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 ...

After the two-day event this weekend in Los Angeles, the ceremony will air on FXX on Sept. 13 Its third season, which landed on the streamer earlier this year, follows Garrett McNamara and almost a ...

Though HBO’s award-winning hit documentary 100 Foot Wave is about idealistic, daredevil surfers risking their lives to ride the biggest sets in the world, series director Chris Smith has defiantly ...

A powerful hurricane is sending something terrifying toward the U.S. — waves that could reach over 100 feet high! Hurricane Erin, once a Category 5 storm and now a strong Category 3, is unleashing ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

The Creative Arts Emmys will air on Sept. 13 in FXX following the the two-day event in L.A. taking place Sept. 6 and 7 100 Foot Wave has won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award at ...

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 ...