Watch: Rodrigo Koxa rides the biggest wave ever surfed, at 80 feet, setting a Guinness world record in the process

Rodrigo Koxa has been credited with a world record for riding the biggest wave ever surfed. The World Surf League confirmed the record at its Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica over the weekend, saying its judging panel determined that a wave Koxa surfed at Naraze, Portugal, on November 8 was 80 feet (24.38 metres) high.

The Brazilian surfer’s mark overtook the record of 78 feet (23.77 metres) which Garrett McNamara set in 2011.