Hawaiian big--there’s so much energy in the water that everyone’s afraid. The sheer velocity, power, and shallowness of the wave puts it into a league of its own and grants it the elite designation as ...

On an April day in 2014, Christa Funk sat on the beach and watched perfect, big Pipeline, the most coveted lineup in surfing, for both surfers and photographers. At the time, Christa had never ...