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Jason Momoa Reveals Near-Death Experience While Surfing

The actor said the incident even prompted him to give up smoking.

Jason Momoa has opened up about a near-death experience he had while surfing, which had such an impact on him that it inspired him to give up smoking. The 46-year-old Aquaman star spoke about the incident, which occurred while he was surfing off the coast of Maui in 2007, in an appearance on the Smartless podcast. He explained that a mile from shore the leash for his surfboard snapped, leaving him stuck in a “crazy spot” on the outer reef where his friends couldn’t see him. The “10-foot Hawaiian waves” that kept battering his head were so strong they also ripped his shorts off and Momoa genuinely believed he was going to die. After 10 minutes, his arms and legs had given up, but finally one of the men he was surfing with managed to rescue him. After that, he quit smoking, telling the Smartless hosts, “The moment I came out, I never smoked again. I just died. I just died. I tried and tried, but I couldn’t do it again because I just, I gave up. Like, I gave up my life.”