From: GRINDitUP
September 2006 at Newport Beach, CA - First place at the Oakley Pro Jr goes to Killian Garland (USA). Second to Casey Brown (HAW). Third Nick Rozsa (USA) and fourth Granger Larsen (HAW)
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.