Big Wave surfer Buzzy Trent, surfing’s lionized godfather of Big Wave Riding, was among a small handful of Californians to migrate to Hawaii in 1952, in search of finding the biggest, baddest wave that could be surfed. He approached big surf with a bravado that defined the image of the Big Wave Surfer, putting his pedal to the metal by tackling monster waves on the West side and North Shore of Oahu. The stories of his fearlessness in big water which pre-dates the surf leash, jet skies, lifeguards at the bay, and inflatable vests, now lay testimony in films, images, and stories.