From: BodyGlove
LA hellman and Body Glove team rider, Alex Gray, tells us about his epic summer of chasing two of the best swells of the year (if not the decade!) to massive Tahiti and big perfect Cloudbreak. Not to mention, being part of the winning team for Transworld Surf's, Imaginarium contest.
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.