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Current Guinness World Record. [1] 80 feet (24.4 m) Rodrigo Koxa: Praia do Norte, Nazaré: 8 November 2017 Previous Guinness World Record 2017–2020. [2] Awarded the Quiksilver XXL Biggest Wave Award by the World Surf League (WSL). [3] [4] 78 feet (23.8 m) Garrett McNamara: Praia do Norte, Nazaré: 1 November 2011 Guinness World Record 2011 ...
His record beat the prior world record by over a foot, [7] but the premature announcement (by others, not by McNamara) proved a source of controversy in the surf world. [8] Meanwhile, McNamara continued to search for an even larger wave. In January 2013, McNamara broke his own world record by surfing an estimated 100-foot (30 m) wave.
A surfer at Mavericks, one of the world's premier big wave surfing locations. Big wave surfing is a discipline within surfing in which experienced surfers paddle into, or are towed into, waves which are at least 20 feet (6.2 m) high, on surf boards known as "guns" or towboards. [1] Sizes of the board needed to successfully surf these waves vary ...
In February 11, 2020, Gabeira set a new Guinness World Record for the Largest wave surfed (unlimited) - female. [13] [14] It was held in WSL Nazaré Tow Surfin contest and the wave measured 22.4 m (73.5 ft). [1] [2] The wave was also the biggest wave surfed by anyone that year. [15] She is the subject of the 2022 documentary film Maya and the ...
Mavericks Beach is located about 20 miles south of San Francisco. During the approach of storm systems, waves can reach nearly 60 feet.
Praia do Norte (‘North Beach’) is a beach located in Nazaré, portuguese Oeste region, which due to its giant white breaking waves is famed for its surfing conditions. . Nazaré's waves were listed on the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest waves ever surfed and have also been featured multiple times on the Billabong XXL awards in the categories of Biggest Wave and Ride of the Y
His wave was recognised by judges of the Santa Monica, CA-based Big Wave Awards as the biggest wave ever surfed in history. He now holds the position in the Guinness World Records with the biggest wave ever surfed in the history of the World Surf League. [2] [3] [4] Koxa surfed the wave on November 8, 2017, in the village of Nazaré, Oeste ...
In 2001 Chris Bertish, a South African big wave surfer, became the first to paddle into giant surf at Pe'ahi (Jaws). [22]In 2006 Danilo Couto, Marcio Freire, and Yuri Soledade are surfers from Brazil who moved to Hawaii in the late 1990s with the goal of riding the biggest waves in the world.