Hundreds of millions of non surfers know about the towering and terrifying break of Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, as the famous big wave has even become a "bucket list" destination for people of ...

American Garrett McNamara put this small Portuguese town on the surfing map after receiving an email from Portuguese Dino Casimiro in 2005. The big wave was surfed in 2011. When Dino Casimiro heard ...

Hawaiian Garrett McNamara put Nazare on the map in 2011 when he set a then world record for the biggest wave ever surfed at 78 feet (23.77 metres). Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa bettered McNamara's mark in ...

Hurricane Erin has, mostly, come and went. And with it, there were moments of flooding, coastal erosion, dangerous ocean conditions, and moments of epic surfing. So it goes with hurricanes, they’re ...

This is the third entry of a travel series to Europe to meet with Nic von Rupp in Nazaré thanks to an invite from Tudor Watch. I was part of a group of 18 journalists invited from around the world to ...

In January 2024, Justine Dupont’s life changed forever when she and her husband celebrated the birth of their baby boy, Elio. His arrival put a pause on his mother’s worldly big-wave pursuits. But ...