Bringing the ‘cool’ back to surfing. Or hurricanes. Or idiocy.

These guys are insane. I would be scared to death if I were caught in a wave this big, and wouldn’t have a clue what to do! I went to the big beach in Maui once and had a hard time getting into the water, and the waves were a tenth the size of these.

These are the Billabong Ride of the Year nominees, and the top five under consideration were Manoa Drollet, Ian Walsh, Shane Dorian, Carlos Burle, Michael Brennan. Each wave was equally gnarly, but who would you guess took the winnings?

I have heard of and seen regular surfing. It’s an amazing sport that takes more bravery and skill than I could muster.

But I think even some of the best surfers might shy away from this extreme form of their sport:

Glacier surfing.

BoardRideTV was founded in July 2007 and is an action sports video website for web users worldwide to watch and share original content – gnarly, dude!

Think of it as a YouTube for board-based sports and you’re there. BoardRideTV features home made videos of crazy skateboarding stunts, giant wave riding and a myriad of other white-knuckle activities including wakeboarding, snowboarding and kite surfing.

Surfing is a competitive, difficult and amazing sport. Over the past week, I’ve been checking out the most awesome surfing videos out there. We’ve got painful wipeouts, cool music videos, wacky commericals, and even surfing mice. Yes–surfing mice!

I walked away from all of these videos with one thought in my mind: if mice can surf, why can’t I?

• Insane Surfing Vid | Waves Made from Dynamite!
• Awesome Surfing Clip | Germans Surf River
• Killer Surfing Clip | Pepsi Commercial Integrates Surfing and Soccer
• Huge Wave Surfing Video | Surfer Conquers Wave Swell and Lives
• Kelly Slater Surfing Video Montage | The Legend Gives Advice and Surfs
• Jack Johnson Surfing Clips | Singer’s Tribute to Surfing
• Hilarious Surfing Mice Video | The Radical Rodents

Watch as this surfer is brutally attacked by a Great White Shark. This is “Jaws” come to life!

This video includes an interview with the surfer, who explains his terrifying point of view during the attack. Then, we get to watch the video again in slow motion, where we see that the surfer was actually attacked by two sharks!

Thankfully, the surfer walked away with minor injuries to his right arm. He was extremely lucky! As he says, he was staring at the shark; they were “face to face”!

I’m going to think twice before getting into the ocean again. There’s no shame in swimming in a pool, right?

The music is reason enough to watch this video. I got up and started jamming, dancing around my bedroom! This song rocks.

Even surfing legends have bad days. Tahitian surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer proves that with this video of him surfing in Teahupoo, Tahiti.

Get ready to be shocked . . . because these mice are absolutely crazy. You won’t believe that they can actually surf on tiny mice-sized surfboards! They surf better than surfers I’ve seen on the beach. I could watch these mice hang loose all day!

These surfing mice have a name: the Radical Rodents. They primarily surf in rivers, but the waves are definitely big enough for them! They have been surfing for three years, and they’re still going strong.

This video has made me re-think my take on rodents. If I could be assured that the mice in my home surfed, I would stop setting out the mousetraps!

Jack Johnson loves surfing, and he decided to take one of his songs and create a surfing montage to prove it. Listen as Jack sings “Waiting, Wishing” and watch the amazing surfing clips that accompany the song!