On Sunday (Nov 10) 300 surfers over 50 years old attempted to break a world record with most people riding the same wave in the Brazilian city of Santos.
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00:00On Sunday, 300 surfers over 50 years old attempted to break a world record with most people riding
00:10the same wave in the Brazilian city of Santos.
00:13Surfers arrived early, many of them having learned to surf only in their latter years.
00:20The event was organized by a local school focused on teaching surf to people aged 50
00:26and over.
00:29Participants said the sport keeps them healthy and also helps them with issues like depression
00:34or solitude.
00:38Organizers said a total of 98 people rode a wave at the same time, only 13 people away
00:44from the record of 110 established in South Africa in 2009.
00:51Regardless, organizers remain hopeful that this is the largest attempt by surfers over
00:5850 years of age.