Flaring Up - Surfing with a Flare

Bonus round of the Red Bull Minor Threat as Bruce breaks out the stops and flares up in Indo. Red Bull Minor Threat pairs 4 veteran, elite surfers along with 4 junior surfers on remote surf breaks in the Mentawai Islands. Based on the Indies Traver IV boat, both young and old push one another to progress their skill level in surfing. Join Bruce Irons, Kolohe Andino, Jamie O'Brien and more as they explore the Mentawais and conquer its high performance waves.Flare up at http://www.RedBullUSA.com

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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.