Tuesday, November 8, 2011 10:31am PST

The Encyclopedia of Surfing ONLINE

By: Janos Palko

Former Surfer Magazine editor and legendary surf journalist Matt Warshaw has been keeping himself busy as of late, by compiling every scrap and story of Surfing's colorful history into one massive entity he calls the Encyclopedia of Surfing. He released a hardcover version of the thing back in 2003, but has been digitally revitalizing it ever since. Now we'll get more photos, videos, links, and it'll be searchable, all from the comfort of your mom's basement.

There's just ooooone more catch. He needs help to get it up. (the encyclopedia) and since it's a non-profit corporation that Warshaw is steering, he'll need that cash in the form of donations from you.

Find out more info and how to donate here.

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"Record" for Largest Wave Ever Ridden Trivializes Big-Wave Surfing

"Record" for Largest Wave Ever Ridden Trivializes Big-Wave Surfing

A return to old-school measuring techniques is in order

Consider two representations of two very big waves, below. The first is a photograph of Mike Parsons at Cortes Bank. The second is a video of Garrett McNamara near Nazare, Portugal. Now take out some measuring tape and make the distance of one foot between your hands. That's the amount, according to the Billabong XXL committee, that McNamara's wave is bigger than Parsons's wave.

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joyce barela

Posted by joyce barela November 10, 2011 02:52pm PSTReply | Report Abuse

Don't forget to include my brother Chris Barela!!! Many photos available!

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