Home / Blogs / The Culture Blog  In the immortal words of Keanu
Reeves, Vaya con dios!  American surfer Garrett McNamara is
believed to have surfed a one-hundred-foot wave, breaking his
own previous world record. No, not at Bells Beach, Australia,
where the final scene of Point Break was set (though it was
actually filmed off Oregon), but off the coast of Nazaré,
Portugal, the site of McNamara's ninetry-foot record-setting
ride in 2011, reports The Guardian.  "Everything was perfect,
the weather, the waves," Alastair Mennie, one of two surfers who
accompanied McNamara, told the British newspaper. "Cotty [Andrew
Cotton] and I surfed two big waves of about 60 feet and then,
when Garrett was ready came a canyon wave of over 90 feet. The
jet ski was the best place to see him riding the biggest wave
I've ever seen. It was amazing. Most people would be scared but
Garrett was controlling everything in the critical part of the
wave. It was an inspiring ride by an inspiring surfer."
McNamara was born in Pittsfield, M