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Surfing the world's biggest waves

How legendary surfer Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed at NazarΓ© in Portugal in 2011

The story of how the legendary surfer, Garrett McNamara, pioneered riding the colossal 100ft waves at NazarΓ© on the Portuguese coast. At NazarΓ© in 2011 he broke the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed, officially judged to be 78ft (23.8m). NazarΓ© has since become a centre of big wave surfing. Garrett McNamara spoke to Alex Last about how he first came to surf NazarΓ© and why he risks his life to ride giant waves.

Photo: Garrett McNamara riding his record breaking wave at NazarΓ© in November 2011 - recognised at the 2012 WSL Big Wave Awards (Credit:WSL/Ribiero)

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