Source: Good News Network
This is the moment a British surfer claims to have sailed into history by breaking the record for surfing the world’s biggest wave.
29-year-old daredevil Tom Butler took on a huge swell estimated to be more than 100 feet tall (30 meters) at The Nazaré in Portugal earlier this week.
While he still must submit photographic evidence to World Surf League and Guinness World Record officials, he says that onlookers and surfing experts are confident that he has beaten the previous record of 80 feet, which was set earlier this year by Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa.
“When I was going down I thought, ‘Holy f***, this is the fastest I’ve ever been,’” says Butler. “[Then] time kind of slows down – it’s instinct really. I was doing everything to hold my balance.
“You don’t really see it behind you because you’re so concentrated on what’s ahead of you. It’s like running from a raging bull, you don’t stop to think about how much it weighs. If you make eye contact, then you’ve already failed.
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