It's a safe bet that riding the largest wave ever seen in his home country is going to hold a special place on Lucas Chianca's mantle.

Brazilian big wave legend Chumbo rides a 14.82m wave (48ft) in the state of Santa Catarina has set a new record for the largest wave ever ridden in Brazil.

In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high.

A Brazilian smashed the world record for the largest wave ever surfed when he rode an 80-foot wave off Portugal.

Throwback to the 2012 Volcom Fiji Pro, when the waves were so big, the contest was called off – but a historic free surf session went down.

Wilem Banks is a soft-spoken woodworker from Santa Cruz who, in December, paddled into the biggest wave of his life, and potentially the biggest ever, in his fourth session at Jaws.

A magnitude 8.3 earthquake triggered a tremendous landslide into the ocean and the wave that followed reached 1,740 feet ...

Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...

He says, "I had the honor of surfing the biggest wave ever recorded in the country, 14.82m, at Laje da Jaguaruna. It was quite a mission: I was in Bahia, in Barra Grande, when I got the call.