The Australian has been recognised for taming a 13.3 metre monster wave in Hawaii earlier this year
‘I knew it was the wave of my life,’ says veteran of WSL tourAustralian surfer Laura Enever has broken the world record for the largest wave ever paddled into by a woman, after the World Surf League and the Guinness World Records verified a 13.3-metre wave she tamed in January.
Instead, she and friend Felicity Palmateer decided to go to the Outer Reef, approximately one kilometre offshore where the deep ocean meets the shallower island sea floor. “The ride was such a breakthrough for me and a moment that will be really special and monumental in my surf career.” “Andrea Moller held this record before me and it’s an honour to hold that record and keep pushing big wave surfing,” she said. “And I know that the next girls, the next generation of female big wave surfers are going to do the same.”
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