Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while surfing giant waves in Nazaré, located on the central coast of Portugal ... Atlantic waves near Praia do Norte, a beach in Nazaré.

The World Surf League (“WSL”) TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge witnessed dynamic waves over 30-feet at the iconic Praia do ...

The tiny town of Nazaré on Portugal’s west coast has become famous around the world for the monster wave that breaks in the waters off its beach, Praia do Norte. But that fame has turned to ...

The area is known to boast “some of the biggest and most terrifying waves in the world, caused by the Nazaré Canyon on the seabed off the coast of Portugal.” Praia do Norte has also been ...

Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died Thursday while surfing off the coast of Portugal in an area known ... while practicing towed surf at Praia do Norte." The statement said authorities ...

But over the last ten or so years, a wave known as Nazaré (pronounced ‘Naz-a-ray’) located off the beach of Praia do Norte in a picturesque town on Portugal’s rugged west coast has been ...

Six of the top seven waves, and seven of the top 10, all come from a single location: Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal. What's up with those Nazaré, Portugal, waves? Is there just a single ...

Learn more about Nazaré: The huge waves that command respect Few waves inspire as much shock and awe as Nazaré Praia do Norte ... Since first venturing to Portugal in the mid-2000s, the Hawaiian ...

also jetted to Portugal upon hearing the forecast. McNamara, an American surfer from Hawaii, put Nazaré’s Praia do Norte (the North Shore) on the map when he surfed a 78-foot wave (from trough ...