Maya Gabeira has faced enormous challenges in her life – like shooting down gigantic walls of water, risking life and limb. The Brazilian big-wave surfer is the focus of the Oscar-contending ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. Twenty years ago, could you ever have imagined a woman surfing a wave ...

Few people have the surf skills, or the guts, needed to paddle out into the world’s biggest, heaviest waves. But for people who have always dreamed of getting up close to the bombing barrels in Tahiti ...

Big-wave surfers scour the world for the gnarliest, most terrifying waves on the planet – and now that this year’s hunt is over, it’s time to celebrate. For a long time, the world’s best big-wave ...

SANTA CRUZ – Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself. Several times each winter, Slebir drives an hour up ...