The Game by Pete Frieden

SHORT DESCRIPTION: Pete Frieden has been nomadically traveling the surfing globe in search of exclusive sessions with the worlds best surfers. Even though many other photographers are also in the hunt, year after year Pete successfully finds himself at the right place at the right time. Something he calls THE GAME! LONG DESCRIPTION:Pete Frieden has been nomadically traveling the surfing globe in search of exclusive sessions with the worlds best surfers. Even though many other photographers are also in the hunt, year after year Pete successfully finds himself at the right place at the right time. Something he calls THE GAME!FEATURING: * Shane Dorian's "WAVE OF HIS LIFE" at Teahupoo.* The New Sydney Slab wave "Hours" with Koby Abberton* Dane Reynolds at Home* Exclusive Cory Lopez on the Gold Coast* Andy, Bruce, Taj, Mick and Joel going nuts in France, Hawaii and TahitiTRT: 50 MinTons of Bonus FeaturesHawaii, Tahiti, J-Bay

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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.