The 100-Foot Wave (6 Part HBO Documentary)

(2021)

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Synopsis

After being recruited by a band of Nazaré locals who hoped to see if the dangerous swells they had observed their entire lives were surfable, surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara and his wife, Nicole, traveled to the remote town in 2010 to pursue the monster waves. Standing atop the city’s abandoned 500-year-old lighthouse, the McNamaras witnessed surf more dangerous than any they’d ever seen, and a possible culmination of Garrett’s lifelong quest to ride a 100-foot wave. The six-part HBO Sports Documentary series 100 Foot Wave intimately captures McNamara’s decade-long odyssey, chronicling how after visiting Nazaré, he pushed the sport to ever-greater heights and, alongside locals, helped transform the small fishing village into the world’s preeminent big-wave surfing destination.

Cast

Nicole McNamara, Garrett McNamara, Andrew Cotton, Cj Macias