Mike Parsons (surfer)

Mike Parsons (born March 13, 1965, in California) is an American professional surfer and surfing coach.

This money was awarded by the Billabong XXL competition which paid tribute to the biggest waves ridden each year.

Parsons also surfed a 64-foot wave during competition at the Jaws break on the north shore of Maui.

Parsons later broke his record on January 5, 2008, at Cortes Bank, when he was photographed surfing a wave that the Billabong XXL judged to be 77 feet, which put him in the Guinness Book of World Records, officially, for biggest wave ever surfed.

Nearly 4 years later Garrett McNamara improved on this record with a 78-foot wave off Nazaré, Portugal on November 1, 2011.