HBO’s "100 Foot Wave," now in its third season, follows a group of big wave riders as they travel the globe hunting for the planet's biggest swells and push the limits of their battered bodies.

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Big wave surfer Garrett McNamara on how his relationship to surfing has changed over a decade of chasing a 100-foot wave.