Donegal-born Red Bull athlete Conor Maguire rides a mammoth 40-foot wave which hit Mullaghmore Head in County Sligo this morning following a large swell in the Atlantic Ocean. (Photo by Gary McCall/Red Bull).

11 comments

1. That’s a cool pic

2. After 14 pints of stout

3. Cool!

4. That’s some wave… Well done..

   Barely believe it’s Ireland

5. Jeez that’s terrifying.

6. Hanging ten bro…..

7. Must be terrifying and fantastic all at the same time riding such a wave.

   There is a brilliant surfing documentary on Netflix I think about guys chasing the 100 foot wave. There is place in Portugal called Nazaré where these occur regularly but there isn’t even a nice sandy beach were it all peters out. You either get out of that wave the right way or its rocks for you.

8. That’s what you’d call a cool job.

9. 

   Conor drying his balls when he got back to shore.

10. As someone who hasn’t a clue, is there much difference in the skill needed by an experienced surfer to ride a 40ft wave vs a 30ft wave or lower?

11. A common mis-identification, if you look closely at the colour of the foam and the angle of the water at the base you can clearly see this is in fact a mastodon 40-foot wave.