From: Jetpilot
CHARLEY STEVENS, Josh Buran and camera-man Joel Macks take a 'fantastic voyage' to Northern Cal to catch the first swell of 2009. This is the first installment of the 'Charles in Charge, Red Van Series'. Stay tuned to the Jetpilot Blog for up to the minute updates, photos and video content. Charlie is riding a 'gravy train with biscuit wheels' right now...so be on the look out for the Red Van.
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.