From: Chris Mauro
John Florence dominated the Vans World Cup at Sunset by defeating finalists Michel Bourez, Adam Melling and Hank Gaskell by more than 10 points. The win thrust him into the lead for the 2011 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing
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.