From: SKUFFTV
Local Canadian underdog Pete Devries takes down an all star surfing lineup, including Jay 'Bottle' Thompson to win the "Coldest Surf event on the Planet", The O'Neill Coldwater Classic in Tovino, Canada.Mick Fanning's stranglehold on the 2009 ASP World Championship continues, with his win in Portugal over Bede Durbridge, to win the Rip Curl Pro in epic conditions at Supertubes.
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.