From: Surfer Magazine
At the end of Day Four of the Nike Lowers Pro only eight men were left standing, including two locals, Patrick Gudauskas and Kolohe Andino. The two Americans will have their hands full fending off the powerful brigade from Brazil.
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.