As if to thank the locals for putting up with the crowds, trash, and traffic created by the annual influx of visitors, the Banzai Pipeline fires as the tourists leave.

Media outlets are claiming this wave of Garrett McNamara's as "the biggest wave ever" and there's talk of it being entered into the Guinness Book Of World Records where it would replace Mike Parsons' Cortes Bank bomb as the largest wave ever ridden...

Cloudbreak goes nuts for the second day in a row and an all-star crew of big wave chargers rip the swell of the year.

Has Garrett "Big Mac" McNamara tapped into the future of surfing or just some hokey attempt at catching more waves without paddling?

The surfer Garrett McNamara, 42 years old, will be in Portugal during the month of November. On his first trip to Europe, Garrett will devote itself to exploring the wave potential of Nazaré Beaches, with special attention to Praia do Norte.

South swell and beautiful weather blesses Malibu for the Surfers Healing Camp for autistic kids. Doing their part to share the stoke was Danny Fuller, Garrett "Big Mac" McNamara, actor Scott Caan, and of course, the Paskowitz family.

The hunt is on. Garrett McNamara hurtles 60 mph down an icy river in the Great Northwest, throttling a 255-horsepower Sea Doo jet ski loaded with surfboards. His 11-year-old son Titus clings to his back, and a reporter clings to Titus' back.