Twenty-five years ago, the first iteration of the Big Wave Challenge presented by Aquamar went down in Orange County. A quarter century later, it has returned. Celebrating the most heroic efforts of ...
25 years since the XL Big Wave Awards were first held in LA, the revamped Big Wave Challenge BWC held its annual awards night at the Newport Lido Theatre last week. While the much-bandied term ...
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz had two big-wave surfers win titles at the 25th annual Big Wave Challenge Awards celebration at Lido Theater in Newport Beach on Saturday. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir was named the ...
Imagine a world where winning isn’t everything. Where great athletes are rewarded by their peers not just for their astonishing skills, but for the qualities that make them great. This is the world of ...
Surfers Lucas Chianca, 30, of Brazil and Justine Dupont, 34, of France were crowned champions at the 2025-26 TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge at Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, on Saturday. Nic von ...
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