Key takeaways:
- Australian Blake Johnston has broken the world record for the longest surfing session, riding hundreds of waves for 40 hours at Cronulla Beach in Sydney.
- Johnston was carried off the beach on his friends’ shoulders, wearing a black cowboy hat and draped in a thermal blanket.
- Johnston has now set a new benchmark for endurance surfing, and his record is likely to remain unbeaten for some time.
Australian Blake Johnston has broken the world record for the longest surfing session, riding hundreds of waves for 40 hours at Cronulla Beach in Sydney.
Johnston, a former professional surfer, started his record-breaking attempt at 1 a.m. on Thursday and moved past the previous mark of 30 hours and 11 minutes held by South African Josh Enslin at 9:11 a.m. on Friday.
The 40-year-old was carried off the beach on his friends’ shoulders, wearing a black cowboy hat and draped in a thermal blanket. He was visibly emotional when he briefly returned to the beach to answer questions from the media, with hundreds of spectators cheering his achievement.
Johnston plans to extend his new record to over 40 hours on the water, finishing his session on Friday evening. He said he was “pretty cooked” after his record-breaking feat.
The achievement is a remarkable one for Johnston, who has been surfing since he was a child. He has now set a new benchmark for endurance surfing, and his record is likely to remain unbeaten for some time.
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