Big Wave Surfing: Facing fears is my job | Nic Von Rupp | TEDxCatólicaLisbonSBE

Nic von Rupp is a professional Big Wave Surfer from Portugal and believes that you don't have to be some kind of superhuman to surf the biggest waves on the planet. 20 years ago, he wouldn't have believed that someday, he would be facing Nazaré, the world record breaking wave. As this spot is at his doorstep today, he is dealing with fear as well as the exhilarating fun of surfing giant waves on a constant basis. Nic Von Rupp is a professional Big Wave Surfer who is challenging the limits of surfing. Growing up in Sintra as a son of a German father and a Portuguese mother he learned to surf at an early age. In his career as a junior, he won national and international titles.
With an excellent reputation worldwide, Nic was considered “European Surfer of the Year” in 2013; he finished his first participation in “WQS” in 60th place, after winning the “Pawa Tube Fest” in Mexico in 2014; he was honored with a silver medal at ISA World Surfing Games and his victory in the Moche Rip Curl Pro Trials allowed him to compete in the World Championship Tour. In 2020 he finished the big wave season as 9th best surfer and is to be considered as one of the best 10 Big Wave Surfers of the world.
Besides surfing, he created his own brand XY and is publishing YouTube videos under the title “von Froth”.
Recently von Rupp started focusing more and more for what he is known for, for what he is respected for, and for what he is here for chasing the world's biggest and heaviest waves in documentaries from Nazaré to Ireland and beyond. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx