Yes, reportedly Garrett McNamara, and American surfer, rode a world record wave 100 ft. high in Portugal. Someone said this area of Portugal naturally creates “waves on steroids”. (Sorry, I can’t remember who said it, though.)
Well, no sooner than that was spoken, Travis Tygart said he was going to ban these waves for life from the ocean! “There is no place in sports for cheating waves that are on steroids. What kind of example does that send to all the little waves and swells? Of course they’re going to go hang around outside of sewage treatment plants near sports facilities to try to absorb as many steroids as possible, believing this will give them the artificial strength they need to become record-breaking monster waves. But this will only cheat legitimate monster waves of their naturally-occurring greatness.”
But this does not necessarily make McNamara a cheater too, says Tygart: “He didn’t necessarily know that this wave was on steroids, so we can’t be too quick to judge him.
But if the wave claims he was part of a conspiracy to help him ride the biggest wave, then he too will be banned from cycling. Um, I mean, surfing.”
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