Surfing

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    Surfers take on enormous waves at Nazare

    The world's best big wave surfers are back in Portugal as 2020's Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge officially opens. And thanks to a massive North Atlantic swell caused by Hurricane Epsilon, this year's waves look set to be some of the

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    Brave surfer breaks record for riding the biggest wave

    Daredevil Tom Butler may have just surfed his way into the history books. The Cornwall pro took on a 100-foot wave in Portugal over the weekend, hoping to not only break a record, but prove to himself that he could best the waves that had

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    Big-wave surfer in terrifying wipe-out

    A Brazilian big wave surfer had a terrifying wipe out in Nazaré, Portugal on Friday. A dramatic video of the incident shows Thiago Jacaré, 35, hit a bump and fall as he rides a giant wave. He is immediately swallowed by a

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  • NewsAOL

    Surfer swept off his feet at Cornwall beach by strong post-Hurricane Oscar waves

    Hurricane Oscar may have departed, but strong winds remain in the coastal county of Cornwall. This video, filmed on Sunday, November 4, shows a surfer in action off a pier at Sennen Cove, Penzance. However, at one point during his session the

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    British surfer breaks vertebrae during horror wipeout on house-sized wave

    British big-wave surfer Andrew Cotton is recovering in hospital after breaking his back in an incident off the coast of Portugal. Surfing at the world-renowned Nazare break off Praia do Norte, Cotton was caught as a gigantic wave broke, or

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  • BusinessAOL

    Motorised surfboard hovers above water

    A company in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, is preparing to launch an electric motorised surfboard which can rise up above water and reach top speeds of 25 mph. Nick Leason, the co-founder of the company Lift Foils which creates the boards named

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  • NewsYahoo Life UK

    Surfing, cycling and yoga in Bali and the Gili Islands

    An eight-day trip to Canggu, the Gili Islands and Ubud in Bali.