From: ONeill World Cup of Surfing
Makua Rothman pulls out a 9.5 at the wire to win the ONeill World Cup of Surfing 2007 at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. Congratulations for his first place finish.
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.