Concordia - Nazaré
Winter storm chaser and world reference in big wave windsurfing, Frenchman Thomas Traversa is the ambassador of our Concordia Nazaré watch.
Stormchaser
Thomas crossed
PWA "wave" world champion, triple champion of the legendary " Redbull stormchase ", Thomas Traversa has established himself over the years as THE world reference in wholesale windsurfing. Beyond his titles, Thomas Traversa is an extreme adventurer who achieves feats that only he and a few riders in the world are capable of achieving.
the wave of all superlatives
Nazare
Nazaré is a small fishing town of 15,000 inhabitants, located in the west of Portugal, known for giant waves up to 20m high. The secret of this spot to reaching such records? A 5 km deep fault in the Atlantic Ocean which stops just in front of the Nazaré lighthouse, forcing the wave formed underwater to stop abruptly and send all its energy back to the surface, creating gigantic waves.
This phenomenon has always existed but surfers were unaware of its existence until 2010 when the town hall sought to bring Nazaré to life in winter by alerting surfers to this potential spot. Nazaré has since been home to legendary waves like the 23m wave, surfed by Garett McNamara in November 2011. Since then, it is here that surfed wave records have been broken. Thus, the Brazilian surfer, Rodrigo Kox, broke the world record for the largest wave ever surfed, in 2018. It was 24.38 meters high, the equivalent of a building of approximately nine floors.
