From: Chris Mauro
Team USA Takes the Gold in Costa Rica with Cory Lopez and Ben Bourgeois leading the way for the men. France's Jeremy Flores wins the individual gold, leading his country to a respectable 2nd place finish.
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.