#extreme-sports

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A surfer threads the line beneath the feathering lip of a massive Nazaré wave, the crest already tipping over into spray, reducing them to a tiny speck on the vast grey face.
Under the Lip
A surfer carves down the face of a towering Nazaré wave, the wall of grey-green water rearing above them at terrifying scale, a jet ski standing by on the far side.
The Giant
Two paragliders soar low over the beach, the red sandstone cliffs of the Portuguese coast stretching behind them, wind turbines on the distant hills, the Atlantic grey and rough below.
Cliff Riders
Three kitesurfers work the rough, wind-whipped water during a blow, their canopies taut against the effort, a long sandy beach stretching behind under a flat grey-blue sky.
Storm Riders
A kitesurfer with a vivid orange canopy carves through stormy grey chop, sand dunes stretching behind in a bleak, windswept landscape.
Storm Kite