SWATCH GIRLS PRO France 2011 - Highlights of the Juniors Finals

16-year old Sarah Mason from Gisbourne, NZL wins the ASP 2-Star SWATCH GIRLS PRO Junior France over Dimity Stoyle (AUS) in a close final in tricky 3ft (1m) waves at Les Bourdaines. The quietly spoken goofy-footer was a standout performer in the ASP 6-Star SWATCH GIRLS PRO France and backed it up with a commanding performance against her fellow Pro Junior members. Europe's finest under-21 athletes faced some of the world's best up-and-comers in the SWATCH GIRLS PRO Junior France in their attempt to qualify for the ASP World Junior Tour which starts October 3, in Bali, Indonesia.

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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.