Big Waves Hit Hawaii

Tuesday Dec 9th. The Huge storm slamming the Pacific has sent giant waves to Hawaii where big wave surfers are flocking to a number of spots. The world's best big wave riders are competing today in the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, which is being held for the first time since 2004. Go to Quiksilver.com for more coverage including live webcast. For continuous coverage of the huge swell stay tuned to GrindTV.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.