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00:00My parents found out that I was blonde when I was five and that was a real challenge for

00:09them.

00:10They basically were told, Nat will have no career aspirations, he won't be able to play

00:13sport, he won't have many friends.

00:15He's got his gold medal in cycling, he's also got three world titles with the ISA World

00:20Championships.

00:24From the way I see his riding, he's almost got like a sonar going.

00:30I don't think anyone trains as hard, I don't think anyone wants it as much as him, he's

00:34a champion.

00:35He just goes for it, he's so competitive.

00:37We lived in a unit in DY which was great, up he would get at 4am, hop on this bloody

00:43wind trainer and it would sound like there was an aeroplane going off in our bedroom.

00:47I want to keep pushing this big wave thing, a blonde person's never got barrelled in a

00:51big wave before.

00:5312 foot wave, he's done that, he wants to go higher, maybe 15, maybe 20, it's risky

00:59but it's calculated.

01:00Honestly, I think the visually impaired surfers are the bravest of the lot.

01:05Surfing is already scary enough.

01:06And any wave over 30 feet tall is a big wave, it's a big deal.

01:11Very dangerous, you can easily lose your life.

01:13Once you start riding bigger waves, there's a lot going on, basically you get held under

01:17or you get knocked out.

01:20You're a rag doll, you're being tumbled, you're being pulled this way, you're being

01:22pulled that way.

01:23It's a lot more dangerous, there's a lot more power.

01:27He's pushing big waves, it's next level.

01:28There is no logic man, it's just insanity.

01:30I would not do big waves, I'm too much of a chicken.

01:34If Matty's looking at going out in big surf, I would love to join him.

01:40I want to get you the barrel of your life.

01:43My main thing is safety, the most important thing is bringing you back to your family.

01:48I think in Fiji, we'd do some big wave pool training with me, test your mental strength.

01:52How was surfing with a blind pole on?

01:56Man, that was one of the heaviest things I've ever done.

01:59I want to see how far I can take things, I want to see how many world titles I can win

02:02before I'm too old.

02:03Why would I get success today when I haven't had success the whole time I've been here?

02:06You're good Matt, drop that 4, so we've got 20 minutes to get another 7, 8, 9.

02:11Chasing big waves is something I just do because I'm curious is probably the most best way

02:15to describe that, I'm extremely curious about what's possible.

02:19I think he has that determination, that drive, that fearless factor.

02:22It's so important that we push into the big wave scene.

02:26For the adaptive community, it's the new frontier.

02:29This community blows me away with what people do and the way they push themselves.

02:33People can actually gain a lot of value by being around a bunch of people they identify

02:38and finding their tribe.

02:41Have a very blessed life, lots of support from you and from my family and I've got very

02:46high expectations of how I perform as a human and that's hard sometimes.

02:58Yes buddy!

02:59Oh my gosh!

03:01Ha ha ha!

03:02Holland, come back to me!

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