100ft World Record Wave, Garrett McNamara Surfing Nazare, Portugal 2193 182

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http://www.thesurfchannel.com "If you take Jaws, Puerto Escondido and Waimea shorebreak and put them all on steroids... you get Nazaré." - Garrett McNamara WaveJet athlete and big wave world record breaker, Garrett McNamara (HAW), sits down with The Surf Channel Television Network to explain the monster waves that Portugal's Nazaré creates, including his scrutinized 100ft wave caught in January of 2013. McNamara has been surfing since his family moved to Hawai'i in 1978, growing up with talented brother and athlete, Liam McNamara. During the winter of 2002-03, McNamara won the Tow Surfing World Cup at Jaws in 70ft conditions. The Hawaiian big wave charger went on to catch a record breaking 75 - 90ft wave at Nazaré in 2011, then ventured back in January 2013 and caught another massive wave with a possible height of 100ft. Additional footage provided by WaveJet. _______________________________________________ The Surf Channel will be an original, free, ad supported television network delivered on cable, satellite and IPTV services, web and wireless. The Video On Demand television network will be found on cable, satellite, telco and digital. Distribution partners include: Comcast, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Dish Network, Filmon.com. For industry news around the clock and to find out about the upcoming television launch, check out: http://www.TheSurfChannel.com http://www.Facebook.com/TheSurfChannel http://www.Twitter.com/TheSurfChannel * Twitter/Instagram your best barrel face to win prizes every month to #TheSurfChannel #BarrelFace, and 'Like' us on Facebook to join history's first network dedicated to the great sport of surfing Produced and Directed by Selma Al-Faqih Edited by Jason Alexander

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Frosted - 6 years ago

Nazare - does not fit the conventional wave measuring definition. SEE BELOW for Wave Height Measurement - It appears that the wave face is measured as the trough changes as the wave "kacks up." An 80 foot wave can jack up to 110 feet. Wow !!!! I watched am Australian 60 Minutes story on Nazare this past weekend - Sunday, the 4th March, 2018 - and the audience was advised that Nazare has quote " a unique set up that funnels in these consistently large monsters when an Arctic swell arrives.
WAVE HEIGHT MEASUREMMEMT - I have looked up How Waves are measured on the Net and this came up:
I also saw this on countless surfing videos.
"Wave Heights. As surf forecasters we measure waves from the trough to the peak. Typically we do this in feet but of course it's equally valid in meters. ... So a 4ft Hawaiian wave is 8ft on the face, or a couple or three feet over the head of a riding surfer."' However, in Nazare's case ..... a picture is definitely worth 1,000 words.

Sam King - 6 years ago

Do you even surf?

Les Rosin - 6 years ago

he must be a part of the wave,,,

Alan Milana - 6 years ago

Он крутой мужик!

JOE Sendao - 6 years ago

Hundreds of years ago Portuguese sailors battled the grip of these waves to discover the world, today these same waves carry in the world to discover Portugal.

Jnb21 - 6 years ago

I didn't even know waves could get that fucking huge

raphael borne - 6 years ago

This record has been beat a year later by Benjamin Sanchis

Heavy Early - 6 years ago

I just saw the footage - this guy is an Organizer of Chaos !

Chidambaram Annamalai - 6 years ago

"be in the moment, stay connected to the situation, and just deal with it" - the only mindset to approach these scenarios

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Metal Force - 6 years ago

That must have been an intense psychedelic experience. Hat off to your guts

Playzada Eman - 7 years ago

Jaws, Puerto Escondido, Yarra Bay Shorebreak together on steroids... (0:28)
I believe in you, cause I know Nazaré

Eddie Thiery - 7 years ago

Would have never guessed that an old timer with grey hairs was the baddest surfer on the planet.
Never judge ...

Smellzke 209 - 7 years ago

Good way to die

Julian Smith - 7 years ago

These waves are on steroids

colin6768 - 7 years ago

This guy's got balls the size of the Epcot Center.

Peter Peterson - 7 years ago

God, is he cute or what?

Roman Salom - 7 years ago

tu vieja

ACAwesomeness - 7 years ago

Men like him should be way way way more famous for risking his life trying to achieve something really really really difficult

john richard - 7 years ago

I love Garrett. His surfing is great but his wife seems like a great person too. I enjoy watching his surfing. By the way he has a book out. Check it out.

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Teuku Jody - 7 years ago

Live like jay,the inspiration jay moriarity

Paula Bain - 7 years ago

Back in the '60s the waves at Makaha were thought to be pretty major. This? WOW! So amazing.

Bud Naked - 7 years ago

i was thinking that surfing is boring... im wrong!!

kunal4242 - 8 years ago

How is a 100 feet wave not a tsunami ?

Jonathan Topiel - 7 years ago

kunal4242 because it doesn't go to the land

Blc Salam - 7 years ago

kunal4242 think and ask

ash k - 7 years ago

watch Thailand tsunami video 2004

Roy Plaza - 8 years ago

kunal4242 tsunamis are measured by their power or strenght and the mass of water they carry but this wave is measured by height. That means that tsunamis can be muchas smaller than this but have enough power to destroy whatever they face

digitaldirt777 - 8 years ago

Scares the hell out of me. Seriously this scares me..... that is insane.

DarkSagan - 8 years ago

I love the fact that he doesnt look anything like your stereotypical surfer.

RICH SAINT R 56 - 8 years ago

this works on the same Principle as car shocks the left nut balances the right nut the size of his balls is not relevant though we understand they are gigantic and as the guy in the movie said your balls have to be screwed on tight
RR

Jordan M - 7 years ago

RICH SAINT R 56 He has NASA high denisty foam in his board to keep him afloat

Steve Bellamy - 8 years ago

Head Scratching!!!

Phil Whitesell - 8 years ago

how can he surf with 2 anchors weighing him down

Fred Souza - 8 years ago

his balls?

Rodrigo Silva - 8 years ago

this is my fuking contry

Richard Bugden - 8 years ago

gz, almost like you did something

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Raja Mohsin - 8 years ago

Those waves are just mind blowing

Castorp Z. - 8 years ago

insanity

Hans van wyk - 8 years ago

I'm surprised he didn't sink to the bottom of the sea, considering he must have IRON BALLS.

MaxWell PT - 7 years ago

pfff iron.... more like lead

Sooner Than Later - 8 years ago

Straight up lunatic. That'll be hard to top.

sStars sReshs - 8 years ago

&%#$#

sevgin aydın - 8 years ago

song ?

Surf Channel Television Network - 8 years ago

Never gets old watching this guy!

phuck ewe - 7 years ago

No, but he's getting old.
'Bout time to retire before he gets Mc-kilt.

Conanas - 8 years ago

Mick mack mock meck muck

maxpell69 - 9 years ago

yeah bitches!! came here to prove your balls

ProteanView - 9 years ago

I am in awe

TodaysRealHealth - 9 years ago

You are amazing.

Jack Brannen - 9 years ago

How was that not a tsunami

Green Tuga - 8 years ago

+Jack Brannen It has to do with the mass of water it has...this wave though it is huge in heiggh isn't that heavy, and doesn't have that big of a mass to be called a tsunami...tsunamis can be even smaller than this wave but have a much lager mass that "swallows" the beach and everything behind it...(tsunamis are also made by earthquakes and this wave is not)...hope I helped...

imalrockme - 9 years ago

+Miguel Angelo Ahahaha :)

maxpell69 - 9 years ago

+Jack Brannen in the bottom of the see theres a flaw and when the winter makes the wind nort-nortwest makes this hapen

Rob Chapman - 9 years ago

+Jack Brannen those are caused by earth quakes under water...they are much faster and way m ore powerful

Cappadocia Kebab , Pizza - 9 years ago

indeed Miguel , you are right ;)

Miguel Angelo - 9 years ago

+Jack Brannen For foreigners that's a tsunami, for us it's thursday. :D

Cappadocia Kebab , Pizza - 9 years ago

+Jack Brannen This is in Portugal, there is no tsunami, he come here many times to surf, we have monster waves in Nazaré.

andrew gillis - 9 years ago

OK I saw what GMcN spoke of: this wave broke in 2 & might have stood higher, for longer, meaning + or - another 40 ft in height, as a guess; what's the highest ever seen at reef, shelf or shore, and is the number going to turn out equal to those of freak/rogue open ocean storm slops, likewise at well over 100 ft?

Douglas Jewell - 9 years ago

That's cool stuff, but you should see what Doug jewell in Detroit Michigan has to say about this check him out on you tube very very very very very funny

Li ʕ •ᴥ• ʔ - 9 years ago

Portugal <3

antonio cossignani - 9 years ago

more good mc namara man brave waves big nazare portugal recording guimes 100 ft the best surf man

antonio cossignani - 9 years ago

man corage surf record big waves congratulation in nazare portugal 100 ft

Татьяна Губанова - 9 years ago

Потрясающий фильм!.. Просто смотреться на одном дыхание!Браво.....

Blowhou HD - 9 years ago

Oh my god i got scared from watching the wave on the video , now i imagine if i was doing this O.O

Jewelry Express - 9 years ago

Now , Greg is in the now....as are we all.

Antonio Romao - 9 years ago

Nazaré = formula one (FI) of big waves

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Metemi - 10 years ago

"Just deal with it". lol this guy is a boss.

maria meireles - 10 years ago

for sure a heavier wave than carlos Burle

Tory Knoepfel - 10 years ago

I remember seeing this on the news and I still can't believe waves like this exist. Seriously crazy what Garret is capable of doing.

Pedro Oliveira - 8 years ago

+raptorculiacan don't believe then

Pedro Oliveira - 10 years ago

Believe they exist I've seen them myself and it's the most amazing scary thing. I live in half an hour(by car) from that place so i have plenty of opportunity to see those mountains

Palisades, Cheviot Hills & Westwood Tennis Centers - 10 years ago

It is nutz how these guys do this!

Rebekka Pesqueira - 10 years ago

that photo is ridiculous, you gotta have zero fear to want to accomplish that

Sophia Bott - 10 years ago

Epic picture! What a memory to have.

Edward Teach - 10 years ago

Some people say Carlos Burle! He didn't finish it
but Garett did, u r the best

Silva Keita - 10 years ago

amazing ... Nazaré is fantástic place ...

Andrew Nguyen - 10 years ago

Ridicules human accomplishment!

GuarujaBrazil - 10 years ago

I am a your fan Mr Mc Namara....you are a fucking crazy.

Snuffy Smif - 10 years ago

I wish I had that seeker gene... Then I'd do selfish,useless dumb stuff, that might prematurely take me from my family too.

Time Lapse Weather - 10 years ago

Garret Macnamara at Nazaré - Giant waves video !!!
Nazare - Macnamara Cotty Vau

gotPossy - 10 years ago

+ATTACKaMAC
have fun with your misery dude. worst kind of a humanoid.

ATTACKaMAC - 11 years ago

amazing, now the world is a better place, world peace and cure for cancer have been found because of a guy sliding down some water on a board.

Diatribe - 6 years ago

Cynic.

Iamadam - 7 years ago

ATTACKaMAC i

Marcos Maroto - 10 years ago

better than you comment sure!

Saturn5astronaut - 11 years ago

Wow...that is off the charts awesome!

Torrey B - 11 years ago

So cocky. Is this the guy that only goes straight?

joão meireles - 11 years ago

you have no idea what you're talking about, until you have seen those live you just dont know man.they are not the prettiest waves no they arent, but there is a reason why they call it the killer waves of the canyon , its pure raw ocean power

Qlimakz - 11 years ago

Well this guy has surfed all of them, correct?

Rita Vasconcelos - 11 years ago

you definitely don´t know what you're talking about.....

Hanno Rosner - 11 years ago

It was

Marcos Nunes - 11 years ago

matusalem do surf !!!o cara é monstrooo.....

Weslley Oliveira - 11 years ago

What's the name of the song that plays at the end of the video?

Pedro Henrique - 11 years ago

JAKE STONE

David Niquot - 11 years ago

Well ... i know Teahupo'o very well, was bodyboarding it before it was internationaly known (early 1990).... and i know that Teahupo'o can be very very scary and dangerous ! I don't know Nazare but for what i see there it seems "slow" and not as powerfull as Teahupo'o.

filipe figueiredo - 11 years ago

Lol, you don't know what you're talking about.

David Niquot - 11 years ago

Seems far less dangerous than a Teahupo'o and i don't know how they get to this magic number of 100ft... :)

karlheinzseppel - 11 years ago

hahaha true

Shaun Boucher - 11 years ago

BIG

Monsalve - 11 years ago

Im surprised he didn't have another surfboard for his gigantic pair of balls.

ajdw96 - 11 years ago

Holly shit

ottley32 - 11 years ago

Balls of platinum!

Fin Carlon - 11 years ago

best opening words "i just like to surf big waves " hahah fucking champ

The Art of Noise is Bliss - 11 years ago

Dear GOD!!!!

RipBroDank - 11 years ago

Garret is a fucking kook. For those who don't know, Garret selfishly burned Greg Long, one of the most humble and good surfers out there, and it almost cost Greg his life. Fuck Garret

Lima Costa - 11 years ago

When one supposes he already saw all the crazies in the world...

Paul O'Reilly - 11 years ago

Very good vid of the event well put together!

Paul O'Reilly - 11 years ago

You can see why he is in the top 5 Big wave charger league! He like David and goliath runs toward the fear not away from it, and has the mindset to face his fears and as he says deal with it not let it deal with him lol ! A legend of Big wave surfing he is.

MrShongololo - 11 years ago

I love the way many people are so hot and bothered saying it was the biggest wave, others saying it wasnt, and Garrett just doesn't really care. He just wants to surf big waves and have fun. keep up the true spirit, its refreshing to see.

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