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A little over a year after setting the world record for surfing the highest wave at 24 metres off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal, Garrett McNamara may have topped himself.
The 45-year-old American surfed a wave that has been reported as being 30.5 metres high at the same location on Monday.
McNamara told CNN’s Anderson Cooper “it was one of the longest, hardest drops” he had ever dealt with.
“It was just this endless drop and my feet were popping out of the straps,” he said. “It was like my whole body was shattering and it was really difficult.” (Photo: AP Photo/To Mane/Nazare Qualifica)
Surfer sets world record off coast of Portugal
Guinness World Records is acknowledging a 44-year-old Hawaii pro surfer for catching a 24-metre wave off the coast of Portugal, saying the November run beats a 2008 record by more than 30 centimetres.
Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara of Haleiwa, on Oahu’s North Shore, told The Associated Press that the ride of his life was a fluke.
“I was really beat-up that morning,” he said. “This day, I did not want to get out of bed.”
