From: Chris Mauro
The ASP announces big changes during the event in Spain. The tour in 2010 will be taking on a old look as the elite field is narrowed down to 32 surfers.
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.