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Lewis Hamilton, black belt surfer, wowing pals.

Lewis Hamilton shucks learner surfer tag after devastating black-belt manoeuvre captured on film

"How is Lewis Hamilton good at everything?"

The F1 Ace and current beau of ultra-influencer Kim Kardashian, Lewis Hamilton, has long held a fascination for the sport of kings, queens, trannies and every kink in between. 

When he was embroiled in a racism row with former FI champ Nelson Piquet after the latter described the former using an epithet outlawed to whites Lew fled the noise and went surfing in Malibu. 

With trademark sun-kissed braids pulled into a sensible bun, Hamilton was subsequently filmed polishing off a wave with a cool “what-me-worry” style.

Lewis Hamilton’s surf bona fides have long been documented.

A regular at the WSL’s Surf Ranch, he has ridden the Melbourne tank and in 2021 posted a moving tribute to Kelly Slater on his Instagram account.

“He probably doesn’t know this but Kelly changed my life for the better. I want you all to know how great of a human being this man is. I am forever grateful for the time you have given me, for the insight and your passion for the waves. Thank you @kellyslater! Can’t wait until we can hit the waves again (praying hands emoji).”

And, who can forget when Lewis Hamilton nearly died at “25-foot” Pipeline following a dare from Slater. 

“This thing was massive, a huge tunnel, and I could see Kelly coming right down it in front of me,” he continues. “And I just had to make sure I didn’t get sucked in. So I dived down and grabbed the reef and prayed. I could hear the thing land behind me, like a bomb going off. My board got ripped off and snapped in half. I was very close to the end. But that excites me for some reason.”

Now, Lewis Hamilton, has shucked his vulnerable adult learner surfer tag after a devastating black-belt manouevre was caught on film and shared to his Instagram account.

Let’s examine his flawless 360 ensemble, as they say.

Lewis Hamilton points and waves his hand in a circular motion, MMA fighter style, to indicate what is about to come, max confidence, then, correctly, puts the weight on his front foot to initiate the slide while maintaining perfect base over his finless wave craft.

After completion of the 360, pals on the boat, which includes Kim Kardiashan, at right, go nuts and Lew nearly drove it all off the richter scale when he almost made a second 360.

“How is he good at everything?” marvels one of the almost fifteen million viewers of the clip.

“Yewww, that was epic,” writes Kai Lenny.

Italo Ferreira writes, “You know how the feeling.”

If a martial arts-style belt system was used in surfing, white, beginner, blue, purple, brown and black, with Kelly Slater being black and Ben Gravy being a purple, what colour would Lewis Hamilton wear and, be as honest as you can given the fragility of all our egos, what belt you currently own.

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