“This is Jamie O & The Mason Ho Show” Welcome to our 5th episode featuring the legendary Part. 2 Laim Mcnamara & Mason H0! Get ready for some classic conversations as we dive deep into the world of surfing.
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LIST OF LEGENDS

Steve machin
Tom stone
Adam 12
Mark Harlow
Phil Perry
Steven ing
Bill sickler
Greg apo
Tim Baron
Jon damn
Mark wild man
Bruce Hansel
Taz
David Cantrel
Erin Grabarek
Ronnie burns Cody graham Clark little
Rickey irons Petey Johnson
Abe learner
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Legendary!! All us nor cal boys loved liam back in the day. Good job, boys, for bringing this interview to light.
So legendary, yeah boys keep ‘em coming
Thanks Boyz
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Best surfing podcast hands down keep em coming
The Bomb was one of the best surfing movies
That story about Jack English snapping that heavy pipe wave of Liam with a nikonos is legendary. So inspiring, thanks for sharing 🤙🏼
As an older surfer north shore 73 to early eighties I really enjoyed this video!
Jamie psyching when Mason poured his can out?..? Just a couple of legends and their Legendary Uncle. Sick
I was waiting to hear why he bullied you when you was little, but it’s easy to figure out made you stronger, great segment legends❤❤❤
6:30 Liam describes perfectly the best (and scariest) wave I ever caught. It was, of all places, at Kammies. I was supposed to meet my buddy, Mac, at Sunset at the crack but got up late that Saturday morning. I got to Sunset at around 8 and looked out and I could tell Mac was out at Kammies with one other guy (you know how you can tell the style of your buddy). There were around a half a dozen guys at Sunset but Sunset just looked disorganized (I didn't even know that was possible). It was around 6-8 with two swells coming in. The left at Kammies looked great though. If you know how it breaks (and how the reef is) the left is a short (40 yards or so) fast wave into the deep channel between Kammies and Sunset. I paddled out and the other guy left so it was just Mac and I. We surfed it for about an hour just having a blast just trying to sneak a little deeper each time. I paddled out after a wave and Mac was in the channel after having just catching a wave. I see this wave coming that looked kind of weird. More like a mass of water than a peak. I am not a brave surfer and would chicken out if I didn't feel comfortable and I thought "Should I paddle for this or not?" I decided to paddle for it (I was riding my 7' 10" gun) and as I started stroking into it I felt it jacking up weirdly (remember, this was happening in real time but it felt like slow motion). I started sliding down the face but then noticed I was actually going UP the face. I thought about backing out but realized it was too late and the chances were very high I would have pile driven over the lip into the very shalllow reef so I decided to keep paddling and at least make the drop (the first rule in Hawaii per Randy Finlay is ALWAYS MAKE THE DROP – meaning taking gas at the bottom of a wave is way better than going over the falls). I paddled as hard as I could but was still getting sucked upwards and was scared but committed. Finally I started sliding downward but I felt like I was vertical. I stood up and as I was going down the face I looked at my nose and it was about 2" underwater. "That's not good" I thought to myself. I inched my 6' 3" frame as far back on my toes as I could for what seemed like forever (but was probably less than 2 seconds) and as I was going down the wave the wave got steeper and THANK GOD my nose came up out of the water. As I hit the flat at the bottom of the wave my weight absolutely became even and rock solid over my board and I did a waterski turn (that's what I call the turn, like I was waterskiing with a single ski and making a big, flat turn) on the absolutely glassy and flat surface. As I was doing that the lip came over me and hit about 6' in ahead of me in the flat in a huge explosion but I was going so fast and was so stable I knew I was safe. I let out a huge yell! I was so elated that, not only did I ever get the best wave of my life at 40+ years old (and will always be the best wave of my life now), I also cheated a high chance of death. As I was flying towards the channel I thought of smacking the lip as I was so elated but as I started climbing the shoulder I realized the wave was just a big wall so I straightened out and flew into the channel. As I flew into the channel Mac (who is an awesome big wave surfer) just shook his head and, without saying anything, started paddling over to Sunset. I went with him but Sunset was just as bad as it looked when I was on the beach. After a half hour or so we went in. Many years later I asked Mac if he remembered that wave. He said "No". (That's my story and I'm sticking to it – sorry for bending your ear).
I just wanted to thank you guys for the amazing inspiration Mahalo and mucho Aloha 💪🏽💪🏽🤙🏽🙏🏽
Went for a 2 minute watch and ended up watching the whole thing. Epic!
old, big legend type guys talking the real stories and history of the north shore is pure gold
The best surf podcast out there. Guest wish list: Makua Rothman, Koa Rothman, Kai Lenny, Koa Smith, Eli Olson, and Bruce Irons. Maybe Kelly Slater too.
Love the realness of the North Shore local braddahs.
I could listen to you guys for years!!!!! fucking legendary
the history of north shore is wild and the og's kept shit real! love these stories from the OG legends!
Straight Legends!
4:38 🤯🤯🤯 MEAN ONE!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Liam was ruthless back in the day. Stoked to hear the stories.
HEY JAMIE!!!! Don't pull a Nate and Koa and bail on the podcast! You are so good at directing the flow of the podcast and Mason is like Theo von with his crazy mind. Great duo with much success in the future!!!! Thank you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This two parter with Liam is the best interview on this podcast by far. Please interview more legends from back in the day. Need more stories of taxing 😂!
Awesome. Definitely the best podcast type video so far. Good shit.
Love the grittiness, more of these stories from the 70's/80's/90's please! I grew up in the 80's/early 90's, and I miss how things were back then. Almost all of it. Life was just simpler.
Some Andy and Bruce stories would be pretty sweet. But I get that some of that might still be too sensitive, with most of that whole crew still around.
More of these pods !