Tahitian big-wave surfer Tikanui Smith prefers to paddle his surfboard into monster waves, rather than be towed behind a jet ski.

Ever since Greg Noll’s fabled ride at Makaha during the historic swell of 1969, measuring big waves has been a tricky business – controversial, in fact. And so, when Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rode a ...

Frenchman Laurent Pujol, riding epic swells across the world on a custom Jet Ski, has one of the most singular jobs in cinematography. By Gary Baum Senior Writer “Big-wave surfing is life-and-death,” ...

Big waves are making waves on the big stage. The HBO hit series “100 Foot Wave” earned two Creative Arts Emmy awards this week – nabbing the nod for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award ...

Tahitian big wave surfer Tikanui Smith believes it’s his destiny to break surfing’s gnarliest record: paddling into the biggest wave ever surfed. Currently, that record sits at 63 feet, set by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's few surfers whose exploits have truly reached the mainstream in profound, unprecedented ways. One is Garret McNamara and ...

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...

There's few surfers whose exploits have truly reached the mainstream in profound, unprecedented ways, and one is Garret McNamara and the smash hit HBO show, 100 Foot Wave. Before Nazaré became a ...