It’s currently Thursday evening in Portugal. The sun is setting, the swell has peaked, the waves are still breaking, but now, they go unridden. What a day the surf world just witnessed with some of the biggest Atlantic swell in recent memory slamming into stalwarts like Mullaghmore and Nazaré. Conor Maguire caught the wave of a lifetime in Ireland. Meanwhile, in Portugal, the world’s best big wave surfers gathered at Nazaré and put on a show. Here are some highlights from the peaking XXL swell over the past two days.
The footage above is from @gigantesdenazare filmed during the ‘warm-up session’ on Wednesday, featuring Kai Lenny, Lucas ‘Chumbo’ Chianca, Nic von Rupp, Pedro Scooby, Justine Dupont and Andrew ‘Cotty’ Cotton.
Here’s one of Lucas from today, a wave he’s calling “the bomb of my life!”
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Garrett McNamara claiming for his friend and tow partner Andrew “Cotty” Cotton, who Garrett says nabbed the biggest wave of the day. Here’s a video of it:
While it was a massive swell, thankfully it appears no one was injured. Kai Lenny did get worked on this one, though. Fingers crossed his GoPro survived. That footage will be outrageous…
Portuguese charger Nic von Rupp getting love from the local crowd with this insane left.
Sebastian Steudtner in the pit:
Keep an eye on The Inertia Instagram in the next couple days as more footage surfaces…