“Did Nic von Rupp just quietly break the world record for biggest wave surfed?” Tudor Watches, one of von Rupp’s sponsors, asked without a hint of objectivity in a recent Instagram post.

As a big-wave surfer, the Brazilian adrenaline junkie set records at the highest surf break on Earth. She’s still committed ...

Pepe with his brother, Juan Martín, in their family's farm in Soriano, Uruguay The surfer “Pepe” Gomez slid this week what may be the biggest wave ever surfed by an Uruguayan. He did it in ...

The wave is too quick. He gets swallowed up in the teeth of the aptly named Jaws. No completion. Biggest wipeout at Jaws ever? Maybe. When speaking to SURFER about the session a month ago ...

Inglewood, California is changing. Thanks to SoFi Stadium, the (revamped) Kia Forum, the Intuit Dome – and all the ...

Greg Noll, known as the "Da Bull," was one of surfing’s big-wave pioneers who carved a reputation in the late 1950s and early 1960s for riding the biggest waves on offer on the North Shore of Oahu.

And set its edge on the biggest wave he’d ever ridden, and for the longest drop he could remember he was skidding in a monumental glissade down the face of this mountain-slope of a wave.

Last year, a fall broke champion British surfer Andrew Cotton’s back. Tó Mané As soon as Rodrigo Koxa saw the wave, he knew it was the -biggest one of his life. “I remember the shadow of it ...

Last year, fellow Brazilian Maya Gabeira notched a 73.5 footer there to claim the biggest wave ever surfed by a female (not to mention the biggest wave surfed by anyone in 2020). “It’s ...

Maya and the Wave, which premieres today at the Toronto International Film Festival, follows the world record-breaking surfer’s journey through the male-dominated sport Sean Neumann is a ...

During one of the busiest Jaws seasons in years, a grassroots contest took place throughout the 2024-25 winter. The Peahi ...