Scroll Down for Vide o. August , Cordova, Alaska, USA: Hawaii tow-in surfing team Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala have just returned from Alaska where they became the first - and possibly last - surfers to successfully ride glacier-generated tsunami waves. Famed for surfing the world's biggest wave, a meter giant, off the coast of Portugal in , McNamara called the glacier stunt, 'The heaviest thing I've ever done in my life!
Stunning: Team members rode waves generated when large ice faces calved away from the glacier, crashing into the waters below and setting off waves that offered rides of up to one minute in length.
McNamara and his team spent the week in the water in simply waiting for a block of ice to fall into the Copper River and create a two-meter high wave large enough to surf. It's a totally new experience -- no one can tell you what it feels like, what to expect. As the freezing wave pounds towards the extreme sports enthusiasts the camera zooms in to reveal the sheer magnitude of the ft glacier. Dramatic: The pair spent nearly three weeks camping at the ft Child's Glacier in south-central Alaska waiting for the perfect wave.
Spine-tingling: The adventure was inspired by photgrapher Ryan Casey in who suggested surfing on glacier waves. For a moment the surfer is completely immersed in the rolling water and the cameraman, unsurprisingly, questions his friend's safety. Not knowing where the glacier was going to fall, where the wave would emerge, or how big it would be.
Once ashore they realised their surf camp had been destroyed and most of their belongings washed away. Nel's tale of survival comes as another two earthquakes struck about km off the coasts of Samoa and Tonga. The US Geological Survey said the quakes had magnitudes of 5.
No tsunami alerts were issued. Of the people who have died so far, were in Samoa, 31 were in American Samoa and nine were in Tonga. Well, we better get started. The biggest wave that someone has surfed on was It happened in November of But wait, how do tsunamis occur anyways?
Tsunamis are different from the usual waves caused by wind and tides. Tsunamis form due to volcanic activity, but most often after an earthquake occurs in the ocean. This massive wave will start deep in the ocean and build its way up to the coastline, quickly gaining speed and power.
And although tsunamis start as small bumps deep in the ocean, as they reach shallower water they become much more massive. So how would you surf on this thing? A breaking wave curves and cascades onto itself, making it the perfect wall for your surfboard. Well, your best bet is to really only hold on for your dear life and hope for the best. You could be several hundred meters or even kilometers inland. It could hurl you against the side of a bus, or into a building. After it tosses you inland, the waves will pull you right back out into the ocean.
A tsunami can last for up to an hour, With waves up to 30 meters feet continually hitting the coast while destroying cities and killing people. So although surfing a tsunami would make for a pretty gnarly story, maybe we should stick to regular breakers for now.
One person who might be a contender to tame a tsunami would be legendary Big Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton. Audible is where so many inspiring voices and compelling stories open listeners up to new experiences, and ways of thinking.
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