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Guinness World Records have announced that in 2020 Sebastian Steudtner surfed the biggest wave of all time

Video. Watch: This is officially the biggest wave ever surfed

Updated: 24/05/2022 - 16:48 GMT+2

German surfer, Sebastian Steudtner has received a Guinness World Record certificate for the biggest wave surfed in the world, for his surf on 29 October 2020

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