Miguel Pupo Dominates Lowers Pro

Brazilians -- no less than a half-dozen strong -- announced themselves as world class talents worthy of serious respect. We already knew about Adriano de Souza, Heitor Alvez and Jadson Andre. But Alejo Muniz, Willian Cordoso, Miguel Pupo, Thiago Camareo, and Gabriele Medina each earned some Prime Time spotlight, and deservedly so. They're all aesthetically pleasing, highly entertaining, and genuine nice guys.

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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.