So it’s fitting that at one point in his career, Garrett rode the largest wave ever surfed at Nazaré. Clocked at around 78 ...

Nic von Rupp has surfed a lot of huge waves in his life, but Storm Herminia created one wave so big it eclipsed all his others. And as you can already guess, the term “world record” is being ...

Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself.

Big-wave surfers have made pilgrimages to the town since 2011, when a video of Garrett McNamara barreling down a 78-foot wave established it as having one of the planet’s biggest breaks.

Pepe with his brother, Juan Martín, in their family's farm in Soriano, Uruguay The surfer “Pepe” Gomez slid this week what may be the biggest wave ever surfed by an Uruguayan. He did it in ...

regarding the largest wave ever surfed. To recap, there was Alo Slebir’s estimated 108-footer at Maverick’s; a supposed 98-footer from Nic Von Rupp at Nazaré; and an as-of-yet measured ...

This list might focus on the biggest waves ever surfed, but don’t forget about other record heights out there. Some paddle waves can almost reach Dunpont's 70.5-footer. Paddle surfers in Hawaii ...

began texting him. Like any self-respecting big wave surfer, the 24-year-old Slebir and his pals constantly watched the data captured by buoys hundreds of miles out in the Pacific Ocean that could ...

From kiteboarding and windsurfing to foiling and big wave surfing, Hawaii's Kai Lenny does it all and at an expert level.

Robyn Larg, from the Isle of Tiree, Argyll, surfed a wave estimated to be around ... Ben scooped third place in the 2025 Tudor Nazare Big Wave Challenge, surfing 40ft Atlantic rollers.

“All I know is that it’s the biggest wave I’ve ever seen at Mavericks and lot of people who have surfed there a long time are saying the same thing," he adds. "So it’s pretty cool to have ...