Surfing the world's biggest waves takes a certain kind of commitment. Whether it's paddling undeterred into an over-sized XL bomb, or letting go of the rope on an 80-to-90 foot monster, there's a ...

These days, wavepools come in all shapes and sizes, with several forms of technology supplying a range of chlorinated thrills. But ever since a certain 11-time world champion unleashed his ...

What does it take to ride the biggest wave of the day… the year… ever… at Nazare? Well, it takes a lot. But it all starts with a big, powerful North Atlantic ...

The waves were pumping — big, bombing and beautiful. For the “Thriller at Killers” surf contest off the islands of Todos Santos near Ensenada, the forecast was a fun event for the world’s best ...

Just like the rest of the surfing world, I’m going to try not to react to way-too-early world record claims until the claims start landing a little closer to reality. In the meantime, I’ll just double ...

Maverick’s, Jaws, Nazaré…these are some faces on big wave surfing’s Mount Rushmore, the perennial spots, which every year, serve up some of the most unfathomably massive surf. But there’s a quiet ...

Over the weekend, one of the biggest swells in recent memory hit surfing’s home of the world’s largest liquid mountains: Nazaré, Portugal. It was so big, so unwieldly, that some even questioned the ...

Freddie Meadows spent years researching a hunch. 'Rán' is the rare big-wave discovery he made in a place that wasn't supposed ...