Biggest Wave Ever Surfed

@deanjericevic8912 says:

The heaviest wave is not the correct description. Waves transmit energy. Work & Energy are equivalent & both measured in Joule. Power, by definition is the time rate of doing work. So if the wave on breaking dissipates that wave energy through turbulence over a smaller time then it is more powerful. P=Energy/Time; so keep the numerator constant for comparison. The waves transmit the same amount of energy on breaking but because the energy dissipation is done over a smaller time period, the denominator is smaller then it must be more powerful. The bottom gradient determines how powerful the wave will break. The steeper the bottom the more powerful is the breaking wave.

@journeyman6752 says:

1 cubic metre of water weighs 1 ton. On big days a surfer would have 30 / 50 / 100 tons of water smashing them into the reef.. why are there so few injuries and deaths?

@richardelliott8352 says:

the excellent book, Barbarian Days, has a telling of finding and surfing this wave, but keeping it secret, because of resect for the unspoiled rural culture that used to be there because it was so remote.

@clutchclint76 says:

You need pronounce the name right sir!!

@veidorje1681 says:

ever heard of a place in portugal called NAZARE

@ElKymbo says:

Now do The Right in South Western Australia. Arguably as heavy.

@JamesAnderson-kh8sb says:

Surf it a few times it lovely but ya won’t see me out when it’s 13 feet

@ramyanthony4615 says:

I can only imagine the sound of those waves crashing

@plaguesquirrelproductions5631 says:

Ask how to pronounce it next time please

@marsupiomarsu7377 says:

1:50 : "…the Tahitian gouvernment…" ??