Surfers ride watery giants, chasing 100ft waves
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MARGARET RIVER, Australia  - The waves have been   nicknamed Cyclops, Jaws and Dungeons and are the new   life-and-death playground for a unique breed of surfers who   ride gargantuan ocean waves as big as a seven storey building.
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Surfers and environmentalists threw a roadblock in front of a proposed toll road through one of the world's best surf breaks Â but backers say they will fight on.
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Surfers around the world may complain about crowded conditions, but for dozens of South Africa wave riders it was the more the merrier as they lined up to break a world record by riding a single wave.
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A group of friends ride the waves and then head into the fire zone to check on the homes of their friends.
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SUPER maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia jousted across Bass Strait yesterday as thunderstorms and 35-knot headwinds slowed their pace and reduced the Sydney-to-Hobart fleet to fewer than 100 yachts.
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By Jessie Mangaliman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 15--Waves up to 20 feet high will batter the coast this weekend, creating dangerous conditions for anyone tempted to watch from rocks or even piers, the National Weather Service said today.
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Tourists flock to Fisherman's Wharf for the seafood and the stunning views of San Francisco Bay, but for many visitors, the real stars are the dozens of playful, whiskered sea lions that lounge by the water's edge, gulping down fish.
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America's sports stars are always larger than life figures so it is no surprise that the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants have been helping the NFL make a big splash in London.
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Rescuers were desperately searching for survivors after floods and landslides unleashed by a tropical storm in the Philippines killed more than 100 people, most buried alive under tonnes of debris, officials said.
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Hundreds of giant squid are washing up on Orange County beaches, creating a scene more akin to "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" than "The O.C."
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EcoMotors says it can hit 100 miles per gallon by 2011. So do some others.
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PHUKET, Thailand The towering waves that roared ashore on the beaches of Thailand&#39;s resorts Sunday swept away sunbathers and snorkelers, bungalows and cars, and sent thousands of tourists fleeing for higher ground.
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Executives are hoping a new surfing contest format will help bring television viewers.
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By Warren Cornwall, Seattle Times  Feb. 20--HOOD CANAL -- Like knights heading into battle, two dozen people in rubber-coated diving suits and 40-pound air tanks clanked down the gravel beach.
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LONDON: Massive waves created by violent storms off Britain and Ireland are ripping off chunks of cliff and hurling them inland over distances scientists did not think possible.
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Four Australian rowers on Sunday completed an epic journey from New Zealand to Sydney after surviving huge seas, encounters with sharks and whales and near-misses with ships.
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A perilous spot for surfers off the coast of Southern California had been surfed only a handful of times in the past decade. Four of the most experienced big-wave surfers in the world were not fazed.