From: Chris Mauro
The Mr. Price Pro in South Africa, a 6-Star WQS event is moved 20 miles up the coast to Ballito just in time for one of the best swells of the season. Watch as the minor league stars of surfing get to see what it's like up in the show.
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.