This is the moment that Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa rode a monster wave in Portugal, earning him a nomination at the World Surf League awards, announced last week.

The unseen footage captured on November 8, 2017, shows the big wave surfer - the third man seen surfing in the video - riding one of the largest waves of the season at Praia do Norte beach near the fishing village of Nazare.

Koxa's skill at riding the wave saw him being nominated for the World Surf League's Biggest Wave Awards.

The 18th Annual WSL Big Wave Awards competition window concluded on March 20, 2018, spanning the previous 12 months of surf action.

According to the World Surf League: "The Quiksilver Airlift XXL Biggest Wave Award goes to the surfer who, by any means available, catches and rides the biggest wave of the year. The winner will receive a $25,000 prize and the photographer of the ride will receive a $5,000 prize."

The nominations were unveiled last week and the actual ceremony takes place on April 28.

Praia do Norte beach, near the fishing village of Nazaré, has become famous for huge waves since Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara set a then-record in 2011 for the largest wave ever surfed when he rode a 78-foot wave.

New unreleased raw footage as emerged of the biggest set of the day, during one of the most monstrous days of the season in Nazaré, Portugal.

This Set had 4 Giant Waves, and detonated at the first peak of Praia do Norte, directly in front of the cliff with the famous Lighthouse landmark, which is the most dangerous spot in Nazaré but also the one where the Biggest waves break.

The first wave of the set was caught by Surfer Axi Muniain (from Basque Country), the second wave was charged by Surfer Rafael Tapia (from Chile) and the third and biggest wave of the set was ridden by Surfer Rodrigo Koxa from Brazil, the fourth wave was not surfed by anyone, all 3 are Professional Big Wave Surfers with years of experience.

This Set had some of the Biggest Waves of the day, and that's why Rodrigo Koxa’s wave, the third of the set ended up being one of the five waves nominated worldwide for the Biggest Wave Award of the WSL Big Wave Awards Competition, which is like the “Oscars” of the Big Waves and will present the winner on April 28th in an official ceremony in Los Angeles.

From all 5 biggest waves nominated globally, 4 were surfed in Nazaré, which makes this place as a sort of “Mecca" for the Big Wave Surfing world.

The infamous Wednesday, November 8th 2017 in Nazaré, Portugal, later became known as “The Big Wednesday”, is the same day when Surfer Andrew Cotton suffered a severe wipeout and got thrown into the air 30 feet high, breaking his back when he impacted the water (and is also now nominated for “Wipeout of the Year” on the WSL Big Wave Awards). During the week prior to this day, a strong North Atlantic Storm generated a Giant Swell and sent it in the direction of Portugal, when it hit the coast of Nazaré, it become Gigantic due to the specific underwater geography of this place, some waves exceeded 80 feet high, turning this one of the Biggest Swells of 2017.

It can be heard at the end of the video, someone calling this event “Super Set” in response to the Filmmaker's *beeped* comment over the radio, the name stuck and this Monster Set later became historic, so it's now referred commonly as the “Super Set” by the locals.

Praia do Norte beach, near the fishing village of Nazaré, has become famous for huge waves since Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara set a then-record in 2011 for the largest wave ever surfed when he rode a 78-foot wave.