From: Chris Mauro
Future stars battle it out in Huntington Beach at the Pier Pressure Pro, the Grade-4 event is the biggest Pro Junior of the year in California in terms of points and prize money. The best talents in the country had it out as they battle to make the World Junior Championships.
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.