Riding an 86 foot wave!

A German surfer broke the Guinness World Record for riding the largest wave -- an 86-foot monster off the coast of Portugal.

Guinness World Records announced Tuesday that Sebastian Steudtner, 36, broke the world record when he rode the 86-foot wave off the coast of Praia do Norte, Nazare, in October 2020.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/05/25/Guinness-World-Records/4291653499782/



Skeery!

Holy moly! Now that's one thing I never learned how to do - surf.

Same here. I like the water to cool off and get wet but that's about the extent of my love of the surf.

Red Lily wrote:Same here.  I like the water to cool off and get wet but that's about the extent of my love of the surf.

We here spent many a weekend having a blast skiing and knee boarding. But we live on lakes, not the ocean. In my youth I lived in CT, but the Atlantic, I guess isn't much for surfing. Live in California for a year, but surfing never came up, drat it.

2cent wrote:

Red Lily wrote:Same here.  I like the water to cool off and get wet but that's about the extent of my love of the surf.

We here spent many a weekend having a blast skiing and knee boarding.  But we live on lakes, not the ocean.   In my youth I lived in CT, but the Atlantic, I guess isn't much for surfing.  Live in California for a year, but surfing never came up, drat it.

I like lakes and rivers and have spent many a weekend skiing, sailboarding and waverunning there but I prefer to stay waist deep in the ocean because I don't particularly like sharks!

Red Lily wrote:

2cent wrote:

Red Lily wrote:Same here.  I like the water to cool off and get wet but that's about the extent of my love of the surf.

We here spent many a weekend having a blast skiing and knee boarding.  But we live on lakes, not the ocean.   In my youth I lived in CT, but the Atlantic, I guess isn't much for surfing.  Live in California for a year, but surfing never came up, drat it.

I like lakes and rivers and have spent many a weekend skiing, sailboarding and waverunning there but I prefer to stay waist deep in the ocean because I don't particularly like sharks!  

You DO make a good point when it comes to sharks. I love rivers, too. Used to go canoeing w/this guy - both lake, and white water. SO much fun!
Sounds like we'd have had much fun on the water.

Red Lily wrote:

2cent wrote:

Red Lily wrote:Same here.  I like the water to cool off and get wet but that's about the extent of my love of the surf.

We here spent many a weekend having a blast skiing and knee boarding.  But we live on lakes, not the ocean.   In my youth I lived in CT, but the Atlantic, I guess isn't much for surfing.  Live in California for a year, but surfing never came up, drat it.

I like lakes and rivers and have spent many a weekend skiing, sailboarding and waverunning there but I prefer to stay waist deep in the ocean because I don't particularly like sharks!  

And, you never know when the bottom is going to drop out!

It's just like surfing on a wake board behind a motorboat. Just bigger.