The third stop on the 2017/2018 Big Wave Tour (BWT) will get underway on Saturday, February 10, in Praia do Norte, Portugal. The Nazaré Challenge 2018 is expecting a 20-to-35-foot swell with occasional sets hitting 40 feet, and winds offshore to side-offshore winds in the morning. Thousands of surfing fans will be able to follow […]
Billy Kemper, Ben Andrews, Francisco Porcella, Shanan Worrall, Wilem Banks, Jamie Mitchell, and Paige Alms claimed the 2017 World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Awards. The 2016/2017 winter season delivered plenty of big wave surfing opportunities, both on the northern and southern hemisphere, and the world’s finest XXL swell hunters made sure they were in […]
Six months after filing for bankruptcy, Quiksilver, Inc. announced a new corporate name for the firm. Boardriders, Inc. is the new company behind three historic surf brands: Quiksilver, Roxy, and DC Shoed. The decision to change the name signals the birth of the newly reorganized entity managed by Oaktree. “The company has spent the last […]
Australian surf photographer and filmmaker Tim Bonython is the man behind “The Big Wave Project,” an exhilarating surf movie experience. The film documents the evolution of big wave surfing in the past decades, and it became an obsession for its actors and actresses. To make “The Big Wave Project” a reality, Bonython traveled the world, […]
Jamie Mitchell has won the inaugural Nazaré Challenge, at Praia do Norte, in Portugal. The Australian big wave surfer was the standout athlete of the whole event run in six hours at the iconic spot of Praia do Norte. There were big drops, massive wipeouts, two-wave hold-downs, monster peaks, awkward currents, and die-hard fans screaming […]
Nic Lamb has conquered the inaugural edition of the Titans of Mavericks, at Half Moon Bay, in Northern California. The big wave invitational got underway in 20-to-30-foot surf and light onshore winds. There were air drops, injuries, vertical commitments, shark sightings, and unexpected freak sets in a cold water environment. Mavs is wipeout land. It’s […]