WeWork Cos. chief Adam Neumann, an avid surfer, took the company jet to Hawaii over the December holidays and hit the waves with a surfing legend he admires, Laird Hamilton.
Mr. Neumann’s office-space giant had weeks earlier struck a deal with Mr. Hamilton, and announced in January that it led a $32 million investment in the pro surfer’s natural-foods business, Laird Superfood.
The…