There's few surfers whose exploits have truly reached the mainstream in profound, unprecedented ways. One is Garret McNamara and the smash hit HBO show, 100 Foot Wave. Before Nazaré became a global ...
They were once believed to be legend; but scientists, and the use of modern technology, have proven their reality. In a new report from EcoNews, they show satellites over the Pacific Ocean detected, ...
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 ...
100 Foot Wave has won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys. Other nominees for the award, which was announced on Sunday, Sept. 7, included Chef’s ...
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,” ...
I think many of us have more than a passing interest in extremes and world records. The Guinness Book of Records, cofounded by English twin brothers Ross and Norris McWhirter in 1955, and which is ...