Damaged Goods 2

DG2 features an A-list of the worlds best surfers including eight-time World Champion Kelly Slater, along with Andy and Bruce Irons, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Cory Lopez, Dean Morrison, Chris Ward, and Jamie OBrien. These top professionals bring forth that trademark style of power surfing mixed with a full bag of new school tricks not to mention some hefty tube rides. The no-frills, straightforward approach is cleverly combined with innovative editing and a cutting edge soundtrack.

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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.