Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. About an hour and a half north of Lisbon, Portugal, by bus, lies the ...

Windswept monster swell breaking at Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal, taken from the lighthouse atop a 340-foot cliff, November 3, 2023. You don’t need to be a surfer to enjoy Nazare, although it’s an ...

With a name like Nazaré, an ode to the holy city of Nazareth, the waves that pound the small Portuguese fishing village every winter are, aptly, quite biblical. Nazaré – just north of Portugal’s ...

Carlos Burle says his recent Nazaré wipeout was the worst hold-down he’s ever experienced. After taking multiple waves on the head, the 58-year-old Brazilian big-wave surfer was brought to shore and ...

Laird Hamilton, Terry Chung, Luca Padua, and Benny Ferris tow-surf Lift Foils’ custom hydrofoil boards on the most infamous and dangerous waves ever surfed. There aren’t many activities that Laird ...

Praia do Norte is well known by surfing aficionados as well as by those who love strong emotions and spectacular images. Big ...

It’s been a somewhat quiet season, thus far, in the Atlantic big wave surfing sector. Elsewhere in the Pacific, there's been less crickets – capping off 2024, the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational ran ...

An 18-year-old from Scotland has become the youngest British woman to surf huge waves that break off Nazaré in Portugal. Robyn Larg, from the Isle of Tiree, Argyll, surfed a wave of about 4.5m (15ft) ...

One of the largest North Atlantic XXL swells ever witnessed during the month of October came to Nazare, Portugal, thanks in part to last week’s Hurricane Epsilon. The massive swell built in on ...

“At some point, after the high tide, Nazare felt like surfing Pipeline.” says Vini Dos Santos after surfing three back-to-back days of pumping, barrelling Praia do Norte. “I haven’t seen it like this, ...