From: Scribblevision
A new Foil board design offers a surfer the ability to ride on swell, without the wave breaking.Foil Credit: Paolo Rista and Manu Bertin.Stefano Rista on jet ski.Scribblevision on camera
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.