From: Lightningbolt
Rory Russell, the two-time Pipeline Master talks about the lessons he learned, challenging himself against the unrelenting perfection of Pipeline... A Story of of Discovery and Adventure through the Golden Era of Modern Surfing. Rory Shares his Secret to a Life of Inspiration, From a Pure Source...
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.