Annals of Achievement–Kowaf*ckingbunga, Dude: You can wait an entire lifetime for a 70-foot wave that won’t kill you, and surfer Pete Cabrinha, 43, found his on the North Shore of Maui last January, at the big wave factory known as “Jaws.” He towed in, he stood up, and he rode the monster into history, officially becoming the world record holder last week at the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards, and pocketing a check for $70,000. That’s a big pile of Kona Gold, Pete. What do you say after watching the biggest wave ever surfed? Well, Rush Randle, who towed Cabrinha onto the liquid mountain, put it this way after Cabrinha kicked out of his megaride: “Holy crap, Pete…that was a bomb!”. Exactly….



“Hey Pete, I’m outta here. But don’t worry, the EMTs are already on the way!”

(Photo: Eric Aeder)