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Even a surfer hasn't done as good as you. MCNAMARA: You've described everything about surfing and just this - entering this conversation better than anybody I've ever spoken to. But in this series, there's just this amazing footage throughout - in the water, on the surfboard, in your doctor's office.

You know, I think one of the things that really struck me about this was that often, we're used to seeing photos of surfers or even videos from the outside. And, you know, I think all of us surfers, our happy place, the place we like more than anywhere on the wave is in the barrel. And at times, you get so deep, and there's a curve in the barrel, and you can't see out. And you're looking out of the hole trying to make it back out into the world. And it's like you're in your own little world, and you just - it's like eternity, but then it's so quick. Are you able to kind of take in the moment, or does it pass too quickly? You know, I've been wondering since I started watching this what it looks like when you're on the inside.

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SNELL: You know, there are several moments in the series where we watch your whole body disappear inside the barrel of a wave and then come out in the spray. So, you know, I got college funds and all types of different things I got to pay for. And I have no interest in a 100-foot wave anymore. And then all of a sudden, we were trying to find this 100-foot wave. And we kept finding bigger and bigger waves until there was no wave too big. And I had to accomplish some great feat every year. MCNAMARA: Well, it was - big wave surfing was my job. SNELL: You say you always wanted to ride a wave over 100 feet. Garrett McNamara, thanks so much for joining us.

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As a professional big wave surfer, Garrett McNamara prepares to surf the massive walls of water there, and he joins us now to talk about it. SNELL: That's a clip from the new HBO documentary series called '100 Foot Wave,' describing conditions off the coast of Nazare, Portugal. What that means is waves break everywhere. It's a 100-foot beach break, and it's over sand. The scariest thing overall is the unpredictability. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: These waves come out of a 10,000-foot deep trench and just lurch up out of the ocean. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, '100 FOOT WAVE') Big wave surfers dream of all that, but on a massive scale, with waves that can reach 50, 60 or even 100 feet tall. And finally today, many surfers dream of that perfect wave, the one where everything lines up just right - from the water and wind conditions to maybe even getting that perfect barrel.