In October 2011, Portugal was quite the center of the world surfing. Extreme waterman Garrett McNamara has surfed the biggest wave of the year in the country after conquering the big waves at Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, on Monday, October 17th.
There were three days of big waves. McNamara was there with CJ Macias to participate in the ZON North Canyon Show 2011, a surf project that runs until the end of November.
The big swell arrived on Sunday, but the major peak was reached on Monday.
On that day, McNamara and CJ Macias caught a 20-meter wave towed in by jet skis.
Garrett had the opportunity to paddle in a 15-meter wave despite the wind and swell conditions.
"There were very big waves, and this was our first big wave. It was a good warm-up for the beginning of the operation. It was a perfect day", explains Garrett McNamara.
In the next day, McNamara and CJ Macias were joined by Andrew Cotton, an English surfer who participated in last year's mission at Nazaré.
They caught perfect five-meter waves.
The second year of the ZON North Canyon Show was a huge success, and Nazaré set high standards for global big wave surfing.
Will McNamara hit the best waves of the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards?