ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, JULY 22–FILE–Mike Parsons of San Clemente, Calif., successfully negotiates a 60-foot wave at Cortes Bank, located 100 miles off the California coast, in January 2001. This wave was the largest ridden during the entire 2000-2001 big-wave season, earning Mike $60,000 as winner of the Swell/Surfline Big Wave Awards. Parsons and other top surfers are beginning a round-the-world, three-year quest to surf a 100-foot wave. (AP Photo/Swell, Aaron Chang)