53 minSeason 3 • Episode 5
LatestFollowing the Eddie, the McNamara’s move to Montaldo, Italy for a fresh start. But just as Garrett begins to slow down in his new life away from the ocean, he hears of a perfect swell off the coast of Morocco and can’t resist. Cotty and Chumbo join Garrett and his son Titus in Safi to chase the waves, while Justine, now pregnant, is unable to do what has long fueled her. When a new swell is forecasted at Mavericks, the decision to chase the ultimate wave is contemplated once more.
The decade-long odyssey of surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara, who, after visiting Nazaré, Portugal in hopes of conquering a 100-foot wave, 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.
Cinematography
Drone shots that'll give you vertigo from your couch
Sound
Waves crashing like actual bombs, designed to spike cortisol
Direction
Chris Smith lets hubris hang itself beautifully
Creator
Chris Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Nazaré underwater canyon — one of Europe's deepest — creates the freakishly massive waves; scientists still can't fully model why they break so big.
Garrett's 2011 record ride sparked a big-wave arms race that turned surfing from soul sport to extreme content machine, with all the moral rot that implies.
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