For the uninitiated it would be easy to guess the biggest waves in the world likely break off the shores of Hawaii or perhaps Australia. But over the last ten or so years, a wave known as Nazaré ...

Sebastian Steudtner holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. At 26.21 meters (86 feet), it is equivalent to surfing an eight-story building. The record was set in the picturesque ...

Locals in Tonga had always known it as Maka Lahi, “large rock,” but scientists quickly realized it was much more.

Big-wave surfing has wowed awe-struck onlookers from all over the world, more so in the digital age where some of the biggest breaks on earth are tempted and captured in video or photos.

Since it was first surfed, a little over a decade ago, the Portuguese town of Nazare has become the undisputed home of the world's biggest wave As he looks out from his balcony, over slumped ...

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 ...

Crowds watch big-wave surfers from the lighthouse atop Nazaré ... “The energy and the power that the waves have is something from another world,” he says. “It’s magic.” ...

has a new site on its shoreline — a freshwater pool dubbed the "world's largest deep-water standing surf wave." But the wave pool, filled with water from the fragile aquifer, opened amid an ...

A surfer has conquered the biggest waves in the world – despite only having one leg. Pegleg Bennett was born with a birth defect that led to the amputation of his foot at 13 months old.

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

For generations of locals, Nazare's giant waves meant only death and danger. Now, they have fuelled a big-wave surfing boom in the town.