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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
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 ...
He caught a 78 foot (24 m) wave in Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, after being towed into the wave from a jet ski riding a 6’0 Dick Brewer Tow Board. 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]
NAZARÉ (Reuters) - Sebastian Steudtner surfed possibly the biggest wave ever in Nazaré, Portugal, earlier in the 2024 season. The German surfed a monster wave that was measured at 28.57m (93 ...
28-year-old Justine Dupont had the ride of her life on Nov. 14 in Nazaré, Portugal, when she potentially broke the world record for the biggest wave surfed by a woman.. The wave is estimated to ...
Maya Reis Gabeira (born April 10, 1987) is a Brazilian big wave surfer.She surfed a 22.4 m (73 ft) high wave in Nazaré, Portugal in February 2020, recorded by Guinness World Records as the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman.
Portugal has emerged as one of the world’s top surfing destinations — home to some of the biggest waves for pros in the fishing hamlet of Nazaré and for uncrowded waves for beginners along ...
On February 11, 2020, at Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, Maya Gabeira broke the record for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman on a record-setting wave measuring 73.5 feet (22.4 meters), besting her own previous world record of 68 feet. The 73.5-foot wave she surfed on February 11 in Nazaré was the largest wave surfed by anyone that ...