The TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge is different than other surf contests – and not just because of the behemoth waves. The ...

In February of 2022, a supercharged extratropical cyclone, dubbed “Eunice,” spiraled across the Atlantic and sent extra-large waves to Nazaré, Portugal. During that swell, Vinicius “Vini” Dos Santos ...

Spoiler alert: I don’t know who rode the biggest wave of the 2024-2025 Big Wave Challenge window. That’s being kept under lock and key until the award show live from the Lido Theater in Newport Beach ...

In one month, the 2025 Big Wave Challenge will name its heavy-water winners from around the globe. Like the past two iterations of the Big Wave Challenge, there are nine categories with three surfers ...

In February 1982, the Ocean Ranger, the world’s largest semi-submersible oil rig, faced one of the most violent North ...

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...

A sigh of relief washes over the crew. The sun peeks out from the angry clouds. They made it, they think. The small fishing vessel survived amidst a storm of biblical proportions and unfathomably ...

Sept 10 (Reuters) - Brazilian daredevil Maya Gabeira has improved her own world record for the biggest wave surfed by a woman, riding a 73.5 foot (22.4m) giant at Portugal's Nazare and overshadowing ...

LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Big-wave surfer Andrew Cotton is not keen on heights yet plummeting down the side of an 80ft Atlantic breaker feels like the most natural thing in the world to the Englishman ...

Big waves are making waves on the big stage. The HBO hit series “100 Foot Wave” earned two Creative Arts Emmy awards this week – nabbing the nod for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award ...