this actually happened in November 2017 in Portugal, but it wasn't until April 30, 2018 it was confirmed, and only now for some reasons the GIFs are now circulating. 80 f-ing foot wave.
Brazilian, Rodrigo Coxa has gigantic cajones.
I feel like even with the support boats/jet skis if he falls there is a good chance he dies (or I'd like to think that).
The NPR video linked below shows it better.
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Great interim stop on a trip between Porto and Lisbon, btw. Great local food, and Tomar and Fatima are easy day trips.
can you survive? Can you hold your breath long enough? Is it like swimming to 80-feet deep water?
I’ll settle for 30 footers.
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I'm not gonna PADDLE to New Zealand.
I’ll settle for 30 footers.
portugal has amazing beaches. Most/many have normal swim able waves
So you learned how to surf on 15-25 foot waves?
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and learned to surf (or maybe better put "tried to learn")… the 15-25 foot waves were incredible compared to NJ... but obviously tiny compared to the massive waves shown here... watching that clip, the one thing that goes through my mind is wiping out (for which I had a lot of experience)… it is scary as hell to wipe out on a 25 foot wave... you're held under for what seems like eternity during which time you can't tell which direction is up... I just can't fathom how you survive being held under when wiping out on an 80+ foot wave... geez
So you learned how to surf on 15-25 foot waves?
Hell no... lol ... I learned to surf at Huntington beach, where my friends surfed... but that sucked because Huntington was famous and drew really good surfers... as a result, I was out there very early in the morning (5:30 or so) when it wasn't as embarassing to be unable to catch waves or even stay upright (it's not easy to catch a fucking wave, even when they are so well formed compared to the "crash all at once" waves of NJ
can you survive? Can you hold your breath long enough? Is it like swimming to 80-feet deep water?
It is not about the wave crashing. It is the subsequent washing machine effect afterwards and getting slammed into the ocean floor, coral.. or whatever else may be there. You better take a real deep breath because you are not coming up for a while.
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what that feels like having an 80 foot wave crash on your head.
can you survive? Can you hold your breath long enough? Is it like swimming to 80-feet deep water?
It is not about the wave crashing. It is the subsequent washing machine effect afterwards and getting slammed into the ocean floor, coral.. or whatever else may be there. You better take a real deep breath because you are not coming up for a while.
And when there are big sets, it's tough as hell just to get out past the break... back when I was surfing, we didn't have bungee cords attaching our boards to our ankles... and I would routinely lose my board fighting the huge waves breaking over me as I tried to get out past the break … it was really difficult... and dangerous when you lost your board because it became a flying missle to everyone else trying to get out past the break
Yeah, I can't even imagine what that's like. I grew up going to Cape Hatteras in the summer, with waves that maybe get up to 6 or 7 feet, and getting crushed by one of those is unpleasant enough. Ten times bigger than that? Yikes.
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It is not about the wave crashing. It is the subsequent washing machine effect afterwards and getting slammed into the ocean floor, coral.. or whatever else may be there. You better take a real deep breath because you are not coming up for a while.
Yeah, I can't even imagine what that's like. I grew up going to Cape Hatteras in the summer, with waves that maybe get up to 6 or 7 feet, and getting crushed by one of those is unpleasant enough. Ten times bigger than that? Yikes.
When I was a kid, I was on the surf board all summer. I remember one wave peaked so high that it sucked all of hte water out from in front of it... then slammed me down into that wet sand. Scraped the tan off of my chest.
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It is not about the wave crashing. It is the subsequent washing machine effect afterwards and getting slammed into the ocean floor, coral.. or whatever else may be there. You better take a real deep breath because you are not coming up for a while.
Yeah, I can't even imagine what that's like. I grew up going to Cape Hatteras in the summer, with waves that maybe get up to 6 or 7 feet, and getting crushed by one of those is unpleasant enough. Ten times bigger than that? Yikes.
Yea, thinking about it more, I probably struggled against 10 foot waves, not 15-25 feet. It's not as though we had anyone measuring them. What I recall most is how difficult it was to just get out past the break against what seemed to be one huge wave after another trying to rip the board out of my hands (I seem to recall that I would be paddling on my stomach and, as the wave would break over me, I would roll over so the board was on top and I was underneath).
Man, that is bringing back memories. Sorry to everyone for an old brain rambling about 50 year old memories.
And none of these waves were even ten feet.
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pretty sure all the quotes referenced above already captures this
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pretty sure all the quotes referenced above already captures this
Pretty sure your snide remark is unnecessary. I didn't read through the whole thread.
can you survive? Can you hold your breath long enough? Is it like swimming to 80-feet deep water?
It happened to this girl.. The other guy surfing that day bowed out because of the conditions, his name was Garrett McNamara.
Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira, 28, nearly died after wiping out an 80-foot-tall wave. - ( New Window )