Now that's a wave! 90ft pending checks.
It's the roller in front that, for me, really gives the menacing scale to this. A monster.
There's some surprisingly down-to-earth commentary from the surfer on ABC:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hawaiian-daredevil-surfer-survives-90-foot-wave/story?id=14924860#.Trx_JyWYcoY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd2jtwviyC8