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Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth.

The threat of those waves is not baseless: big-wave waterman Mark Foo drowned at Hawaii’s Mavericks in 1994, while Hawaii local Todd Chesser died surfing a huge swell on an outer reef off the ...

The women surfing 50-foot waves: ‘I’ve almost died so many times’ By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Jun 26, 2025 Updated Jun 26, 2025 Christa Funk/Red Bull Content Pool/AP via CNN Newsource ...

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she ...