Ramon Navarro surfed a beast in Fiji that he says was the best wave of his life

Many call it the wave of the century or the wave of history. On a day of XXL waves at Cloudbreak, the Chilean once again demonstrated all his magic


May 27, 2018
|EN News
|POR Pablo Zanocchi

Ramón Navarro wrote another chapter in big wave surfing today, Sunday (Eastern Time)
in what was the swell of the decade at Cloudbreak, Fiji. Navarro himself, who has been nominated twice for the wave of the year at the XXL Awards, called it on his Instagram stories “the best wave of his life.”

When a human being like Ramón says that, the wave must have been very special.

Beyond that, his image is going around the globe with praise from the best in the world, including Kelly himself (see below) who posted his photo on his Instagram and said that when they came out of that wave they hugged each other. Slater added that this day will never be forgotten and that Cloudbreak is the best wave in the world and that what was done today was like when man walked on the moon.

Everyone is saying it was the biggest Cloudbreak ever surfed, and Ramon's was the wave of the day. The bomb looks nasty, a super thick lip, a very wide barrel and a giant wave; it was like the heaviest section of Teahupoo was placed on a much longer reef break at Cloudbreak and rolled for a long time. It looks like a mix of Nathan Fletcher's bomb at the Code Red swell and the one at Thundercloud that almost killed Mark Healey in 2012.

According to what Navarro tells us during a long day that begins with a mate and a light breakfast and that he divides into about 50 Instagram stories. On a windy and cloudy day, he first did a tow in session in which he got two tubes. Then he had to wait a long time and a few hours later he got the bomb that is going around the world.

“It was my turn to tow in and I really think I caught the best wave I have ever surfed in my life, I can’t believe it,” Navarro says. That happened between 2 and 5 pm Fiji time.

A little later, in another story, Ramón, together with his friend, the Hawaiian big rider  Kohl Christensen, who towed him, said looking at the camera: “Thanks to this bastard I caught the best wave of my life, I can't believe it!”

At the end of the day, the Chilean says that he tried to go paddle boarding but couldn't catch waves because the conditions were still difficult. Throughout the stories he explains that he doesn't usually like tow in and that he only does it when it is 100% necessary. He even says that he had his tow board stored away for many years.

Some are even calling it the best wave ever.

The Fiji swell took all the attention away at the start of the fifth CT stop at Keramas, so much so that Slater went surfing there and said he was injured.

 

Just take a second and process this... @surfnavarro kicked out right next to me and all I could do was give him a big hug. Today will never be forgotten. It was an honor to be in the presence of an ocean doing this. There is no better wave on this earth than #Cloudbreak. Lots of questions about competition and the event in Bali...Long story short, I am not on the level I want and need to be to compete. I did catch one really nice wave today, it went straight perfectly well, and saw a hundred other good waves. When I'm ready, properly healed, and able to compete with the world's best, I will. Good luck to everyone in Bali for the @wsl event and hoping for some more tomorrow in Fiji. Wow is all I can say. I'm inspired and more excited than ever to see surfing where it's at! I'm calling at least 1 Billion people on this earth should have witnessed what went down today. This stuff is like people going to the moon...by tomorrow people will say it didn't happen. ???‍♂️?

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