From: GRINDitUP
Santa Cruz, CA - Round 4 of the 2006 O'Neill Cold Water Classic with Josh Loya, Kekoa Bacalso, Kahea Hart, Eric McHenry, Jay Thompson, Mark Mathews, Hank Gaskell, Micah Bryne, Josh Mulcoy, and Dane Gudauskas.
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.