Ken Bradshaw rode the biggest wave ever surfed, an 85-footer, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii in 1998. NATURE spoke with Ken in December 2001.

Just in: new behind-the-scenes video from Hawaii, where crews are filming an upcoming NATURE episode. Filming underwater lava is as dangerous as you might think.

View additional resources, online and in print, for NATURE's "Violent Hawaii."

Learn the facts vs. fiction about great white sharks.