A stunning view: Sebastian Steudtner, a German pro surfer, rode a wave over 115 feet tall at Nazare,

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[OregonBlue]

1. OMG. Spectacular and breathtaking.

[livetohike]

2. WOW!! n/t

[lark]

3. Wow, I am picking my jaw up from the floor!!

Words fail - spectacular, magnificent, crazy good, splendiferous, stunning are about as close as I can get other than simply WOW!

[Archae]

4. There are those who are brave, and those who are nuts.

This guy is skirting the boundary.

[IronLionZion]

19. It's a fine line

and often decided later by whatever the outcome was. So in this case he was brave. If he died, then maybe some would say he was nuts.

[zanana1]

5. It took awhile until I could...

unclench by butt cheeks!

[VWolf]

6. In the immortal words of Bart Simpson ...

"I can do that. I just don't want to."

[usaf-vet]

14. I have done that and bigger tremendously bigger. Just sign me D.J. Trump

[colorado_ufo]

21. John Barron shares that claim.

[xxqqqzme]

7. Words fail me

[yuiyoshida]

8. YIKES!!!!!!!!!

[burrowowl]

9. He's skillful and lucky

[panader0]

10. My biggest wave was about 14 feet.

Around 6 feet was the most fun for me. Big waves are like drag racing.

[KPN]

16. Ditto -- though I always say 15'. That was scary enough, especially in Oregon where

wave conditions/breaks are not real consistent. Like you, 6-8' is perfect for me.

[TidalWave46]

32. 14 is a really big wave. NT

[keithbvadu2]

11. Where is the Poseidon?

Where is the Poseidon?

[CaptainTruth]

12. Yowza! Biggest I've seen is about 60 feet, at Mavericks, CA.

[Javaman]

13. I would love to see a gopro first person video of this.

that is insane!

[orangecrush]

15. Cowabunga!

[world wide wally]

17. Sheeeesh! He didn't even do the pipeline

[Lunch Lady]

18. OMG that is stunning!

[flibbitygiblets]

20. Wow, that was terrifying to watch!

[colorado_ufo]

22. Jaw dropped!

I can't believe the dude stayed on his feet! What balance! Fearless.

[NewJeffCT]

23. That's amazing

I didn't know Germans were into surfing

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. I was wondering about that, too.

Germany is not known for its beaches, but apparently surfing does occur in the (cold) Baltic.

[keithbvadu2]

24. Ya gotta start somewhere

https://i.imgur.com/0dbiFPm.mp4

[New Leaf]

28. That's hilarious!

Thank you for today's first belly laugh...

[raccoon]

25. Big waves scare me. I used to dream about them a lot. Nt

[3Hotdogs]

27. Biggest wave I ever saw -- bravery vs. stupidity. (I was the stupid one)

It was a hurricane, early 1990's. The 'cane was brushing the N.J. shore and I was going near the shore. I decided to stop at Belmar, climb the stone wall and look at the waves.

As I was on top of the the stone wall, a wave came crashing over the wall. This was about 50 feet from where I was. On the road below, a Toyota was driving south. The wave hit the Toyota and suddenly, the Toyota was driving north. --- The wave had turned the car completely around.

The wave had to be at least 50ft high, given the height of the wall. If it had hit be, I would have been carried about 75 yards, across the roadway.

I got off the wall and headed home.

[SunSeeker]

29. Insane!

[skypilot]

30. I have an intense fear of the ocean so...

...people who do stuff like this might as well be from another planet as far as I'm concerned. A wall of water looming up behind me like that would me my perfect nightmare. I can't even...

[Nitram]

35. I love the ocean, and I love playing in big waves. But that video scares the bejeezus out of me.

[Karadeniz]

31. I know he was worried that that monster would break on him. I was thinking he should

Consider diving into the swell. Glad he managed to stay ahead of the worst of the break...but I was sweating for him.

[Piasladic]

33. oh wow

That guy probably saved his own life. Can you imagine if he fell off and got caught up in it?

[Nitram]

34. That's INSANE!