. world board sport news : Garrett McNamara World Record - Largest Wave Ever Surfed! - 11 November 2011 - 20:30
SURFING. Garrett McNamara breaks the world record for the largest wave ever surfed. Garrett was towed into a rogue wave in Portugal, at the North Canyon – 90ft (30 yards of wave). Impressive. Garrett McNamara makes history again by breaking the current record of the biggest wave ever surfed. The wave came during the two month period of the ZON North Canyon Show 2011, with a height of around 90 feet.
Fearless surfer rides record wave
Fearless surfer Garrett McNamara has smashed a world record by riding a 90ft wave off the coast of Portugal. The daredevil American used a jetski tow to help get him out to the vast swell in Praia do Norte, Nazare, where he managed to catch a lift on the astonishing moving mountain beneath him.
McNamara's feat beat the previous world record of 77ft, though the new ride has yet to be certified by investigators from Guinness.
The conditions that led to the vast wave rely on a famous underwater canyon in the area, but as one of McNamara's fellow surfers on the day described, everything else fell into place to create the monstrous wall of water.
"Everything was perfect, the weather, the waves," said Al Mennie. "Cotty (the third member of the party, Andrew Cotton) and I surfed two big waves of about 60 feet and then, when Garrett was ready, came a canyon wave of over 90 feet.
"The jet ski was the best place to see him riding the biggest wave I've ever seen. It was amazing. Most people would be scared, but Garrett was controlling everything in the critical part of the wave.
"It was an inspiring ride by an inspiring surfer."
Eurosport.com
Wed Nov 09 06:17 PM