Surfing 80 Waves 80 Feet Tall - Greg Long

Surfing, it seems, has at least one important commonality with fishing: it doesn't matter how size of the wave you caught, it just matters if you have proof. Professional surfer Greg Long's biggest wave, he says, was estimated to be 80 feet tall. But he was obscured by other waves and so he wasn't photographed on the wave, so his recorded personal biggest wave is 68 feet tall. Long was riding one such wave when he was held underwater after falling off his board while surfing at California's Cortes Bank. He was rescued by his support crew unconscious. His ability to hold his breath for minutes at a time saved him, but it wasn't long before Long was back riding big waves.