From: North Shore Highlights 2007
After a week of competition it all comes down to the final day of the Pipeline Masters. Surf conditions force the event coordinators to move the contest to Off the Wall and four regular footers make the finals after favorites Slater and Irons are eliminated earlier in the day. Check it Out! Brought to you by the US Navy.
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.