Every year when winter rolls around the community of big wave surfing flock to Portugal in hopes that the biggest contest in the world will get the conditions it needs to run. The TUDOR Nazaré Big ...

Ask any of the big-wave surfers who put their lives at risk in the 2024-25 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, and they’d tell you it was honor just to compete in the 40 to 50-foot waves that crashed ...

25 years since the XL Big Wave Awards were first held in LA, the revamped Big Wave Challenge BWC held its annual awards night at the Newport Lido Theatre last week. While the much-bandied term ...

From left to right: Alo Slebir at Mav’s, Kipp Caddy at Jaws, and Tom Myers at Queenscliff Bombie. Photos: Screenshot//BWC The nominees for men’s ride of the year are in for the the 2024-2025 Big Wave ...

The three-month waiting period ended Friday without ever seeing the right swell with consistent 40-foot waves.

Big waves are making waves on the big stage. The HBO hit series “100 Foot Wave” earned two Creative Arts Emmy awards this week – nabbing the nod for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yes, we know pulling out the measuring tape for big waves is a difficult and sometimes controversial endeavor. But in light of the ...

SANTA CRUZ – Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself. Several times each winter, Slebir drives an hour up ...

Big-wave sessions can be frantic. There’s a lot to process: fast-moving waves, surfers going in and out of the lineup, skis buzzing around like bees in a hive, whitewater sending torrential spray to ...