{"id":8576,"date":"2011-10-20T10:20:17","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T09:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftsurfingmagazine.driftdigital.co.uk\/?p=8576"},"modified":"2011-10-20T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T09:21:03","slug":"garrett-mcnamara-biggest-wave-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftsurfingmagazine.driftdigital.co.uk\/index.php\/archives\/8576","title":{"rendered":"Garrett McNamara | Biggest wave of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Three days of perfect swell hit Praia do Norte. Ocean explorer, Garrett McNamara and Floridian, CJ Macias were in the right spot to take full advantage of what Nazar\u00e9 had to offer. This was the first session with large waves to start this year\u2019s ZON North Canyon Show 2011 exploration. <\/p>\n


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The swell started to arrive Sunday afternoon, but the peak was reached Monday, October 17th. McNamara and Macias rode waves of 15 meters, with Garrett riding one around 20 meters. GMAC, as he is also known, decided to traditional paddle with his Waimae gun, successfully catching and riding the largest wave paddled into this year and the largest ever paddled into in Portugal, 15 meters. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was so much wind and so much water moving that we had to choose the perfect place to paddle<\/em>\u201d, said GMAC, continuing: \u201cThe waves were perfect for the first swell of this year\u2019s exploration. It was a good warm up for the waves to come.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Garrett riding a wave around 20 meters high<\/p><\/div>\n

The swell diminished on Tuesday, but still Garrett and CJ, accompanied by Andrew Cotton – the English surfer that also participated in last year\u2019s exploration, returned to Nazar\u00e9 to surf the waves of Praia do Norte that reached 5 meters.<\/p>\n

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Garrett and CJ, accompanied by Andrew Cotton from Devon<\/p><\/div>\n

McNamara is back to embark on another mission exploring the waves of Nazar\u00e9, in the ZON North Canyon Show 2011. This is the second mission of a three years project, initiated last year. This is a Nazar\u00e9 City Hall and ZON project to internationally promote the region as a destination for surfing, show casing the unique aspects of the \u201cNazar\u00e9 Canyon\u201d. <\/p>\n

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Garrett paddling into a Nazare set<\/p><\/div>\n

The \u201cNazar\u00e9 Canyon\u201d is a rare geographical phenomenon, the biggest in Europe and one of the largest in the world, which can be explained as a gap on the continental plate with 170 kilometers of length and 5 kilometers of depth. The \u201cNazar\u00e9 Canyon\u201d, that is located right in front of Praia do Norte, receives the swells from the Atlantic Ocean and creates waves with abnormal size, compared to the rest of the Portuguese coast.<\/p>\n

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The canyon from the shoreline<\/p><\/div>\n

Signing and double cinema session on October 21<\/strong>
\nLast year\u2019s mission resulted in a 52 minute documentary \u2013 \u201cThe North Canyon Show by Garrett McNamara\u201d \u2013, sponsored by ZON, that portrays not only the incredible waves but also the scientific side of the \u201cNazar\u00e9 Canyon\u201d, lifestyle, the culture and traditions. <\/p>\n

Along with the \u201cThe Glacier Project\u201d documentary, that was a result of GMAC\u2019s adventure in Alaska, the \u201cThe North Canyon Show by Garrett McNamara\u201d will have a single exhibition the 21st of October, at 9:30 PM, in the Cascaisshopping, Norteshopping, Foz Plaza, Almada F\u00f3rum, Colombo and Torres Vedras ZON Lusomundo cinemas. Both documentaries will be later available on the ZON Videoclube. <\/p>\n

At Colombo there will be an autograph session with Garrett McNamara at 9:00 PM. This is a unique opportunity to personally meet the extreme waterman staying at Praia do Norte until the end of November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three days of perfect swell hit Praia do Norte. Ocean explorer, Garrett McNamara and Floridian, CJ Macias were in the right spot to take full advantage of what Nazar\u00e9 had to offer. This was the first session with large waves to start this year\u2019s ZON North Canyon Show 2011 exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1179,1527,1528],"class_list":["post-8576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-road","tag-andrew-cotton","tag-garrett-mcnamara","tag-nazare-canyon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t