As a professional big wave surfer, charging down mountains of water that reach the size of an apartment block, Garrett ...

“He was trying to prove himself to the wrong people for the wrong reasons ... McNamara, pictured at the Praia do Norte, or North beach, in Nazare, Portugal, in 2015, set a world record for ...

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Waves in Half Moon Bay, Maui, and Nazaré can be nearly 100 feet tall, posing serious injury or death to professionals. Still, athletes are undeterred. They are the subject of “100 Foot Wave,” now in ...

There are certain surfing spots around the globe that every avid surfer has on their list. Whether drawn by the barrelling Hossegor tubes in France, the Atlantic swells that pound Cornwall or the ...

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Big wave surfer Garrett McNamara on how his relationship to surfing has changed over a decade of chasing a 100-foot wave.

“I’ve hit the water so many times, really hard and had hundreds of mild concussions, perhaps even a thousand or more," he tells PEOPLE ... McNamara from Nazaré, Portugal — where he ...

“He was trying to prove himself to the wrong people for the wrong reasons, and it was one of the first times I didn’t actually travel with him.” While she was at home and caring for their ...