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100 Foot Wave
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100 Foot Wave intimately captures 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.
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6 this season · 17 totals02e01 Chapter I: Epsilon 2023-04-17 00:00
Chapter I: Epsilon
At the start of the new big wave season in October 2020, Hurricane Epsilon brings huge swells to Nazaré, and the biggest names in surfing congregate to battle for the largest wave.
s02e02 Chapter II: The Circus is Burning 2023-04-24 00:00
Chapter II: The Circus is Burning
Portugal's National Health Commission closes down all surfing due to Covid protocols, stranding the surfers for several weeks.
s02e03 Chapter III: Jaws 2023-05-01 00:00
Chapter III: Jaws
Justine Dupont chases a swell in the Pacific at Mavericks, and then at Jaws in Hawaii, where three years earlier she suffered the biggest injury of her career; returning to Maui, Dupont faces her fears and surprises even herself.
s02e04 Chapter IV: Partners 2023-05-08 00:00
Chapter IV: Partners
In the fall of 2021 and the start of the new big wave season, Garrett McNamara is now the director of the World Surf League's Tow Surfing Challenge in Nazaré, but eight-month pregnant Nicole McNamara and their young children fall ill with COVID-19, complicating his preparations and the plans for the birth. When the competition begins in December, Tony Laureano isn't invited to participate with the best in class. For the surfers competing, challenging conditions and terrifying wipeouts highlight the importance of their relationships with jet ski pilots who are also rescuers. Nicole McNamara gives birth to baby Fé.
s02e05 Chapter V: Lost At Sea 2023-05-15 00:00
Chapter V: Lost At Sea
The huge swells at Nazaré continue to challenge and confound the best surfers in the world, and several dramatic rescues take place close to the perilous rocks. At the Gigantes De Nazaré event in January 2022, several wipeouts and close calls threaten lives, as danger is narrowly averted by acts of heroism and strength. Nicole McNamara's brother, C.J. Macias, catches an enormous wave, but then disaster strikes.
s02e06 Chapter VI: Force Majeure 2023-05-22 00:00
Chapter VI: Force Majeure
In the wake of CJ's frightening search and rescue, the surfers find themselves reflecting on the dangers of their sport. When another WSL contest in Nazaré is announced, Tony's dreams of competing against the best in class are finally realized… then quickly fall apart. As for Garrett, the end of the surf season becomes a time to recalibrate his priorities.