NAZARE PORTUGAL OFF SHORE CANYON THREE TIMES DEEPER THAN THE GRAND - TOTAL MONSTER WAVES

EPIC QUEST TO CONQUER WORLDS BIGGEST WAVES by Paul Thuroux

Link to the full article from this month's Smithsonian Magazine.  The waves that are driven by encountering this extreme trench produce death defying waves for surfers brave or crazy enough to try them.  100 feet or more!

KELLY SLATER SURF CHAMP and HIS PERFECT WAVE MACHINE

SLASHGEAR - KELLY SLATER BUILDS PERFECT WAVE MACHINE

Eleven time world champ... and now a great wave machine to practice surfing in.... First thing, the wave isn't blue, it's black...

MARK HEALEY : BIG WAVE SURFER FACES BULL SHARK

This is from about a month ago: it's an article by Pete Thomas about BIG WAVE SURFER MARK HEALEY and Bull Shark. There's a good video on the site!

SURFING IN DECEMBER - ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN HAWAII - WAIMEA

Lot's of surfers head for warmer water - Australia - somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere.

"ISOLATED" a new BIG WAVE SURFING DOCUMENTARY is coming soon!

A FERAL is a surfer who doesn't care for the contests and prizes as much as the thrill of adventure and challenging themselves to get the biggest waves yet. Now actor Ryan Phillippe is the executive producer of the documentary ISOLATED, which promises to be as much about the culture of surfing and the culture of the countries that the surfers travel to in order to surf; the poison fish, the local fisherman, getting lost in the jungle... can hardly wait!