Surfing Hawaii- Big Island of Hawaii (Tradewinds)

Visit www.palmtreesurfvideos.com to order the full length DVD (27 minutes) for $12.99. Some of the heaviest and most challenging surfing in Hawaii is found on the Big Island of Hawaii. Tradewinds takes you on a tour of ten of the best breaks on the island, with a map showing the location of each spot. Watch high performance surfing at a secret left point called Tombstones, crystal clear tubes at Honl's reef, a glassy double-overhead river mouth, and much more. Soundtrack by: The Waffle Stompers, TRM, Jacuzzi Fuzz, Robot Monster, Brian Ball, David Christian, Skeausha, and The Skank Agents.

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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.