Jamie O' Takes on Stand Up Paddle Surfing - Red Bull Minor Threat

Jamie O' Takes on Stand Up Paddle Surfing - Red Bull Minor Threat - Bonus Clip

Jamie O'Brien tries his luck at stand up paddle boarding while on the Red Bull Minor Threat trip in Indonesia. Lets just say that the board won the battle with Jamie.... 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.Ride the wave on over to 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.