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This is my 30 x 40 inch analysis of the biggest wave at Nazare, Portugal, on 11-1-11. The Billabong XXL judged this as officially the biggest wave... more
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This is my 30 x 40 inch analysis of the biggest wave at Nazare, Portugal, on 11-1-11. The Billabong XXL judged this as officially the biggest wave ever surfed, at 78 feet. Bradshaw's wave at Log Cabins is generally accepted as 80 feet or higher, but this wave has better evidence in a video than the terribly graining video by Bill Ballard of Ken at Log Cabins. My calculations indicate about 11 times overhead. From this very high camera angle the trough is approx. where Garrett MacNamara is standing, or even higher, and Garrett is 5'10" tall. 11 X 5.8333 = 64 feet. Far short of 78 feet. What happened? Exceptionally high camera angle (100 yards high looking down on a wave that is exceptionally close to shore, about 200 yards) and the surfer squatted MORE as being photographed. This was not intentional, he was simply absorbing the shock from going over a bump, making himself look much smaller. In the video you can only see the yellow wet suit arms because his dark wetsu...
These are true-to-scale paintings of the biggest waves ever surfed in high definition. Some are imaginary reconstructions of actual events, such as Ken at Log Cabins on "Biggest Wednesday", and Greg Noll at Makaha. There were no photos taken of their historic rides. Others are from sketches I made from viral videos and photos. All surfer and photographer names are available on request. The Mike Parsons wave painting is based on the original photograph by Robert Brown but with a unique view of the trough. There IS NO photograph of Ken Bradshaw's biggest wave. Hank's famous photo featured on Ken Bradshaw's web site was a smaller 65-footer Ken rode later the same day. Greg Noll's wave is mythical, with the scale based on...
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