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

In late February, the best big wave surfers in the world caught wind of a storm headed for Nazaré, Portugal—a surfing destination only recently recognized for producing the world’s most ...

Case in point, when the wave does break, it can get damn good and is a way more paddle-friendly option than Portugal’s more ...

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

Comparing Steudtner’s experience of big-wave surfing to the relative triviality ... His roots, at least for much of the season, are here in Portugal, although it is only his seasonal home.

Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practising tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal ... all day with a big smile on his face.

Daredevil surfers took on 35ft waves on Monday as they competed in the world-famous Nazaré Big Wave Challenge in Portugal. Shocking video showed brave athletes riding out towering waves in the ...

When American surfer Garrett McNamara received a photo in 2007 of a monster wave off of Portugal’s coast ... the world record-breaking 78ft “Big Mama” wave went viral, and Nazaré would ...

In 2020, Germany's Sebastian Steudtner broke the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed when he was towed into a monster 86-footer at Nazare in Portugal ... too big, impossible to surf.

The winners will be crowned this week in Nazaré, Portugal, home to the world’s biggest wave. For over two decades, the Big Wave Challenge (formerly the XXL Big Wave Awards) has celebrated the ...