New record: 3hr 55min, 41 mile surf

[billie_morini]

Panama's Gary Saavedra is a 13-time national surfing champion. He recenlty set the Guinness World Records for longest time and distance surfed on open water. He did this by surfing a wave created by a wakeboarding boat moving through the Panama Canal. Saavedra rode the wave for 3 hours, 55 minutes and two seconds, while spanning a distance of 41.3 miles. Imagine, he said he got tired at the onset of the 3rd hour!

Complete story and video here:

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/252 ... ama+canal/

[noahhh]

unfortunately the video is not that good...
nevertheless, very cool record! thanks for sharing