Check out more videos of Master Surfers at "Waves Of Gigantic Size": https://sites.google.com/site/wavesofgiganticsize/ US Surfer Garrett McNamara Conquers His 100-Foot Wave on January 29, 2013. Quoting "The Daily Beast": After chasing a record-setting wave for a dozen years, the veteran surfer says he has ridden a 100-foot monster off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal. All that remains now is for Guinness to certify it as a world record. Perhaps the surfer may have become the first ever to ride the sought-after 100-foot wave. Garrett's apparent record-breaking ride on Monday—he's waiting for Guinness World Records to certify it—took the rider into a dangerous area where rocks define the Nazaré coast. "I didn't realize where I was and I promised my wife I wouldn't surf there," Garrett said. Trying to maneuver the massive swell, Garrett found himself within 10 feet of the perilous rocks as the wave diminished. A member of Garrett's rescue team helped him recover after his primary safety apparatus rolled over. "The white water almost sucked me over, and if it had sucked me over I would have been on the rocks," Garrett said. He added that had the recovery effort gone wrong he "probably would not be speaking". After Garrett was lifted from the surf on a ski, his rescuer also was recovered safely. The American surfer, who has been surfing professionally since age 17 and is now 45, decided in 2000 to focus his career on a conquering a record-setting wave. Laughingly, he said he "wanted to be the first to ride a 100-foot wave." He landed in Nazaré for the first time in 2005, at the invitation of a local friend, wanting to see the coast's big-wave potential for himself. "I saw waves over 100 feet the first day I got here, and I was in awe, and couldn't believe what I've found," he said. Not until 2010 did Garrett see Nazaré as the location where he could achieve his biggest-wave feat. On Nov. 11, 2011, he gained the record for the tallest wave to date, with an estimated 78-foot ride, verified by Guinness. He was struck by the date: "2011! On the 11th month on the 11th day," Garrett said, "I swear it was at 11 o'clock, but they are telling me it was at 9:30." "Out of all the big-wave spots, it is the only one where you are super, super, close to it all. I mean you literally can get grazed by these waves that they are riding on," Nicole said. The Nazaré wave brings riders so close to the cliff that "you can literally yell to your friends on the cliff and they can yell back at you," Garrett said. Garrett says he is less concerned about his place in history—assuming his wave is verified as the new record to beat for future high-surf achievers. "There is nowhere in the world even remotely like it for enjoying the power and size of waves so close," Garrett said. "It is mesmerizing to sit on the cliff and watch the waves and there is nowhere like it. But all I feel is that we will be able to share this place with a few more people." Thanks for watching. Please subscribe.

• published: 30 Jan 2013
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