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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 ]
The wave was reported to be at least 50 feet (15 m) high and struck the ship on the port side. The wave carried away part of the forebridge and smashed the guardrail stanchions. There were a number of first-class passengers sitting in deck chairs close to the bridge and they caught the full force of the water.
Until January 28, 1998, when professional surfer Ken Bradshaw was photographed riding a wave with a reported 85-foot (26 m) face, it was believed that Greg Noll's 1969 photo had showed the largest wave ever photographed. During that famous swell in January 1998, several people reported seeing waves with 60–80-foot (18–24 m) faces at KaŹ»ena ...
Australian surfer Laura Enever can finally celebrate officially breaking a world record for the largest wave ever paddled into by a woman.
The surfing legend opened up about what exactly happened on January 7 at Mavericks and how heavy his injuries truly were.
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 region of Portugal. The feat was declared as the new world record, the wave's height having been about 80 feet (24.38 m ...
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 ...
Sebastian Steudtner, of Germany, may have surfed the world's biggest wave in Nazaré, Portugal, earlier in the 2024 season. ... Anthony Davis scores 42 points, grabs 23 rebounds as Lakers top ...