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Surf officials have confirmed that a Brazilian surfer broke the world record for the world's biggest wave last year.

Rodrigo Koxa surfed an 80ft (24.4-metre) wave at Nazaré in Portugal on 8 November 2017.

Koxa was awarded the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed at the World Surf League's Big Wave Awards on Saturday night.

Winning the award for breaking the record was "the best day of my life," he said.</s>A monster wave off Portugal has produced a world record for a Brazilian surfer.

The World Surf League says Rodrigo Koxa has ridden the biggest wave ever surfed. At the group’s Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, it said its judges determined that a wave Koxa surfed at Naraze, Portugal, on Nov. 8 was 80 feet (24.38 meters) high.

That overtook the previous record of 78 feet (23.77 meters) set by American Garrett McNamara in 2011.

The group says it awards “the surfer who, by any means available, catches the biggest wave of the year … not only did Koxa win this year’s honor, but he now holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave surfed.”

Koxa described the award as “a dream come true.”</s>A Brazilian surfer now holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed.

The World Surf League announced on Saturday that a wave Rodrigo Koxa rode in Nazare, Portugal, in November of 2017, was 80 feet (24.38 meters).

Koxa shared photos on his Instagram from Saturday's Big Wave awards in California, calling it the best night of his life.

Koxa overtook the previous record of 78 feet (23.77 meters) set by Garrett McNamara in 2011.</s>The World Surf League awarded Brazil’s Rodrigo Koxa with recognition for riding the biggest wave ever. The group held its Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday where judges determined that on November 8, Koxa rode a wave 80 feet (2.38 meters) high, the Associated Press reported.

Koxa caught the monster wave near Nazare, which is situated on Portugal’s Atlantic coast between Lisbon and Porto.

Koxa’s feat beat the previous record of 78 feet (23.77 meters), realized in 2011 by American Garrett McNamara.

The league noted that its award goes to “the surfer who, by any means available, catches the biggest wave of the year … not only did Koxa win this year’s honor, but he now holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave surfed.”

For his part, the newly minted Brazilian record holder said that the wave was a dream come true.</s>SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A monster wave off Portugal has produced a world record for a Brazilian surfer.

The World Surf League says Rodrigo Koxa has ridden the biggest wave ever surfed. At the group’s Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, it said its judges determined that a wave Koxa surfed at Nazare, Portugal, on Nov. 8 was 80 feet (24.38 metres) high.

That overtook the previous record of 78 feet (23.77 metres) set by American Garrett McNamara in 2011.

The group says it awards “the surfer who, by any means available, catches the biggest wave of the year … not only did Koxa win this year’s honour, but he now holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave surfed.”

Koxa described the award as “a dream come true.”

Nazare is on Portugal’s Atlantic coast between Lisbon and Porto.

This story corrects the spelling of the town in Portugal to Nazare.</s>The world record for largest wave ever surfed now belongs to Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa. Watch his historic run:

Koxa actually surfed this mammoth 80-footer at Nazaré in Portugal back in November of 2017, a beach town known for enormous waves. But this past weekend, the wave's size (and therefore, Koxa's claim to the record) was officially verified by the World Surf League at the organization's Big Wave Awards.



And just because it's absolutely amazing, here's another angle of 38-year-old Koxa's record-setting ride:</s>A monster wave off Portugal has produced a world record for a Brazilian surfer.

The World Surf League has credited Rodrigo Koxa with riding an 80-foot (24.38-metre) wave at Nazare in Portugal in November last year.

That overtook the previous record of 78 feet (23.77 metres) set by American Garrett McNamara in 2011.

The record was announced at the group’s Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica, California, where Mr Koxa won the trophy for surfing the biggest wave of 2017.

He described the record as “a dream come true”.

Nazare is on Portugal’s Atlantic coast between Lisbon and Porto.</s>Brazilian surfer, Rodrigo Koxa was awarded the XXL Biggest Wave Award on April 28 after surfing an 80 ft wave in Portugal.The giant wave also won him a Guinness Word Record for largest wave ever surfed. and amp;nbsp;</s>PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A surfer from Brazil set a new world record for riding the largest wave ever at more than 80-feet!

For his incredible ride, surfer Rodrigo Koxa also scooped up the big prize at Saturday’s “Big Wave” awards in Santa Monica, California.

He rode that record-breaking wave in November 2017 in Portugal, beating the previous record of 78-feet set by Garrett McNamara in 2011.

Roxa was “totally stoked” as surfers say to receive his award.</s>Brazil’s Rodrigo Koxa surfed the biggest wave ever with a world-record 80-foot monster at the infamous Nazare break in Portugal.

Koxa’s streaking descent down the massive wall of water set a new official record for the largest wave ever surfed and earned him the prize for biggest wave of the year at the World Surf League Big Wave Awards in Southern California.

The ride, on November 8, 2017, was deemed to have overtaken Garrett McNamara’s record of a 78-foot wave at the same venue in 2011.

The Quiksilver XXL Biggest Wave Award, which comes with a $25,000 prize, goes to the surfer who catches the largest wave of the year by any means — either by paddling into it or being towed in by a jet ski.

In other awards, UK surfer Andrew Cotton was honored with the best wipeout of the year after a horrifying tumble that broke his back at Nazare in November.

Cotton was rescued and taken to hospital, but said he was looking to returning to surfing “in a couple of months.”

“I’m feeling good, obviously I’m in pain, but I’m feeling positive, and I’m looking forward to rehab and getting back out there really,” Cotton told CNN’s Don Riddell from hospital at the time.

Hawaiian Paige Alms won the women’s big wave performance award, while Ian Walsh took the ride of the year title for pulling into a cavernous tube at the legendary “Jaws” venue on Maui.
Brazil surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the record for the largest wave ever surfed. The wave occurred off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal and measured 24.4 meters (80 feet).