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,” ...

Once a quiet fishing village, Nazaré, Portugal, is home to some of the world's largest rideable waves, reaching up to 100 feet. Learn more about this destination, what causes these massive waves, and ...

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 ...

Western Europe is preparing to be battered by storm Ingrid, the largest in a series of systems moving across the North Atlantic. Big wave surfer Nic von Rupp is eyeing the forecast for Nazaré, saying ...

This is the second entry of a travel series to Europe to meet with Nic von Rupp in Nazaré thanks to an invite from Tudor Watch. I was part of a group of 18 journalists invited from around the world to ...

The Billabong Odyssey project, introduced in summer 2001, had one objective: to find and surf a 100-foot wave, record it, and give a half-million bucks to the first team to do it. It was a three-year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's few surfers whose exploits have truly reached the mainstream in profound, unprecedented ways. One is Garret McNamara and ...