From: North Shore Highlights 2007
Congrats to Bede Durbidge for winning this years Pipeline Masters at the 2007 Triple Crown of Surfing. Conditions forced the contest down the beach to Off The Wall but none the less Bede was dominating on the final day. Brought to you by the US Navy.
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.