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 ...

On December 19th, 2025, Brazilian big wave charger Rodrigo Koxa rode what some are calling a 29.15-meter (95.64-foot wave) at ...

After watching an episode of 100 Foot Wave, the HBO series featuring big wave surfer Garrett McNamara, you'll likely be left with goosebumps—it's anxiety-inducing to watch humans tumble down monstrous ...

"Originally, we thought we'd just shoot them until they got the 100-foot wave, and that would be the end of the movie," Lewis recalls. "When we were talking to potential financiers, the most common ...

For Big Wave rider Garrett McNamara and his wife and manager, Nicole, the HBO adventure series, 100 Foot Wave, began as a way to introduce big wave surfing to the world. What followed was just that ...

Spoilers follow for the third season of 100 Foot Wave, which concluded on HBO on Thursday, May 29. Throughout 100 Foot Wave’s third season, the surfers we’ve watched for years tackling the ocean and ...

NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt late this morning and early afternoon, then becoming S late. Seas 3 to 4 ft, occasionally to 6 ft. Wave detail: N 4 ft at 5 seconds ...

Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth. “From ...

I think many of us have more than a passing interest in extremes and world records. The Guinness Book of Records, cofounded by English twin brothers Ross and Norris McWhirter in 1955, and which is ...

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,” ...