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Planned. >> theres some broken legs and broken boards, broken spirits, but the contest rolls on. >> and tyler finally gets the show hes been waiting for. >> i had never seen waves like that before, and to see these tiny, tiny people dropping in on just giant waves a half mile offshore was amazing. >> betsy forman is still a surfing enthusiast but coming face-to-face with a monster wave has given her a greater appreciation for the power of mother nature and has bonded her and dan in ways they cou...

Compromising the surfers vision. a red light under his board helps to spot him in the dark. and visser shares every surfers dread -- falling off a monster wave and being crushed by its enormous power. >> i could face the worst wipeout of my life. so i thought of all the things id trained for in the daytime to be ready for that. and the only answer we came up with was, youre just going to have to be fitter than that again times ten. >> visser and his team simulate an underwater nightmare to prepa...

A novel waterproof vest that radiates brilliant light without compromising the surfers vision. a red light under his board also helps to spot him in the dark. and visser shares every surfers dread -- falling off a monster wave and being crushed by its enormous power. >> i could face the worst wipeouts of my life, so i thought of all the things id trained for in the daytime and to be ready for that. and the only answer we came up with was, youre just going to have to be fitter than that again tim...

Broken boards, broken spirits, but the contest rolls on. >> and tyler finally gets the show hes been waiting for. >> i had never seen waves like that before, and to see these tiny, tiny people dropping in on just giant waves a half mile offshore was amazing. >> betsy forman is still a surfing enthusiast but coming face-to-face with a monster wave has given her a greater appreciation for the power of mother nature and has bonded her and dan in ways they could have never imagined. >> knowing how p...

Last point of departure airports coming into the united states. this is not something to overreact to or overspeculate about, but something we felt was necessary. >> this comes on the heels of concerns al-qaeda might be developing a bomb undetectable to airport screening device. and new overnight, tragedy in newport beach, california. a 32-year-old lifeguard ben carlson, drowned as he was trying to save a swimmer. the 15 year newport beach veteran and that swimmer were overpowered by a monster...

With relative calm restored, the mavericks competition goes on as planned. >> theres some broken legs and broken boards, broken spirits, but the contest rolls on. >> and tyler finally gets the show hes been waiting for. >> i had never seen waves like that before, and to see these tiny, tiny people dropping in on just giant waves a half mile offshore was amazing. >> betsy forman is still a surfing enthusiast but coming face-to-face with a monster wave has given her a greater appreciation for the ...

Planned. >> theres some broken legs and broken boards, broken spirits, but the contest rolls on. >> and tyler finally gets the show hes been waiting for. >> i had never seen waves like that before, and to see these tiny, tiny people dropping in on just giant waves a half mile offshore was amazing. >> betsy forman is still a surfing enthusiast but coming face to face with a monster wave has give her a greater appreciation for the power of mother nature, and has bonded her and dan in ways they cou...

Shaken. a massive wave hit the cruise ship broad side. it was a rogue wave sending water crashing through a restaurant. our tom foreman is here to tell us more about how it happened. the ship was heading from spain to uk. are they as rare as we think? >> some of them are as big as eight and nine story buildings. the scary part is they are not as rare as people think. gigantic rogue waves were either nonexistent or rare or more likely the result of overexcited imagination from sailors who encount...

As rare as peel think. gigantic rogue waves were either nonexistent or rare or more likely the result of overexcited imagination from sailors who encountered very rough seas. now we know the monster waves are actually much more common than we thought. what do i mean when i say "monster wave"? we are talking about a wave that is two times bigger than the average big waves in the given area of sea. that sounds impossible. so some years back the europeans set out to find out if it was really happen...

Mavericks competition goes on as planned. >> theres some broken legs and broken boards, broken spirits, but the contest rolls on. >> and tyler finally gets the show hes been waiting for. >> i had never seen waves like that before, and to see these tiny, tiny people dropping in on just giant waves a half mile offshore was amazing. >> betsy forman is still a surfing enthusiast but coming face-to-face with a monster wave has given her a greater appreciation for the power of mother nature and has bo...