HBO's recent six-part series 100 Foot Wave brought the heaving swells at Nazare, Portugal, into living rooms across the United States through the exploits of Garrett McNamara, the Tom Brady of ...

Andrew Cotton has surfed some of the biggest waves on the planet and he was back at the WSL Tow In Challenge in Nazaré, looking for more. Nazaré in Portugal is well known for producing the largest ...

A few years back, the folks at Red Bull produced a fine short documentary on Cotton, a working-class big-wave charger. Six months ago -- November 9th, 2017, to be exact -- British big-wave lunatic ...

Nov. 10 (UPI) --Surfer Andrew Cotton was hospitalized this week after getting wrecked by a giant wave in Nazare, Portugal. Cotton, 36, suffered a broken back Wednesday after falling off of his ...

There's been a lot of mind-blowing wipeout footage lately. In October, we saw terrifying footage of big wave surfer and superwaterman Kai Lenny getting eaten alive in a giant barrel at Jaws. Shortly ...

Professional big-wave surfer Andrew Cotton was feeling good as he gazed out at the ocean at Nazaré Beach in Portugal last November. “I was fit and strong, and in a good place,” the 38-year-old North ...

One of the heaviest chargers in big-wave surfing and dryrobe ambassador, Andrew “Cotty” Cotton, joins us on The Lineup. From his roots in Devon, England, to towing some of the gnarliest waves ever ...

World-renowned Devon big wave surfer Andrew Cotton took off for to Portugal on Saturday to ride the big waves sent by Hurricane Ophelia. The predicted 60 foot swell never materialised on Monday but ...

Six months ago — November 9th, 2017, to be exact — British big-wave lunatic Andrew Cotton suffered one of the worst wipeouts we’d ever seen at Nazare. Got whipped in very deep. Faded a bit too much.

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