Nazaré is a nightmare. And this week, during the opening days of the swell season, the Portuguese beast lived up to its reputation with international tow teams enduring some serious carnage. (See the ...

“I didn’t grow up by the ocean. I didn’t have rich parents to travel around with me as a kid, I didn’t start surfing until I was an adult, I’m not from Hawaii, Australia, the US – I’m not even from ...

The world of big-wave surfing, and especially the crucial aspect of measuring such liquid mountains, is a tricky, often controversial business. For instance, the Guinness World Record for largest wave ...

For decades, big-wave surfers have searched the globe for the next behemoth. But what if the biggest wave on Earth hasn't been discovered yet? That's the intriguing question posed by big-wave surfer ...