From: BodyGlove
Not sure which wetsuit is for you? Watch this for a little helpful advice from Body Gloves Matt Walls and Cheyne Magnusson.
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.