Jamie Mitchell: WSL completely ruined the big wave tour
"I am absolutely disappointed with the current state, not only of competitive big wave surfing, but of big wave surfing in general," he said.
They gave the green light for the Itacoatiara big wave tournament
Waves of at least three meters are expected to break on Tuesday, August 25th, at one of Brazil's most powerful surf breaks; Chilean surfer Domi Charrier is invited.
Izzi Gómez, Natxo González and Domi Charrier nominated for the big wave awards
There's $100.000 in prizes across all categories; Spain's Alberto Truncer is a strong contender for wipeout of the year
Sebastián Correa was invited to a big wave event at Laje de Jaguaruna
They will paddle surf on Brazil's biggest wave; the Peruvian is part of a select list that includes Nathan Florence, Lenny, Kemper, Chumbo and other heavyweights
Camilo on a bomb at home: “You could feel the energy of the sea”
“The session was accompanied by a great atmosphere with all the locals and those who visited us,” said the Iquique venue.
Justine Dupont shared the wave of the accident
And an important message: “In moments like these, you realize how quickly everything can change”; the French woman was discharged from the hospital
"There's a guy with a belly this big writing: 'You don't surf big waves'"
Toledo on the criticism: “If that person could go there and see just one wave, they don’t even need to paddle, just watch, I want to see what they’ll comment on the next post,” he added.
Carlos Burle was in an accident yesterday in Nazaré
She is now stable and returning to Brazil; "it was a scare, a real scare, I had never reached that point in my life, of being so desperate to breathe"
Patrick Castagnet surfed Nazaré and lived to tell the tale, in an interview
How did a Panamanian man over 50 years old convince Nic Von Rupp to throw him into the biggest waves in the world?
Domi Charrier won the award for the biggest wave of the year paddled
That bomb in Punta de Lobos took the prize
Giant waves in the middle of the European summer
Completely out-of-season swell hits the old continent
Sebastián Correa and Dominique Charrier won in Pico Alto
Toto from Romagna won the award for best wave
They also gave the green light for the Pico Alto event
Three days chosen to hold the event: August 23, 24 and 25
Clyde Aikau passed away
Legendary Hawaiian big wave surfer "died peacefully at home" last Saturday, his family said.
Photos and report from the opening session at Pico Alto
By the legendary Gino Bello who has been documenting the wave for several decades
The big wave of the month: The opening session at Pico Alto
Size and good condition yesterday, Wednesday, March 19
They launched the Pico Alto Pro
The event will take place between March and August if the waves come; it is part of the Big Wave Alliance
Another swell: Green light for La Vaca Gigante
This Monday waves will break in Cantabria; the event defines the Spanish champion of big waves and the Big Wave Alliance stage
Nazaré Big Wave Championships on Yellow Alert
Possible realization on Tuesday, February 18; Chilean Rafael Tapia prepares for the challenge
Maya Gabeira announced her retirement from professional surfing and big waves
“I got into surfing to feel free and I leave feeling so free, with such a free mind and a heart so full that I have no regrets,” he said.
Ale Fuenzalida: “I had been waiting for a swell of this magnitude for a long time”
It started (the season) very well, swell after swell and more are on the way, the main focus is on the big waves," he says.
Santiago Giovannini: “I lost a few thousandths of a second looking at one of the most beautiful tubes I have ever seen”
“After five days of hitting the outer reefs and Waimea, when I saw the wave coming it seemed small to me, but when it started to suck in from the reef it went crazy,” he said about this bomb.
They launched an online event at Peahi this season
In the face of the WSL championship organization's refusal, a local launched competition; Healey, Sterling and Kennelly are judges
The green light was given to the El Buey big wave event
On November 5 and 6, the waves will break in Arica
Clemente Rodriguez, the 14-year-old who rides waves in Punta de Lobos
Sponsored by Ramón Navarro, he shows a good future (and a good present) in big wave surfing
Chilean Domi Charrier is a finalist for the Surfer Big Waves Awards
He is the only Hispanic American surfer, male or female, who made the decision of the tournament; check out the rest of the nominees
These are the guests and registrants for the El Buey big wave event
Once again the tournament is a brother of the La Vaca Gigante of Spain
Dorian and the world of big waves: “It will become more crowded and ridiculous”
“Nazaré is a place where you could pay a city boy to keep your jet ski shiny, revved up and ready for you to fly in from Munich, tow it straight to a 90-footer and post it on Instagram.”
Lucas Chumbo and Michelle des Boullions won the big wave championship in Cardoso
Santa Marta Lighthouse broke with waves of four to six meters all day; the event qualified surfers for the Big Wave Alliance 2025 tournament
LIVE HERE: Big wave championship in Cardoso, Farol de Santa Marta
The waves are pumping in southern Brazil
Gary Linden plans global big wave event for 2025
The Big Wave Alliance is coming, which will crown the world champion of the discipline, the Brazilian Confederation reported in an official note
There will be a big wave championship in Santa Catarina, Brazil, on Monday
They predict that the sea will become gigantic in Cardoso, Farol de Santa Marta due to the storm surge that has already begun to hit the South American South Atlantic
Concussions had left Natxo González out of the water
The Basque big wave surfer returned with a wave in Roka Puta and an emotional video
The first session of the year in Pico Alto, digested in 14 minutes of video
The whole band going down waves in the temple
Polly Ralda's life-changing blow: “Somehow nothing happened to me”
She hit rock bottom in Nazaré, figuratively and literally, but survived unscathed to tell the tale
Indar Unanue got rid of the thorn and won La Vaca Gigante
After finishing second on three occasions, in a giant sea on the Cantabrian breakwater, today he climbed to the top of the podium
Beyond the edge of tolerability
Russell Bierke's new video is about a crazy person doing crazy things
The entire guest list was deleted from the official Eddie website
Without any explanation, between yesterday and the day before yesterday, the organizers removed it.
The XXL swell at Jaws, Pipe, Haleiwa, Waimea and the outer, in videos
A lot of material from these waves has already flooded social networks.
The Hawaiian outers were huge in the first XXL swell of the season
Three waves on video, one from Nathan Florence (who split his 9 and lost his GoPro), another from Eli Olson and another from Koa Rothman
Olón de Chacha Ibarra won the award for the biggest wave of the year surfed by paddle board
17 years after Medina's victory in the XXL, Punta de Lobos repeats victory in the most prestigious big wave award in the world
Waiting periods announced for WSL big wave championships
Repeat formula: Tow-in event in Nazaré and rowing in Peahi
Respected big wave surfer Jacobo Rodriguez has passed away
He suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest while surfing at Salinas beach
The eventful session of Friday the 13th in Todos Santos
“A disappointing day for the big wave surfing community in regards to the safety of every surfer,” wrote Jamie Mitchell
Brazilian big rider Marcio Freire passed away in Nazaré
He suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest after falling into a wave in a sea that they say was not that big
Colombian Izzy Gomez was invited again to the Jaws Big Wave Challenge
Chile's Tapia and Basque Country's Muniain appear as alternates for Nazaré tournament; priority of six will be implemented at Peahi event; WSL put up half a million dollars for the new Guinness record holder
Cuchi Arreyes, winger: “I felt like it was the wave of my life, and it was the wave of the championship”
Last week, the surfer from Córdoba took a bomb at Laje do Shock; “I was focused on getting a good wave, so much so that I asked Diego to take me on the biggest one,” he said in an interview.
A video look at what happened today in El Buey through the lens of Johannes Bock
"We woke up with the hotel windows bouncing off the waves," says the Chilean filmmaker
The El Buey championship concluded on day 1 with Vinicius Dos Santos as leader
Nick Lamb, Lucas Silveira, Christofher Tapia and Germán Varas follow in that order; check out the full championship standings
The wait continues in Punta de Lobos: The event is no longer on yellow alert and conditions are being monitored again
The “forecast, with such uncertain characteristics, could be strengthened and give us an incredible day of surfing or, on the other hand, diminish and end up being a day of mediocre conditions,” explained the organization.
For now, there is “no real explanation” for the powerful late-season storm surges hitting the Northern Hemisphere
La Niña may be one of the keys, but it needs to be studied further, Surfline's director of forecasts, Kevin Wallis, told DUKE.
Strange things happening in the Northern Hemisphere, in a couple of posts
Mavericks and Roka Puta going bankrupt at the end of April?
Avalanche's tubazo gave Daniel Rangel the award for the best big wave of the year in Brazil
Calado, Des Bouillons, Latanzi, Ribeiro, Simao, Diniz and Kuster won the other categories
Late season swell yesterday at Mavericks
Super session with Greg Long, Peter Mel, Lucas Chumbo and several locals; sun, tubes and rescues
Tomorrow Tuesday the Punta Galea Challenge will take place
After the last-minute cancellation a few days ago, the organization is now confident that the prediction will come true.
Portuguese big rider Alex Botelho sues WSL
He claims that security during the 2020 Nazaré Challenge was not as promised and that the negligence of the organization caused his accident that affects him to this day.
Quiksilver Argentina added a big rider to its team
Juan Cruz García Castañón, fresh from surfing in Nazaré, signed with the mountain and wave brand
WSL gives green light to unexpected tow-in event in Nazaré
Axi Muniain and Rafael Tapia will be participants
The 10 best waves from Saturday's swell in Nazaré
With ambient sound from a special angle achieved by filmmaker Benja Arena
Steve Rice: “The leash broke my leg instantly”
The series that last week found everyone out of place in Jaws broke the femur of the big wave surfer who described the situation this way
Mark Healey's tips for eating and drinking well when a big sea is coming
The Hawaiian big rider shared his knowledge in a column
Chronicle of an adrenaline-filled session with Nicolás “Rapala” Undurraga
In Chile there are big waves in Punta de Lobos, in Iquique, in Arica and also in this place
They launched a big wave event exclusively for women
The best performance, the biggest wave and the best wave will be awarded with 40.000 dollars
New international big wave tournament shakes Punta de Lobos
With Eddie Aikau format, 28 of the best in the world in the modality will be at the Big Wave International, Punta de Lobos por Siempre to be held on a giant day between March 15 and July 15
“Today, perhaps, the biggest waves in the history of our country will have been surfed”
Natxo González on the day he experienced yesterday on a giant outer reef that he managed to surf after 10 years of trying
Which of these two waves is bigger?
Maya's or Justine's; that's all that remains to be decided for the big wave awards, that and if she breaks the Guinness record
A Latin big wave circuit was put on the table
On Red Bull's La Noche en Español, Gabriel Villarán said that he is in talks with Ramón Navarro to help promote a tour of this type
Red Bull organized a historic surfing gala in Spanish that will air today
The best of the big wave prizes will be found with the battle of the roosters; Lele Usuna and Mateo Rojas are the hosts and they will have Natxo González and Gabriel Villarán as guests
The nominees for the annual WSL Big Wave Awards have been announced.
Four Brazilians, no Hispanic Americans among the nominees; Mexican photographer María Fernanda Bastidas and Argentinean Martín Caprile are the only Hispanic presence at the entire event
The Nazaré Tow Challenge was given the green light
A mega swell promises plenty of action for this Tuesday
The Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge has been given the green light
Everything indicates that this Tuesday the North Atlantic explodes, enters to review the competition format and the teams
After a day of giant and perfect waves, Lucas Chumbo won the Punta Galea Challenge 2019
The Brazilian went from the Jaws final to Mavericks and from Mavericks to the Basque Country and ended his odyssey with a cap full of waves and a wallet with a few thousand dollars more.
Billy Kemper and Paige Alms won again in Jaws
Hawaiian supremacy in the feared spot continues to hold
The Jaws Challenge was given the green light
The tournament will take place this Thursday in waves that are expected to be 35 to 50 feet wide; Natxo González suffers from pneumonia and had to withdraw from the event
The El Buey Big Wave Championship is live now and you can watch the webcast here
The waves are pumping in northern Chile
The WSL has released the lineups for its two big wave events of the season
They are already waiting for Jaws and Nazaré to wake up; Natxo González is on the list; “the biggest deal in the history of the WSL big wave tour” was closed with a company that makes cannabis oil
A new edition of the Punta Galea Challenge was announced
This Friday the waiting period opens and runs until March 31. Natxo, Twiggy and Nic Lamb are some of the guests
The Trials of the championship in El Buey have a confirmed date and list of participants
Bombs will be set off on October 2nd and at 730:XNUMX the first part of the championship will be launched in the Arica Olón
Paulo Moura won the big wave event in Rio de Janeiro
The final was 100% Brazilian; Fuenzalida reached the semis, Medina and Ibarra could not get past their round 1 series
Watch the Rio de Janeiro big wave event live here
Chacha Ibarra and Diego Medina compete, along with a bunch of heavyweights in big waves
Rio de Janeiro big wave event gets green light
Chileans Diego Medina and Chacha Ibarra confirmed their presence tomorrow in Itacoatiara; three-meter solid tubular bombs are expected
The change announced today in the big wave "tour" makes it the biggest failure in the history of the new WSL
It cannot be explained in any other way than that the Ziff family got tired of putting money out of their own pockets.
The WSL has cancelled its world big wave tour
The world champion will be decided by a single tournament at Jaws, there will be a tow-in event at Nazaré and no event at Mavericks. Surfers disapprove and announce their own tour
Merello, Medina, Ibarra, Malpartida and Arca invited to big wave event in Brazil
Itacoatiara Big Waves recognized the big wave talent of the Argentine, Peruvian and Chilean surfers
The swell of the year in Brazil
Avalanche in Espírito Santo generated what many say was the heaviest wave and blow in the history of the country. Check them out here
Álvaro Malpartida won the Pico Alto national championship and fulfilled "a lifelong dream"
Correa, Del Castillo, Zapata, Gómez and Sáenz completed the final on a day of bombs on the Peruvian big wave par excellence
Natxo González was also nominated for best overall performance
The WSL has released the list of men and women who are competing for the prize and for qualification for the world big wave tour.
Laurie Towner slams WSL: “Fuck the big wave prize!”
The Australian big rider wrote a long message defending his wave, saying that tow waves should not be there, nor should those that are not completed.
Jojo Roper and Emily Erickson triumphed in Nelscott
After a controversial Sunday in which two organizers tried to hold two events at the same time in the same place
These are the series of The Giant Cow
Indar Unanue, Adro Fernández and Chilean Rafael Tapia are some of the highlights of the tournament that begins tomorrow at the big wave in Cantabria
Chumbo Chianca and Ian Cosenza won the first Illa Pancha Challenge
Natxo González and Adrián Fernandez finished third. The historic tournament took place on a day of giant and tubular waves at a pump in Galicia
The waiting period for the historic big wave tournament in Galicia has opened
24 of the best tow-in teams in the world are expected to be present at the Illa Pancha Challenge
The day the big rider from the middle of the field came to surf in Nazaré
Pepe Gómez learned to slide five years ago, he lives far from the sea, works in the meadow and yesterday he got off that bomb that you see in the photo
All predictions lead to the Mavericks Challenge
Swellazo to hit California on Monday, WSL has not issued a yellow light but says it is “monitoring closely”
Albee Layer harsh with the judges of the Jaws Challenge and disrespectful to Billy Kemper
The local raised the tone of the conversation about the judging and in addition to delivering a rude word, he proclaimed: “Kai Lenny won.”
The Jaws Challenge has been given the green light
Bombs will go off in Maui on Monday. Natxo Gonzalez is already on his way to the islands
Chile prepares an unprecedented national circuit of big waves
He launches it with a stage to be held in El Buey. Interview with Roberto Durán, president of the Santos del Mar Club, organizer of that first date
Brazil launched its own big wave competition
Online event in the style of the Big Wave Awards but only with waves surfed in Brazil
There will be no Puerto Escondido Challenge on the Big Wave World Tour 2018
The circuit will only be comprised of events at Mavericks, Nazaré and Peahi
Ian Walsh won wave and tube of the year; Koxa broke Guinness record for size
Jojo Roper and Russell Bierke got into the big wave world tour
