Today's SURFING news

In a landslide, the back-breaking wipeout suffered by Andrew Cotton was voted by Surfer magazine readers as the worst wipeout of 2018.

How Francis Ford Coppola and John Milius used the Vietnam War and surf culture to showcase dying American exceptionalism.

On The New Yorker Radio Hour, William Finnegan, a lifelong surfer, reports on a machine-made wave that could finally make surfing a conventional sport—and ...

HBO's “Momentum Generation,” a revealing documentary about a tightknit group of professional surfers who achieved fame in the 1990s, begins with a litany of ...

Experienced surf photographer Nate Lawrence has curated a gorgeous collection of photos that document San Francisco's surf culture in his new book.

The sixth edition of the Costa Rica Surfing Awards will recognize the best athletes in this discipline in an event that will take place Saturday, December 22 at La ...

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The SnoPlanks crew caress the grooves of prime time corduroy as they make radical turns, then take a ride through Mt. Bachelor's famous wind lips. This is earth ...

You'd think Tim Cook would be too busy running Apple to be tweeting about surfing, but you'd be wrong. Well, kind of. In fact, Cook tweeted over this.

It took six years to make the new HBO documentary film, Momentum Generation, which premieres on December 11th at 10pm PT. Here's how it happened, ...

Our sport's most beloved icons are the ones who make surf stardom seem like something they could just as easily do without.

On the eve of the 2018 Billabong Pipe Masters, SURFER's staff shares the top pick from their Fantasy Surfer teams for the tour's final stop.

But statistically speaking, which was best: West Coast, East Coast or Hawaii?

Watch a two-metre shark jump out of the water at a Western Australian beach.

Surfer Danielle Lyons was riding a 2-foot wave and clearly had the right of way when a surfing instructor dropped in behind her, grabbed her leg leash and ...

Softball and goalball are among other sports to benefit from a new 'aspirational fund' to help them quality for Tokyo 2020.

William Finnegan discusses his reporting on the best surfer in the world, Kelly Slater, and how his revolutionary wave machine both advanced and disrupted the ...

Breaking down surfing's most hollow and hallowed waves.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ezekiel Lau, take a bow. The Oahu native won the Van's World Cup of Surfing earlier today, becoming a two-time winner at ...

THERE'S no lack of world champions on our Golden Coast and some slip under the radar like 20-year-old Bond University student Rachael Tilly. The Californian ...

Well that was fun. The 2018 SURFER Awards presented by Pau Maui Vodka are over, the winners are crowned and the afterparties at Turtle Bay are about to ...

William Finnegan writes about the best surfer in history, who made a machine that creates perfect conditions on demand. Will his invention democratize surfing ...

A surfer who had previously tempted fate by referring to himself as “shark bait” was hospitalized after a shark bit him. Joel Mason, 36, was out for an early ...

What has the world's greatest surfer been up to lately? We caught up with Kelly Slater to talk about the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, sustainability and more.

A man who called himself “shark bait” was mauled in the leg by a shark while surfing off the coast of New South Wales in Australia on Saturday, his father said, ...

A surfer and surf school owner in Venice, California is under fire after aggressively pulling a female surfer's leash on Tuesday morning at the Venice Pier.

With 30 to 40-foot waves headed toward the infamous Mavericks surf spot the Bay Area big wave surf competition could be making a comeback in a matter of ...

At the beginning of 2018, Ricardo Christie entertained the idea that this season would be his last on the World Surf League Qualifying series. After joining the ...

A surfer has died after being pulled from the surf at San Francisco's Ocean this afternoon, fire officials said. Fire officials put out an alert at about 1.

A man who's previously referred to himself as "shark bait" is in hospital after a shark attack on the NSW mid-north coast. The man received five deep lacerations ...

BERLIN — There's this picture of Ira Mowen that pretty much sums up the quest he's been on for seven years. In it, he's standing mid-frame, gazing into the lens ...

Hand-shaping, the evolution of stubby boards and the origin of model names.

Just because it's freezing outside doesn't mean you can't enjoy some epic surfing in the city. Check out these awesome photos of winter surfing in Toronto.

NAZARÉ, Portugal — At the market in the ancient fishing village of Nazaré, Portuguese pensioners shopped for their fruit and vegetables. Retired fishermen ...

The Wave Project is a surf therapy charity aiming to further expand in Northern Ireland.

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Vans World Cup of surfing has been postponed. Maui is still running the Jaws competition.

Stephanie Gilmore has entered the pantheon of surfing greats after winning her seventh world title to equal fellow Australian Layne Beachley's all-time women's ...

An ascendant surfing power house! When it was first announced that surfing would be in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan a shiver was sent down the ...

UPDATE Posted at 6 p.m. Dec. 5. We now know how a 31-year old Corvallis doctor died at Devils Punchbowl on Saturday, Dec. 1. Oregon State Police tell The ...

In his day, Kelly Slater won a record 11 World Surf League Championships.

At first we thought this half-hour mini-movie was gonna be all about young Canadian pro Noah Cohen's quest for Olympic glory. Which it kinda is, but only in part ...

Video of a man surfing a flooded Oceanside street in tow behind a friend's SUV during Thursday's rainstorm has gone viral. The street surfer, Oceanside native ...

Check out the full list of the 2018 SURFER Awards nominees and don't forget to tune in on December 6 to watch the biggest night in surfing.

For the better part of the 2018 World Surf League's Championship Tour, Stephanie Gilmore had Prince's 17 Days running through her head. It turned out to be ...

Since 1992, Rockin Fig Surf Headquarters has been a Main Street fixture in Huntington Beach, California, a coastal town some 20 miles south of Los Angeles.

NEWPORT BEACH (CBSLA) — An 18-year-old surfer and YouTube sensation is accused of being behind a rash of Newport Beach home burglaries.

Sean Newcomer's team is doing pioneering experiments to examine how this essential gear works and fails.

Surfing and skateboarding are about to receive government funding in the UK for the first time ever as athletes in both sports prepare for the 2020 Olympics.

To surf Lake Superior in the winter, you need to fight against deadly currents, icebergs, and strong winds. Surfer Dan does all this with a big smile on his face.

Foremost, it means that it's the season to spend time with your most beloved friends and family (and in-laws, I guess). Secondly, it's time to shower the ...

Featuring Andy Nieblas, Brendan Sepe, Karina Rozunko, CJ Nelson and a whole lot more, "Short Stories," captures the traditional spirit of surfing.

This story was originally published on Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission.

Around the world, people are taking to the waves as part of their treatment for mental illness. Advocates of surf therapy say it's a way to draw people out of dark ...

The high surf advisory for east-facing shores of most Hawaiian isles continues through 6 a.m. Thursday, weather officials said, due to strong trades that produce ...

A local surfer nearly drowned near Morro Rock on Saturday and was taken to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center after an incident in the water, Morro Bay ...

Two huge and perfect swells ushered in the beginning of big-wave season at Nazaré and the surfers put on an epic show that we won't be forgetting in a hurry ...

Is wave riding, especially in the North Atlantic, a key to emotional wellbeing? There are two, maybe three, supremely important news organs in the world and the ...

Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration.

Lakey Peterson first started in surfing when she was just 5 years old. Her parents, Sue and David, took the family on a trip around the world that included ...

Surfing legend Kelly Slater sat down with Men's Health ahead of HBO's 'Momentum Generation,' a new documentary exploring how surfing went mainstream.

By EDDIE PELLS. If Australia's Stephanie Gilmore captures the gold medal when surfing makes its Olympic debut two years from now, it might not be her most ...

Through the art of film, the 2018 SURFER Awards nominees for Best Documentary told stories from surfing's rich history that spanned the gamut of emotions.

Australian surfer Harry Bryant's new film, "Orb," is a brutal display of his talent in the barrel, on rail and in some of the best tubes around the world.

DEPOE BAY, Ore. – A surfer who was pulled from the Pacific Ocean near Devil's Punchbowl has died in the hospital, the U. S. Coast Guard confirms. Authorities ...

The rules of big-wave surfing did not apply Monday on the island of Maui. At the place called Peahi, better known as “Jaws,” a much-anticipated contest was ...

Scientists fear for the future of sea turtles—and every marine organism—in our plastic-coated world, especially after an alarming new study.

The 2018 Surfer Awards Best Performance Nominees represent the pinnacle of this year's high-performance surfing. Based on a surfer's outstanding ...

EAST LAWRENCETOWN — Californian Daniel Fahie is going surfing, but it's not what you think. Clad in snug winter wetsuits, Fahie and his 15-year-old ...

OTTER ROCK — A 30-year-old physician from Corvallis died Saturday in a tragic surfing accident after he paddled single-handedly into a storm-swept ocean.

Ricardo Christie will return to the World Surf League Championship Tour in 2019 in what will be an historic year for Kiwi surfing. Christie mathematically ...

“This piece could potentially last, like, thousands of years,” Alrik Yuill said with a laugh, possibly picturing the 2018 SURFER Awards Best Barrel trophy sitting on ...

Young surfers along the north coast are using the waves to ease the pressures of modern life.

Seventy-one year old surfer Lance Maki had a defining moment that changed the course of his life. Maki was focused on his career and had forgotten the true ...

For the third time in as many weeks, lifeguards closed the Ocean Beach Pier Tuesday because of high surf.

The Floridian longboard master discusses his eighth Duct Tape Invitational win and the growing surf culture on China's Hainan Island.

SAN FRANCISCO — A surfer who was pulled from rough waves at San Francisco's Ocean Beach has died. The city Fire Department said the man died at the ...

"Looking for the waves in the Arctic isn't easy," announces nomadic wave-hunting videographer Ben Weiland in a new winter surf adventure short, "A Race ...

A New York man lost his life while learning to surf with friends from Northern California in dangerous conditions near Mendocino, officials said.

It always takes time to really master any craft that you choose, and the same rings true for surf photography. I have spent countless hours in and out of the water ...

Los Osos based attorney Craig Ainsworth stopped breathing and nearly drowned in the water near Morro Rock over the weekend, but was then rescued by the.

Santa Teresa de Cóbano is one of my favorite spots on earth. It's a great mix between jungle and ocean with green to blue waters. There are great waves and ...

Twelve-year-old professional surfer Kai Kushner has surfed all over the world — from Indonesia and Fiji to South Africa and Japan. But he calls the South Bay ...

"The world is so f–king weird right now," Noa Deane tells me over the phone from Australia, where he's slept in past our original interview time, but is ready to ...

Readers write in about comics they remember reading as kids and CSBG finds them! Today, it's a Silver Surfer time travel epic!

When it comes to beaches, in Australia we're blessed with waves and beauty (and a climate hard to top). There's the wild, rugged coastline of Margaret River, ...

Andrew Cotton, who broke his back on a huge wave at Nazaré in Portugal in 2017, prepares to scale the notorious peaks again.

It's an inescapable feeling. You're in a crowded city, and yet, whilst roaming the streets in a sea of people, you feel completely alone – like Holden Caulfield in ...

The king of Bali's free surf scene sizzles on home soil, as Jimmy Kinnaird compiles the best of the action. In the high octane waves of Bali, Lee Wilson stands ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Eddie is back. On Saturday, the Eddie Aikau foundation proudly announced the return of the prestigious big-wave surf ...

It used to be the pinnacle of professional surfing and the crucial end of the Hawaiian season showcase. These days Sunset Beach in Hawaii hasn't lost any of ...

In the early years of the Vietnam War a cultural revolution was underway on the West Coast of the United States. It wasn't women's liberation or the.

“Never skip leg day.” This is a sacred proverb for meatheads and gym rats everywhere. Because legs aren't the flashiest of muscle groups – especially for men ...

Surfing, more than most sports, demands a certain degree of flexibility. Think about it: every aspect of surfing from paddling, to popping up, to simply sitting on ...

Photos of Khadjou Sambe, the Senegalese surfer preparing to represent her country in the 2020 Olympics.

Kepa Acero's new short film, “En Ningún Sitio,” or “Nowhere” in English, is not only an homage to the vagabond surfer, but also a thank you letter to the primary ...

Riding the perfect wave becomes an emotional roller-coaster for the brotherhood of dudes who compose the "Momentum Generation." This fabled group of ...

No family should go through this pain. ... It's a club that no one should be part of.”These are the heartbreaking words of Matt Mullen, whose son was killed in ...

NAZARE, Portugal >> At the market in the ancient fishing village of Nazare, Portuguese pensioners shopped for their fruit and vegetables. Retired fishermen ...

Man in his mid-40s passed away the morning of Saturday, December 1, 2018 after seen struggling in the lineup.