{"id":1761,"date":"2022-04-14T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2022-04-14T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:52:14","slug":"hugo-vau-surfed-35-metres-high-wave-called-big-mama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=1761","title":{"rendered":"HUGO VAU SURFED 35-METRES-HIGH WAVE CALLED &#8220;BIG MAMA&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nazare-waves-s-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nazare-waves-s-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nazare-waves-s-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nazare-waves-s-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nazare-waves-s-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nazare-waves-s-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nazare-waves-s.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">SURFER HUGO VAU<\/mark><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hugo Vau <\/strong>could have <strong>smashed <\/strong>a <strong>world record <\/strong>amid claims he surfed one of the <strong>biggest waves <\/strong>ever seen at <strong>Nazare<\/strong>, <strong>Portugal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/773x4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/773x4-1.jpg 557w, https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/773x4-1-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wave \u2014 nicknamed \u2018<strong>Big Mama<\/strong>\u2019 \u2014 was reported to be up to <strong>35<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>metres<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>high<\/strong>, which, if confirmed, would beat current <strong>Guinness Book of Records<\/strong> holder <strong>Garrett McNamara<\/strong>. &#8220;Today I probably saw the <strong>biggest wave surfed <\/strong>in <strong>Nazare <\/strong>by <strong>Hugo Vau<\/strong>,&#8221; said teammate who captured the video. It is difficult to pick Vau out in Leal\u2019s footage, which has been <strong>validated <\/strong>by the <strong>World Surfing League <\/strong>and <strong>could now <\/strong>be <strong>passed <\/strong>onto the <strong>Guinness Book of Records<\/strong>. The giant waves off the beaches of <strong>Nazare <\/strong>have helped the resort become one of the region\u2019s tourist attractions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugo Vau could have smashed a world record amid claims he surfed one of the biggest waves ever seen at Nazare, Portugal. The wave \u2014 nicknamed \u2018Big Mama\u2019 \u2014 was reported to be up to 35&#8211;metres&#8211;high, which, if confirmed, would beat current Guinness Book of Records holder Garrett McNamara. &#8220;Today I probably saw the biggest&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=1761\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HUGO VAU SURFED 35-METRES-HIGH WAVE CALLED &#8220;BIG MAMA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1763,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions\/1763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}