Jack O’Neill recalls Northern California waters so frigid that winter surf sessions barely lasted an hour before ice cream headaches forced many surfers to end their sessions, no matter how good the ...

Of course you can wear a surf wetsuit for triathlon. There are no rules against it--unless it happens to be thicker than 5 mm--and quite literally thousands of triathletes have done it in the ...

It was the worst wipeout of surfer Shane Dorian's life. Soon after he dropped into a monster wave at Maverick's, south of San Francisco last February, the wave changed shape and Dorian hurtled into ...

A dozen miles from the Pacific Ocean, at California State University in San Marcos, surfers paddle against a current in a temperature-controlled tank. The flume pool is part of the university's Surf ...

If ever a guy knew how a towering statue of world-renowned surfer Kelly Slater should dress for the holidays in Cocoa Beach, ...

The short commercial starts with a surfer standing at the edge of the ocean. The water is murky. The air is foggy. The music is ominous. To combat the general postapocalyptic vibe, the surfer zips ...

This is part of the L.A. Times 2022 Gift Guide. See the full guide here. If you make a purchase using some of our links, the L.A. Times may be compensated. Gifts as simple as surf wax or a ding repair ...

It was no easy feat, but after reviewing dozens of applications for the SURFER Emerging Brands Grant for the upcoming CARV Expo in San Diego, the field has been whittled down to four very deserving ...

A surfer who was ridiculed for launching a GoFundMe page for a new wetsuit after being cut out of when he was rescued has had a change of heart. Sam Brenchley was knocked unconscious at Fistral beach ...

It was the worst wipeout of surfer Shane Dorian's life. Soon after he dropped into a monster wave at Maverick's, south of San Francisco last February, the wave changed shape and Dorian hurtled into ...