There's few surfers whose exploits have truly reached the mainstream in profound, unprecedented ways. One is Garret McNamara and the smash hit HBO show, 100 Foot Wave. Before Nazaré became a global ...

Frenchman Laurent Pujol, riding epic swells across the world on a custom Jet Ski, has one of the most singular jobs in cinematography. By Gary Baum Senior Writer “Big-wave surfing is life-and-death,” ...

Ever since Greg Noll’s fabled ride at Makaha during the historic swell of 1969, measuring big waves has been a tricky business – controversial, in fact. And so, when Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rode a ...

Emmy winner Chris Smith has spent years documenting the evolving world of big-wave surfing in HBO’s 100 Foot Wave. What started as a feature documentary has expanded into a multi-season saga, ...

NAZARÈ, Portugal – Off the coast of Portugal, a quiet fishing village has progressively evolved into the premier venue for big wave surfers looking to catch the wave of a lifetime. For decades, thrill ...

This is the second entry of a travel series to Europe to meet with Nic von Rupp in Nazaré thanks to an invite from Tudor Watch. I was part of a group of 18 journalists invited from around the world to ...

"Miraculously, it only killed five people.” ...