Ghost Tree

Big Wednesday at Ghost Tree, with visitors and locals getting the biggest waves ever surfed at Monterey County's XXL wave. Tyler Smith, Alex Gray, Mark Healey, Carlos Burle and others. This clip is dedicated to area local Peter Davi, who drowned this day.

Two views of Big Tuesday at Ghost Tree, with visitors and locals getting the biggest waves ever surfed at Monterey County's XXL wave. This clip is dedicated to area local Peter Davi, who drowned this day. Tyler Smith, Russel Smith, Mark Healey, Carlos Burle, Tyler Fox.

Tuesday, December 4th saw some of the biggest waves ever surfed at Maverick's. Despite a thick mist and heavy west swell pushing hard towards the rocks, a couple dozen tow teams tackled the giant surf, including Peter Mel, Flea, Dan Malloy, Garrett MacNamara, the Wormhoudt brothers, and Twiggy, among others. Stay tuned for the full story, and check out the NPR interview with Grant Washburn about the day. Bonus footage: Tyler Smith's giant bomb plus a couple others from Ghost Tree, where, sadly, local surfer Peter Davi drowned on Tuesday. (The swell also claimed the lives of two crab fishermen who launched from Pillar Point Harbor on Tuesday.)

After being introduced to the surf world during last March's XXL swells, Monterey's biggest, meanest wave made itself known again on January 4th. Tyler Smith, Russell Smith, Tyler Fox, Don Curry, among others, spent the day towing into some serious bombs.

The Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy, now in their fifth year, offer cash money for photographic proof of the biggest wave ridden. Judge for yourself which of these hellmen should bring home the grand prize this year. The awards will be held in Anaheim, California on April 22nd. Stay tuned to billabongxxl.com for more information. For the full story on the event, go here.

Don Curry, Ed Guzman, the Smith brothers, Skindog and a few other hearty, well-armed locals take on heaving, ugly Ghost Tree in Monterey.

Powerlines Productions and Towsurfer.com have reached a new level of surf-stoke with their latest movie, Down The Line, an inside look at the epic surf that rocked Hawaii, Mavericks, Ghost Tree and other locations last winter.