In the winter of 2016-17 the World Surf League held its first ever big wave event in Portugal, the Nazare Big Wave Challenge.After a day of carnage the event – a strictly paddle surfing affair ...

When winter in Portugal rolls around, all eyes turn to Nazaré. Portugual has many waves, but Nazaré has a certain something that all those other waves don't.

Over the past decade and change, the realm of big wave surfing has seen a gravitational shift towards Europe and, particularly, Nazaré, Portugal. It’s now ground zero for the world’s largest ...

It’s been a somewhat quiet season, thus far, in the Atlantic big wave surfing sector. Elsewhere in the Pacific, there's been less crickets – capping off 2024, the Eddie Aikau Big Wave ...

The 115-foot-wave is just a surfer's dream at the moment, but new wave measuring technology may see surfers attaining that goal in reality.

Laura Crane surfs the biggest wave of her life, Nazaré.

Ben Larg, from Tiree, was first taken out on a surf board when he was a toddler A teenager from Tiree is preparing for the latest big wave surf season at Nazaré Ben Larg has carved out a career ...

Former surf champion Brazilian Lucas Chumbo, was in Nazare at the time, and towed Mr Formston to the highest waves. "Lucas Chumbo is one of the all time legends of big wave surfing, so it was a ...

Big wave surfing is one of the ultimate thrills, where surfers conquer massive walls of water that defy comprehension. The unquenchable thirst for adrenaline and pursuit of world records is a ...

This was the same. Why did you chose big wave surfing? When I started surfing, I had to wait for the last [wave] of the series, the biggest because there were many surfers, all very advanced (I ...