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☆ Big-Wave Surfer Garrett McNamara Found Stability on a Board
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Marc Myers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Garrett McNamara, 55, is an extreme surfer who in 2011 set a world record in Nazaré, Portugal, for the largest wave surfed, at 78 feet. He co-stars in the second season of the HBO documentary series “100-Foot Wave.” He spoke with Marc Myers. When I was 1½, I was in a child seat on our dining table as my father prepared to feed me. He later said I used my legs to scoot across the surface to the edge and then went right off the end.

☆ 'Mad Dog' Marcio Freire dies in surfing accident in Nazaré, Portugal
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

LISBON — Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practicing tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the local maritime authority said. Freire was one of the three Brazilian surfers who became known as the “Mad Dogs” after conquering the giant wave “Jaws” in Hawaii. Legend,” posted fellow big wave surfer Nic von Rupp. American Garrett McNamara put Nazaré on the map in 2011 when he set a world record for the biggest wave ever surfed at 78 feet. Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa bettered McNamara’s mark in 2017, also at Nazaré, and German Sebastian Steudtner broke the record again there in 2020, surfing an 86-foot wave.

☆ (foto) Nouă imagini care demonstrează că iubitorii de adrenalină nu au limite
▼ + stars: | 2015-07-26 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

(foto) Nouă imagini care demonstrează că iubitorii de adrenalină nu au limiteDe multe ori, iubitorii de senzații tari sunt gata să încerce orice manevră doar pentru a-și potoli setea de adrenalină, chiar dacă sunt conștienți că-și pun viața în pericol. E greu de imaginat ce simt persoanele care execută cascadorii periculoase, cert este că aceste momente au fost surprinse de o cameră foto. Garrett McNamara făcând surfing pe creasta unui val care are înălțimea egală cu cea a unei clădiri cu zece etaje, Portugalia. Brian Mosby trece pe o frânghie la înălțimea de 850 de metri, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilia. Telecabină care face legătura între sătucul chinez Yushan și civilizație.

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