Lewis Hamilton reveals he nearly drowned while surfing and thought “it’s all over”
F1 w꧃orld champion Lewis Hamilton recalls a terrifying near-death experience while surfing.

Mercedes F1 driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has revealed he had a🅠 near-death experience while surfing.
Speaking in an appearance ❀on the ‘Hot Ones’ show with with Sean Evans, the seven-time world champion was a🎃sked a series of questions as he tackled the challenge of tasting several hot sauces on vegan chicken wings.
Hamilton, who enjoys surfing🍌 as one of his many adrenaline-filled hobbies when he is away from the F1 circuit, recalled the time he nearly drowned while hitting the waves with surfing legend Kelly Slater off the coast of Hawaii i♉n 2021.
"It was🦂 20-foot waves and Kelly was like, 'There's no way you're coming out th🍒ere’,” Hamilton explained.
“As I 𒈔started to try to paddle in, I got sucked into the kill zone. I turn around and I see this set of four waves cominꦦg. That for me was like, ’It's over, it's all over’.
“I threw my board, I dove down and grabbed the reef and I could hear this wave crash above me. My board got ripped off and snapped in 💮half.
“I came back up gasping for air but the next one was coming so I went back down. I 💫did that three times and I nearly ran out of air, I nearly drowned.
“After that I was likeℱ ‘ok, massive props to these surfers🌄’.”
The 39-year-old Briton first tried surfing iꦗn 2014 and has become obsessed with the sport everಞ since.
Speaking about his love of surfing with professional surfer Kai Lenny in 2019, Hamilton said: ”The amount of surfing I've been watchi🍬ng this year is crazy. Every single day, I'm online watching surfing - anything I can get.
“Surfing is the 🌳best feeling ever. I'm so happy here. I can't tell you how much I love surfing. When you get up, there's just no🦹 other feeling like it."

Lewis regularly attends Grands Prix for mahbx.com around the world. Often reporting on the action from the ground, Lewis tells the stories of the peop🐭le who matter in the sport.