In the winter of 2016-17 the World Surf League held its first ever big wave event in Portugal, the Nazare Big Wave Challenge.After a day of carnage the event – a strictly paddle surfing affair ...

It became the Olympus of surfing in the 2010s. Monster waves roll ashore here between late autumn and spring. They are the largest in the world, so Nazaré is a hotspot for big wave surfers such ...

He recently attempted the most fearsome and dangerous challenge for a surfer: big wave surfing. It was time for Portugal. “My whole life I wanted to be in Nazaré. I've loved the feeling of ...

It’s been a somewhat quiet season, thus far, in the Atlantic big wave surfing sector ... But Nazaré, Portugal’s premier heavy-water gauntlet, has been slightly MIA – aside from a season ...

While some, in surfing, could care less about the current craze of big wave world ... chaotic seas upon Nazaré, Portugal and, according to his team, it was the biggest wave of the Portuguese ...

He did it in Nazaré, Portugal, where a submarine valley creates ... Why did you chose big wave surfing? When I started surfing, I had to wait for the last [wave] of the series, the biggest ...

You see, big-wave surfing doesn’t lend itself well to traditional ... the world’s most iconic big-wave destinations: Nazaré, Portugal. It's a relative newcomer to the big-wave world, but ...

Cotton, who is now sponsored by Red Bull and Breitling, helped pioneer big-wave spots in Ireland and has also spent an inordinate amount of time surfing Nazaré, Portugal, renowned for the best ...

He says: "I love surfing at home ... Content Pool Ben has been training in Austria ahead of the new big wave season in Portugal Ben says: "My goal this winter is really to stand out.