Axi Muniain, caught in the jowls of a massive wall of water at Nazaré, Portugal. The wave punished his body – perforating his eardrum and damaging his internal organs. Foto: Andrea Carminati And it ...

Natxo González paddles a thin line. At 25, the professional big-wave surfer from Spain’s Basque Country has already challenged some of the most legendary waves on the planet, riding giants at Punta ...

Filmed by Javi Muñoz and Arthur Genie, edited by Tom Vaughan. Cover shot by Edu Bartolome. Winter is over in the northern hemisphere, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way. A huge swell made its way ...

Hailing from the French region of the Basque Country, 21-year-old Gorka Rougé is intertwined with the area’s surf scene. His father Eric Rougé is a longtime shaper and was an early pioneer at the ...