Windsurfer s 36-foot wave earns her a Guinness World Record
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Dec. 18 (UPI) A French windsurfer who caught a 36-foot wave in Hawaii was awarded a Guinness World Record for the largest wave windsurfed by a woman.
Sarah Hauser, from the French territory of New Caledonia, caught the giant wave in Maui on New Year s Eve in 2019, and the wave has now been verified by the International Windsurfing Tour as the woman s biggest wave of all time.
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The International Windsurfing Tour verifies windsurfing records for Guinness, leading the record-keeping organization to award Hauser the record for the largest wave windsurfed (female). Hauser is the first person to hold the record.