This is the incredible moment a surfer breaks the world record for the riding the biggest wave ever surfed.
Rodrigo Koxa caught the 80ft monster at Nazaré in Portugal on November 8, 2017.
His record was confirmed on Saturday night at the World Surf League’s Big Wave Awards in California.
Koxa, who risked his life catching the 24-metre wave, said winning the award was ‘the best day of my life.’
The previous record was 78 feet (23.77 metres) set by Garrett McNamara in 2011.
Also at the awards, Koxa’s compatriot Lucas Chianca was awarded the Best Men’s Overall Performance trophy.
The 22-year-old won the Nazare Challenge earlier this year.
The Best Women’s Overall Performance went to Hawaiian surfer Paige Alms for the third time in her career.
Alms defended her Big Wave Tour crown after winning the Pe’ahi Challenge this year.
Britain’s Andrew Cotton won the Wipeout of the Year award after his horror fall in Nazare, Portugal, on November 8, 2017.
Cotton wasn’t present to pick up his award as he is still recovering from the broken vertebrae that he suffered in that wipeout.
