R iver wave surfing, the niche offshoot of traditional surfing, is surprisingly steeped in history – dating back to the seventies, and spawning out of the unlikely location of Munich, Germany, river ...

A newly released study claims it dethroned the biggest-recorded wave ridden by Sebastian Steudtner at Nazaré in 2020. With new methodology, they say a wave ridden by Brazilian Vini dos Santos in 2022 ...

Austrian Max Neuböck spent a whopping 8 hours 5 minutes and 44 seconds continuously surfing a river wave, shattering the ...

In February of 2022, a supercharged extratropical cyclone, dubbed “Eunice,” spiraled across the Atlantic and sent extra-large waves to Nazaré, Portugal. During that swell, Vinicius “Vini” Dos Santos ...

A newly released study claims it dethroned the biggest-recorded wave ridden by Sebastian Steudtner at Nazaré in 2020.

I remember the first neurologist I saw after my concussion,” Albee Layer said. “I told him, I’ve had many concussions surfing, and this one’s by far the worst. It happens in big waves. He’s like, ...

Via satellite monitoring, scientists detect unprecedented swell in the Pacific Ocean from 2024 storm, which brought huge waves to Hawaii and California.

Hawaiian Garrett McNamara put Nazare on the map in 2011 when he set a then world record for the biggest wave ever surfed at 78 feet (23.77 metres). Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa bettered McNamara's mark in ...

In a past interview, the late Jeff Beck, one of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton's rivals for the guitar throne, remembered the ...

Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers and a former record-holder in Alaska’s Mount Marathon race, did ...

Surf Goddess Retreats was founded in Bali back in 2003 – more than 20 years on, it's still one of the world's best retreats.

Outdoors Editor Riaan Manser gets behind the wheel of a new family car and takes his boys on a surf lesson with some ...