From: GRINDitUP
Highlights from the 2006 OP Pro Men's SEMI FINALS at Haleiwa. Watch Parko, Taj Burrow, Mick Fanning, Freddy P, AI, and others make the best of the small conditions at the beach.
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.