"Originally, we thought we'd just shoot them until they got the 100-foot wave, and that would be the end of the movie," Lewis recalls. "When we were talking to potential financiers, the most common ...
There's few surfers whose exploits have truly reached the mainstream in profound, unprecedented ways. One is Garret McNamara and the smash hit HBO show, 100 Foot Wave. Before Nazaré became a global ...
Opening Shot: In footage from 2004, Garrett McNamara, then 37, emerges from the turbulence of a big wave, bleeding profusely from his brow. “I should probably stitch it. So I can surf.” The Gist: It’s ...
HBO’s 100 Foot Wave, which premiered earlier this month, follows a group of big wave riders as they travel the globe hunting for the planet's biggest swells The docuseries is about "so much more" than ...
One of the most remarkable aspects of HBO’s Emmy-winning 100 Foot Wave docuseries on big-wave surfing is its showcasing of the stakes and the struggles involved. The surfers here are risking their ...
The Emmy award-winning surfing docuseries “100 Foot Wave” follows Garrett McNamara and some of the other biggest names in big wave surfing. From wave-riding highs to season-ending injury lows, the ...
100 Foot Wave has won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys. Other nominees for the award, which was announced on Sunday, Sept. 7, included Chef’s ...