From: Volcom
Check out footage shot from the deck of the Volcom House in December of 2006 during the Pipeline Masters. Dean Morrison and Bruce Irons pull into some heavy pits during their early round heats in big Pipeline surf. Music by The Line.
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.