7 episodes

The official companion podcast for the new HBO documentary series 100 Foot Wave. Each week, join Host Nicole McNamara for a deeper look at the surfers featured in the series and the crew behind the scenes. She’ll also share exclusive outtakes not shown in the series and dive deeper into what it takes to dedicate your life to big wave surfing. Produced by HBO and Topic Studios, in association with Amplify Pictures and Library Films.

100 Foot Wave Podcast HBO

    • TV & Film
    • 4.9 • 64 Ratings

The official companion podcast for the new HBO documentary series 100 Foot Wave. Each week, join Host Nicole McNamara for a deeper look at the surfers featured in the series and the crew behind the scenes. She’ll also share exclusive outtakes not shown in the series and dive deeper into what it takes to dedicate your life to big wave surfing. Produced by HBO and Topic Studios, in association with Amplify Pictures and Library Films.

    Chapter VI: “Force Majeure” with C.J. and Carlos Macias

    Chapter VI: “Force Majeure” with C.J. and Carlos Macias

    Host Nicole McNamara wraps up the season by welcoming 100 Foot Wave director Chris Smith and producer Zach Rothfeld to discuss episode 6 and how they wade through thousands of hours of footage to make the series. Then Nicole’s brother C.J. and their dad Carlos Macias join the show to talk about C.J.’s traumatic wipeout and they offer insight into their communal life in Hawaii.
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    • 50 min
    Chapter V: “Lost At Sea” with Tony Laureano and Laurent Pujol

    Chapter V: “Lost At Sea” with Tony Laureano and Laurent Pujol

    Host Nicole McNamara welcomes 100 Foot Wave Executive producer Joe Lewis to the show to recap the events in episode 5 and dig into how the series came to be. She then sits down with Tony Laureano, the youngest of the Nazare surfers, about growing up surfing and all he and his family have done to allow him to surf the biggest waves in the world. Finally, she talks to Laurent Pujol, the show’s Emmy-winning cinematographer, to learn how he captures the action on the waves up close as nobody else can. 
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    • 49 min
    Chapter IV: “Partners” with Garrett McNamara and Videographer Karl Sandrock

    Chapter IV: “Partners” with Garrett McNamara and Videographer Karl Sandrock

    Host Nicole McNamara sits down with her husband, Garrett McNamara, to discuss why episode 4 was so personal for both of them and why Garrett found it challenging to watch. Then, she talks with 100 Foot Wave videographer Karl Sandrock about what it’s like to capture the “in-between” moments while living with the McNamaras, and how he eventually became family too.
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    • 38 min
    Chapter III: “Jaws” with Justine Dupont and Fred David

    Chapter III: “Jaws” with Justine Dupont and Fred David

    In episode 3 of 100 Foot Wave, we leave Nazaré behind and head to Hawaii’s Jaws — the birthplace of big wave surfing. Host Nicole McNamara shares more about what makes this break so iconic, and how it’s given some surfers the best waves of their lives but also the most horrific wipeouts. Then, Nicole sits down with French big wave surfer Justine Dupont and Fred David, to talk about their relationship and what it’s like to watch Justine come full circle.
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    • 44 min
    Chapter II: “The Circus Is Burning” with Andrew “Cotty” Cotton

    Chapter II: “The Circus Is Burning” with Andrew “Cotty” Cotton

    Host Nicole McNamara recaps the action of episode 2, and takes us inside the circus that is Nazaré these days, with its overcrowded cliff of spectators and waves crowded with surfers — so many that a collision happens and then a fight breaks out. Then she sits down for an intimate conversation with big wave surfer Andrew “Cotty” Cotton to talk about  his previous life as a plumber, why he’s Garrett McNamara’s “chosen one” and how he balances his unorthodox career with being a dad.
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    • 34 min
    Chapter I: “Epsilon” with Garrett McNamara and Lino Bogalho

    Chapter I: “Epsilon” with Garrett McNamara and Lino Bogalho

    In the inaugural episode of the 100 Foot Wave Podcast, host Nicole McNamara talks with her husband, big wave surfer Garrett McNamara, about the season 2 premiere. They dive into what to expect in this new season and how their lives have changed since the series premiered. Then, she and Garrett sit down for a conversation with Lino Bogalho, a Portuguese local who has been instrumental in building big wave surfing culture in Nazaré. 
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    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
64 Ratings

64 Ratings

Andylicious57 ,

Excellent!!!!

An awesome & excellent companion piece!

Farfalla 2 ,

Great show!

I enjoyed each episode!

AB awsome ,

The perfect show

Nicole, what a gift this podcast was. This season was incredible and diving in with you afterwards every week was so special. What a beautiful show. I adored falling in love w your family and everyone involved with this show. What Zach said about focusing on portraying the different relationship was felt so deeply. This explored human relationships and life in a way that I can't explain. That last scene with Garrett surfing with Barrel actually sent me into hysteria. Thank you for sharing this journey <3

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