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After 8 weeks of the Chosen video contest Round 1 is here, the finalist include: ALC-France, Taylors-Australia, Ajustando Itinerario-Brasil, Fus-Germany, Compadre-Spain, B'Stoked-UK, The Wild Lyfe-USA, Noorder Light-Belgium, The Wild Bunch-Italy You can cast your vote for your favorite crew at usopenofsurfing.com/nikechosen
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.