From: CostaEsmeraldaProductions
The powerful Hawaiian surf on the beautiful island of Oahu is where Dave caught up with a few of the top longboard surfers on the planet, at play, in their own backyard.
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.