Starring: Carlos Burle, Sylvio Mancusi, Rodrigo Koxa, Maya Gabeira, Felipe “Gordo” Cesarano, Hugo Vau, Eric Rebiere, Pedro Scooby, Andrew Cotton and Garrett Macnamara
One hundred feet. That is exactly 30.40 meters. Roughly, it also means a 10-storey building. Surfers have been chasing the perfect number for more than 80 years.
Big wave surfing may have begun in Makaha, on the West coast of Oahu, Hawaii, with the first rides being attributed to George Downing, Buzzy Trent and Woodbridge Brown. In the early days, surfboards were … More
Garrett McNamara has decided not to surf the Big Monday, at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, because he did not feel safe and wanted to support surfers in the water.
The Hawaiian big wave surfer, 46, has challenged everything. McNamara holds the record for … More
Australian surf legend Tom Carroll appeared on 60 Minutes in Australia Sunday to come clean about a methamphetamine addiction that’s been crippling him for decades. “It was killing me,” he said. “There was a powerful life force inside trying to kill me.”
Carroll was a two-time ASP world champion, winning back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984. He’s ranked No. 7 in Surfer magazine’s “Greatest surfers of all time” list. He’s also considered one of the best surfers ever at Pipeline on Oahu’s North Shore. His decision to go public with his struggle comes … More