Ian Walsh and co on the big-wave mayhem of January. | Sessions: Hawaii

The planet's most elite big-wave riders descend on Maui to take on perfect Pe'ahi – and that's just the beginning. We're about to pitch you over the edge of a dizzying amount of monster waves over the next week. From Maui to Maverick's to Nazaré, Mother Nature was feeling dangerously frisky in mid-January and we've got all the footage to prove it. First up, Hawaii.