Video Of The Week - Garrett McNamara's Record Breaking Wave Ride
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The morning began as one of those rare days when Hawaiian-born Garrett McNamara did not really want to go surf. It ended, being the day when the 44-year old rode a wave that would get immortalize him forever in the Guinness World Records!
The amazing chain of events took place in November of 2011, when the professional surfer was riding waves in Nazaré,Portugal in an area above an underwater canyon that is famous for generating monster surf.
Tired from being beaten down by the waves the previous day, the 5-ft10-inch tall surfer was thinking about taking a break, but was persuaded by his friends to catch just a few waves. And catch he did - A wave that was at that time believed to be 90-feet tall.
While closer examination by experts pared it down to 78-feet tall, it is still a whole foot higher than the previous record set in 2008, giving the surfer, a well-deserved spot in the record books.
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- Reagan17about 13 yearsThat is a big wave. You would have to be the IB learner profile of risk taker to surf it. I don't think I could surf it. It's amazing that Garret McNamara could surf a 78 foot wave. I wonder if anyone has ever or will ever surf I tsunami? Maybe somday I could brake his record. I'm not much of a surfer now but I might become one. I wonder if he ever imagined his name in the record books? This was a really cool story.
swirlylollypopsabout 13 yearscool!
sweety0892about 13 yearsso awesome- Bellaabout 13 yearsThat is cool.
- ccabout 13 yearsthat is cool
dragoniseabout 13 yearsCool
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dandelionabout 13 yearsI don't really know, but I think they do it because they like it. Oh, well, I'm not really sure!- dandelionabout 13 yearsMaybe, to do the sports???????? I bet.
- Yo-yoabout 13 yearsWell, it will be really proud of them to think that they will be on a gunisess word book record... I will be. ^ o ^