In terms of riding giants, the current record for the largest wave ever ridden by a woman is held by Maya Gabeira, who was towed into a 73.5-foot wave at Nazaré in Portugal in 2020.

“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.

Laura Enever rode a monster wave at Oahu’s North Shore on Jan. 22. The World Surf League measured and verified her wave to be 43.6 feet, breaking the record for the biggest wave ever paddled ...

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.

Big wave surfer Laura Enever is the holder of a new world record for the biggest wave ever surfed via paddle. ... and then I quit competing for big wave surfing, for the love of it.

Seven years ago, Rodrigo Koxa held the record for the biggest wave ever surfed. It was measured at 80 feet, ridden, of course, at Nazaré. Koxa has been a fixture at the Portuguese giant for a decade.

Big wave events are tough. Big wave surfing is unpredictable. ... Mainstream media cannot get enough of Alo Slebir’s potential record-breaking “100-foot” wave.

Big-wave surfing champ Maya Gabeira goes for a world record and survives a near death experience in the documentary 'Maya and the Wave.' Skip to main content.

Nic von Rupp, Clément Roseyro, and the Mountains of the Sea team are working to push big wave surfing into the future.

However, 2019 saw 11 perish on the mountain and in 2023 18 climbers lost their lives — the deadliest season on record. Big wave surfing (25 feet-plus) has claimed several high-profile surfers ...