EXCLUSIVE: A giant wall of water is heading this way… in the form of season 2 of HBO’s 100 Foot Wave, the Emmy-winning surfing series directed by Chris Smith.
The series executive produced by Smith and Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony winner Joe Lewis (Fleabag) returns Sunday, April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with fresh episodes premiering on succeeding Sunday nights on HBO. The series will also be available for streaming on HBO Max. We have your first look at season 2 of the show, which stars Garrett McNamara, a man with a personality as big as the waves he rides.
“100 Foot Wave returns to Nazaré, Portugal—with stops in Hawaii and California—for a heart-pounding and adrenaline-filled second season following big wave legend Garrett McNamara, his world-class surfing peers, and some surprising newcomers as they continue to push the boundaries of their sport and the limits of their minds and bodies,” a synopsis of the new season says. “As much a story of personal relationships, longing, fear, and love, the series spans the ‘20/‘21 and ‘21/‘22 big wave seasons which began with the uncertainties of life under COVID-19 and ended with some of the largest swells of the surfers’ careers.”
The synopsis continues, “The one constant for these extreme athletes is contending with the highs and lows of their perilous and unpredictable lifestyle in which every big wave has the potential to write a dramatic new chapter in their personal stories. With a mix of intimate interviews, vérité scenes and personal archive, as well as stunning aerial, water-based and underwater footage from the Emmy-winning cinematography team, the series captures a world unlike any other.”
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The new season finds McNamara and his wife Nicole expecting the birth of their third child. In addition to the McNamaras and their kids, season 2 features a host of colorful characters including Andrew “Cotty” Cotton, Justine Dupont, Fred Davis, C.J. Macias, Antonio “Tony” Laureano, Kai Lenny, Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca, Ian Cosenza, Michelle Des Bouillons, Alemao De Maresias, Nic Van Rupp, and Pedro “Scooby” Vianna.
Nicole McNamara is hosting an official companion podcast for seasons 2, where she sits down with cast and crew “to discuss topics relevant to each episode, providing listeners with another look inside the world of big wave surfing.”
The podcast premieres in tandem with the show on Sunday, April 16; the 100 Foot Wave Podcast is co-produced by HBO and Topic Studios and will release new episodes each Sunday.
HBO Documentary Films presents 100 Foot Wave, a production of Topic Studios, Library Films and Amplify Pictures. Directed by Chris Smith; executive producers Chris Smith, Joe Lewis, Ryan Heller, Michael Bloom and Maria Zuckerman. For HBO, executive producers are Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Bentley Weiner.
Watch the exciting season 2 trailer above.
