From: surfermag
Surfing America, the national governing body for surfing in the USA, is proud to bring the 6th annual SIMA Surfing America USA Championships presented by Verizon Wireless to the southside of the Huntington Beach Pier, August 25-30, 2009.
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.