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 ...

The current WSL Big Wave season runs from November 1, 2024, until March 31, 2025, with the famed Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, the location for the TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge.

Still, Dec. 23 at Mavericks "has been described within the big-wave surfing community as one of the greatest days in the history of the break ... fueled by a once-in-a-decade swell," per Surfer Today.

They also created some of the biggest and best surf to ever fire across one of the world’s most renowned big wave spots, Maverick’s near Half Moon Bay. Surfers that dared to try and tame this ...