Learning to surf often includes a teacher gently pushing a rider’s board with the swell of a forming wave, which is kind of what Hawaii’s Legislature did this year to help expand surfing as a public ...

Strangers on the street, life-long friends in the ocean – inside the new project giving free surf lessons on the shores of ...

Sunset is a bit of a big wave proving ground, but it can be notoriously unpredictable with multiple peaks, take-off zones and ...

Hawaii has deep-ranging ties to surfing. Referred to many times as the birthplace of modern surfing, these islands are steeped in history and culture associated with wave riding. From ancient ...

SURFING looks easy. This is a misconception. Surfing is hard. Each spring draws recruits to the breezy lifestyle of riding waves, but the newcomer must understand a basic truth: Surfing even at the ...

Hawaii high schools are still working on forming their own surf teams for spring competition, but all five athletic leagues will be represented at America’s first statewide surfing championships on ...

Isaiah Helekunihi Walker, a professor and Hawaii native, explained the role that surfing played in the colonization of Hawaii to the BYU community on Oct. 24. Walker is the current Academic Vice ...

The mouth of the San Lorenzo river in Santa Cruz, Calif., isn't a great place to surf. Rocks, pollution and swift currents make it precarious almost year-round. But before the construction of a harbor ...