From: scott_smith
Ala Moana Bowls in Oahu was the 5th stop of the 2011 Oakley Surf Shop Challenge. Waves were pumping, check out some of the action!
Consider two representations of two very big waves, below. The first is a photograph of Mike Parsons at Cortes Bank. The second is a video of Garrett McNamara near Nazare, Portugal. Now take out some measuring tape and make the distance of one foot between your hands. That's the amount, according to the Billabong XXL committee, that McNamara's wave is bigger than Parsons's wave.