From: SKUFFTV
The O'Neill Coldwater Classic Series winds up in Santa Cruz, in the cold waters of Northern California, where American ripper Nate Yeomans takes down Aussie super Junior Heath Joske to win the event. The CWC Series was won by Australian Blake Thornton.
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.