SkuffTV's Weekly Skid #11

Highlights from this year's Quiksilver bowlriders skate event on the Gold Coast. We drop in on the latest leg of Indonesia's pro-surfing tour, the Quiksilver Open at Lakey Peak. Skuff's film critic Sticko gives 5 thumbs up for soul-surf movie "Beyond The Lineup".... though we suspect the fact it features Sticko himself getting tubed off his lips may've swayed his opinion. Extreme skier Andreas Hatveit takes on the slopes of Sandpoint USA and boosts some sick air. And in Muzik we meet DrawCard, a young Gold Coast band who're getting a little help from all the right people in dropping their first album "Modern Rivalry" - currently getting the finishing touches from US producer Sylvia Massey, who's worked with the likes of Tool, the Chilli Peppers, and System of a Down... so she must have some idea what she's doin', right?

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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.