Surfers break world record in Brazil

Competitors in Brazil have set a new world record for the number of surfers on a single wave in aid of a global environmental campaign.Officials said that 84 surfers managed to ride a wave together for at least five seconds at Santos beach.The event took place simultaneously in seven countries, including Australia and South Africa which set the record at 73 in 2006.Following in the footsteps of music festival Live Earth which took place in eight countries, The Earthwave project invited surfing organisations across the world to highlight global warming issues by staging the record-breaking attempts.Experienced surfer and record holder Rico de Souza led the Brazilian group. De Souza managed to get 42 surfers on a single wave in 2005 and rode the world's largest surfboard last year.Some 100 surfers attempted to accomplish the feat in Brazil, but some did not manage to stay on the wave long enough to count for the record.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

ITN | September 4, 2007

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