A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Drake Passage has prompted a tsunami warning. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km, ...

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Drake Passage triggered a tsunami threat. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and Chilean ...

I think many of us have more than a passing interest in extremes and world records. The Guinness Book of Records, cofounded by English twin brothers Ross and Norris McWhirter in 1955, and which is ...

Ever since Greg Noll’s fabled ride at Makaha during the historic swell of 1969, measuring big waves has been a tricky business – controversial, in fact. And so, when Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rode a ...

The old rope swing hung from a tall tree that was perched on the edge of a granite wall, above some of the deepest water in Lake Tahoe. This wasn’t an ordinary rope swing. The tree grew out of the ...

On September 7, 100 Foot Wave, HBO Max’s incredible documentary featuring Garrett McNamara and his search for the biggest waves on the planet, won the Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography for a ...

Parents need to know that 100 Foot Wave is a docuseries about professional surfer Garrett McNamara and the community of surfers around Nazaré, Portugal. McNamara's quest to ride a 100-foot wave lies ...

The swell two days before Christmas that gave Santa Cruz surfer Alo Slebir the ride of his life on a towering wave at Mavericks off the coast of Half Moon Bay was officially the biggest wave ridden ...

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...