WATCH: Surfer Rides 80-Foot Wave, Setting New World Record


News from Panama / Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa has set a new world record for the biggest wave ever surfed.

The record-setting ride took place last November when Koxa was towed into wave measuring a massive 80 feet tall during an enormous swell at Praia de Norte in Nazaré, Portugal.

The record-setting ride has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records and earned 38-year-old Koxa the Quiksilver XXL Biggest Wave Award, which was presented to Koxa over the weekend.

The previous record Guinness World Record was set by Garrett McNamara back in November 2011 with a wave of 78 feet, which he caught at the same location as Koxas.

A video of Koxa’s record-breaking ride here

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