More recently it is Nazare that has become the focal point for the big-wave community and like many others, Tim has become obsessed with the almost gothic quality, of the enormous, toothy peaks that ...

Some of the biggest waves ever surfed break off the now-iconic coastline of Nazaré, which is Portugal's charming little town, packed with terracotta rooftops and dramatic cliffs. Gigantic, 80 ...

The lefts at Nazaré are what you're really looking for, which lead away from the headland. The rights are for the biggest waves only and are rarely surfed because if you fall, you're going to get ...

The 2025 TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge. The 2024/2025 competition in this prestigious event window runs from November 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025.

Big-wave surfers, photographers, and safety personnel watch from the channel as Santa Cruz’s Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rides a wave at Mavericks, located off the coast of Half Moon Bay, that ...

An 18-year-old from Scotland has become the youngest British woman to surf huge waves that break off Nazaré in Portugal. Robyn Larg, from the Isle of Tiree, Argyll, surfed a wave of about 4.5m ...

Santa Cruz big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rides a wave at Mavericks that was estimated to be 108 feet, which would be a world record, on Dec. 23.

The TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge is one of the most dangerous contests in all of sports. Off the rocky cliffs of Praia do Norte in Portugal, legends of the sport of big wave surfing are made.

The waves at Nazare are super-charged by a canyon up to 5,000m (16,000ft) deep that ends off the coast, funnelling huge winter swells from the Atlantic Ocean into enormous and often unpredictable ...

France's Justine Dupont overcame tough conditions and waves of up to 35 feet to win the Tudor Nazare Big Wave Challenge on Tuesday, with countryman Clement Roseyro taking the men's division and ...

It’s the iconic setting for surfing’s mythical quest – a rideable 100-foot wave. No one has achieved that feat yet, and if it is going to happen anywhere, it will almost certainly be at Nazaré.