One of just two women invited to participate in the event, Gabeira broke her previous record by 1.7 metres (5.5 feet) on February 11. The 22.4-metre (73.5-foot) wave she conquered that day was the largest surfed by anyone, male or female, in 2020. Her achievement marked the first time...
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There have been some incredible sporting achievements in 2018 with a flurry of new records set. Manchester City have re-written recordsin the Premier League, Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira rode theLargest wave surfed (unlimited) - femaleat 68 ft and there were a whole host of fantasti...
The longest distance wave surfed on open water was 43.1 mi (66.47 km) by Gary Saavedra (Panama) surfing on the Panama Canal in Panama City, Panama, on 19 March 2011. Saavedra followed a wave-creating boat in covering the distance for 3 hr 55 min 02 sec, also breaking a record for th...
Nevertheless, there’s a new contender for the Guinness World Record of “Largest Wave Surfed,” as tossed into the ring by Alessandro “Alo” Slebir with his monster ride at Maverick’s from December 23rd, 2024. It’s speculated, potentially, that Alo’s wave measured 108 feet. And that...
Riding a towering 100-foot wave, surfer Garrett McNamara likely broke his own world record for biggest wave ever surfed. The wave, which occurred in Nazaré, Portugal, still needs its height to be confirmed by Guinness. Not everyone’s convinced this wave was as tall as McNamara’...
Nevertheless, there’s a new contender for the Guinness World Record of “Largest Wave Surfed,” as tossed into the ring by Alessandro “Alo” Slebir with his monster ride at Maverick’s from December 23rd, 2024. It’s speculated, potentially, that Alo’s wave measured 108 feet. And that...
The beach has become famous for surfers around the world after Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara set a world record for the largest wave surfed in 2011. China STR/AFP/Getty Images Residents gather to see huge waves stirred up by strong wind as typhoon Soudelor draws near the mainland of China...
“It was very exciting to watch how the athletes surfed in the waves and how the waves were. They were super difficult, and when the boards did those manoeuvres, flying in the air, truly, it was really exciting,”Jonathan Parada Arras, a two-time participant of theWorld Para Surfing Cha...
Winter storms and a massive underwater canyon in Nazaré, Portugal, form some of the wildest waves on Earth. To ride them is to be awed by them.