“I’m a Professional Waiter”: Surfing Legend Laird Hamilton Shares a Cryptic Message to His Followers

Laird Hamilton, a legendary surfer who specializes in large waves, needs no introduction. He’s given the iconic moniker Waterman for his incredible surfing prowess. He may be 59 years old, but surf legend Laird Hamilton and his athletic wife Gabby Reece are examples of how to live well into your later years. Entering his 60s, Waterman has gone through many crossroads in life. Reflecting back on a life that he dedicated to the sea, he penned a word or two that are heavily veiled in mystery yet speak volumes.

Laird Hamilton recently updated his Instagram profile with a new post. Jeremiah Klein, a professional surf photographer, took this incredible shot. But the legend has left a secret message for his fans in the photo’s caption.

Decrypting the cryptic message of the surfing legend

It didn’t take long for the surfing icon’s Instagram photo to gain traction, as fans were naturally curious about the meaning behind it. With a black paddle in his hands in the stand-up paddleboarding posture, Laird Hamilton was seen wearing dark blue shorts and riding a white surfboard with red and green stripes. A great surfing wave was to be forming in the distance, but the surfer was merely waiting there, careful not to rush in too soon. As he stared straight into the lens, what exactly was he attempting to convey here?

In the caption of his Instagram post, Hamilton shared a cryptic message for his followers, saying, “I’ll be the guy out there waiting. I’m a professional waiter. I wait for waves on the water and I wait for woman on the land. #lucky. Photo by Jeremiah Klein.” By deciphering what the surf hero revealed, it could explain the patience that surfers need to have. Hamilton makes it apparent that patience is crucial for a surfer, since waiting for the perfect wave may be difficult but is ultimately rewarding.

Reflections such as these don’t come naturally to someone. Hailed by Surfer Magazine as Test Pilot, Hamilton is one surfer who made a conscious decision to never dwell in the competitive surfing sphere. His reckoning was that surfing, to him, is an art. The man has garnered much reverence for his contributions to the field, and when Hamilton posted the cryptic post, fans flocked over to the comment section to make their own derivations of the same.

Fans tried to decrypt his message in the comment section

Given that this enigmatic message came directly from the surfing icon himself. His followers couldn’t hold back any longer, deciphering it on their own and sharing their thoughts in the post’s comments.

This fan also agreed with the legend, saying, “The art of surfing is ‘PATIENCE'”

Going almost antithetical to what Hamilton hinted at, it looked like this fan just wants to rush in for that wave behind the surf legend in the picture, saying, “Lol – I would have gone for that wave.”

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This fan left a cheeky comment, saying, “If your not waiting for the Wife your doing it wrong!”

This fan had a lesson prepped for their son related to this caption, and said, “Ha ha, I told my son, you’ll be waiting a good portion of your life for waves, and the rest waiting for your girl to get ready.”

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