The last time I spoke with Joe Lewis, executive producer of HBO’s Emmy Award-winning show 100 Foot Wave, I mused: What happens if someone surfs the hundred-footer? Does the show end? Cut to black like ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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