Thursday, 10 May 2012

Caught on tape: Surfer rides record 78-foot wave

  Eyewitness NewsPORTUGAL (WABC) -- Here's a world record that might take a while to beat.

The Guinness Book of World Records has confirmed that the 78-foot-high wave is the biggest one ever surfed.

The record was set by daredevil surfer Garrett McNamara off the coast of Portugal.

The wave about the height of a seven-story building.

The previous record was a 77-foot wave ridden in 2008.

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