Last Tuesday surfer Kai Lenny was in Nazaré, Portugal competing in a local tow-in event, Gigantes de Nazare, when dropped a 360 on the face of a 30 foot wave. Beachgrit.com reports the Hawaiian has been watching videos of Travis Rice doing triple rotations off eighty-foot cliffs decided it was time to step up big wave surfing’s game. Gnarly:

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