Wilem Banks is a soft-spoken woodworker from Santa Cruz who, in December, paddled into the biggest wave of his life, and potentially the biggest ever, in his fourth session at Jaws.

The Encyclopedia of Surfing described it as a 35-footer and the largest wave ever ridden. In the documentary Riding Giants, an illustrated depiction puts the mythical wave at closer to 60 feet.

In early 2024, German surfer Sebastian Steudtner caught a 93.73-foot-tall wave at Nazaré’s Praia do Norte, what might be the tallest recorded wave ever surfed (Guinness hasn’t confirmed it yet).

Brazilian big wave legend Chumbo rides a 14.82m wave (48ft) in the state of Santa Catarina has set a new record for the ...

Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...

Wilem Banks is a soft-spoken woodworker from Santa Cruz who, in December, paddled into the biggest wave of his life, and potentially the biggest ever, in his fourth session at Jaws.

Huga Vau, Big Mama and The Biggest Nazare Wave Ever? On January 17, 2018, Hugo Vau rode the biggest wave ever recorded at Nazare. Or did he? Vau had been one of the first locals to commit to the wave.