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The surfing world was stunned Tuesday, November 2, by the tragic loss of legendary Hawaiian surfing champion Andy Irons, 32. Irons was one of surfing's brightest and charismatic stars, one who will never be forgotten.
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.