Surfing Hawaii - Big Hawaiian Surf (Aloha Style)

Visit www.palmtreesurfvideos.com to order the full length DVD (29 minutes) for $12.99. Aloha Style shows how good Hawaii can get. Filmed during the winter of 2010 (the winter that produced the largest swells to hit Hawaii in five years), this video includes footage of the 2010 Eddie Aikau and Pipeline Masters competitions. See Kelly, Bruce, Andy, Shane, the Hobgoods, and many more rip it up in world class Hawaiian surf. The DVD also features a bonus chapter with footage of some of the best reef and point breaks on the Big Island of Hawaii. Soundtrack by Baldread, G.A.G, Jacuzzi Fuzz, Leslie, Dread Daze, David Christian, Bob Holston, Big Sweeps, and Los Dubies.

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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.