João Mendonça doesn’t bury the lede. In his breakout edit, “Same Same” he starts off with the most infamous wave in Portugal: The Cave. I know, Nazaré gets a lot of shine, but this pain of a slab is ...

After a slower-than-normal start to the big-wave surfing season at Mavericks, Thursday delivered a barrage of 40-foot-high waves that drew riders from far and wide to the famous Half Moon Bay break.