Biggest Wave Ever Surfed

Nazare produces the biggest waves in the world. Waves up to 100 feet (30 meters). These are the biggest waves ever surfed at Nazare.

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Surfers:
Eric Rebiere, Brazil
at Nazaré – 2014 Ride of the Year Entry – Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards

Ross Clarke-Jones, Australia
at Nazare – 2015 Billabong Ride of the Year Entry – XXL Big Wave Awards

Kealii Mamala, Hawaii
at Nazaré – 2015 Billabong Ride of the Year Entry – XXL Big Wave Awards

Carlos Burle, Brazil
at Nazaré 3 – 2014 Ride of the Year Entry – Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards

Benjamin Sanchis, France
at Nazare – 2015 Billabong Ride of the Year Entry – XXL Big Wave Awards

Garett Mcnamara, United States
at Nazare 2 – 2016 Billabong Ride of the Year Entry – WSL Big Wave Awards

Felipe Cesarano, Brazil
at Nazaré – 2014 Ride of the Year Entry – Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards

Andrew Cotton, United Kingdom
at Nazaré 2 – 2014 Ride of the Year Entry – Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards

Nazare’s monster waves attract big wave surfers from all around, but until very recently, the town and its surfing potential was relatively unknown outside Europe. Nazare hit headlines only in November 2011 when Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara surfed a record breaking giant wave measuring 78 feet from trough to crest. In January 2013, McNamara returned to Nazare and broke his own record by successfully riding a wave that was estimated to be 100 feet tall. Later in October the same year, Brazilian big-wave hero Carlos Burle rode a wave that appeared to be even bigger. Nazaré on the Atlantic coast has now become a legendary spot in the world of big wave surfing.

Big wave surfing is the ultimate celebration of extreme surfing. Challenging deadly waves in harsh weather and ocean conditions takes a very serious approach.
Big wave surfers are not interested in performance. Forget perfect cutbacks, stunning floaters or breathless aerial antics. The profile of a big wave rider is the result of several unparalleled personal characteristics.

Fear is always present in a 50-foot wave. Fear is the best way of managing the risk of paddling for a huge wave face, which doesn’t tell you what is going to happen and how it is going to break.

Monster waves tend to move quickly and force surfers to get away of the powerful whitewater. Big waves are lethal even for the most experienced extreme riders. The best big wave surf spots in the world have claimed several lives in the last decades.

Malik Joyeux, Sion Milosky, Moto Watanabe, Mark Foo, Donnie Solomon, Todd Chesser, Dickie Cross and Peter Davi have passed away in extreme surfing conditions. Wipeouts, severe coral reef injuries and drowning are the most common causes of death in big wave surfing.

The pioneers of big wave surfing started to eye impossible killer rides in the 1940’s. In the 1960’s, waves like Pipeline and Waimea increased the popularity of paddling into new wave heights. Going over the falls was the daily menu.

Laird Hamilton is the first professional big wave surfer. The waterman from Maui defies fast, hollow and high waves with a full-time training and previous preparation. Hamilton, the father of tow-in surfing, takes on the entire big wave spots of the Hawaiian Islands, in helicopter style.

Laird was born with the gene of defying danger. He designs and prepares his own surfboards and wetsuits. Wherever heavy waves break, Hamilton is there to ride them: Mavericks, Cortes Bank, Dungeons.

In 2000, Laird Hamilton surfs what is considered the heaviest wave of all time. The “Millennium Wave” was ridden in the reef of Teahupoo, in Tahiti, and set a new standard for big wave surfing.

Garrett McNamara is one of the toughest big wave challengers. After riding a spectacular 78-foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal, the Hawaiian waterman entered the Guinness World Records with the biggest wave ever surfed.

The 55 best big wave surfers of all time is an exclusive extreme surfing club. From Jaws to Mavericks, Puerto Escondido, Punta Lobos, Ghost Trees, Belharra, Shipstern Bluff and Todos Santos, Nazare. these riders have set up a new scale in the definition of giant waves. They are:

Al Mennie, Andy Irons, Anthony Tashnick, Ben Wilkinson, Bob Pike, Brock Little, Buzzy Trent, Carlos Burle, Chris Bertish, Danilo Couto, Darrick Doerner, Darryl Virostko, Dave Kalama, Dave Wassel, Eddie Aikau, Frank Solomon, Gabriel Villaran, Garrett McNamara, George Downing, Brad Gerlach, Gerry Lopez, Grant Twiggy, Baker Grant Washburn, Greg Long, Greg Noll, Ian Walsh, Jamie Sterling, Jay Moriarty, Jeff Clark, Jeff Rowley, Jose Angel, João de Macedo, Kai Barger, Keala Kennely, Ken Bradshaw, Ken Colllins, Koby Abberton, Kohl Christensen, Laird Hamilton, Laurie Towner, Mark Foo, Mark Healey, Mark Mathews, Mark Visser , Maya Gabeira, Mike Parsons, Nathan Fletcher, Pat Curren, Peter Mel, Ramon Navarro, Richie Fitzgerald, Ross Clarke-Jones, Shane Dorian, Sion Milosky, Zach Wormhoudt

It really does look like a compound. You stroll past the frontyard, midlengths and fishes line the side of the house. Wetsuits dangle, music comes from a corner room as I walk past one of the connected cottages. That’s Paul Roach’s place….you know, the Paul Roach who socked Kelly Slater in Momentum 2. I don’t think he’ll ever escape that tagline. Dave Malcolm lives upstairs. Home to the now defunct “Pinch My Salt TV” with Sterling Spencer. It’s also home to dozen of your favorite surf edits and a couple TW Surf full-length movies. We caught up with Dave to talk his recognizable lighthearted surf editing style, working for Vice, and when this free-bee short-edit internet craze is going to stop.

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Easter Saturday around Sydney’s “Secret Spot” proved to be quite the dramatic place to spend your holiday weekend. Filmer Dave Fox, accompanied by Tyge Landa on the ski, put you front-row in what was a session for the books. Here, Scott “Whip” Dennis tows into an apartment-sized block of liquid from that morning – by far the heaviest wave of the session, but maybe not the scariest moment. That award belonged to Craig Anderson, who almost drowned getting caught inside by an 8-footer. Witnesses say Ando received the beating of a lifetime, some claiming it was a good 30-second hold-down. As Fox put it, “That was easily the worst hold-down I’ve seen firsthand.” And that says a lot coming from a man who’s dedicated his life to filming surfers and boogs hucking themselves into some of Australia’s deadliest slabs. As for Scott Dennis here, we assume he came away unscathed. The DM is still pending in his inbox.

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WYLIE BAY, AUSTRALIA — A 17-year-old surfer was killed by a shark off the coast of Western Australia on Monday.

The attack took place at a popular surfing spot called Kelp Beds in Wylie Bay. This coastline is reportedly known for great white shark sightings.

The girl was surfing with her father on Monday afternoon while her mother and two sisters were watching from the shore when she was attacked, 7 News reported.

The girl’s leg was badly mauled by the shark and she was rushed to Esperance hospital, where she later died from her injuries.

Shark attacks are not uncommon in Australia. Last June, Doreen Collyer, 60, died after being attacked by a shark while diving one kilometre off the Perth coast.

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