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?

Landon McNamara is a musician and a model. After Sunday, he’s also the reigning champion of the world’s most prestigious big ...

Landon McNamara won the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational with 135.8 points. He also had the highest-scoring wave of the ...

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

Really stoked to make it.” McNamara, whose father, Liam, is the contest director, thanked Aikau, a heralded lifeguard and big-wave surfer in Hawaii who disappeared after his double-hulled ...

Hawaii’s Landon McNamara made waves—literally and figuratively—after capturing the prestigious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday at Waimea Bay. The North Shore surfer joined Kelly in the ...