“You can tell when it’s a big one when the lines march in from the outer ledge,” Benjamin “Sancho” Sanchis told SURFER after his heroic, albeit cataclysmic, ride at Jaws on December 22, 2024. Fate ...

On December 22, 2024, while the surf world’s collective eye was fixed on Waimea Bay during the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational, lensman Fred Pompermayer was in the channel at Jaws, documenting ...

“One of the great swell events in my history of shooting surfing (for) over 49 years,” says Tim Bonython, not mincing words. “This is probably one of the top five swell events I’ve got to document.” ...

Kicking off the 2025/26 winter on Maui, it was a sizable paddle day at Peah'i as Albee Layer, Kai Lenny and company break the seal.

Torrey, Billy Kemper and Steve Roberson were all slated to compete in the HIC Haleiwa Pro QS 2,000 on Oahu that same morning, but woke up to sets overloading the right-hand reef break. Billy, as a ...

In an effort to protect the natural splendor of Pe'ahi on Maui's north coast, county officials have purchased the land surrounding the wave for $9.5 million. The 267-acre plot of land will remain free ...

Everyone has seen the classic Hollywood blockbuster "Jaws," the 1975 Steven Spielberg classic movie about a terrifying, unpredictable, man-eating shark. And just when you thought it was safe to get ...

Yes, we know pulling out the measuring tape for big waves is a difficult and sometimes controversial endeavor. But in light of the recent deluge of swell coming from the North Pacific over the last ...

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