"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." THE SURFER IS typically depicted as a solitary figure. One person flowing with the force of nature, ...

Bianca Valenti shares her journey as a professional big wave surfer in San Francisco, conquering icy waters, Mavericks, and ...

From Hollywood to the workplace and beyond, the call for gender equality has reached a resounding roar. And although the fringe subculture of surfing oft feels immune from such sociopolitical ...

Cody Purcell is more like you and me than his fellow finalists in the Thriller at Killers, a big-wave invitational held at Todos Santos last weekend. He just wants to spend as much time in the water ...

Few people in Cape Town are keeping as close an eye on the weather this winter as Tim Coles. But while most of us are wishing ...

Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth. “From ...

Big waves are making waves on the big stage. The HBO hit series “100 Foot Wave” earned two Creative Arts Emmy awards this week – nabbing the nod for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award ...

Back when pro surfers had a persona but not a personal brand, when pumping yourself up was considered questionable behaviour, ...

Earning a spot on the prestigious list of big-wave surfers invited to compete at “The Eddie” is considered among the greatest honors in surfing. For two decades, San Clemente surfer Greg Long’s name ...

After surfer Greg Long caught the biggest wave of his life, an undocumented 70-to 80-foot monster that formed at Cortes Bank in 2008, he shook, vomited, and cried. Enjoy coverage of racing, history, ...