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 ...

NPR's Kelsey Snell talks to big wave surfer Garrett McNamara about the new HBO documentary series 100 Foot Wave.

ESPN did their homework on this one. If you’re going big-picture at Maverick’s, Jeff Clark and Mark Sponsler are two guys who must be mic'd up. The former, of course, is credited with being the first ...

Once a quiet fishing village, Nazaré, Portugal, is home to some of the world's largest rideable waves, reaching up to 100 feet. Learn more about this destination, what causes these massive waves, and ...

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 ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- Pro surfer Aaron Gold is recovering back home in Hawaii fresh from taking on the monster waves at Mavericks-- thrilling but not easy. "It landed right on me and gave me ...

(CNN) — Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot ...