Surfer rode 100-foot wave?

http://www.sfgate.com/national/slideshow/Extreme-surfer-may-have-caught-record-100-foot-55936.php#item-14683

Supposedly a world record if it holds. Garrett McNamara also owns previous record of 78 feet.

The Wilt Chamberlain of surfing -- Wilt's top performances were also 100 and 78. (Assuming McNamara has a similar touch with the ladies too.)

 

That pic is freaking crazy...I will patiently await for a Point Break joke now.

 

Catching it is one thing. How the fuck do you stop once you're on it?

 

The shore will take care of that.

 

Seriously. The force of that water is massive. I guess he would have to ride it out about a mile down the line.

 

There's a video attached to that second link I posted showing how he got off it, but it doesn't really show the scope of the wave.

 

How fast would he have been going at top speed?

 

The surfer says he doesn't know where the 100-foot came from. He rode the 78-footer and said this one was bigger, but doesn't know if it's 100.

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/water-activities/surfing/Garrett-McNamara-on-Surfing-a-100-Foot-Wave.html?page=all

 

Ruckus needs to ask him if he shit his pants.

 

He said the drop was the most jarring he's ever felt. Who'd've guessed?

 

"Those guys are fags!"