With a video recorder affixed to his board or clamped to his teeth, he took viewers along for the ride, often inside the ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. For much of the year, the ocean at Nazaré, a fishing village on Portugal’s coast, is placid. But in the winter, certain storms funnel swells ...

27-year-old Saxon McCorquodale's been chasing the wave of his life since he started surfing two decades ago. While he reckons he’s had some incredible rides over the years, “the wave” — the one he’ll ...

Alo Slebir during a recent surf trip to Ireland (left) and while riding a potentially historic wave in December off the coast of California. Surfer Alo Slebir, 24, rode a gargantuan wave estimated ...

The TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge is a premier surfing event on the Big Wave surfing calendar. The event draws elite surfers from across the globe to the treacherous waves of Praia do Norte in ...