Albee Layer has built a career by going contrary to many surf norms and then turning the dial up a notch. He said no (respectfully) to the Eddie, then paddled into the barrel of his life at Jaws. He ...

“That one I caught during the Eddie swell was definitely still my best wave, but for a single wave, I’d say it was probably top 3 or 5 out there,” Albee Layer told SURFER after threading this Jaws ...

“I spent part of almost every day of my life thinking about this wave and what could have gone differently. And if that sounds crazy, it’s because it is.” I love that soundbite from Albee Layer ...

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On Wednesday, Hawaiian big-wave surfer Albee Layer was hospitalized after suffering a gnarly fall while surfing at Jaws. Unfortunately for Layer, that decision landed him in the hospital after he ...

“I swear, videos never do it justice how gnarly a wave like that is,” said Torrey Meister, Hawaii’s favorite bull-wrangler and big-wave duel-threat. Torrey had a good look at the start of Albee ...

This weekend, eight of the world's best non-CT surfers went head to head at a wavepool in Wales. Albee Layer, perhaps one of the most non-CT surfers of the bunch, actually won the thing. And there ...

Suffering from a concussion, big-wave stalwart Albee Layer begins to weigh costs and benefits of five years charging at Jaws, in this jaw-dropping video. During the Jaws Challenge last month, Albee ...

Albee Layer pulled off what looked like an original move on a surfboard. Soon after, the royalty of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding began a debate about what to call it. It was mid-May when ...