Deep thoughts? Or just a well-needed pause in your daily routine. Photo: Patrick Langwallner The quick answer is that surfing “means” nothing. Nada. Zilch. You point your board in the path of an ...

"All I need are some tasty waves and a cool buzz, and I’m fine." Jeff Spicoli, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982 "My whole life is this one wave. I drop into it, set the whole thing up, pull off the ...

Some things are inevitable when surfing in Southern California: It can feel like an exclusive club, you may have to battle traffic to get to the good waves, and overhearing a very specific, and ...

Olympic surfing’s debut is making clear that these wave riders are unsung masters of science -- in climatology, meteorology and oceanography to be exact. Serious wave chasers are by default ...

(Reuters) - California surfers are literally taking wave-riding to another level, surfing not on but above the water on hydrofoil surfboards. Harnessing the "foiling" technology more typically seen on ...