From: Chris Mauro
Mick Fanning takes the largest prize in pro surfing history by defeating Dane Reynolds in the Final of the 6th stop on this year's ASP World Tour, the Hurley Pro.
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.