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.
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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.