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NFT: Largest wave ever surfed confirmed - video

pjcas18 : 8/13/2018 9:22 am
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.
Link with article and video - ( New Window )
pffff  
Britt in VA : 8/13/2018 9:23 am : link
I'll body surf that wave and walk away.
We stayed in an Airbnb...  
Racer : 8/13/2018 9:42 am : link
on the beach in Nazere and the concussion from the surf crashing was constant, even through closed windows.

Great interim stop on a trip between Porto and Lisbon, btw. Great local food, and Tomar and Fatima are easy day trips.
I wonder  
pjcas18 : 8/13/2018 9:43 am : link
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?
He's not coming back.  
Beezer : 8/13/2018 9:45 am : link
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Are all the beaches this insane on Portugal’s west coast?  
GiantTuff1 : 8/13/2018 9:56 am : link
I’ll be there next week first in Porto then in Lisbon. Definitely want to hit the beach

I’ll settle for 30 footers.
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widmerseyebrow : 8/13/2018 10:17 am : link
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BNY Giants Club : 8/13/2018 10:22 am : link
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I'm not gonna PADDLE to New Zealand.
RE: Are all the beaches this insane on Portugal’s west coast?  
ron mexico : 8/13/2018 10:30 am : link
In comment 14037754 GiantTuff1 said:
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I’ll be there next week first in Porto then in Lisbon. Definitely want to hit the beach

I’ll settle for 30 footers.


portugal has amazing beaches. Most/many have normal swim able waves

You crossed the line. People trusted you and they died.  
Beezer : 8/13/2018 10:31 am : link
You gotta' go down.
Vaya con dios.  
Britt in VA : 8/13/2018 10:31 am : link
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All I need are some tasty waves,  
figgy2989 : 8/13/2018 10:38 am : link
A cool buzz and I’m fine.
I went to HS in southern CA for two years in 1967 & 1968  
baadbill : 8/13/2018 10:48 am : link
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
RE: I went to HS in southern CA for two years in 1967 & 1968  
Gmen1982 : 8/13/2018 10:54 am : link
In comment 14037847 baadbill said:
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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?
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baadbill : 8/13/2018 11:00 am : link
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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
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EricJ : 8/13/2018 11:02 am : link
In comment 14037732 pjcas18 said:
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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.
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baadbill : 8/13/2018 11:08 am : link
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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
And ... my board was longer than I was tall... and weighed a TON  
baadbill : 8/13/2018 11:15 am : link
… it was scary stuff... but it was also the most fun I've ever had in my life... nothing I've ever done compares to surfing in southern CA … and some spots I went… one called the County Line... had huge rocks close to shore and massive kelp fields after the rocks before you cleared the break... and if you lost your board, it was a LONG way back to shore and your loose board was being banged into the rocks... but the waves were out of this world (again, though, I learned about the 25 foot waves more by getting crushed by them trying to get out there, rather than surfing them)
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Greg from LI : 8/13/2018 11:41 am : link
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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.
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EricJ : 8/13/2018 11:49 am : link
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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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baadbill : 8/13/2018 11:49 am : link
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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.
I wasn't a surfer, but I did go bodyboarding quite a bit  
Greg from LI : 8/13/2018 11:53 am : link
and I remember that exact thing happening - getting caught at the crest of the wave, too slow in catching it, and seeing that I was getting dumped headfirst onto maybe a few inches of water. Scraped up my entire upper body. When I went to Pepperdine for my freshman year of college, a good friend of mine did it on the beach in Malibu and landed right on his face. Injured his neck, got a black eye, and took a lot of skin off one side of his face.

And none of these waves were even ten feet.
Made me think of this  
BestFeature : 8/13/2018 11:59 am : link
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Rory : 8/13/2018 12:45 pm : link
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pretty sure all the quotes referenced above already captures this
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BestFeature : 8/13/2018 12:51 pm : link
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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.
He’s a real  
mfsd : 8/13/2018 12:58 pm : link
searcher
That wave is definitely the tallest  
SimpleMan : 8/13/2018 1:24 pm : link
but I would say there are more scary waves. Nazere never really breaks top to bottom, it more or less crumbles from the peak. Teahupoo in Tahiti is more deadly as it barrels and breaks top to bottom in very shallow water, over very sharp coral reef. If you are bored search up "Teahupoo Code Red" on Youtube.

RE: I wonder  
Bchurch : 8/13/2018 4:35 pm : link
In comment 14037732 pjcas18 said:
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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 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 )
Its like putting yourself under  
ATL_Giants : 8/13/2018 4:35 pm : link
an avalanche. On purpose.
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