From: Nate Hoppes
The massive south swell peaked on Friday, bringing the biggest surf ever scene to the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing. Of course, that didn't slow 9X World Champion Kelly Slater down a bit.
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.