:22:34,397
"this is what I'm doing."

1634
01:22:36,089 --> 01:22:37,607
Here we are.
We're in Anchorage, Alaska.

1635
01:22:37,642 --> 01:22:40,265
We are on Highway 1.

1636
01:22:40,300 --> 01:22:43,027
This highway goes down
Turnagain Arm

1637
01:22:43,061 --> 01:22:44,994
where we're going to be
surfing the tidal bore.

1638
01:22:45,029 --> 01:22:47,341
We pretty much got
to the airport,

1639
01:22:47,376 --> 01:22:49,585
made sure the boards made it,
loaded up the truck

1640
01:22:49,619 --> 01:22:53,451
and we are on our way to surf
my 50th state.

1641
01:22:53,485 --> 01:22:58,249
I have been in contact with
the Turnagain Arm surf crew.

1642
01:22:58,283 --> 01:23:01,700
They seem really cool
and, hopefully,

1643
01:23:01,735 --> 01:23:03,599
we are gonna be able
to find a wave today.

1644
01:23:03,633 --> 01:23:06,740
and check off
the 50th and final state.

1645
01:23:12,470 --> 01:23:16,094
MURPHY GARDNER: It's definitely
a difficult wave to understand.

1646
01:23:16,129 --> 01:23:18,372
It might seem
kind of basic, like,

1647
01:23:18,407 --> 01:23:20,167
"Oh, it's just this
whitewater push.

1648
01:23:20,202 --> 01:23:21,617
You just jump in. You got it."

1649
01:23:21,651 --> 01:23:24,861
But It's so surgy and turbulent
that it'll throw you

1650
01:23:24,896 --> 01:23:26,829
and it'll toss you around
pretty easily

1651
01:23:26,863 --> 01:23:28,279
if you don't know
what you're doing

1652
01:23:28,313 --> 01:23:31,109
and understand how to manage
the energy of it.

1653
01:23:31,144 --> 01:23:32,628
PETER BEACHY: We have
40 feet difference

1654
01:23:32,662 --> 01:23:34,492
between high and low tide.

1655
01:23:34,526 --> 01:23:36,390
And at low tide,
it looks like a river.

1656
01:23:36,425 --> 01:23:39,600
And as the tide comes in,
it forms a wave,

1657
01:23:39,635 --> 01:23:41,947
and that wave pushes for miles.

1658
01:23:41,982 --> 01:23:45,468
As it fills in, it's like
your regular ocean wave.

1659
01:23:45,503 --> 01:23:49,162
If you have a super deep spot
that goes right up to mountains

1660
01:23:49,196 --> 01:23:50,508
and you have a swell,

1661
01:23:50,542 --> 01:23:52,130
doesn't really matter
how big the swell is,

1662
01:23:52,165 --> 01:23:53,787
if it's not the right
shape underneath,

1663
01:23:53,821 --> 01:23:55,478
it's not gonna make a wave.

1664
01:23:55,513 --> 01:23:59,034
So it's the shape
of the silt in the arm.

1665
01:23:59,068 --> 01:24:01,208
MURPHY: Yeah, there's totally
some incidents

1666
01:24:01,243 --> 01:24:03,107
and some horror
stories of people.

1667
01:24:03,141 --> 01:24:04,487
walking out of the mud

1668
01:24:04,522 --> 01:24:06,800
flats during low tide
and getting stuck,

1669
01:24:06,834 --> 01:24:08,767
and then the tide comes in
and they drowned.

1670
01:24:08,802 --> 01:24:10,390
There is definitely some
juju out there,

1671
01:24:10,424 --> 01:24:12,219
and a lot of people
have been raised

1672
01:24:12,254 --> 01:24:14,325
in this area to never
go out there.

1673
01:24:14,359 --> 01:24:16,913
And the dangers are real
every time we go out.

1674
01:24:16,948 --> 01:24:18,536
You know, Ben already
had it in his mind.

1675
01:24:18,570 --> 01:24:21,401
He surfed 49 states. And Alaska,

1676
01:24:21,435 --> 01:24:22,505
this is going to be awesome.

1677
01:24:22,540 --> 01:24:24,024
But the tidal bore was...

1678
01:24:24,783 --> 01:24:26,164
It was definitely a wave.

1679
01:24:26,199 --> 01:24:29,236
And we saw the internet,
and saw in all the great videos.

1680
01:24:29,271 --> 01:24:32,308
So we were, like, "Oh, Yeah.
This is game on. No worries."

1681
01:24:32,343 --> 01:24:35,932
But when you go from that
to actually being here
in Alaska

1682
01:24:35,967 --> 01:24:38,107
and putting your feet
in the water,

1683
01:24:38,142 --> 01:24:39,315
it's a whole different deal.

1684
01:24:47,806 --> 01:24:50,257
BEN: All right, here we are
at the Turnagain Arm

1685
01:24:50,292 --> 01:24:52,673
with the Turnagain Arm
surf crew.

1686
01:24:52,708 --> 01:24:56,194
These guys are the local
experts on the wave.

1687
01:24:56,229 --> 01:24:58,127
They're gonna help guide me
as to where the wave's

1688
01:24:58,162 --> 01:25:00,543
gonna be breaking,
and what board I need,

1689
01:25:00,578 --> 01:25:03,132
and everything that involves
the wave itself.

1690
01:25:03,167 --> 01:25:05,755
So, from my perspective
right now.

1691
01:25:05,790 --> 01:25:07,136
it's looking pretty flat.

1692
01:25:07,171 --> 01:25:09,897
But these guys are saying
there's a swell coming to.

1693
01:25:13,729 --> 01:25:15,248
CHUCK: Ben's, you know,
a perfectionist

1694
01:25:15,282 --> 01:25:17,146
when it comes to,
like, having fun

1695
01:25:17,181 --> 01:25:20,115
and really making
this wave be the one.

1696
01:25:20,149 --> 01:25:22,565
So you kind of want all
your homework put together.

1697
01:25:22,600 --> 01:25:27,018
And then, when you go out
and get that one wave,
you don't miss it.

1698
01:25:27,052 --> 01:25:28,778
And you get it,
and you're in the right spot.

1699
01:25:28,813 --> 01:25:30,780
So there was
a lot of stuff that
we kind of had to learn

1700
01:25:30,815 --> 01:25:31,816
and figure out.

1701
01:25:40,997 --> 01:25:43,138
BEN: I, like, got off my board,
planted my feet

1702
01:25:43,172 --> 01:25:46,762
in the mud.
And the wave came, and
it was just pulling me back.

1703
01:25:46,796 --> 01:25:48,315
And, like, the the next thing
I knew, I was, like,

1704
01:25:48,350 --> 01:25:49,972
"Whoa, I'm in."

1705
01:25:50,006 --> 01:25:52,457
I'm in and I was just,
like, ripping.

1706
01:25:53,044 --> 01:25:56,151
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1707
01:26:21,072 --> 01:26:24,351
CAMY: The injury made him
take control of his life.

1708
01:26:24,386 --> 01:26:26,767
You know,
it was actually a good
thing that happened to him.

1709
01:26:26,802 --> 01:26:29,253
But, at the time,
it seemed like
it was horrible.

1710
01:26:29,287 --> 01:26:30,875
You know, you wouldn't
that on anyone.

1711
01:26:30,909 --> 01:26:35,017
But I think it changed
the whole
path then for Ben.

1712
01:26:35,051 --> 01:26:37,226
It woke him up.

1713
01:26:37,261 --> 01:26:39,849
It snapped something
in his brain. Like,

1714
01:26:39,884 --> 01:26:41,610
"I gotta take control
of my life.

1715
01:26:41,644 --> 01:26:44,060
"If I want my life to go
in this direction,

1716
01:26:44,095 --> 01:26:45,614
"I can make it happen.

1717
01:26:45,648 --> 01:26:47,995
"If I just do what
needs to be done."

1718
01:26:48,030 --> 01:26:50,135
I mean, 'cause
drinking is a cop
out for a lot of things,

1719
01:26:50,170 --> 01:26:51,792
and it makes life a lot
easier for people

1720
01:26:51,827 --> 01:26:53,173
because they just cop out

1721
01:26:53,208 --> 01:26:55,244
and they just stay
in that state.

1722
01:26:55,279 --> 01:26:57,833
He got out of it.
He just took it and said,

1723
01:26:57,867 --> 01:27:00,007
"I'm gonna change the world.

1724
01:27:00,042 --> 01:27:01,216
"I'm gonna make a difference."

1725
01:27:02,458 --> 01:27:05,703
And he is making
a huge difference.

1726
01:27:05,737 --> 01:27:07,222
A lot of avenues.

1727
01:27:07,256 --> 01:27:08,706
With the soft tops,
with the kids.

1728
01:27:09,741 --> 01:27:11,226
With surfing in every state.

1729
01:27:11,260 --> 01:27:13,883
Like, making it a universal
sport for the whole country.

1730
01:27:22,685 --> 01:27:24,411
[CHEERING]

1731
01:27:28,139 --> 01:27:29,623
We did it!

1732
01:27:30,245 --> 01:27:31,970
[CHEERING]

1733
01:27:37,769 --> 01:27:40,393
BEN: The wave chose
to pinch towards me

1734
01:27:40,427 --> 01:27:42,705
and give me the last bit
of the ride.

1735
01:27:42,740 --> 01:27:44,466
It was just so much emotion.

1736
01:27:45,812 --> 01:27:48,435
Out of body experiences
are hard to explain,

1737
01:27:48,470 --> 01:27:50,713
but it was so crazy
'cause I crawled up the rocks,

1738
01:27:50,748 --> 01:27:52,577
and a lot of it's hard
for me to remember,

1739
01:27:52,612 --> 01:27:54,338
But I ran up the rocks,

1740
01:27:54,372 --> 01:27:56,271
and I knew that Jordan
was up there.

1741
01:27:59,066 --> 01:28:01,828
So as soon as I saw Jordan,
I just broke down in tears.

1742
01:28:01,862 --> 01:28:04,727
Because it was like...
[EXHALES]

1743
01:28:05,797 --> 01:28:09,007
all that crazy shit.

1744
01:28:10,285 --> 01:28:11,182
I did it.

1745
01:28:14,841 --> 01:28:16,843
Jordan was a part
of this before

1746
01:28:18,051 --> 01:28:21,088
this was a job for me.

1747
01:28:21,123 --> 01:28:24,057
She was there when I was just
doing this because

1748
01:28:24,091 --> 01:28:25,990
I needed to do it.

1749
01:28:26,024 --> 01:28:28,441
It's like I've never
worked so hard

1750
01:28:28,475 --> 01:28:30,270
for something in my entire life.

1751
01:28:30,305 --> 01:28:32,617
I fucking did it!
Like, I really did it.

1752
01:28:33,963 --> 01:28:34,861
I did it.

1753
01:28:39,797 --> 01:28:42,489
CHUCK: Ben, in my mind,
doesn't have
to prove to anybody

1754
01:28:42,524 --> 01:28:45,665
that he can
rip like the top pro,

1755
01:28:45,699 --> 01:28:49,496
because he rips in his own way
and he's as good as anybody.

1756
01:28:49,531 --> 01:28:51,464
But I think, for him,
his important story

1757
01:28:51,498 --> 01:28:53,673
is to keep inspiring
those people

1758
01:28:53,707 --> 01:28:58,850
that don't rip to be themselves
and to go out no matter what.

1759
01:28:58,885 --> 01:28:59,851
and try it.

1760
01:28:59,886 --> 01:29:01,646
I think people recognize that

1761
01:29:01,681 --> 01:29:04,649
that Ben is being
completely himself.

1762
01:29:05,650 --> 01:29:07,031
He's being true.
He's being honest.

1763
01:29:07,065 --> 01:29:10,103
He's putting things
out there, as they happen.

1764
01:29:10,137 --> 01:29:13,106
It's almost, like,
kind of unfiltered, unedited.

1765
01:29:13,140 --> 01:29:14,797
He's being himself.

1766
01:29:14,832 --> 01:29:16,868
And I think that really
resonates with people.

1767
01:29:16,903 --> 01:29:19,733
JORDAN: He really, genuinely
is happy.

1768
01:29:19,768 --> 01:29:23,703
I think a lot of people
are missing
that in their lives.

1769
01:29:23,737 --> 01:29:25,152
And Ben brings that out.

1770
01:29:25,187 --> 01:29:26,809
People say all the time,
they comment,

1771
01:29:26,844 --> 01:29:29,433
and just say, like, "Thank you.
I needed that today

1772
01:29:29,467 --> 01:29:32,367
"because I was having
a horrible day and your vlog

1773
01:29:32,401 --> 01:29:33,954
changed my whole outlook."

1774
01:29:33,989 --> 01:29:35,991
You know, we're all human.
We all make mistakes.

1775
01:29:36,025 --> 01:29:39,028
And I think he started to see
when he was vlogging, that

1776
01:29:39,063 --> 01:29:41,341
there's a lot of people
out there who appreciate that

1777
01:29:41,376 --> 01:29:43,481
if you can put yourself
out there for who you are

1778
01:29:43,516 --> 01:29:46,864
and not worry that you
have a lot of problems

1779
01:29:46,898 --> 01:29:49,729
or things wrong with you,
it doesn't matter.

1780
01:29:49,763 --> 01:29:51,662
Other people do, too.

1781
01:29:51,696 --> 01:29:53,940
And there's a camaraderie
in that, and we can all

1782
01:29:53,974 --> 01:29:55,700
help each other.

1783
01:29:55,735 --> 01:29:58,185
BRETT: Ben's change surfing
and the fact's that

1784
01:29:58,220 --> 01:30:00,049
every kid growing up

1785
01:30:00,084 --> 01:30:02,258
has only gotten to look
at the elite

1786
01:30:02,293 --> 01:30:04,019
as someone to look up to.

1787
01:30:04,053 --> 01:30:08,057
And Ben has shown everyone
that you don t have to be that.

1788
01:30:08,092 --> 01:30:09,576
You can be you,

1789
01:30:09,611 --> 01:30:14,063
however you are and whatever,
you know, gets you psyched.

1790
01:30:14,098 --> 01:30:17,653
You can be you and make
a career out of that.

1791
01:30:17,688 --> 01:30:21,933
What he's done with the vlog
and the surf world,

1792
01:30:21,968 --> 01:30:23,832
there's gonna be kids
growing up

1793
01:30:23,866 --> 01:30:27,318
who get to experience
a completely different lifestyle

1794
01:30:27,352 --> 01:30:30,908
of being a professional surfer
than anyone before us.

1795
01:30:30,942 --> 01:30:33,635
I'm living proof that anybody
can do anything.

1796
01:30:34,429 --> 01:30:37,535
Because I was that guy.

1797
01:30:37,570 --> 01:30:40,573
I lost. I literally lost.

1798
01:30:41,436 --> 01:30:44,922
And now, I'm here.

1799
01:30:44,956 --> 01:30:50,859
And whatever you want,
literally is possible.

1800
01:30:50,893 --> 01:30:54,794
Anything that you can imagine
is possible.

1801
01:30:54,828 --> 01:30:56,278
But you have to be willing
to work for it.

1802
01:30:59,488 --> 01:31:00,420
For the dream.

1803
01:31:11,535 --> 01:31:13,157
CHRIS: The journey
is now complete.

1804
01:31:13,191 --> 01:31:15,815
Ben Gravy has become
the first and only human

1805
01:31:15,849 --> 01:31:19,543
to surf in all 50
of these United States.

1806
01:31:19,577 --> 01:31:22,269
In doing so, he's managed
to touch the lives

1807
01:31:22,304 --> 01:31:23,754
of thousands of people.

1808
01:31:23,788 --> 01:31:26,308
Influencing and changing
people's perspectives

1809
01:31:26,342 --> 01:31:29,276
in the most honest
and heartfelt way.

1810
01:31:29,311 --> 01:31:31,589
Staring straight into
the camera, baring it all,

1811
01:31:31,624 --> 01:31:34,385
heart on his pineapple
T-shirt sleeve.

1812
01:31:35,455 --> 01:31:36,663
With the mission accomplished,

1813
01:31:36,698 --> 01:31:39,148
Ben's journey is now
a completed story

1814
01:31:39,183 --> 01:31:42,082
that forever exists to help
those in need.

1815
01:31:42,117 --> 01:31:44,809
Most, Ben Gravy
will forever be known

1816
01:31:44,844 --> 01:31:48,364
as the novelty wave king,
purveyor of stoke,

1817
01:31:48,399 --> 01:31:50,470
and catalyst for positivity.

1818
01:31:51,195 --> 01:31:52,921
No matter where you are,

1819
01:31:52,955 --> 01:31:54,785
no matter what
you are going through,

1820
01:31:54,819 --> 01:31:58,443
know that there is an entire
Nub Nation community out there

1821
01:31:58,478 --> 01:32:00,825
who is wishing
you the best in life

1822
01:32:00,860 --> 01:32:03,379
regardless of how
turbulent the waves.

1823
01:32:29,923 --> 01:32:31,994
MAN: Andy just bought a new hat.

1824
01:32:32,029 --> 01:32:34,031
Now he's psyching, bro.

1825
01:32:34,065 --> 01:32:34,997
Uh...

1826
01:32:35,584 --> 01:32:36,620
I don't know.

1827
01:32:36,654 --> 01:32:37,931
BEN: Dude!

1828
01:32:38,863 --> 01:32:41,210
Cool, dude.

1829
01:32:41,245 --> 01:32:42,280
CAMERAMAN: Gnarly, Charlie.

1830
01:32:54,776 --> 01:32:55,880
[WHOOPING]

1831
01:32:55,915 --> 01:32:57,226
CAMERAMAN: Yeah, boys!

1832
01:33:03,716 --> 01:33:04,786
All right, ready?

1833
01:33:04,820 --> 01:33:05,994
Gnarly.

1834
01:33:06,028 --> 01:33:07,582
WOMAN: Can you
show your dimples?

1835
01:33:12,621 --> 01:33:14,036
They're not even psyched.

1836
01:33:22,631 --> 01:33:23,839
BEN: Big dog!

1837
01:33:23,874 --> 01:33:25,772
Dude, I love you.

1838
01:33:27,878 --> 01:33:29,569
He's not even stoked.

1839
01:33:29,604 --> 01:33:30,535
He's not stoked.

1840
01:33:32,296 --> 01:33:35,679
Just by watching Ben Gravy,
I've developed this attitude

1841
01:33:35,713 --> 01:33:37,888
where I'm gonna be stoked
no matter what.

1842
01:33:37,922 --> 01:33:39,406
Whether it be surfing,

1843
01:33:39,441 --> 01:33:41,754
skiing, skateboarding.

1844
01:33:41,788 --> 01:33:43,652
Um, he just inspired everything,

1845
01:33:43,687 --> 01:33:45,481
like my style and surfing
and skating.

1846
01:33:46,172 --> 01:33:47,518
Even art.

1847
01:33:47,552 --> 01:33:49,209
Beyond the scribbles.

1848
01:33:49,244 --> 01:33:51,418
El Slammo is right there.

1849
01:33:51,453 --> 01:33:53,800
Hi, Ben and Jordan.
It's Lily from the UK.

1850
01:33:53,835 --> 01:33:55,906
I just wanted to say thank you
for all the constant

1851
01:33:55,940 --> 01:33:58,218
stoke and inspiration.

1852
01:33:58,253 --> 01:34:00,669
Hey, Ben. It's Todd Giuliano
from Connecticut.

1853
01:34:00,704 --> 01:34:02,050
Um...

1854
01:34:02,084 --> 01:34:03,983
Man, I just wanna thank you
for all the stoke, dude.

1855
01:34:04,017 --> 01:34:07,158
You... You've definitely
touched my life and

1856
01:34:07,193 --> 01:34:09,264
I am so grateful for it.

1857
01:34:09,298 --> 01:34:10,955
I just want to wish you
all the best

1858
01:34:10,990 --> 01:34:12,336
in your future endeavors.

1859
01:34:13,475 --> 01:34:16,305
And Nub Nation for the win, man.

1860
01:34:16,340 --> 01:34:17,203
God bless you.