• 8 months ago
The surfer who caught this behemoth is Sebastian Steudtner and this video was captured earlier this season at the central Portuguese break. It was captured at the famed Nazaré, a big wave surfing spot located in Portugal. Buzz60’s Tony Spitz has the details.

Category

🗞
News
Transcript
00:00 This video was recently captured at the famed Nazaré, a big wave surfing spot located in Portugal.
00:06 And this? Well, this might just be the biggest wave ever surfed.
00:10 The surfer who caught this behemoth is Sebastian Stoidner,
00:13 and this video was captured earlier this season at the Central Portuguese Break.
00:17 The video was just released showing him towed to the wave by a jet ski,
00:21 before riding this veritable giant.
00:23 You can see the wave grow and build before breaking behind the German surfer,
00:26 all while he outruns the froth of the water.
00:29 The exact size of the wave has still yet to be ratified by official surfing authorities,
00:33 but state-of-the-art preliminary drone estimates put the wave at 93.73 feet.
00:39 That would mean it's the new world record for the biggest wave ever surfed.
00:42 The previous record is currently held by Stoidner as well.
00:45 That record was set in 2020, when he surfed an 86.4-foot wave set at the same site in Nazaré.
00:52 The surfboard used to catch this wave has new tech as well,
00:55 letting the rider reach speeds of more than 60 miles per hour.

Recommended