From: Arc Hive
The GvR of Surf goes off in epic conditions at Oceanside Pier. "Seabass" and the rest of the regular footers win bragging rights for a year.
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.