Tom Butler is a British big wave surfer. On 14 December 2018 he was towed into a wave at Praia do Norte that he believed was close to 100 feet, about 30 metres. If that had been confirmed, it would have been the first 100-foot wave ever ridden.
The WSL didn't accept the claim, and officially the 100-foot wave has still never been surfed. Butler's ride is one of the reasons people keep asking the question every winter.
His giant wave, 14 Dec 2018.
One email when giant waves (10 m+) show up in the models, usually 5 to 7 days ahead.
Photos: Walterpeitz (header), CC BY-SA 4.0; Web Summit (Hugo Vau), CC BY 2.0; Luis Ascenso (wave photo), CC BY 2.0; Carlos Eduardo Joos (wave photos 1, 2), CC BY 2.0; Walterpeitz (wave photo), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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