Back to the Top News Newsfeed

A human man just paddleboarded across the Atlantic Ocean alone

South African surfer Chris Bertish just pulled off one of the most remarkable feats of human determination, perseverance and sheer grit of all time. I mean that.

This guy just completed a 93-day, 4,050-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean. By himself.

On a stand-up paddleboard.

The journey began in Agadir, Morocco and ended in Antigua. Every additional fact you learn about this makes it that much more impressive, but here's my favorite one: a French man named Nicolas Jarossay tried to cross the Atlantic on a paddleboard last year, and he lasted exactly one night before he had to be rescued.