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 ...

Portugal, as the famous big wave has even become a "bucket list" destination for people of all backgrounds. While social media and the successful HBO series The100 Foot Wave have helped put Nazaré at ...

The proverbial knock on the door of surfing 100 foot waves is getting louder and louder. Given the turnaround time in judging wave heights, for all we know the 100 footer may have been ridden this ...

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 ...