Surfing Mentawai Islands

Four surfing pros and four surfing rookies are on one huge boat together with the idea of progressing surfing at the famous waves of the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.The epic crew of Bruce Irons, Kolohe Andino, Jamie O’Brien, Ian Walsh, Cristobal Del Col, Evan Geiselman, Michel Bourez, and Conner Coffin anchor in to surf this sweet spot in the premiere episode of Red Bull Minor Threat.Paddle out to http://RedBullSurfing.com

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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.