Why it's incredible: The coastal town hosts the world's biggest surfable waves. Nazaré is a hotspot for monster waves on the Portuguese coast. Every year, between October and March, "big-wave ...

the waiting period for the Nazare Big Wave Challenge is underway. Europe’s premier big-wave venue, world records for the biggest wave ever ridden by both a male and female have been set in ...

There are a few big-wave surfing competitions. Dupont picked up $9000 (£7,300) cheque for the best female performance at Nazare's biggest last year, but sponsors provide the real windfall.

And “contestable” for the world’s best tow surfers at the world’s biggest wave is still nothing to be trifled with. So, the 2024 TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge went down in Portugal on ...

It’s been a somewhat quiet season, so far, for Nazaré – the sleepy Portuguese fishing town home to the biggest waves on ... And so, the world’s best big wave tow surfers are turning their ...

“It was such a pleasure to tow with Scooby, one of the guys who pushed me, helped me and inspired me when I started surfing big waves ... world record for the biggest wave surfed, after riding ...

Her 75-foot (22.9m) monster was a contender for a Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever ridden by a female. Resilience is a common theme among big-wave surfers. They know that no amount ...

Every year, between October and March, "big-wave" surfers hit the small fishing ... Steudtner likely set a new world record for the largest wave ever surfed when he took on a behemoth ...