Thefive-partthirdseasonoftheEmmy®-winningHBOOriginaldocumentaryseries100FOOTWAVE,directedandexecutiveproducedbyEmmy®Award-winningfilmmakerChrisSmith(HBO’s“100FootWave”and“Branson”)andexecutiveproducedbyEmmy®,GoldenGlobe®,andTony®winnerJoeLewis(HBO’s“100FootWave,”“Fleabag”),debutsTHURSDAY,MAY1at9:00p.m.ET/PTwithnewepisodespremieringsubsequentThursdaysatthesametime.NewepisodeswilldebutonHBOandwillbeavailabletostreamonMax.
Synopsis:100FOOTWAVEreturnsforathirdseasontochronicletheglobe-trottingadventuresofbigwavesurferGarrettMcNamara,hiswifeNicoleandtheiryoungfamily,aswellasthoseoffellowsurfersAndrew“Cotty”Cotton,CJMacias,JustineDuPont,Lucas“Chumbo”Chianca,NicvonRupp,KaiLenny,Pedro“Scooby”Vianna,TonyLaureano,IanCosenza,MichelledesBouillons,andothers.100FOOTWAVEexpandsfromtheclifftopsofNazaré,Portugal,whereMcNamarafirstsetabigwaveworldrecordin2011,toexcitingnewlocalessuchasCortesBankinthefarreachesofthePacificOcean,Safi,Morocco,Montaldo,Italy,andO’ahu,HawaiifortherarelyheldEddieAikauBigWaveInvitational.Theadrenaline-filledseriescloselyfollowstheseextremeathletes’driveandpassion,withcamerasbytheirsideforthehighsandlowsoftheirlives–thedoubtsandtragedies,theeuphoriaandtriumphs,thelife-changingdecisions,thefearsthathauntthemandthechallengesthatfuelthem.
Season3featurestheseries’signatureintimateinterviews,véritéphotography,anddramaticvisualswithstunningaerialandwaterfootage,showcasingthedeath-defyingbeautyofbigwavesurfingastheathletesriskitallinaquestfortheultimatehigh.Unitedintheirlovefortheoceanandacompulsiontopushthelimitsoftheirmindsandbodies,thesurfersalsoendurementalandemotionalstrugglesdealingwithparenthood,aging,injuries,andevendeath.AsGarrettconfrontsthetolldecadesofsurfinghavetakenonhisbodyandmind,hereckonswithdownshiftingacareerinasportthathasdefinedhislife.Ashelookstopassthetorchtoayoungergeneration,thequesttofindthenextNazaréandtosurftheone-hundred-footwaveneverceases.
