Each year, when January rolls around I draft up a list of vague new year’s resolutions. Vague because when they inevitably get broken I don’t get too down on myself. 

It was arguably the largest wave ever windsurfed, and it was ridden by a 19-year old who first surfed Pe'ahi just one month earlier.

"...the wave ripped off both flippers and the leash wrapped tight around his legs. He got flogged."

Between photographing beautiful yet formidable waves, Ray Collins likes to unwind with a Rear Naked Choke hold.