Opening Shot: In footage from 2004, Garrett McNamara, then 37, emerges from the turbulence of a big wave, bleeding profusely from his brow. “I should probably stitch it. So I can surf.” The Gist: It’s ...

For Big Wave rider Garrett McNamara and his wife and manager, Nicole, the HBO adventure series, 100 Foot Wave, began as a way to introduce big wave surfing to the world. What followed was just that ...

The Emmy award-winning surfing docuseries “100 Foot Wave” follows Garrett McNamara and some of the other biggest names in big wave surfing. From wave-riding highs to season-ending injury lows, the ...

Garrett McNamara has spent decades pursuing an insatiable passion for surfing waves the size of office buildings while trying to avoid getting pulverized when those swells come crashing down around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After watching an episode of 100 Foot Wave, the HBO series featuring big wave surfer Garrett McNamara, you'll likely be left with ...

Garrett McNamara’s net worth in 2025 reflects decades of success as a big wave surfing pioneer, extreme athlete, and television personality. Best known for breaking world records on massive waves in ...

The world's best big wave surfers are back for the newest season of 100 Foot Wave, which chronicles the globe-trotting adventures of Garrett McNamara, who pioneered Nazaré, Portugal, as a big wave ...

Cortes Bank, a shallow seamount 100 miles into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, is a mystical place; a legendary, yet fabled spot in the world of big-wave surfing. But Cortes Bank is also ...

Garrett McNamara, 55, is an extreme surfer who in 2011 set a world record in Nazaré, Portugal, for the largest wave surfed, at 78 feet. He co-stars in the second season of the HBO documentary series ...