The Cult of Gnarly is our way to describe Danny and the few athletes in
his strata, in particular Laird Hamilton, Travis Pastrana, and Mat Hoffman.
There are others and they are easy to recognize, but these four are a good representation
different disciplines in action sports. Despite participating in completely different sports, there is
a kinship and a recognition between them; or as Danny says, “same attitude, different tool.” The
commonalities are many but can be condensed into several principles: 1) the constant pursuit of the
boundaries of human potential; 2) perseverance through terrible injury, 3) a pure love and passion for the
sport that defines them, 4) a familiarity with head space of “flow
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