Surfing's best surfers flocked to the invire-only 2025 TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge in Portugal, which runs from November ...

25 years since the XL Big Wave Awards were first held in LA, the revamped Big Wave Challenge BWC held its annual awards night at the Newport Lido Theatre last week. While the much-bandied term ...

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 ...

After Bianca Valenti suffered major knee ligament damage in November, she bypassed surgery in favor of a "crazy intense" rehab. Last week, she competed in a Mavericks-like event in Mexico.

Local Santa Cruz surfer Wilem Banks is heading to the 2025 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu. The invitational is an extremely prestigious big wave surfing ...

A British woman is waiting for confirmation that she has broken the world record for the biggest wave ever taken on by a female surfer. The 30-year-old believes the wave was bigger than the 73.5ft one ...

For the “Thriller at Killers” surf contest off the islands of Todos Santos Island near Ensenada, the forecast was a fun event for the world’s best big-wave riders. But when the surfers showed up for ...

To compete in a specialty surf contest, the likes of which are rarely seen in today’s big wave surfing scene. The 2026 Thriller at Killers event went down on Saturday, February 7th with 25-foot-plus ...