Billabong Pro Jeffrey's Bay Final

Eight time world champion Kelly Slater Coco Beach, USA has trumped Australian Mick Fanning Coolangatta, AUS to win the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay for the fourth time.The 36yearold Floridian was on fire as the Supertubes break turned on mind blowing 2.5m waves in early heats before deteriorating rapidly throughout the afternoon.Both surfers struggled in the opening stages of the 35minute final, before Slater pounced on a clean inside wave to rack up an 8.50 score. A series of uncharacteristic falls by reigning world champ Fanning left the door wide open for Slater who capitalised with an 8.23 late in the match.His combined two wave total of 16.73 to Fannings 9.40 was enough to clinch his fourth event victory for the year and extend his lead on the ASP World Tour Ratings.

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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.