Also "stunning" and "shocking!"
Nazaré, the picturesque Portuguese big-wave spot colonized by Hawaiian Garrett McNamara in 2011, has had a wild run of press this northern hemisphere autumn. Oh, it has been a media darling for years now, who could ever forget Garrett and CNN’s Anderson Cooper dancing through the lineup on a sled?
Without question an iconic moment in surf history.
But this 2019, non-surf media seems to have turned the dial up very many notches. Any time Nazaré comes alive, headlines scream about “extreme surfers” “defying death” chasing “50 ft, 65 ft, 115 ft” “mountains of water.”
Our World Surf League is quoted in many of these stories like today’s featuring Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca and Ian “Costanza” Cosenza and a “stunning, shocking” rescue as described by the New York Post.
It was “point break” for one pro surfer whose dramatic Jet Ski rescue from a giant wave was captured on video in Nazaré, Portugal, last week.
A drone taped the nearly one-and-a-half-minute video, which shows surfer Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca riding an incredible wave in rough waters, with his teammate Ian Cosenza waiting to give Chumbo a lift back to shore.
But just as Chumbo hooks himself and his board to Cosenza’s Jet Ski, an approximately 50-foot wave mounts behind them.
Zipping across the water at 60 miles per hour, the pair of Brazilian surfers make it safely to shore in the nick of time, with the massive tidal push on their tail ready to consume Cosenza and Chumbo, who is hailed as one of the best big-wave surfers alive.
The World Surf League, which released the video, declared it “one of the craziest rescues ever seen.”
Beautiful, no? Except by my count there are three employees at the World Surf League’s Santa Monica headquarters who actually surf.
Pat O, Devon Howard and Dave Prodan. Unless one of them declared it as “one of the craziest rescues ever seen” can the description be trusted? If the video starred a stand-up paddleboarder navigating very scary, head high Manhattan Beach closeouts I would believe but… well… let us examine for ourselves.
![An incredible rescue. Raw footage @ nazaré, portugal - 2019. 11. 20 [surf, big waves, 4k]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wEnoSA_GCkM/0.jpg "Breaking: Mainstream Media Rediscovers, Loses Collective Mind Over, &Quot;50 Ft, 65 Ft, 115 Ft&Quot; Nazaré! 1")
Oh yeah.
That’s pretty crazy.
interesting that NY post is referred to as mainstream in the article…..
there’s at least 2 other guys there who surf
Nazare is fucking boring
It’s like when you hear that China has done something on the news. Like the geographical boundaries have become self aware. The U.S. is never self aware.
Nazaré is pretty fucking boring. Been watching these guys straightline to the shoulder for a while now. Watching them get flogged is bout the only thing that makes it more interesting
After Ross Clarke-Jones left a little of his soul in the rocks, there’s never been another flogging that I’ve thought worse.
https://youtu.be/CPGaPIJ0bZ8
Yep rcj is a madman
I think if you stood at the fort and watched it while it was pumping mammoth sets you would not be bored.
Unless you are on opioids or just plain boring yourself.
I’m sure watching from the cliffs is epic. The waves are huge an scary,But in the end it’s still guys (an a few gals) straightlining to the shoulder.
As a wannabe inland surfer, I agree that standing there watching those waves is one of the most awesome sights I have seen. I will never forget. Puts Hawaiian waves to shame. As a snowboarder/wakeboarder with limited surf skills, I would love to try to straight line to the shoulder. I’ve dropped much scarier chutes and riden much rougher terrain. I still appreciate the skills of anyone willing to challenge that wave.
KennyP for the win. When someone tows in there on an inner tube, ill be impressed.
J.O.B or poopies next mission
Over head man hat tan
I would actually click on and watch this video if it didn’t have the clickbaity sensationalist title on it. I feel like the buzzfeed-esque hyperbole only works on fucking morons and has the reverse effect on cynical cunts like me and the larger BG community. The satirical clickbaity titles on here are at least self-aware enough to be fun.
But then again, shows like Love Island and the Bachelor get huge numbers so maybe I’m out of touch with The People and should vibe check myself. Are things ok at home etc.
What are you doing here then?
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Refer to line The satirical clickbaity titles on here are at least self-aware enough to be fun.
Also I just long for more updates on Chas’ lavish family surf holiday and sharks.
Chris Mauro, VP of Content or some such, absolutely rips.
The surfer is E-Lo’s content strategy and the JetSki is big wave wipe out videos
Look of content, incontinent content.
World Sludge League
I’m still waiting for video content that’ll rescue the WSL.
So those of us stuck with single fin mentalities, who like glassing extra thick–I guess we’re anachronisms?
Typical Taxidermist hyperbole. Any surfer worth their fu-wax will know that this is the craziest rescue they’ve ever seen…
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Could never afford to pay for the premium Surfline web cams.
What? Did he get water up his nose?
Even The Guardian had a photo essay on the event,
https://www.theguardian.com…
plus another one on an Australian surfing photo exhibition. What was funny about the second one was that it seemed to be touted on the surface as ‘old photos’ but a large proportion of them were new pics taken of retro sleds.
https://www.theguardian.com…