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 ...

NAZARÈ, Portugal – Off the coast of Portugal, a quiet fishing village has progressively evolved into the premier venue for big wave surfers looking to catch the wave of a lifetime. For decades, thrill ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last October big wave surfers Laura Crane, Mason Barnes, Nic von Rupp, and helped João Macedo and his coalition of surfers and ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a surfer rode a 101-foot-tall wave at Nazaré, setting a new world record. When ...

Last October big wave surfers Laura Crane, Mason Barnes, Nic von Rupp, and helped João Macedo and his coalition of surfers and fishermen known as the Hope Zones Foundation (HZF) launch Portugal's ...