The Realm's Jaws Segment

This week's episode of Blast From The Past jumps back to 1999's The Realm, joining Rush Randle and friends as they surf Hawaii's iconic Jaws. As Rush describes, "When you're on a monster wave you basically have tunnel vision. You're looking down the face and at every chop in front of you." TGR's Blast From The Past web series will take you back in time to revisit some of our favorite film segments from 15 years of actions sports filmmaking. From shredding Alaska spines to Metallica to surfing El Salvador's endless beaches, Blast From The Past is your one stop for TGR's greatest film segments. View The Series Page: http://www.tetongravity.com/videos/series/blast-from-the-past.aspx Buy The Realm On DVD: http://shop.tetongravity.com/Products/The-Realm__TG204.aspx

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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.