From: Chris Mauro
Rip Curl Wetsuits was born in the little town of Torquay, a long country drive away from Melbourne. The place is packed with hardcore surfers who depend on good rubber to survive. For 40 years now, Rip Curl has been the beating heart of the community, thus, its rubber soul.
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.