But a man in Nazaré named Dino Casimiro had an idea. He had heard of the success of an expert surfer in Hawaii, Garrett McNamara, who had ridden big waves all over the world—in Tahiti ...

The story of Nazaré's rise to surfing prominence began in 2011 when Hawaiian big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara successfully rode a massive wave estimated to be around 24 meters (approximately 78 ...

What about a 500-foot wave? A thousand? If it’s out there, the athletes profiled in 100 Foot Wave will surf it.

Like the rest of the surfing world, he had learned about Nazaré from Garrett McNamara. “Garrett’s a visionary, like a big brother to me,” Koxa says. McNamara invited Koxa to stay at his ...

T he world's best big wave surfers are back for the newest season of 100 Foot Wave, which chronicles the globe-trotting ...

The six-part series intimately captures the decade-long odyssey of surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara, who, after visiting Nazaré, Portugal in hopes of conquering a 100 foot wave, pushed the sport ...

Waves in Half Moon Bay, Maui, and Nazaré can be nearly 100 feet tall, posing serious injury or death to professionals. Still, athletes are undeterred. They are the subject of “100 Foot Wave,” now in ...

In 2011, the American surfer Garrett McNamara broke the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed – officially judged to be 78ft (23.8m). The record was broken at Nazaré on the Portuguese ...

Opening Shot: In footage from 2004, Garrett McNamara, then 37, emerges from the turbulence of a big wave, bleeding profusely from his brow. “I should probably stitch it. So I can surf.” ...