From: Chris Mauro
Day 9 of the Rip Curl Pro Search event is when the officials, fans and surfers found exactly what they were hoping for, as perfect waves came pouring into Supertubos. The result was some of the best action of the entire season...
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.