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The Best World Records in Surfing – Infographic

The Best World Records in SURFING Surfing is a sport which is capable of testing the toughest limits of human beings. From the highest wave ever surfed to the longest consecutive surfing session, many surfers have risked their lives in pursuit of achieving and breaking incredible world records. The Impressive Ones The Largest Wave Ever Surfed (Tow-in) Who Garrett McNamara What McNamara, a 44 Year old Hawaiian surfer, managed to surf a mammoth 78 foot wave in 2012 at Nazaré, Portugal. The Largest Wave Ever Surfed (Paddle-in) Who O Shawn Dollar What O Dollar successfully rode a wave measured at 61 foot in height without a tow at the Cortes Bank, an offshore reef 100 miles west of San Diego, California in December 2012. The Longest Consecutive Surfing Session Who Ben Shaw What O Shaw rode waves for 29 hours and 10 minutes. He entered the waters of Kure Beach in North Carolina (USA) at 6:30am on August 20th, 2014 and kept catching waves until 11:40am on August 21st, surfing over 300 waves in total. The Most People Riding One Wave Together Who 6 A group of 103 Surfers What 6 In 2009, a group of surfers managed to ride a single wave together for at least five seconds at the Earthwave Beach Festival in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa. The Most Consecutive Days Surfing 38 Yzars 13880 Who Dale Webster What Webster, who hails from the U.S., has been surfing every day since the 2nd of September 1975, at least three waves to shore each time, to own the title. And...the Plain Ridiculous Ones The Most Surfboards Stacked on a Car A group of surfers successfully stacked. a total of 282 surfboards on top of the car and drove 30.4 metres (100 foot) near Santa Barbara, California, USA in1988. The Most People Riding a Surfboard 47 surfers simultaneously rode a scaled up surfboard measuring 12 metres (39foot) at Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia on 5 March 2005. The Most Number of Tricks ever Performed in a Single Wave Cristóbal de Col, a Peruvian surfer, completed 34 carved turns on the longest wave in the world, at the Red Bull Chicama Challenge in 2012. TOTAL SURFING FITTESS Functional Fitness Training For Surfers www.totalsurfingfitness.com References www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ www.worldrecordacademy.com/sports/longest_surfing_marathon_Ben_Shaw_breaks_Guinness_World_Records_record_214047.html www.theinertia.com/ www.surfertoday.com www.wavescape.co.za/surf-news/breaking-news/103-on-verge-of-world-record.html

The Best World Records in Surfing – Infographic

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Find out what are the most impressive world records in surfing as well as the plain ridiculous ones in our insightful infographic.

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