2012 ended off with a nice size swell for the North Shore of the Hawaiian Islands. Big wave enthusiasts headed to Maui's North Shore to tackle Peahi 'Jaws' on the final day of 2012.  Schweitzersports posted highlights from the day which featured some big bombs but was, unfortunately, not big enough to run the Red Bull event. Keep your eyes focused on the Hawaiian Island chain as more swell heads their way.

Come out Saturday January 5th to Surfer the Bar at Turtle Bay for Ezz's Birthday Rager.

Ezra Sitt is a modern-day Hawaiian warrior. He is best known as the owner and operator of the Sunset Beach Jiu Jitsu Gym, where the Hawaii's best fighters train year-round and Championships Tour surfers train when “the circus” is in town. 

Just another day at home as Mason Ho kicks around the North Shore logging sessions in everything from small, fun Rocky Point to big, intimidating Pipeline & Backdoor. Guest appearances by the lovely Coco Ho and the mysterious CheeseBurger. Filming by Rory Pringle, dTrean & Marc Beaty.

Taylor on one of the most epic rides in Todos Santos history back in 1998.

His round 1 loss to local wildcard Billy Kemper at the ongoing Billabong Pipe Masters back in December cued his final exit, as close friends Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater, and Rob Machado chaired him up the beach following the loss.

Pic: Jeff Rowley © Minnie Vuong/Xvolution Media

Surf News, 1 January, 2013 :  Jeff Rowley, Big Wave Surfer paddled into perfect giant surf at Jaws Peahi, Maui on New Years Eve 31 December 2012. This is another perfect warm-up for the upcoming Red Bull Jaws Paddle at Peahi. Many of the world's best big wave surfers flew into Maui for this much anticipated swell including Ian Walsh, Albee Layer, Dave Wassell (sharing Jeff's last ride!) and Alex Gray. Check the VIDEO....

This short clip first showed up on Dane Reynold's website, Summerteeth.

Dane had warned Taj that the waves were not going to be great but Taj ignored the warnings and went anyway. 

Like all of Dane's clips it was locked to his website but lucky for us Taj just uploaded it to his own Vimeo. 

Thanks Taj and Happy New Years everyone.  

Scientists have warned that society as we know it, may be greatly disrupted by an intense solar flare predicted for 2013. A solar flare is a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun’s surface caused by a huge explosion on the surface of the sun.

A Solar Flare could hit the Earth like a lightening bolt and knock out all electrical and navigational equipment in key parts of the World or even a complete shutdown across the globe.

After a long wait and various samplers from the footage bounding around the internet it’s finally here; Billabong’s surf movie from the day of days at Teahupoo “Code Red”. It follows the day through the eyes of Laurie Towner and the veteran Dylan Longbottom. Chris Bryan caught the footage on a Phantom Camera and the footage was edited by Jamie Brooks.

Nobody knows who did the first air, but sometime, presumably in the late ‘70s, a surfer of immense skill and creative insight decided to launch his board out of the water, over the lip of the wave and back down towards the face before continuing his ride. It was the latest innovation in a sport bursting at the seams with progressive new ideas, along with surfers talented enough to pull them off.

What happens when the waves go flat during the winter?...everyone head to the Banzai Skate Park to practive their moves.  On the North Shore of Oahu with Gavin Beschen, Balaram Stack, Finn McGill, Joel Tudor, Eric Geiselman, John John Florence, Omar Hassan, Billy Fortier, Noah Doak, and Greyson Fletcher. Filmed and edited by Jon Steele.