From: GRINDTV
The Dream Tour's new format this season is in effect at the Billabong Pro at Teahupoo. The top 16 on the tour are directly into round 2. This new format has created some controversy this year, some like it, and some don't.
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.