The making of Surfing magazine's 2011 swimsuit issue

When you need help identifying the best looking bikinis, there's no better informed opinion than the crew at Surfing Magazine. Beautiful girls in bikinis are a vital part of their entire lifestyle. So it's no surprise that Surfing Magazine has assembled one of the most incredible swimsuit issues ever. It was shot on location in The Dominican Republic by photographer Kane Skennar. Here's your behind the scenes look.

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"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.