Day 4 recap of the Nike US Open of Surfing 2011

Day 4 recap of the Nike US Open of Surfing 2011 - Huntington Beach, CA

Superstar host Lenay brings us the last day of the US Open of Surfing in beautiful Huntington Beach, California as Kolohe Andino and Sally Fitzgibbons work their magic.Curren Caples and Pedro Barros session the oldschool pool park while Corey Martinez throws down to get first at the Nike BMX park.Congrats to Kelly Slater for the win!paddle out to http://RedBullUSA.com for more

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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.