Surfing The Largest Waves In The World For The First Time

Surfing
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This is the biggest wave in the world
and I'm going to surf it for the first time.
First day in Nazaré, my whole life.
I'm so excited to be here.
There is a big swell coming the next days.
Today the swell is not really good,
but it's a good day for training,
for the bigger one.
This is the most serious thing
we need to have in the water.
Oh my God!
You pull your vest and the wave is coming.
You don't want to be inflated.
You want to de-inflate it a little bit.
Take that one on the head,
go under the water and then you pull again.
But if you feel you're going too deep,
pull fast because whenever you go super deep,
the pressure is going to compress a little bit,
so you're going to feel it's going to
hurt you a little bit more under the water.
This board is Kevlar carbon.
The carbon makes the board stiff right here.
So you don't feel the vibration.
And I like the Kevlar because
you just take the vibration faster
and we don't feel nothing.
This is my magic one.
I'm using the same one.
Let's go.
Are you nervous, Laura?
A little bit.
We'll be fine.
Catching a wave here in Nazaré
is obviously very dangerous.
That's why I have this voice right here.
Chumbo and Fink with me as my partners.
I know I'm in good hands.
I'm not really used to getting towed into a wave.
So only that, it's going to be a challenge.
There's always two jet skis in the water.
One to tow me and another one to save me.
Breast training is essential to survive
when you get caught by a massive wave.
So many emotions there.
I just want more now.
I'm excited for tomorrow.
I think we should catch some fun waves in the morning.
It might be big, so we'll see.
I'm a little bit nervous, for sure.
We're really looking forward to tomorrow.
I can't wait to catch a ball.
It definitely grows.
It's bigger than yesterday.
Don't tell my mom it's huge, okay?
I mean...
It's strong.
It's so big.
It's the biggest wave I've seen in my life,
personally, for sure.
But, yeah, I'm excited to be here.
I'm...
scared.
It's on, it's on.
It's officially on.
Time to go.
It's been so many years
watching videos of this
and dreaming of this
and having nightmares also with this sometimes.
Still excited.
So excited.
When we leave this gate,
that's when we come to another world.
So every time when you're passing that,
try just being positive,
being thankful.
Let's enjoy and be safe out there.
Yeah.
Let's go.
Guys, pay attention.
Pick one, pick one.
Ball is coming.
All good?
Yeah!
My head was like
a thousand beats per second.
That was sick.
