Tow surfing is contentious, fringe, a nutso little hobby. Is it cheating? Using the assist of motorized aquatic vehicles – most often a jetski – to match mother nature, and surf ungodly-sized waves.

Long before Laird Hamilton revolutionized big-wave surfing with the Strapped Crew (Buzzy Kerbox and Darrick Doerner included), whipping into previously unthinkably big waves at Jaws, California’s ...

Following large crowds descending upon the cliff at Praia do Norte, who came to watch Portugal’s premier XXL hellscape of Nazaré during last week’s historic swell, health officials have issued a ...

The Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge has come and gone, but that didn’t stop surfers from enjoying the big waves at Nazare, Portugal. Related Articles USA Surfing named national governing body again for ...

Brazil’s Lucas Chianca and France’s Justine Dupont won Individual Best Performance awards at the TUDOR Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge on Monday. A beautiful sunny day and clean, offshore 40- to 50-foot ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Surfing was taken to new heights this week at an event in Portugal that showcased the world’s best big-wave surfers riding building-size waves so dangerous ...

Big-wave surfer Remi Nealon surfs Waimea on Oahu’s North Shore. NWS high-surf warnings are issued when wave faces are predicted to reach 25 feet on all north- facing shores, 12 feet on Big Island west ...

With about 30 minutes left in the competition, the frequency of the swell began to slow down, giving the commentating team time to reflect on the impressive work by the water-safety team throughout ...

The Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge has come and gone, but that didn’t stop surfers from enjoying the big waves at Nazare, Portugal. Several surfers such as Sebastian Steudtner, of Germany; Justine ...

Surfing was taken to new heights this week at an event in Portugal that showcased the world’s best big-wave surfers riding building-size waves so dangerous that one surfer nearly died. The Nazare Tow ...