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>>> HEY, WELCOME BACK.
A BRAZILIAN SURFER MAY HAVE SET
A RECORD.
THE WAVE WAS TALLER THAN 100
FEET, NOT DEFINITIVE, THAT'S
WELL OVER THE NUMBER HE NEEDS TO
BREAK A RECORD IN 2007.
GARRETT EAST RECORD IS 78 FOOT
WAVE.
LOCATION IS KNOWN AS A MECCA FOR
GIANT WAVES AND ALSO INCREDIBLY
DANGEROUS SPOT TO SURF.
THERE ARE ROCKS RIGHT AT THE
BASE JUST BEFORE HE CAUGHT THAT
MOUNTAIN OF A WAVE WHICH COULD
HAVE KILLED HIM, HE RESCUED A
FELLOW SURFER AND FRIEND WHO
NEARLY DROWNED.
JOINING ME IS CARLOS BULAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I WATCHED THE VIDEO OF YOU ON
THAT WAVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN
TODAY.
EVERY SINGLE TIME YOUR HEART
STOPS.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE RIDING THE
WAVE?
>> IT'S CRAZY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
YOU GOING SO FAST AND YOU KNOW
THAT IT CAN FALL AND IT'S LIKE
GOING DOWN A MOUNTAIN THAT NEVER
ENDS BECAUSE WHILE THE WAVE
IT -- IT'S VERY INTENSE AND IT'S
SO HARD FOR YOU TO KEEP CONTROL
IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, AND I
HAD MY HEART COMING UP OUT OF MY
MOUTH ALL THE TIME LIKE YOU HAVE
TO HOLD YOURSELF YOU HAVE TO
HOLD YOURSELF.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FALL.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FALL.
I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I MADE IT
ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM AND I
HOLD THE FIRST WHITE WATER HIT
ME AND THE SECOND WHITE WATER I
COULDN'T HOLD ANYMORE BUT I MADE
IT AND I MADE IT AND I WAS GLAD
JUST TO DO IT, YOU KNOW.
>> I INTERVIEWED GARRETT LAST
YEAR AND I WAS THERE WITH HIM
AND WHEN HE WAS RIDING THE
78-FOOT WAVE, THE CURRENT
RECORD, HE LOOKED BACK AND
DESCRIBED IT LIKE BEING AN
AVALANCHE.
DID YOU ACTUALLY LOOK BACK AT
THE WAVE WHEN YOU WERE ON IT?
>> NO, I DIDN'T, NOT ON THIS
ONE.
I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT.
I WAS TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL ALL
THE TIME.
MY BOARD WAS JUST JUMPING ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
MY FOOT WAS KIND OF COMING OUT
OF MY FOOT STRAPS.
>> YOUR FOOT WAS COMING OUT OF
YOUR FOOT STRAPS?
>> YES, YES.
>> WOW, THAT'S CRAZY.
>> THAT WAS CRAZY, YOU KNOW,
JUST GOING SO FAST AND MY FOOT
WAS COMING OUT AND IT WAS SO
TIRED.
I DID EVERYTHING CORRECTLY BUT
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, IT SO HARD
TO KEEP CONTROL BECAUSE YOU
HITTING BUMPS AFTER BUMPS AND
YOU GOING FAST.
>> AND RIGHT BEFORE YOU WENT ON
THAT WAVE AND HAD THAT
INCREDIBLE RIDE, ANOTHER SURFER,
A WOMAN NAMED MAYA GABRIELLE, A
WOMAN YOU TRAIN WITH ALMOST
DAWNED.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?
>> SHE WAS DOING OKAY AT THE
BEGINNING.
SHE HIT COUPLE BUMPS AND KEPT
CONTROL, BUT SOMEHOW SHE FELL,
AND SHE WENT -- WHEN SHE FELL, I
LOST EYE CONTACT WITH HER FOR AT
LEAST FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES AND
SHE DECEMISAPPEAR ON THE NEXT W
AND WHEN SHE WAS FACE DOWN AND I
DECIDED TO LET THE SKI GO AND
JUMP IN THE WATER AND THEN I
TOOK HER AND GRABBED HER AND I
SAID SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE,
I'M GOING TO STAY WITH HER AND
LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT
ALL THE WAY TO THE BEACH.