Video by @kaiquephoto. Edit by Tom Vaughan. “That was the fee I had to pay,” says big wave surfer Polly Ralda, after one of the more nightmare-esque wipeouts at Nazaré we’ve seen this season.

Typically, in surfing, jetskis make things easier. They can be used to whip surfers into waves that are too big to paddle, they can help save surfers in the impact zone, among many other lifesaving ...

On Monday, the World Surf League wrapped the Nazaré Big Wave Challenge in 30-to-40 foot surf at Portugal’s Praia do Norte, home of the world’s largest waves. It was a Brazilian sweep on the podium ...

Six months ago — November 9th, 2017, to be exact — British big-wave lunatic Andrew Cotton suffered one of the worst wipeouts we’d ever seen at Nazare. Got whipped in very deep. Faded a bit too much.

While the mist has settled from the historic, gigantic, 70-foot-plus waves of the TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge, it’s time to lookback at a few standout moments. Specifically, Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca ...

Polly Ralda traveled a long way to get to Nazaré. She was born in Guatemala City, well inland from the Pacific Ocean. But she dreamt of surfing big waves since she was 13 years old watching Maya ...