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You might not want to tackle ‘biggest wave,’ but plenty of tamer options remain

In 2012 Hawaiian Garrett McNamara was towed by Jet Ski in to a 78-foot-high wave ridden at Portugal’s Nazare. That wave went into the Guinness World Records as the biggest one ever ridden and still stands to this day. A few months after Garrett’s wave, another new world record was set for the biggest wave ever paddled into. Californian Shawn Dollar successfully rode a wave measured at 61 feet in height at Cortes Bank, a reef 100 miles west of San Diego. However, there are other surfing records out there that aren’t quite as extreme and that, quite frankly, anyone could attempt and possibly nab. So  …  Videos, Pictures and more

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