Tucked away along California’s Central Coast, Montaña de Oro State Park remains one of the state’s best-kept secrets – a coastal wonderland that somehow escapes the attention it so richly deserves.

Laguna Beach surfer Avalon Gall entered the US Open of Surfing longboard contest as a wildcard, never imagining she would make the podium with her first-ever big win.

Makua Rothman is powerful presence in professional surfing. Hailing from Hawaii, and coming from famed Rothman lineage, Makua is one of the best big wave surfers to have ever lived, winning the ...

The next big splash in surfing? Time to get stoked as 20-year-old Jarvis Earle continues to make waves in the sport Stephen Colbert Says 'Gloves Are Off' After Cancellation Of Show, Slams Trump ...

The event featured first-timers, returning champions, and a beach full of fans.

Once a quiet fishing village, Nazaré, Portugal, is home to some of the world's largest rideable waves, reaching up to 100 feet. Learn more about this destination, what causes these massive waves ...

Big waves, big crowds expected at area beaches for the Fourth of July weekend Holiday crowds start a day early as they fill the beach at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

Big waves are expected for the final day of the National Scholastic Surfing Association’s national championships on Thursday, July 3, a contest that has brought the best young surfers in the ...

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.

The threat of those waves is not baseless: big-wave waterman Mark Foo drowned at California’s Mavericks in 1994, while Hawaii local Todd Chesser died surfing a huge swell on an outer reef off ...