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Anderson Cooper Blinded in 60ft Nazaré Waves with Garrett McNamara (Video)
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Anderson Cooper Blinded in 60ft Nazaré Waves with Garrett McNamara (Video)

Surfer·Dashel Pierson·6 days ago
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In 2013, famed TV journalist Anderson Cooper traveled to Nazaré , Portugal for a segment on 60 Minutes . He met up with big-wave surfer and Nazaré pioneer, Garrett McNamara, for an up-close-and-personal jet ski tour of the world’s biggest wave . Everything went according to plan – so it seemed. Now, Cooper is revealing that during the shoot, he was actually injured. But it wasn’t from the waves, or from McNamara’s wildcat driving style. Instead, it was something different. Below, Cooper recalls the shoot, and tells the tale. View this post on Instagram “I got blinded on a 60 Minutes shoot, which is among the stupidest things I’ve ever done,” Cooper said. “And I’ve done a lot of stupid things.” Related: New World Record? Lucas Chumbo Surfs 75ft Nazaré Monster (Video) Cooper continued: “We were doing Garrett McNamara – big-wave surfer, awesome guy, I love him. I’ve done two stories involving Garrett. We went to Nazaré, Portugal, where the big waves are. He took me out on the jet ski, into these big waves.…

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