The surfing competition for the Paris 2024 Olympics will not be staged at any of France’s famous mainland surf spots. Not at Biarritz or Anglet or even the thumping sand-bottom beach break at Hossegor ...

A technology that’s existed since the 1970s, recreational manmade waves first appeared in the form of the FlowRider — a mechanism which allowed riders to surf in place on special boards while water ...

TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Gabriel Medina is a competitive surfing machine. A jewellery-clad, helicopter-riding superstar, the Brazilian is a tattooed terminator who paddles faster, pulls ...

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 surfing industry. for a long long time.

The culture of surfing is awash in environmentalism. It has soul, it’s connected to the natural rhythms of the earth, it has icons like Jack Johnson singing about reducing and reusing. Beneath the ...

Amid the dusty brown landscape of California's Central Valley, 5,000 people gathered to watch pro surfers hang ten in a massive wave pool over the weekend. The World Surf League Founder's Cup of ...