A Fistful of Barrels

Seven Films Presents: A Wave With No Name in A FISTFUL OF BARRELS. Starring: ANDY IRONS, KELLY SLATER, TAJ BURROW, TAYLOR KNOX, CORY LOPEZ, CHRIS WARD, DEAN MORRISON, JOEL PARKINSON, MICK FANNING, TIMMY REYES, AND MANY MORE! Somewhere in Mexico...the ASP held the Rip Curl Search WCT. Somewhere in Mexico...the best swell in ten years served up perfect 6 to 8 foot barrels for the 44 best surfers in the world. Somewhere in Mexico...this wave awaits you. Interviews with ANDY IRONS, CORY LOPEZ, CHRIS WARD, TRENT MUNRO, PHIL MACDONALD, FRED PATTACHIA, AND ROY POWERS.

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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.