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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.
Professional big wave surfer Garrett McNamara begins "tow surfing," using jet skis to be able to get on taller and taller waves. After McNamara is filmed riding the barrel of a 20-foot wave at Hawaii's famous Jaws surf site, the video gets shared around the world and a resident of Nazaré Portugal reaches out to Garrett to try to get him interested in the mammoth waves that crash onto Nazaré ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
Cowaramup Bombora (also known as Cowie Bombie or simply Cow Bombie) is a big wave open-ocean surf break found on the south-west coast of Western Australia.It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) offshore west of Gracetown which is near the town of Margaret River, world-renowned for its surf, and is 265 kilometres (165 mi) south of the capital city Perth.
The Billabong Pro Teahupoo was founded in 1999 and has been recognized as "one of the world's heaviest big wave competitions". [This quote needs a citation] This is because Teahupoo is the only known natural wave break in the world that breaks below sea level. The Billabong Pro Teahupoo has not claimed any lives since the surf competition began ...