Nazaré Pre Game with Twiggy

The ancient fishing village of Nazaré, a place where Portuguese pensioners source fresh fruit and vegetables while retired fishermen exchange old fables over coffee and record-breaking waves detonate below the cliff face. A place where limits are tested, making the town one helluva stomping ground for the world’s most fearless and committed athletes on the WSL’s Big Wave Tour.  2 x Big Wave World Champ, Grant Twiggy Baker, is one of the wave riding gladiators ready to face off against what looks like a record-breaking swell in Portugal this weekend. With the swell and the winds expected to all come together, producing clean waves to kick off the Big Wave Tour season tomorrow, we reached out to Twig to get the word on Nazaré 2018: Zigzag: How is the swell lining up? What are the expected conditions? Twig: There’s massive swell in the water that will send Nazare XXXXL and I’m pretty sure the World record will be broken this weekend. The WSL need to work around this swell and has called the event for the beginning of it. I would estimate the waves being in the 15 -18ft range with perfect conditions so hopefully we get to see the best […]

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