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Martijn Wismeijer | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Where was this wave recorded? My guess would be Nazaré, Portugal. 🌊 🇵🇹 🏄 

The audio is very Koyaanisqatsi, loved that video, with music by philip glass, back in the day TV 📺 was still analog and movies came on VHS. 📼
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Intuitive Guy ☯️ | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Didn't take the video myself, so I can't tell where it is, but I wouldn't say is Portugal, for me looks more like a wave on some sandy cost somewhere on the other side of the Atlantic, or maybe Pacific.. just guessing anyway.

Yeah I loved the mix between image and video, that's why I felt Ibhad to reshare it here 💜🫂
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Martijn Wismeijer | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It's a rather large wave and Nazaré 🇵🇹 is home to world's largest waves due to the shape of the ocean floor below it. Here's a nice read that explains exactly why the waves are so enormous there: (warning: surf geek pr0n) 🌊 🏄 🤓 https://allwaves.surf/waves-explained-nazare/#:~:text=Bathymetry%20of%20Nazar%C3%A9,bathymetry%20of%20the%20Nazar%C3%A9%20canyon.
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Intuitive Guy ☯️ | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Oh yeah amazing place! I did see already some footages of competition taken there.. I mean, those men are unreal.. honestly, legends. I get scared just looking, can't imagine being there.. shout-out also to the amazing ones ready to save them with jetsky.. also crazy dudes..