From: ASPWorldTour
Performance is always pushed at Lower Trestles. Throw 96 of the world's best surfers into the lineup with careers on the line and they go through the roof.
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.