Giant wave (Mike Parsons at Jaws Beach / Hawaii)
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Uploaded by b1nar10s on Jul 22, 2006
Mike Parsons (born March 3, 1965) is a surfer sponsored by the Billabong company who famously successfully surfed a 66-foot (22 meters) wave at Cortez Bank, CA in 2001, for which he was awarded $66,000, the highest prize ever awarded in the history of professional surfing. This money was awarded by the Billabong XXL competition which has run since 2001 paying tribute to the biggest waves ridden each year. This feat at Cortez Bank was popularised by the film Billabong Odyssey. Parsons is famous for a video clip of him riding a wave about 65 tall at Jaws, shot from a helicopter, that many believed was the biggest wave ever surfed. Parsons recently broke his record on January 5, 2008, at Cortez Bank, when he was photographed surfing a wave that the Billabong XXL judged to be 70+ feet, which should put him in the Guinness Book of World Records, officially, for biggest wave ever surfed. Unofficially the biggest wave ever surfed remains Ken Bradshaw's wave at Log Cabins, Oahu on January 28, 1998, at over 80 feet.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Parsons (23 Sep 2008)
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...Unbelievable, Beautiful, Ride of a Life Time...
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Step 1: mute
Step 2: put this on watch?v=alFRbghcF6U&feature=re
lated step 3: win
2 weeks ago 2
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lol, and I was shitting myself on a 12 foot wave, that guy is insane.
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Funny how this video is so similar of Laird Hamiltons video of Jaw's (PeA'hi) ..... not sure if this is Mike Parson's ride .... though he does have an excellent video of his ride at Jaw's this is not the video ... I know I was there. Jaw's is offshore and not a beach ... too many rocks ... not many hang out a Jaw's.
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Look at the "chop" on the surface of the water. Look at how he controls the board. How fast does he get going? I think there is a limit of 55/60 mph at which the fins underneath cavitate. But he controls! And outruns the foam! I think that as the wave rises up to a crest that you are actually in freefall (if it becomes vertical), but the point is to stay just ahead of that curve.
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Rather wipeout at Jaws (Delete the beach) than at Teahupoo
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that wa sick!
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two words:boogie-board
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jaws beach. lol its not a beach its offshore
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oh god..Poseidon
RikkeogLisa 3 months ago 19
Garrett McNamara just beat this record yesterday off Portugal...
Hammersley1967 2 months ago 4