Big waves are making waves on the big stage. The HBO hit series “100 Foot Wave” earned two Creative Arts Emmy awards this week – nabbing the nod for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award ...

Over the weekend, a handful of the world’s best big wave surfers assembled in Ensenada, the quaint port city in Baja, Mexico. The raison d'être? To compete in a specialty surf contest, the likes of ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- It was a wild day for surfers in Half Moon Bay. Some say the waves at Pillar Point were as big as they'd ever seen. RELATED: Mavericks has been challenging top surfers ...

The waves were pumping — big, bombing and beautiful. For the “Thriller at Killers” surf contest off the islands of Todos Santos near Ensenada, the forecast was a fun event for the world’s best ...

Fire crews and city lifeguards used rescue boards to reach the surfers while additional agencies were summoned to the shoreline. The family was brought into Santa Cruz Harbor, where fire crews and ...

Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth. “From ...

Frenchman Laurent Pujol, riding epic swells across the world on a custom Jet Ski, has one of the most singular jobs in cinematography. By Gary Baum Senior Writer “Big-wave surfing is life-and-death,” ...

NAZARÈ, Portugal – Off the coast of Portugal, a quiet fishing village has progressively evolved into the premier venue for big wave surfers looking to catch the wave of a lifetime. For decades, thrill ...

25 years since the XL Big Wave Awards were first held in LA, the revamped Big Wave Challenge BWC held its annual awards night at the Newport Lido Theatre last week. While the much-bandied term ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz had two big-wave surfers win titles at the 25th annual Big Wave Challenge Awards celebration at Lido Theater in Newport Beach on Saturday. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir was named the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surfers could one day have access to an endless supply of big waves, each a perfect swell, thanks to a new surfing oasis built not ...