FACES

In the shadow of monotony exists the drive to be something different. Follow producer Joel Macks into an underworld of youthful longboarding. An obvious changing of the guard is in motion, shedding light on the Faces of the future. Starring: Brandon Russell, Brent Russell, Chase Stavron, Christian Clark, Christian Wach, Jackson Close, Justin Quintal, Kai Sallas, Keegan Edwards, Kekoa Uemura, Keoki Saguibo, Kevin Osbourne, Link Earl, Scott Bradenburg, Taylor Jensen, Tommy Witt, Tony Silvagni, Travis Karian, Travis Macks, Troy Mothershead, Tyler Warren

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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.