Biggest Wave Ever Surfed (VIDEO)
This is the incredible moment a Brazilian surfer rode the biggest wave ever recorded. Rodrigo Koxa claimed the major prize at the Big Wave Awards in California after breaking the world record…

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 29: : A surfer waits to jump in to the ocean during stormy conditions at Coogee Beach after winds and rain battered Sydney last night on January 29, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Parts of Sydney are experienced record rainfall after ex-cyclone Oswald swept through the city last night. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty ImagesThis is the incredible moment a Brazilian surfer rode the biggest wave ever recorded.
Rodrigo Koxa claimed the major prize at the Big Wave Awards in California after breaking the world record - surfing a 24.28m (8ft) swell.
He was awarded the Guinness World Record for "The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed" at the ceremony on Saturday night.
Mr. Koxa told reporters that breaking the record in November last year was "the best day of my life".