http://www.life.com/images/logo.png LIFE - Surf's Up: Amazing Rides http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/22379/surfs-up-amazing-rides Wicked Waves http://www.life.com/image/89265830 Brett Simpson from the US does an aerial before beating Australian Mick Fanning during the final of the US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach in Orange County, California on July 26, 2009. ]]> 89265830 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:00:00 EDT Brett Simpson from the US does an aerial before beating Australian Mick Fanning during the final of the US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach in Orange County, California on July 26, 2009. ]]> MARK RALSTON 2010 gettyImages.com Kelly Slater Takes to the Air http://www.life.com/image/1460358 ]]> 1460358 Wed, 02 Oct 2002 03:00:00 EDT ]]> Grant Ellis 2010 gettyImages.com No, This Is Not Photoshopped http://www.life.com/image/51863200 ]]> 51863200 Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:00:00 EST ]]> Marco Garcia 2010 gettyImages.com The Weather Service Predicted Dangerous Conditions. 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Pancho Sullivan will compete alongside the top 46 surfers in the world in the Rip Curl Cup.The event is the second jewel in the Triple Crown of Surfing featuring a trio of world championship surfing events on the North Shore of Hawaii. (Photo by Pierre Tostee/Getty Images)]]> 1658882 Sun, 24 Nov 2002 03:00:00 EST SUNSET BEACH, HAWAII - NOVEMBER 24: Pancho Sullivan of Hawaii, USA, won the Rip Curl Cup trials and earned a place in the main event of the Rip Curl Cup at Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, USA on November 24, 2002. Pancho Sullivan will compete alongside the top 46 surfers in the world in the Rip Curl Cup.The event is the second jewel in the Triple Crown of Surfing featuring a trio of world championship surfing events on the North Shore of Hawaii. 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