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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

In late January 2020, a huge swell at Jaws saw a star-studded cast of big wave surfers put on a show. Stories about the exploits of the Strapped Crew soon spread around the world, and from covers ...

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 ...

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 ...

This will begin with a 4-MW pilot station, and eventually could expand to 77-MW, which would make it the world's largest wave power facility. That is of course if it happens. It's not immediately ...

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.” ...

Everest every day of the week for 100 years, it never moves,” said Bill Sharp, who has spent decades orchestrating the world’s most rigorous big wave surfing awards. “But even the biggest ...