On December 22, 2024, while the surf world’s collective eye was fixed on Waimea Bay during the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave ...

One of the biggest waves in the world broke at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay during a jaw-dropping swell this December. Big ...

On Christmas Eve, a surfer from Santa Cruz rode a wave at Mavericks that witnesses say was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world record. But how do you reliably measure a wave?

Well, the wave pool industry at large is thriving across the globe, with new facilities being announced nearly every single ...

The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, commonly referred to as surfing’s most prestigious event, has only run 11 times since ...

Big wave surfers caught bombs on December 23 while ... The lineup was electric as the best in the world took on this beast. It was an all-tow session, with tow teams pushing limits and redefining ...

Mr. McNamara, a big wave surfer who was raised in a family of them ... In 2023, he lifted his best friend, Luke Shepardson, on his shoulders when he won the prestigious event.

When the prestigious international surf competition known as the Eddie was called some 48 hours before the contest was set to ...

While much of the surf world’s attention was focused on The Eddie at Waimea Bay on Sunday, a whole bunch of the world’s best ...

About 25,000 fans turned out as Oahu’s Waimea Bay delivered peaks of 40-foot plus, stomach-churning wipeouts and eye-watering rides from the world’s best big-wave surfers. The Invitational was ...

Ask any of the big-wave surfers who put their lives at risk in ... which earned him the Best Wave Award and earned him another 250,000 Hawaiian Air miles. “The thing was a bomb,” he said.