Sebastian Steudtner, a German pro surfer, rode a wave over 115 feet tall at Nazare, Portugal

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Wow. It gives me vertigo just watching that clip.

[underpants]

1. Amazing.

German surfer. 😆

That was amazing.

[mysteryowl]

9. Check out the unusual surf board he uses

Found on his FaceBook page, scroll down a few pics

https://www.facebook.com/sebastiansurfs?_fb_noscript=1

[tblue37]

2. Wow. K&R. nt

[dhill926]

3. holy shit!

one mistake and bye bye....

[XanaDUer2]

5. I'd be scared to even stand there as a spectator

Nt

[2naSalit]

6. That's what I said!

I would be too scared to watch that knowing that the guy could eat it and not survive.

[XanaDUer2]

4. Wow!

I have nightmares about giant waves

[2naSalit]

7. Same here.

I almost drowned in a rip tide once and that was enough to chase me from doing anything more than wading knee deep.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Same here.

These days, I just stick to swimming pools. The ocean scares me now.

[2naSalit]

10. I'm like 1800 miles...

From the nearest ocean but we have big rivers and I will wade really closed to getting pulled in sometimes but I never do. I will float the river when it's late summer and the water, though very swift, is rather shallow. I always wear a life vest, bought my own so I can always have one handy.

[smirkymonkey]

12. I'm right on the coast, but I don't really like the beach anymore. My siblings all have pools, so

if I do want to enjoy time in the sun, I stay poolside. I also like lakes as well, but I am pretty much done with swimming in the ocean. Besides the rip-tide scare, I'm not too fond of run-ins with sea creatures either!

[Marthe48]

11. love watching surfers

I watched Endless Summer and fell in love. I have never surfed and probably too old to try, but if I have a favorite sport, it is surfing!

I was looking for surfer videos on You Tube and discovered Cortez Banks:

[JanMichael]

13. Ok that's pretty cool. nt

[Coventina]

14. Don't do this at home, kids.

that is INSANE!