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 ...

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 ...

The biggest waves produced in the ocean – at least that we know of – max out around the triple digit range. Although nobody has officially surfed the 100-foot wave yet, that threshold is soon to be ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a glacier collapses – or “calves” to use the technical term – it’s a remarkable sight, Mother Nature imploding in on herself, a sight of beauty and destruction. One of the world’s most ...

“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 ...

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 ...