International surfing officials and the Guinness Book of worldwide records have officially confirmed an enormous wave caught by a U.S. surfer off the coast of Portugal last November was the largest wave ever ridden.
The officials have awarded Hawaiian surfer Garret McNamara the Billabong Global Big Wave Awards prize after reviewing the feat - riding a wave that measured 23.7 meters high.
The 44-year-old surfer was dragged out to the wave on a tow rope, a kind of jet ski.
McNamara said he initially did not want to try the waves that day after wiping out earlier on bigger swells within the same spot.
The height of McNamara's wave was decided by a panel of huge wave surfing and photography experts who analyzed and measured the pictures and video images of his ride.
From WhatNewsToday.net
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