Hailing from the archipelago known as the Inner Hebrides, Ben Larg took the fast track to a surfing life. By 12 years old, he ...

Nazaré is a town in Portugal's Oeste region in the Leiria District. It's about a 45-minute drive north from the premier surf ...

From kiteboarding and windsurfing to foiling and big wave surfing, Hawaii's Kai Lenny does it all and at an expert level. Fittingly, the birth of big wave surfing happened on the same ...

In November 2011, McNamara claimed a Guinness World Record for the largest wave surfed after a ride in Nazaré. It was ...

Discover how wave refraction works, why it happens and how it affects surfing in this easy-to-understand guide.

The world of big wave surfing – particularly when it comes to competition – has undergone a tectonic shift (read: an Orwellian disappearance) over the last few years and seasons. First of all ...

began as a way to introduce big wave surfing to the world. What followed was just that and more. Season one consisted of years of footage of the McNamara’s and their history with a seemingly ...

Nic von Rupp once told me that the notorious Portuguese big wave surf break Nazaré — surfing’s Mount Everest — is like a moving mountain of water coming to eat you alive. The comparisons of ...

A harrowing scene unfolded along a Mexican beach as drone footage captured swimmers becoming swamped by a huge wave in the ...

In the age of digital detoxes, sleep retreats, and wellness out the wazoo, surfing provides travelers with a more active way ...

But wake surfing is the most controversial in the Midwest ... Wake boats with full ballasts are particularly good at producing big waves, but non-wakesurf boats can also produce bigger waves if ...