Surfing the world's biggest waves takes a certain kind of commitment. Whether it's paddling undeterred into an over-sized XL bomb, or letting go of the rope on an 80-to-90 foot monster, there's a ...

An inside look at Ireland’s rise to the top of the big wave surfing world, and particularly, the nearly unfathomably massive waves of Mullaghmore.

Brazilian big-wave surfer rides a historically massive wave at Nazaré, Portugal, sparking the ongoing debate for the world record of biggest wave ever surfed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laura Crane is still coming down from a high -- the highest wave she's ever surfed. And just maybe, the highest any woman has.

Well, it’s official. Maya Gabeira has broken her own Guinness World Record for largest wave ever surfed by a woman, courtesy of her bomb back in February of 2020 at Nazaré, which is now deemed at 73.5 ...

MUNICH — "It was gnarly. Dangerous. Only the most experienced could surf it," says Jakob Netzer of what local surfers have come to call the "E1," an ever-churning wave along a mountain stream that ...