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Surfer catches record wave estimated at 100 feet

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    Garrett McNamara describes experience

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Now what may be the coolest picture of the day a very breaking -- -- -- we'll settle back with this for just a moment.

A lucky surfer caught a monster wave this week and may have shattered his own record we have a picture -- It's just incredible that's that did the wave off the coast of -- reach an estimated 100.

Feet.

Roughly a 110 story building.

If -- -- team verifies that number of the 45 year old surfer will have broken his own record of -- of this 78 foot wave.

In that same area back -- 2011.

His name is Gary MacNamara and he joins us on the phone now -- -- you don't.

I'm doing really good budget that.

Integrated it down for dinner but I got time you guys.

A hundred foot wave.

Yeah -- knowledge that.

That definitely huge wave let.

As far as the measuring I have no idea I'm just you know I just love the -- and I'm not a target Mercury.

I I can -- -- I just wonder what it's like to have.

That's something like that I mean it in the middle of what is your passion and all the -- Q you've got this incredible -- -- and -- Yet it was this.

So much power and in this.

Right in front -- rock boat load data here if they didn't not just -- -- batted.

Gotten what does Iraq we wouldn't be talking -- not understate -- be alive.

-- and there's a lot of risk in this and I'm -- how do you family feel about that.

You know my wife usually is.

Very had bad -- and nothing betaseron and at the end and erratic to -- right by the rock and she doesn't know the first time she was actually really afraid and concerned him in one of -- -- away.

What does it feel like with all that power -- yeah I mean this is what you wait for this is why you go but when it when it finally -- can you describe that feeling.

Problem that the ride was just like.

That was bold powerful and moving so fast and the bomb in the -- -- -- like riding a diet mountain of IE and with giant and big -- -- everywhere as though you're just.

Try and work in on beating through it.

And good kick out of the end of -- mind are my -- -- in Ramallah coming to grab that you the -- you driver.

And then the wave mowed him over and the way of -- -- the -- -- over and by the grace of god and let me go didn't slamming on the rocketed.

Just feel alive it feels amazing.

While well it's a mighty incredible picture Garrett MacNamara the surfer who hit a hundred foot wave we believe.

Enjoy the -- -- thank you.

Thank you.

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