The sounds of surfing at JAWS - Ep 3

The sounds of surfing at JAWS - Ep 3 - Red Bull Soundwave

Big wave surfers Ian Walsh and Carlos Burle team up and ride the massive waves at the infamous JAWS beach on the North Shore of Hawaii. Ian Walsh goes down hard...Soundwave gives us an inside look at what really happens as surfers risk it all while riding 50-foot waves. Stay tuned as we follow surfers Ian Walsh, Carissa Moore, Carlos Burle and Maya Gabeira as we get a unique perspective on the action.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.