Canadian scientists are continuing to study these giant waves in real time in the Pacific using a network of buoys and ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to author David Litt on his memoir "It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Pursuit of Common Ground." ...

From holding a Ph.D to charging big days at Jaws to being featured in the New York Times, Cliff Kapono is writing his own ...

High-powered boats designed to create big waves are dividing watersports fans and lakefront residents angry about property ...

Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura ...

After previously setting two world records, Chris Bertish took off from San Diego on Tuesday in an attempt to be the first person to sail in an open beach catamaran across the Pacific Ocean to ...

The Emmy award-winning surfing docuseries “100 Foot Wave” follows Garrett McNamara and some of the other biggest names in big wave surfing. From wave-riding highs to season-ending injury lows ...

Santa Cruz big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rides a wave at Mavericks that was estimated to be 108 feet, which would be a world record, on Dec. 23.

Big Wave Surfing. Big wave surfing is ... In 2011, Garrett McNamara pushed the known boundaries of big wave surfing, catching a record-breaking 78-foot wave at Nazaré, Portugal.

Brazilian charger and world record holder for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman Maya Gaberia took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce her retirement from professional big-wave surfing.

“You can measure Mt. 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.

A surfer in California might have beaten the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed on December 23, with one estimate placing it at 108 feet tall, substantially above the current 86-foot ...