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Billabong XXL Video Links:
New World Record (70 Ft wave): http://www.billabongxxl.com/biggestwave_nominee/in ...
Ride of the year nominees: http://www.billabongxxl.com/roty_nominee/index.htm ...
Biggest Wave of the year nominees: http://www.billabongxxl.com/biggestwave_nominee/in ...
Winning Wave (again) http://www.billabongxxl.com/roty_nominee/index3.ht ...

I always like to read about such things. And to watch vids also. But in Russia, where i live, unfortunately we do not have warm ocean waves. So we have nothing to do but watch such contests on TV and feel envious)))))

This is one SICK wave.

I could do that ... in my dreams and on drugs.

That is a huge wave

In the words of Jeff Spicoli " Awesome! Totally awesome! All right, Dorian!"

he doesn't have to worry about drowning....his balls can be used as flotation devices....

How do you win when you fall off.

That is one righteous wave, surfs up dude!

That wave is thick, I would've died. :(

damn.. gnar wave for sure - lucky he made it through that barrel cause thats like a mountain of water on top of you..

the advertisement was almost as long as the video

i'd give it a shot... for 50 g's.

I need a Mountain Dew after that one....EXTREME!

*****

Psh, Patrick Swayze surfed bigger waves than that.

"Came close to a wipeout"??? Did I not see this cat's feet flinging up in the air at the end of the ride???

He came dangerously close to a wipeout? Looks like he ate serious ***** to me.

She said it like teeahoopoo. It's pronounced cho poo.

Awesome! just Awesome

Cortez Bank, biggest wave ever ridden (caught on camera). Makes all other's look like ripples.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nS_aR8XX_U&feature ...

OK all you squids out there, listen up. Tow-in surfing sucks.
Did any of you happen to notice that in none of the footage you see a surfer actually paddle into the wave and catch it?
That's right, you didn't. That's because all those guys are tow-in surfing which is the equivalent of taking a helicopter to the top of Everest and high-fiving your self.
I'll explain in greater detail:
in surfing, it’s almost as much about how you got there as how you ride. ask any experienced water man or woman and they’ll tell you that once you’re up and riding you have it made. there are conditions where just paddling out can kill you or at least make it impossible to get to the line up, the place where the waves are caught. paddling for a wave and dropping down the face is a skill that’s as important as the ride. have you ever heard the expression, “he was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple”?
now introduce the sound and sight of PWC in the line up and you have basically killed whatever beauty exists in the sights and smells and sounds of the ocean. if there are some waves that can’t be caught without the use of PWC doesn’t that tell you something? like maybe it’s natures way of telling you you don’t belong here OR that the human who can catch them hasn’t been born yet.
i guess if you understood, you would understand.

Aaa, NO AKK.AZNUTS BRAH

Liquid Tonnage! Where was Bradshaw?

mike parsons 66ft big wave ftw. most righteous ride ive ever seen. when you drop in on 15 foot breaks its intimidating as hell, i cant even imagine surfing those....

anouncer said he came dangerously close to a wipe out?
Im pretty sure I saw him head over heals at the end of that shot, as in he wiped out
personally I think its cooler seeing him catch the huge wave along with the added bonus of seeing him wipe in the end

crikey mate look at the size of that one!

sorry, but that dude DID wipe out.
THIS is what it looks like when you DON'T wipe out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcaZarxilJQ&feature ...

/laird hamilton from 'riding giants'

Shane is a great surfer. He also had a boderline gay sex scene in the movie "in god's hands". Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Eddie Would Go -- http://www.eddiewouldgo.com/

BBC has the worst video player. For a multi-million dollar company, what dismal piece of software.

FYI being from Hawaii doesn't make you Hawaiian. I was born and raised here and I am haole all the way.

duh Obama could TOTALLY do that without wiping out.

That's Teahupoo. The waves there are a thing of beauty because of how thick they are, hence "heaviest."
I believe this happens due to the water rushing back from the previous wave breaking. Teahupoo is a one-of-a-kind place.
http://webpages.csus.edu/~mf88/index_files/teahupo ...

Top notch haole right there.

sexy

the reporter said he came 'dangerously close to a wipeout'....but i'm pretty sure i saw his legs cartwheeling thru the air towards the end. is that not a wipeout?

look how thick it is

Anyone know where in Cali that is? Looks like Maverick, Santa Cruz.

awesome :)

That wave is a killer. Just look at the immense power behind it. Hana Hou mate, get some off time!