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Following the tragic passing of Sion Milosky, a bright star in the big-wave surfing space who drowned at Maverick’s in 2011, his fellow heavy-water hellmen received a wakeup call. It was time, they ...

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 Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth. “From ...

Brazilian big-wave surfer rides a historically massive wave at Nazaré, Portugal, sparking the ongoing debate for the world ...

Surfing the world's biggest waves takes a certain kind of commitment. Whether it's paddling undeterred into an over-sized XL bomb, or letting go of the rope on an 80-to-90 foot monster, there's a ...

The new surf bio-pic Maya and the Wave debuted in California last month and will be releasing world-wide on June 4th. For those in need of explanation, the Maya is Brazilian big wave challenger Maya ...