began texting him. Like any self-respecting big wave surfer, the 24-year-old Slebir and his pals constantly watched the data captured by buoys hundreds of miles out in the Pacific Ocean that could ...

With a video recorder affixed to his board or clamped to his teeth, he took viewers along for the ride, often inside the ...

The author contemplates his wave-riding life during a session where he found himself deliriously sick. Here's what he learned ...

While wave-riding has been popular for centuries in Africa, the stand-up act of surfing as we know it today, was first ...

Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself.

Professional surfer Blakey Johnston is quite familiar with what it takes to set a world record. In fact, in 2023, Johnston ...

The author analyzes the official trailer for ‘The Surfer,’ which blends paranoia, violence, and wave riding in a frothy mix ...

Hawaiʻi is the home of surfing. Could old surfboards provide residents with new environmentally friendly homes?

An all-female instrumental quartet distinguished by a romping retro sound and 1960s look, the Surfrajettes feature melody-making guitarists Freeman and Nicole Damoff, bassist Abby Jo Powell and ...

and good for riding," he said. Surfers gathered at Ortley Beach, where recent beach replenishment work there improved surfing conditions, Gravy said. The replenishment work creates what surfers call a ...

Alo Slebir during a recent surf trip to Ireland (left) and while riding a potentially historic wave in December off the coast of California. Surfer Alo Slebir, 24, rode a gargantuan wave estimated ...