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women ride the biggest waves in the world. Most of A little village filled with eateries and souvenir
the time, waves are pretty tame, but when winter shops sits on the plateau below the iconic red
swells and wind meet a strong southerly current and lighthouse where you park your car and hike to the
fast-flowing currents from a deep shoreline trench, main viewpoints for big wave action. On the way, we
magic happens. Big wave surfers gather from around passed a giant stone statue of a naked torso with a
the globe to try to break Brazilian surfer Rodrigo stag’s head, holding a surfboard while gazing at the
Koxa’s record ride of an 80-foot monster wave in 2013. sea. It was a great photo op, but no sign or plaque
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