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Grant Baker snags a beast at Cortes Bank

14 March, 2013 : - VIDEO: Grant Baker snags a massive righthander at the Cortes Bank, 100 miles west of San Diego, California, on December 21, 2012. Video by Neil Goss. An entry in the Ride of the Year category of the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Pacifico…
Chase beasts around with Andrew Cotton

6 March, 2013 : - VIDEO: A look back at some memorable moments of chasing beasts around the Atlantic from the perspective of Andrew Cotton. Building on a history of quietly and humbly charging these European big wave spots, to suddenly being touted by the media as one of the key players in this new to be famous …
Garrett McNamara super ospite di Italia

4 March, 2013 : - TEAM: Il re delle onde giganti super ospite di Italia Surf Expo 2013. La sua esposizione mediatica dopo l’ennesima impresa ha trasformato l’uomo, il surfista, in un vero e proprio eroe. Il suo nome è Garrett McNamara, celebre per aver surfato lo scorso 28 gennaio l’incr…
Garrett Interview about 'That Wave' & more

1 March, 2013 : - VIDEO: Was it 100 feet or wasn't it? A lot of people have been talking about the size of the giant wave Garrett McNamara rode on January 28, 2013 in Nazaré, Portugal ... except Garrett McNamara. Until now. In this interview, GMac sets the record straight on who said what, who didn't clai…
Wait period ends for Irish big wave event

27 February, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: The four month waiting period for the Billabong Big Wave surfing contest in Ireland expires on March 1. It's the second consecutive year now the event hasn't been 'green lit' for go. Organisers and competitors need a combination of giant waves and favourable winds to stage the eve…
Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau closes

27 February, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau big wave invitational will officially close its 28th annual holding period tomorrow, Thursday, February 28. A high surf episode with wave face heights of approximately 18 to 20 feet will be building throughout the day at Waimea Bay tomorrow,…
Big wave crew tell their stories in new doco

25 February, 2013 : - VIDEO: Powerlines Productions, Big Wave Filmmakers since 1994, deliver their latest project,'Super Natural.' The documentary film takes audiences on a tour with some of the best big wave surfers in the world riding giant waves from powerful Pacific winter storm systems. Filmed during the ep…
Oscar Moncada scores XXL entry in Mexico

22 February, 2013 : - VIDEO: Oscar Moncada gets whipped through a heaving cavern at Playa Zicatela, Puerto Escondido, Mexico. The infamous Mexican beachbreak dished out some solid surf last year and the dedicated crew of Puerto chargers took full advantage of the conditions. Video by Alejandro De la Torre. This …
Natxo Gonzalez, Euskadi's next big thing

21 February, 2013 : - TEAM: At only seventeen years old, Natxo Gonzalez hasn't had his big break yet on the ASP Europe Junior Tour, but the young Basque has seriously started to make a name for himself in the bigger surf. On January 29, Gonzalez won the Punta Galea Challenge, first European stop on the Big Wave …
The Quiksilver Eddie eyes closing swell window

20 February, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: Twenty-eight years along in the life of The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau big wave invitational, we are reminded that what helps to make The Eddie great are often the times it doesn't run. For all these years Contest Director George Downing has maintained a strict 20-foot mi…
Greg Long's Puerto bomb steep & deep

19 February, 2013 : - VIDEO: Greg Long gets shacked at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on August 5, 2012. An amazing drop followed by a deep, heaving pit big enough to, well, you know. Video by Alejandro De la Torre. This ride earns an entry in the Ride of the Year category of the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wa…
Danilo Couto nabs ghostly Mullaghmore giant

15 February, 2013 : - VIDEO: Danilo Couto dodges a freezing hailstorm to grab a windy beast at Mullaghmore Head, County Sligo, Ireland. Video by Sebastian Muller. An entry in the Ride of the Year category of the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Pacifico…
Is this wave worth $20,000? Oh yes!

14 February, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: Tasmania’s king of big wave charging, Marti Paradisis, had a longtime dream come true last night when he won Biggest Wave at Surfing Life’s Oakley Big Wave Awards. Over the Awards’ 10 years, Paradisis has collected every prize except the big one. He’s won t…