Was it 100 feet or wasn’t it? A lot of people have been talking about the size of the giant wave Garrett McNamara rode on January 28, 2013 in Nazaré, Portugal … except Garrett McNamara. Until now.
In this interview, GMac sets the record straight on who said what, who didn’t claim anything, what it’s like to surf the biggest wave ever, and how close he actually came to surfing that big endless barrel in the sky.
SANTA CRUZ — Armed with 10 fresh Channel Islands surfboards, hours of offseason training and a goal to be Rookie of the Year, 21-year-old Nat Young of Santa Cruz says he’s ready to make his debut on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour.
First up for Young is the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. Its waiting period starts Friday and ends March 13. Young left for Australia on Feb. 20 to get acclimated to the warm, sand-bottomed rights at  … More
From France to Fiji, Hawaii to Australia, Mick Fanning scored swells this past year that many of us would be lucky to see in a lifetime. A snap shot of Mick’s epic year of free surfing.
WARNING: This video contains barrels, barrels and barrels.
Despite the events of the past couple months, Sebastian “Seabass” Zietz is still the same outgoing, three-thumbed, dance-machine from Kauai that the surf community knows and loves — he’s just added a few new facts to his Wikipedia page: Triple Crown champion and a member of the ASP World Tour. One was the springboard unto the other. His showing in Hawaii during Winter 2012 solidified what so many had believed about the 24-year-old: he has the pedigree to compete and thrive among the best surfers in the world. Beginning in 2013, he will have the opportunity to do just that — and his fellow WCT surfers are anxious to have him.