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Nazaré: The Monster of Big Waves
Kai Lenny surfs giant waves in Nazaré, Portugal, 2020 - Mattias Hammar / Red Bull Content Pool On the coast of Portugal lies Praia do Norte, a place where the ocean seems to defy all logic. Every European winter, surfers from around the world arrive to challenge mountains of water that can exceed 20 meters in height, while hundreds of spectators watch from the town’s famous lighthouse. For years, Nazaré remained relatively unnoticed within the surfing world until 2011, when A

Ayelet Fuentes Guerra
May 142 min read
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