They did not invite surfers here to save their town. It just so happens that someone realized there was a big surfable wave here and the surfers started to pour in. It wasn't a plan to save the town.
Wasn’t this place mentioned in the movie Point Break? When they’re naming places with the biggest waves they mention a place in Portugal, is it this place? That movie came out like, over 30 years ago. (God damn I’m feeling old)
Exactly, at first the locals hated him because he was playing with the thing that had killed so many local fishermen. It wasnt until the news of giant waves to be surfed started drawing in surfer and tourist's that they embraced it, thinking it would be good for the economy.
Gareth wasn't "invited" to go there "save the town"... He just went there and surfed, and people in Nazaré still fish (and there's butchers, bakers, teachers, doctors, construction workers, etc... Just like in any other town).
@@DevinMcSalty Hello, Devin! Yes, You are correct. It isn't a frequent phenomenom, and those waves tend to happen mostly in one of the beaches of the town - "Praia do Norte" (the name of the beach literaly translates as "Beach of the North", or, if you prefer, you can soft the translation to "Northern Beach"). That beach has a very specific nature, it has an underwater Canyon that ends on the beach.
What a audacity...to save the town?? Save the town for what?? In the summer we visited Nazareth for vacation.... winter time everything is calm...but people manager their lives here for centuries.... If you come with an attitude to save us please go home.... We like it simple here.
@@MariaNunes-po5rcNazaré*He said to save the town because at that point in history the commerce was being destroid by those giant waves.they needed help at that time because of the fish.They did not invite anyone to save them but if they did it would be because of that. It is no "audacity"as you say. I would recommend soeaking portuguese in portuguese comments as there are lots of grammar mistakes there.
Where did you get those informations dude? The economy wasn't destroyed by overfishing, overfishing didn't even happen. Portugal economy just changed from agricultural to tourism. Young people stopped fishing as a job and choose to have a "higher" education. That's it.
100ft Wave, Fantastic insight into the lives of the determined big wave surfers who put Nazare on the world map. The town welcomed surfers but didn’t invite them.
Imagine back in the day being a fisherman coming in with a nice haul of fish and you decided to stop at the beach when there’s a lull. In a moment there’s a shadow cast over your vessel and you look back to see the ocean opening up. Sure it would also be terrifying now I can testify to that- but back then you would literally think it’s some sort of oceanic monster and the end of the world
Yeah, I looked at it carefully and realised they were cross-currenting. That's the only way you get those huge, fast peaks. You'd have to really brave to take those on. Respect.
Tectonic movement is the primary reason for huge rifts and canyons. When 2 plates (often 2 continental or 2 oceanic plates drift apart a new rift will appear (that later turns into another oceanic plate which has canyons if it moves under another plate) Tectonic movement is in general really fascinating and more complex than one thinks
@@alexanderzippel8809I would go rather with the erosion origin, since the time that landmass was above the water, many of today's big rivers of Europe have their waterbeds going far off the shore, from back when Europe - and the Earth, for that matter - looked way different from today. Having a river that carved a canyon wouldn't be surprising, what's baffling is the age of that event...
Same. Been at it for over thirty years, watch big wave surfing from the shore or someplace safe, but even though some are so loud, your whole body shakes, you can’t appreciate how steep at tall some are without watching them on video.
When both my mom's swell and my Dad's swell connected, she became pregnant and I came out her canyon with a wave of other stuff so I definitely relate to this.
The technical term for the two unique waves meeting is called the superposition theorem. It's used in audio or signal engineering quite often. It is also believed to be the cause of a phenomenon known as "Rogue waves" which can sink ships in the middle of the ocean
Anyone who surfs especially in shallow conditions will tell you superposition or as we call it a double up is terrifying. Paddling for or away from it, wave goes from 6ft to 10ft just like that and you there wondering “hey you aren’t supposed to do that” before getting smashed
Hi, I'm from Nazaré. Actually it was a local guy who sent Garrett some gnarly pictures of the waves pumping. Not "they". It was one person. Garrett truly boosted Nazaré's economy. That's a fact and it is both a blessing and a curse. Just 13 years ago it was one of the most typical and beautiful fishing towns in Portugal. People from 100km away had no idea about the town or the waves. Nowadays it's the same, but packed with restaurants, airbnbs and souvenir stores. No real development. But it was indeed a very magical place to be born and raised.
I went there and stayed on the upper town, if you go down on the walk to the lighthouse there are litterally signs warning you about tall waves washing over the cliff. Insane and we werent even there in peak season.
This is my hometown. The surfers weren’t invited. McNamara noted a pattern that when there was a certain weather in NYC 1 week later it would translate in big waves in Nazaré and he went to surf there. Then he broke records about the waves he surfed and this attracted more surfers to the area. We had local people surfing all the time, he wasn’t the first. But it is undeniable that there was more publicity about this afterwards. Hope you enjoyed our little corner of paradise
He was not invited dude stop lying. One of his friends working in the city sent him a picture of a wave to analyze and he came here searching for a 100 foot wave. By his actions he actually made Nazare a surfing town and all of Nazare respects him bringing here life.
I would freak tf out if I was in water and there was a canyon underneath me. Jesus my heart would probably just explode and I’d die right then and there.
Surfers did not save the town that is fake garret found the wave but surfing at nazare has led to many great Portuguese big wave surfers that now have a great career they couldn't have if no surfers had surfed there. Fun fact: a Brazilian surfer died surfing the massive wave a couple of months ago. And many other people have been knocked unconscious there. Most People made it but some are not so lucky.
This was one of the stops when I visited Portugal and when I was there the surf was 5ft or less. Unfortunate, but it was still a cool and beautiful place to visit. It would have been even more fun if the waves had been bigger.
Dude on the pink board just disappeared into that monster. I wonder if he was even able to take a breathe before going under...or into the wave. Those have to be insanely powerful, I can't even imagine the punishment you would receive after falling into that immense wall of suck.
Before McNamara locals were already surfing waves there, Especially bodyboarders. But yes McNamara brought tow in there especially in big wave conditions
Visiting Nazare’ is #1 on my bucket list. I want to visit there to see the surfers when the big waves come to the area. They are not there all the time.
They did not invite surfers here to save their town. It just so happens that someone realized there was a big surfable wave here and the surfers started to pour in. It wasn't a plan to save the town.
As if you know anything William Hanley lol. That’s a right proddy name there🤣 clueless individual
yeah i think that part was obviously fake..
Wasn’t this place mentioned in the movie Point Break? When they’re naming places with the biggest waves they mention a place in Portugal, is it this place? That movie came out like, over 30 years ago. (God damn I’m feeling old)
I don’t think a single person was confused about that part. I really fucking hope not at least
Exactly, at first the locals hated him because he was playing with the thing that had killed so many local fishermen. It wasnt until the news of giant waves to be surfed started drawing in surfer and tourist's that they embraced it, thinking it would be good for the economy.
Nobody was invited to save the town, it's a lie. Greetings from Portugal.
I just came back. Its absolutely beautiful there. Sintra was my favorite but I did go to Nazaré tho it wasnt the big wave season unfortunatly
@@steampunker8872 maybe next time. ☺ Keep well.
Nem sei onde essa historia veio. Nazaré sempre era uma cidade com muitas turistas
But maybe it became more and more popular as people were spreading the word about the big waves?
Went to Portugal once and stumbled upon Garratt. Super cool fella.
Gareth wasn't "invited" to go there "save the town"...
He just went there and surfed, and people in Nazaré still fish (and there's butchers, bakers, teachers, doctors, construction workers, etc... Just like in any other town).
No they actually did invite Garrett to save the town in a massive plan
That Gareth fella is just barking mad. Who surfs waves as tall as a Los Angeles High Rise? Foolishness is what it is.
Nice 👍 love hearing the truth. In these days of disinformation
How tf do they fish there?? Only thing I can think is that those big waves are super infrequent
@@DevinMcSalty Hello, Devin!
Yes, You are correct. It isn't a frequent phenomenom, and those waves tend to happen mostly in one of the beaches of the town - "Praia do Norte" (the name of the beach literaly translates as "Beach of the North", or, if you prefer, you can soft the translation to "Northern Beach").
That beach has a very specific nature, it has an underwater Canyon that ends on the beach.
No one was invited, but they are welcome here.
What a audacity...to save the town??
Save the town for what??
In the summer we visited Nazareth for vacation.... winter time everything is calm...but people manager their lives here for centuries....
If you come with an attitude to save us
please go home....
We like it simple here.
@@MariaNunes-po5rcNazaré*He said to save the town because at that point in history the commerce was being destroid by those giant waves.they needed help at that time because of the fish.They did not invite anyone to save them but if they did it would be because of that.
It is no "audacity"as you say.
I would recommend soeaking portuguese in portuguese comments as there are lots of grammar mistakes there.
@@MariaNunes-po5rcnon Europeans think they are doing Europeans a favor by flooding the continent with foreigners when it is quite the opposite
No they actually did invite Garrett to save the town in a massive plan
👍 nice
Hey
I'm Portuguese.
Nazaré has always been touristic. Town was doing fine. Surfers weren't invited.
They're always welcome tho 🤙
Yet we saw 100 times more of you than we did of the waves.
This video really sucks 🍡
😂😂😂😂
Is anyone else scared of the ocean?
Where did you get those informations dude? The economy wasn't destroyed by overfishing, overfishing didn't even happen. Portugal economy just changed from agricultural to tourism. Young people stopped fishing as a job and choose to have a "higher" education.
That's it.
Thanks for showing us two short clips of the massive waves
100ft Wave, Fantastic insight into the lives of the determined big wave surfers who put Nazare on the world map. The town welcomed surfers but didn’t invite them.
Ive seen and enjoyed it. Still stunned as what I saw. Best surf movie ever.
Nazaré is an amazing town even without the massive waves
Nazare has always had the massive waves, so how would you know?
@@shawnpitman876I believe he meant before the town’s secret was let out.
@@shawnpitman876Maybe he just meant that Nazaré has more to offer than just the big waves?
Imagine back in the day being a fisherman coming in with a nice haul of fish and you decided to stop at the beach when there’s a lull. In a moment there’s a shadow cast over your vessel and you look back to see the ocean opening up. Sure it would also be terrifying now I can testify to that- but back then you would literally think it’s some sort of oceanic monster and the end of the world
Tidal Wave
Alternate reality: "Pissed off fishermen raise billions of dollars to fill an underwater canyon with dirt"
I just visited Nazare this summer! Beautiful spot.
Love from portugal
fax we love portugal
Yeah, I looked at it carefully and realised they were cross-currenting. That's the only way you get those huge, fast peaks. You'd have to really brave to take those on. Respect.
Now I wanna know how underwater canyons are even made.
Martians did it. 😊
Just joking...
Tectonic movement is the primary reason for huge rifts and canyons. When 2 plates (often 2 continental or 2 oceanic plates drift apart a new rift will appear (that later turns into another oceanic plate which has canyons if it moves under another plate)
Tectonic movement is in general really fascinating and more complex than one thinks
The locals did it, so they could invited the surfers
@@faded87bro are u like 6 it’s Tetonic plates bozo
@@alexanderzippel8809I would go rather with the erosion origin, since the time that landmass was above the water, many of today's big rivers of Europe have their waterbeds going far off the shore, from back when Europe - and the Earth, for that matter - looked way different from today. Having a river that carved a canyon wouldn't be surprising, what's baffling is the age of that event...
I could watch surfing videos all day.
Same. Been at it for over thirty years, watch big wave surfing from the shore or someplace safe, but even though some are so loud, your whole body shakes, you can’t appreciate how steep at tall some are without watching them on video.
Since no one has mentioned this, you read it here first. No one was “invited” to the town. The surfers found the waves.
When both my mom's swell and my Dad's swell connected, she became pregnant and I came out her canyon with a wave of other stuff so I definitely relate to this.
The technical term for the two unique waves meeting is called the superposition theorem. It's used in audio or signal engineering quite often. It is also believed to be the cause of a phenomenon known as "Rogue waves" which can sink ships in the middle of the ocean
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Anyone who surfs especially in shallow conditions will tell you superposition or as we call it a double up is terrifying. Paddling for or away from it, wave goes from 6ft to 10ft just like that and you there wondering “hey you aren’t supposed to do that” before getting smashed
I would never be able to surf waves that high. They are beautiful to watch❤️💚
Hi, I'm from Nazaré.
Actually it was a local guy who sent Garrett some gnarly pictures of the waves pumping. Not "they". It was one person.
Garrett truly boosted Nazaré's economy. That's a fact and it is both a blessing and a curse.
Just 13 years ago it was one of the most typical and beautiful fishing towns in Portugal. People from 100km away had no idea about the town or the waves.
Nowadays it's the same, but packed with restaurants, airbnbs and souvenir stores. No real development.
But it was indeed a very magical place to be born and raised.
Nazare was surfed long before him by locals and bodyboarders. What he did was shine the light on it for international surfers.
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I went there and stayed on the upper town, if you go down on the walk to the lighthouse there are litterally signs warning you about tall waves washing over the cliff. Insane and we werent even there in peak season.
The stories fake but it’s amazing about how large these waves get
Next time, don’t make stuff up and use dates.
FYI, no surfer describes waves as 'tall', we just say big.
Portugal crl love you man thx for recognizing Portugal
Ha pois portugal forever❤
This is my hometown. The surfers weren’t invited. McNamara noted a pattern that when there was a certain weather in NYC 1 week later it would translate in big waves in Nazaré and he went to surf there. Then he broke records about the waves he surfed and this attracted more surfers to the area. We had local people surfing all the time, he wasn’t the first. But it is undeniable that there was more publicity about this afterwards. Hope you enjoyed our little corner of paradise
Grew up with Nazaré being so close by, never really had the notion how special it was
Any idea how often the big waves would come? Can't seem to find anything that tells me. 👍
He was not invited dude stop lying. One of his friends working in the city sent him a picture of a wave to analyze and he came here searching for a 100 foot wave. By his actions he actually made Nazare a surfing town and all of Nazare respects him bringing here life.
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Things that ill never can do
1 - look down while on the heights
2- swim.
I’m going to Portugal soon. May visit this place!
That surfer that fell over no longer exists
Gnarly , yet awesome waves! Glad Nazare was able to pull through hard times!
Phenomena
Best countrie🇵🇹🇵🇹
“They’re as tall as 10 boxes that you might be moving”
Omg hi Harshil!!! Best surprise ever, scrolling through shorts 😊
wave? *thats a goddamn tsunami*
i dont think people understand how terrifying a seeing the ocean hundreds of feet up coming at you
>>>>Tidal>>>>>
I would freak tf out if I was in water and there was a canyon underneath me. Jesus my heart would probably just explode and I’d die right then and there.
Surfers did not save the town that is fake garret found the wave but surfing at nazare has led to many great Portuguese big wave surfers that now have a great career they couldn't have if no surfers had surfed there. Fun fact: a Brazilian surfer died surfing the massive wave a couple of months ago. And many other people have been knocked unconscious there. Most People made it but some are not so lucky.
Portugal DO know their sh*t in regards to water/navigation. Much respect for that! ❤👏
it wasn't "overfishing" that killed their livelihoods .. EU regulations, fees, permits, etc. did same to farmers.
This dude is clueless. Tall waves? Saved the town? He didnt even get the canyons right. KOOK!!!
I'm living 50 km from Nazaré and actually rarely go there.... I rather go to Peniche Beach. All Portugal Coast is amazing.
Americans and their saving this and that 😂
It’s just a place with big waves, chill. People just found out and it became famous.
A bit of misinformation in this video. Nobody was invited here...
A bit? Um grande montão dela, diz antes assim.
Thanks for explaining the natural phenomenon that makes these waves possible. Very interesting.
It gives the tsunami effect on waves.
That's Godzilla home right there....
I remember in early 2000s a friend of mine, a bodyboarder had a video of bodyboarders surfing 20ft Nazaré. Nobody knew about it really back then
Surfs up is real ?!??!?
You lost the whole point on saving the local economy because of the surfer dude.
What did the surfer do to the save the town? Is he fucking aquaman?
God bless the surfers and the locals. It’s a full circle
Tbf, this was really good 👌🏼
“As tall as buildings”
Sir that is called a *tsunami.*
When you were pointing at the general ocean, that was so scientific.
Since you were actually there, how come you can't show an actual massive wave?
This was one of the stops when I visited Portugal and when I was there the surf was 5ft or less. Unfortunate, but it was still a cool and beautiful place to visit. It would have been even more fun if the waves had been bigger.
Dude on the pink board just disappeared into that monster. I wonder if he was even able to take a breathe before going under...or into the wave. Those have to be insanely powerful, I can't even imagine the punishment you would receive after falling into that immense wall of suck.
Nah Poseidon just has a good time with himself
Before McNamara locals were already surfing waves there, Especially bodyboarders. But yes McNamara brought tow in there especially in big wave conditions
That’s actually so cool
That's a tsunami 😂
Fun fact. People from Nazaré have their own dialects that they only speek among them selves
Top 3 cap stories I've heard
Pov: You didn't understand what is going on with the waves
YOU'RE POORLY DESCRIBED THE WAVE DUDE. MY HOUSE IS ALSO A BUILDING. YOU NEED TO USE BETTER TERMS
There is a reason for everything, thank you for explaining about the underwater canyons.
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That's my ancestral town❤
Same. On my mum’s side 😊
Did you record any of the waves?
as a portugese, i am very proud that our country has the biggest waves in the world
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Hey Harshil ,back after so long
Hi! It’s been nice to be back this year :)
Im portugese and thus made me happy
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These are true monsters, I’d love to see a boogie boarder or better yet a body surfer tackle some of the “smaller waves” there
Millers planet in interstellar be like:
3x deeper than grand canyon is fucking wild
Thank You for Sharing very interesting 🤗⚘⚘⚘
How someone can surf a wave almost as tall as a tsunami is beyond me 😅
The beautiful fishing town of Kaikoura, New Zealand, too, has such a canyon. Whales populate the area and enjoy visits from people.
Nazare is my neighbour, beautiful place.
Thank you.
I hope to visit Portugal some day, they seem to have a progressive and happy population
That surfer is a stud!
Great video, maybe inaccurate in some details but great video
3 times deeper than the Grand Canyon.. 😮
Mind blown
You look like Ray William Johnson
Are u indian or American because your English accent is so good
Those underwater canyons probably have Egyptian artifacts in em 🤔🙂
Visiting Nazare’ is #1 on my bucket list. I want to visit there to see the surfers when the big waves come to the area. They are not there all the time.
looks beautiful
Wooooo hoooooo Nazare ! 🫶
Good way to put it at the end. Such an awesome and beautiful natural phenomenon ✨
they're screwed during a tsunami
the plural of phenomenon is phenomena, not "phenomenons"
Not that I wish this in anyone but imagine how big a tsunami would become in that village