i hadn't gotten pounded there yet so i didn't know how powerful this wave was. >> and then i made it, and i just let the whitewater take me and i did like a little spin and all the guys rush over and garrett's just strolling nice and casually like it's no big deal, laughing and clapping. and i'm just like dead. >> she's sitting there and exhausted and i go to hug her and she just falls back. it was pretty heavy. >> it may have ended nicole's big wave career but it only whetted garrett's appetite for more. >> a lot of people think i'm crazy. and i think everybody's comfortable in different situations. like i'm very comfortable in ocean. i feel that i belong out there, and i know what i'm doing and i have a plan every time i go out there when it's big. >> there's something about him that i never worry about him when he's in the water. ever. even if he probably would have fallen on that wave, i would have known that he was going to be okay. because he always is.