NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST SURFED WAVE by Sebastian Steudtner! Guinness World Record

After so much uncertainty, today a new Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed was announced!!!
At 12:00 PM today, May 24th, 2022, Sebastian Steudtner officially holds the new Guinness World Record for surfing what would be the biggest wave ever surfed, a day that will be forever marked in the history of surfing.
Sebastian becomes the third surfer to achieve this record at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal.
Garret McNamara set the record in 2011 with a wave of 23.77 meters, later surpassed by Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa with a wave of 24.38 meters in 2017, who held the Guinness record for 5 years until today.
The wave with which Sebastian takes the record is a wave surfed in the October 2020 swell, a massive wave of 26.21 meters (86 ft), undoubtedly the largest swell of that winter on the Portuguese coast. He was towed into the wave by none other than "Alemao de Maresias," considered by many as the best tow-in pilot in the world, executing a perfect maneuver that positioned Sebastian perfectly to ride what became the biggest surfed wave ever.
Other surfers attempted to break Rodrigo Koxa's record: Vinicious DosSantos campaigned with a right-hander surfed this winter. Lucas Chumbo also made an attempt, surfing a wave that was in contention with Sebastian during the same swell, and another wave surfed on January 7th. This latter wave is still in the process of being measured, leaving the question open as to how long Sebastian can hold onto this new record.

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[bzeprodigy]

Would try skydiving over this in a heartbeat. These guys are superhuman.

[svincentr]

They forgot to mention his other GB record of the “biggest balls in the world”

[nicolasbertin]

No, he didn't surf it today, he surfed it on October 2020. It's just today that Guinnness has certified the record, that's all.

[awesomegirl]

Insane🥺I would have drowned and inked myself while drowning😂😂Amazing ride💯

[paulchenpanther]

Wahnsinn - das wäre mal toll live zu sehen! Respekt für den Mut! 👍👍

[crizzleyo]

i almost drowned as a kid diving into 2.5 - 3 meter waves... this doesnt even make sense :D like he is surfing between mountains that move..

[sasfiremaiden]

Wow...this was incredible. I would be absolutely, beyond terrified!!!😳

[mikeroullier]

I love surfing!!! And am close to broke as fuck!!..and, (so I'm told) .."crazy as all get-up"!!... and I still wouldn't try surfing this wave!! Ever!!! Not even for 10 thousand dollars!! Too gnarly and way past my skill levels!! Hats off to anybody else who does and can!

[tonyochiha]

This was the largest recorded wave surfed. Sebastian said that he and other surfers at Nazare may have surfed waves that were definitely over 86 feet but there is no footage.

[pweter]

I have surfed some big waves but this is another level

[markdagostino]

First and foremost… thank you posting this epic event.
I would like to thank you for allowing everyone to actually hear the waves.
To the surfer…wow, my respect is yours.
To GMAC… Thank you for being so instrumental for Big Wave Surfing.

[greatyt]

Incredible the velocity that the surfer got in the wave.

[NickPDX]

Wonder how many drones and GoPros are at the bottom of the ocean floor there

[rudyhoffman]

I went out surfing today, marvellous conditions!

[chrisnizer]

Any wave where you can drop in for 15-20+ consecutive seconds and STILL not make it to the bottom is a BIG...DAMN...WAVE.

[packfan]

What record are they referring too?? If it's wave height then they are sadly mistaken!! It doesn't mean that I'm not impressed because I am!! I get goose bumps just watching the damn thing.

[johnnyutah]

Will get him when he comes back in.




HES NOT COMING BACK!!!

[foreverlv]

Wow that takes some scary level guts😮 unreal, talk about living in the moment...epic human❤

[RByrne]

Amazing! For the measurement, do they use the height of the wave, or how high up the surfer is? I see a lot of videos of "huge waves surfed" but most of the time the surfer is only a fraction of the way up. Still impressive and dangerous though

[ufoaliencontact]

Esta si es la ola mas grande del mundo, pero la ola de la película Interestelar era mas grande ;)