An American Surfer, Garrett McNamara, who caught 78ft high wave off Portugal last year has been confirmed as a record breaker.

“The experts at the Guinness World Records have reviewed the video of McNamara’s wild ride on a wave he caught in November at Nazaré, Portugal last year and have officially declared it the largest wave ever ridden — beating “a record set by Mike Parsons at Cortes Bank in southern California, in 2008″ whose record was a 77ft high wave“. The Time magazine reported.

Check out McNamara in action: