Between getting jammed with sand, slammed on the rocks and corroded by constant whitewater poundings, you'd be hard-pressed to put a reel through tougher conditions than those presented by the roaring surf. But as technology continues to advance, reel makers keep building reels that can stand up to those challenges, and none do it better than these four. Here are our picks for the best surf reels of 2007.

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