Anyone fancy surfing in Portugal?

[hackneyfox]

I managed to stay up, once, in Newquay, don't thhink I could manage this, Nazarre in Portugal, the record wave is 86 feet high.

Nazare: Love and pain on the world's biggest wave

For generations of locals, Nazare's giant waves meant only death and danger. Now, they have fuelled a big-wave surfing boom in the town.

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[HughJanus]

Why do people do this?

 

[DagenhamFox]

I’d love to stand and watch it. The waves at Walton On The Naze are nothing in comparison.

 

[mickyhoss]

Is it safe to surf?

 

[hackneyfox]

This Charlie definitely ain’t surfing.

 

[Uttoxfox]

It’s alright, but it’s not the Severn Bore.

 

[HughJanus]

Is this the pub bullshitter thread?

 

[George Ferris]

My mates lad is one of the best , he has surfed Nazare a few times, he also spends a lot of time at Lahinch in Ireland which has some massive waves. . Gets paid to travel the world surfing giant waves and a film has just been made about him, it had a premiere in London a few months ago, I believe it is on you tube now

 

[hackneyfox]

What’s it called?

 

[Walthamstowfox]

What’s it called?

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