From: Tom Morin
Aloha Champ! You made our world stand still today and have inspired us all to reach our full potential. Stay strong Bruce, Lyndie, Danielle and Phil. A.I.'s spirit will live on in the soon-to-be next A.I., Axel Irons.
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.