21 February, 2008 : - - Newport Beach -- New entries are flooding in from Europe, Hawaii and California, and with less than a month remaining in the annual cycle for the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy, few are doubting th

Anticipating a super-sized turnout at the mid-week critical toll road hearing, the California Coastal Commission traded in the usual Oceanside City Council Chamber for a XXL lot at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Good idea. People came out in droves.

Big waves coming... just don't trample the beach!

Audio slideshow of some of the biggest waves ever ridden.

Biggest Cortes Bank ever ridden?

With all the talk about shady business being done by US companies in China, Congress should take a harder look at what's happening in our own backyard.

An incredible multimedia slideshow of perfect surf in California while orange, smoky skies add eerie contrast to the fun being had in the water.

While wave faces glow with trailing comets on their lips, and boards tuck beneath curtains in offshore sinews, the wind breathes fire atop the state...wildfire set the state ablaze from Malibu to San Diego causing more than 250,000 to evacuate their homes