Watch: BTS Footage from HBO’s ‘100 Foot Wave’
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100 Foot Wave, the HBO docuseries, following Garrett McNamara and his band of merry big-wave psychos, has been somewhat of a unicorn in surf media.
That being, it’s captured the eyes of not just the core surfing crowd, but non-surfers alike, as they watch mind-bendingly massive waves at Nazaré, Mavericks, Jaws, and other heavy-water hotspots. Not an easy feat, getting non-surfers interested in surfing.
So much so that, despite its high production value and never-before-seen look into surfing these waves, it came as somewhat of a surprise when 100 Foot Wave was renewed for a second season. Not many surf shows get that (ahem, The Ultimate Surfer).
But, 100 Foot Wave only shows so much – either by time constraints on the episodes, or a careful tactic to keep the non-surfing laypeople engaged.
For everything else, there’s Powerlines Productions.
Hit play above and go behind-the-scenes of the show, the scores, the planning, preparation and of course, the carnage. Like when G-Mac surfed what was then-considered by some to be the “biggest wave ever paddled” at Mavericks, only to fall on the drop, skipping down the gigantic face like a stone across a pond.
The wipeout nearly ripped his arm out of his socket.
Maybe that elusive 100-foot wave is still out there, still for the taking by G-Mac or whomever else. And maybe the show will live on, too, with an even more elusive goal: an ongoing mainstream media series focused on the fringe world of big-wave surfing.
Stay tuned.
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