From: redbull
Red Bull surfers Christobal de Col of Peru, Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia, Adriano de Souza of Brazil, Mick Fanning of Australia, Michel Bourez of French Polynesia, Jordy Smith of South Africa all take their turns in the shallow barrels of Greenbush, Mentawai.http://redbullsurfing.com
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.