BIG WAVES...Jamie O’Brien from the US state of Hawaii rides a wave for the day's highest score in the Air Tahiti Nui – Von Zipper surfing trials at Teahuppp on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti on April 26, 2008. The Trials event, run over four days, awards two wildcards into the Billabong Pro main event and pits 40 respected international big wave surfers against 40 Tahitian locals. 
Ryan Hipwood of Australia rides a massive wave before being crushed by the it in the Air Tahiti Nui – Von Zipper surfing trials at Teahuppp on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti on April 26, 2008.
Hipwood made it back into the line- up but failed to find the required scores to advance.
(Photos by Steve Robertson/AFP/Getty Images)

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