American pro surfer Garrett McNamara has done something no other man alive has done:.He has surfed a 78-foot tall wave and lives to tell us about it.Last November the 44 year old pro surfer captured the world's attention when he came face-to-face with a monstrous wave just off the coast of Nazare, Portugal.The feat was attempted on November , 2011.
McNamara narrowly edges out the previous record, set by Mike Parsons back in 2008, by a foot. He actually ended beating Parsons's record by a narrow margin .He took the aid of a jet ski to tow in as waves of this giant size are almost impossible to paddle manually.Apart from surfing the huge wave he was also equally concerned to avoid clashing the huge rocks near the coast.As falling off would reduce the chance of survival itself let alone making or beating records.But this man mustered all the guts and tided over the gigantic wave to tell the world of his feat which no man till date on this planet had ever tried before.
Being a professional skier since the age of 17 years helped him to get enough expertise to master the craft well.
Mc Namara reminisces the entire episode as a magical as everything fell in to the right place.
While on the jet ski he passed the first swell without much deliberation only to see the second record setting behemoth shaping ominously behind him.He rode the monsterous wave and stayed very much in control of his board as the colossal wall of water drove him towards the rocks.
That has been the pinnacle of passion for this adventurous guy who is a living example of the quote'Live your dreams and see it to make it happen'
Now that was so inspiring for us and this outrageous attempt made news on May 15,2012.
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