BBC: A newly released picture shows a Hawaiian riding a 21m (70-foot) wave earlier this year - the biggest wave ever surfed.

[Kupek]

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BBC: A newly released picture shows a Hawaiian riding a 21m (70-foot) wave earlier this year - the biggest wave ever surfed.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Fuck me....</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Heh, that's pretty cool, I can respect that.</div>

[Gentz]

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Pff. That's nothing. *I* once surfed the Neptunian ocean of liquid hydrogen 10x the size of the Earth in 1200mph winds. Beat that!</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>how can wind be over 2x the speed of sound?</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>The speed of sound is relative to the medium through which the sound travels.</div>

[Gentz]

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Zing!</div>

[Gentz]

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>A better question would actually be: "How could one surf in an atmosphere with the approximate consistency of a hot fudge sundae?"</div>