Here's the first episode of the recent glut of XXL swell on Maui. The Eddie may have caught the real time attention but it was Maui where the cutting edge was revealed. The last burst of swell - not shown in this video, still to come in Part 2 - featured some of the largest waves ever attempted at Peahi.

The domestic flights were chequered with surfers. Names you saw at the Eddie, also appear here, and then also appear in Tucker Wooding's edit from Mavericks.

More impressive, however, are the lesser lights who appear. Take Sam Yoon for instance. More commonly seen riding oversized equipment when Kirra is reeling, ol' Flying Sammy gets a few here from deep on the peak - committed to the max.

We'll post Part 2, when the really big stuff made landfall, in two days time.