A pair of monster waves in Portugal have seen a surfer and his partner wiped out off a jet-ski in frightening scenes.
The incident occurred at the Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge when Hawaiian surfer Kai Lenny was attempting to ride a monster wave and got taken out, before his partner Lucas Chianca came to the rescue on a jet-ski.
After picking up Kenny, Chianca attempted to get back to the shore in a hurry, only to be wiped out by a secondary wave close to the cliff.
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“I’ll tell you what, if you’re getting speed wobbles undoing Kai Lenny, you know there’s some power there,” the commentator covering the event said after the wipeout.
“That’s not a great spot to be. You talk about their experience, but this place is no joke.”
Eventually a second jet-ski arrived on the scene to pick up the pair and escorted them to safety.
Nazare is considered one of the biggest breaks in the world and arguably the scariest place to compete on the World Surfing Tour.
The wiped-out pair actually went on to win the event.
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