From: Quiksilver Surf
This year, Mark Healey is bringing us Weekly updates as we all wait for The Eddie. This week, Mark Healey talks to Kelly Slater about how winning The Eddie compares to his other wins.See more video, and all of Mark Healey's weekly updates at quiksilver.com/eddie. Also, sign up for text alerts at quiksilver.com/eddie so you get the text alert when the contest and live webcast is on.
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.