Surfer may have now just broken record for riding the biggest wave

[Ichingcarpenter]

The surf was generated by the same storm that battered Europe and the UK overnight, killing 11 and causing extensive damage.







7:55AM GMT 29 Oct 2013


A surfer may have set the world record for the largest wave ever surfed after riding an estimated 100ft wave off the coast of Portugal

Brazilian Carlos Burle took on the monster wave - created by the St Jude storm - at Praia do Norte, near the fishing village of Nazare. Estimated at nearly 100ft, it is believed to be the biggest wave ever ridden.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/portugal/10410818/Surfer-takes-on-biggest-wave-ever-ridden-after-storm.html



I used to surf in my younger years and the biggest wave I ever rode was around 12 ft in Hawaii and that scared the living shit out of me.

I can't imagine the sound that wave generated.

[seabeyond]

1. wow, awesome. look at that. nt

[LisaLynne]

2. When I clicked on this, I was thinking ...

There had better damn well be a picture!

But yeah, wow. I can't even begin to imagine...

[madokie]

3. No f'kn way you gonna get me out there on a board and ride a wave like that

Hell I'm scared just looking at the picture.

[kydo]

4. WOW!

Now that's a wave! The surfer might need a bigger board - totally awesome

[newfie11]

5. Just seeing a 100 ft wave would scare the shit out if me. Nt

[RiffRandell]

6. I saw it on GMA this morning and it was amazing.

That dude is brave.

[intaglio]

7. Looking at the video

I bet the pilot of the lead-in tow jetski was kakking his pants because he nearly went down the face

[hobbit709]

8. I have no wish to be turned into chum.

[mgc1961]

9. I'm guessing here...

The roar may be similar to riding a motorcycle into the wind without a helmet at 70 mph.*


* Not that I would know what that sounds like. I'm just guessing from personal experience at much slower speeds...as a young man.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. When the Big surf hit Hawaii you could

feel the earth tremble a quarter of a mile in from the shore let alone the the distant roar from the crashing wave.

[Le Taz Hot]

11. I've always held that surfers

are fucking crazy. I love 'em but they're crazy. One of my fondest teenage memories was going down PCH in Southern California early in the morning when the surfers were changing into their wetsuits. Modesty was not in their vocabulary and as a horny teenager, I, for one, was grateful for that.

[Berlum]

12. Excellent

nt

[Lasher]

13. I forgive him for shitting in the water.

Very first time I've felt magnanimous about it.

[HappyMe]

14. That's amazing!

Wow!

[jakeXT]

15. Carlos Burle saves Maya Gabeira’s life, surfs biggest wave ever

Carlos Burle just rode the biggest wave ever. And, he he did it after saving Maya Gabeira’s life. The two Brazilians were surfing Portuguese ridiculously-big wave spot Nazaré, when Maya failed to negotiate a bump, snapped her ankle and went under. Fast forward five minutes and Carlos plucked her from the water, were she was floating face down. She was revived on the beach.

...

What happened? I towed her into this wave and it was so big man. She hit this bump but she managed to ramp over it, and then she hit a second bump and ramped it as well, but when she hit the third bump she didn’t manage to jump it and just slammed into it. She broke her ankle then and there. Then she got caught inside by a giant wave and she disappeared.

Woah. Man, she was gone for about five minutes. I couldn’t find her anywhere. I was so scared. I didn’t want to lose my friend, you know? Then I saw her and raced towards her. There were these huge waves just breaking on us and over us, and she missed the sled. She was weak and she couldn’t grab on and we were getting pounded. I wanted to her to get the rope, or the sled. She couldn’t manage. Then she disappeared again.

No! I lost her man. I couldn’t find her. It was the worst situation I have ever been in. We were on the left side, heading for the shorebreak and it was so big, the biggest shorebreak you have ever seen in your life. Then I saw her again but this time she was floating face down. She was heading for the rocks. It was terrible. The worst situation I have ever faced. I raced up to her, jumped off the ski and grabbed her. I couldn’t let her go.
Maya-Gabeira_Insert

What did you do? I grabbed her in this position I learned from the lifeguards in Hawaii. Got her from behind and put her in an armlock, keeping her head out of the water. We went through the Nazare shorebreak like that.

http://stabmag.com/carlos-burle-saves-maya-gabeiras-life-surfs-biggest-wave-ever/


http://vimeo.com/77979272

[phantom power]

16. fucking, fucking hell

[frylock]

17. been on some 15 footers at Trestles and at Church..

this is just freakin nutso!

[Rex]

18. HOLY

SHEIT!