Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle, top center, rides a massive wave at Praia do Norte, outside the fishing village of Nazare, Portugal, on Monday, October 28. The wave was estimated to be around 100 feet high, and Burle is hoping to have his feat ratified as a Guinness World Record.
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Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle, top center, rides a massive wave at Praia do Norte, outside the fishing village of Nazare, Portugal, on Monday, October 28. The wave was estimated to be around 100 feet high, and Burle is hoping to have his feat ratified as a Guinness World Record.
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Burle, second right, and American surfer Garrett McNamara, far right, watch video of Burle surfing Monday. McNamara has the world record right now, for a 78-foot wave in 2011.
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Burle, second right, and American surfer Garrett McNamara, far right, watch video of Burle surfing Monday. McNamara has the world record right now, for a 78-foot wave in 2011.
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English surfer Andrew Cotton rides a wave at Praia do Norte on Monday. Praia do Norte, on Portugal's Atlantic coast, is renowned for its huge swells, and a storm on Monday brought more of them.
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English surfer Andrew Cotton rides a wave at Praia do Norte on Monday. Praia do Norte, on Portugal's Atlantic coast, is renowned for its huge swells, and a storm on Monday brought more of them.
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Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira floats in the water Monday before being rescued by Burle and fellow surfers. She was knocked unconscious by the surf and suffered a broken ankle.
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Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira floats in the water Monday before being rescued by Burle and fellow surfers. She was knocked unconscious by the surf and suffered a broken ankle.
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Surfers apply CPR to Gabeira on Monday. "She took the hardest beating I have ever seen by man or woman anywhere in the ocean and made it close to the shore all on her own," McNamara wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday.
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Surfers apply CPR to Gabeira on Monday. "She took the hardest beating I have ever seen by man or woman anywhere in the ocean and made it close to the shore all on her own," McNamara wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday.
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People watch a surfer ride a big wave Monday at Praia do Norte.
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People watch a surfer ride a big wave Monday at Praia do Norte.
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Photographers watch the sunrise at Praia do Norte.
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Photographers watch the sunrise at Praia do Norte.
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