Praia das Rocas, located in Castanheira de Pêra, in the district of Leiria, is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors ...

As a professional big wave surfer ... since been bested – for surfing the biggest wave in the world, a 78-foot (23.8 meters) monster in Nazaré, Portugal. But despite his fearlessness and ...

I’ve hit the water so many times, really hard and had hundreds of mild concussions, perhaps even a thousand or more," says surfing legend Garrett McNamara ...

Portugal, a popular tourist destination and a European green energy champion, holds an early general election on May 18, 50 ...

McNamara, pictured at the Praia do Norte, or North beach, in Nazare, Portugal, in 2015, set a world record for the largest wave surfed when he rode a 23.8 metre wave (78-foot) in Nazare in 2011.