Once a quiet fishing village, Nazaré, Portugal, is home to some of the world's largest rideable waves, reaching up to 100 feet. Learn more about this destination, what causes these massive waves, and ...

Since 2010, when the Rip Curl Pro Search first brought the WSL Championship Tour to Portugal, surfing has become a huge part of the local landscape. Although the Search was traditionally a ...

For Big Wave rider Garrett McNamara and his wife and manager, Nicole, the HBO adventure series, 100 Foot Wave, began as a way to introduce big wave surfing to the world. What followed was just that ...

American Garrett McNamara put this small Portuguese town on the surfing map after receiving an email from Portuguese Dino Casimiro in 2005. The big wave was surfed in 2011. When Dino Casimiro heard ...

The charming fishing village of Nazaré is home to one of the most iconic big-wave surfbreaks in the world. Although bodyboarders and surfers have been riding it for decades, it wasn’t until a ...

After watching an episode of 100 Foot Wave, the HBO series featuring big wave surfer Garrett McNamara, you'll likely be left with goosebumps—it's anxiety-inducing to watch humans tumble down monstrous ...

In 2002, he won the Tow Surfing World Championship at Jaws in Maui, and in 2005 and 2006, won the North Shore and Nell Scott championships, respectively. In 2011, it was in Nazare where McNamara set ...