"Before I had a family, I would kind of just fly in the wind," Gold said. "Now I treat big-wave surfing as my job." Photo: Aaron Goulding

Big wave charger and all-around great guy, Aaron Gold, got a rad interview on Surfline.com. Saw on Instagram this morning that today's his 31st birthday and he's spending the weekend surfing Mavericks. What a legend! Hau'oli lā hānau!