As Olympic sports go, surfing is quite young, having debuted in the Games three years ago in Tokyo. Thus, its history is still in the formative stage.
Accordingly, Brazil's Gabriel Medina left his mark on his profession's history books on Monday with a ride for the ages. In the third round of the men's shortboard competition in Teahupoʻo, French Polynesia, Medina posted a single-wave score of 9.90—the largest in the history of the Olympics.
