Get-N-Classic, Volume 1: Vans' First Surf Film

Vans' Get-N-Classic, Volume 1 is several years in the making. But then again, so was building a team that intersects the lives of the most interesting and talented individuals in surfing: Joel Tudor, Nathan Fletcher, Pat, Tanner and Dane Gudauskas, John, Ivan and Nathan Florence, Dylan Graves, Alex Knost Andrew Doheny, Kalani Chapman and Jason "Ratboy" Collins. Filmed and edited by Graham Nash and Reagan Ritchie, Get-N-Classic, Volume 1 captures this unique juncture in surf history and chronicles the travels of the Vans Surf Team as they have crossed the globe in search of surf and adventure. Vans'Get-N-Classic, Volume 1 will be available in its entirety as a FREE download on Monday, August 8 at vanssurf.com/getnclassic. Additionally, Get-N-Classic, From the Cutting Room Floor featuring behind the scenes and a more surf footage will be available weekly at vanssurf.com/getnclassic and offthewall.tv.

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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.