100 Foot Wave Podcast

100 Foot Wave Podcast

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.

Episodes

May 22, 2023 50 mins
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Le...
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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 h...
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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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about ...
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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 Jus...
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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 h...
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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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April 7, 2023 2 mins
Can’t get enough of the action and drama of 100 Foot Wave? Join Host Nicole McNamara and a whole cast of surfers and filmmakers for deeper conversations about the ups and downs of a life chasing the world’s biggest waves. HBO’s 100 Foot Wave Podcast drops April 16, after the season premiere on HBO and HBO Max. Produced by HBO and Topic Studios, in association with Amplify Pictures and Library Films.  See omnystudio.com/listener for...
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