The Weekly Skid #2

The Weekly Skid #2 - May '08

In this week's surf-packed round-up;We check some of the Gold Coast's best underground surf talent on the latest leg of Cult Industries' "Get Ya Freaks Out!" Tour.We head to Teauhupoo in Tahiti where the Billabong Pro is currently underway.We check out Electric Visual's latest DVD "Save the Big Fat Whales".And we go for a wave with Aussie roots muso Ash Grunwald.Skuff's Weekly Skid is brought to you by Dirt Action Magazine.www.skuff.tv yo!

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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.