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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
Rui Goethe da Costa Falcão (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁuj fawˈkɐ̃w]; born 26 November 1943, in Pitangui) is a Brazilian politician, former president of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) and current Federal Deputy representing the state of São Paulo. [1]
In November 2011, surfer Garrett McNamara surfed a then-record-breaking giant wave measuring 23.8 m (78 ft) from trough to crest, at Praia do Norte, Nazaré. [18] On 8 November 2017 Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa broke the previous record by surfing a wave of 24.4 m (80 ft).
Praia do Norte is a civil parish of the municipality of Horta, located along the northern coast between Cedros and Capelo, on the Portuguese island of Faial, in the archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 250, [ 1 ] in an area of 13.85 square kilometres (5.35 sq mi). [ 2 ]
Praia do Norte; a zone of recent historical volcanism, built on layers of ash and pyroclastic deposits, the parish became "extinct" between 1672 and 1845 following the eruption of Cabeço do Fogo, which depopulated the parish. Emigration also occurred following the eruption of Capelinhos in 1957–58.
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Rodrigo Koxa was born in Jundiaí, Brazil on September 22, 1979, and began his surfing career in 1988 on the beaches of Guarujá, Brazil. [1] [2]On April 30, 2018, Koxa won the coveted Quiksilver XXL Biggest Wave prize, in the Big Wave Awards of World Surf League (WSL).
Sanatório Marítimo do Norte, in Valadares Clínica Heliântia, in Valadares. Nowadays, the oldest building in Praia de Valadares is Sanatório Marítimo do Norte (a sanatorium where diseases like tuberculosis were treated), built in 1916. The construction of that building was the beginning of the development of Praia de Valadares.