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A rare mid-summer typhoon lights up Cloud 9 with double-overhead surf and offers a haunting preview of what awaits the Championship Tour. Read more in the comments.
After clinching his first world title in 2016, John John Florence says the high quickly vanished and a heavy emptiness set in. Hear him unpack the shift. Read more in the comments.
Dylan Graves and Alan van Gysen just made a documentary about the Shumagin Islands aboard the Milo — a retired fishing vessel retrofitted for cold-water surf exploration. Read more in the comments.
After a successful debut in Micronesia last year, the innovative event heads somewhere considerably colder. Read more in the comments.
In a resurfaced interview, the Brazilian big-wave surfer reflects on unsolicited DMs and public call-outs from surfing’s biggest legends. Read more in the comments.
DSRT Surf in Palm Desert is finally turning on California’s first Wavegarden, with 60-plus wave types and top pros calling it the best wave pool on earth. Read more in the comments.
Monsoon season has arrived. Here's what's coming and when, including a potentially major south swell targeting SoCal around July 19th. Read more in the comments.
It doesn't have to be a love fest in the lineup, but it should never come to blows in the water. Read more in the comments.
A tiny floating bungalow anchored off the Florida Keys offers off-grid privacy, endless ocean views, and a castaway fantasy for ocean lovers. Read more in the comments.
As shark sightings trigger Rockaway Beach closures, Jack Johnson still scores a mellow New York surf session before heading back on tour. Read more in the comments.
An insider’s guide to Laguna Beach, from oceanfront suites at Surf & Sand Resort to where to surf, dine, hike, and wander along the coast. Read more in the comments.
Riss Lasair, a schoolteacher and mother of two, survived a shark encounter in New South Wales, which was very similar to Mick Fanning’s 2015 incident in South Africa. Read more in the comments.
I lived with him for two winters on the North Shore. He's a retired smuggler, a lifelong surfer, a father and the most curious mind I've met. Here's what he taught me. Read more in the comments.
A rare mid-summer typhoon lights up Cloud 9 with double-overhead surf and offers a haunting preview of what awaits the Championship Tour. Read more in the comments.
From Maverick's, to Cortes Bank, to Alaska and beyond, the career surf photographer's new tome chronicles a lifetime spent chasing, and surviving, giant swells. Read more in the comments.
The GOAT returns to Teahupo’o as a 54-year-old wildcard while Tahitian talent Eimeo Czermak storms into the main event after a flawless 20-point trials heat. Read more in the comments.
Kelly Slater’s ultra-luxe Texas wave pool project has stalled as liens pile up and a bold $171M tax district bid becomes its last real lifeline. Read more in the comments.
After a successful debut in Micronesia last year, the innovative event heads somewhere considerably colder. Read more in the comments.
Cedella Marley, daughter of the late reggae icon, opens up about the new cannabis seed strains released by the Marley Family and Humboldt Seed Company. Read more in the comments.
A Norwegian crew turns a shifting 65-foot Arctic ice wall into the craziest death-dive platform on Earth. Watch the historic leap in Greenland. Read more in the comments.
But the question is: Can you surf it? Vietnam's Lòng Tàu River is producing novelty waves worthy of surfing's most adventurous explorers. Read more in the comments.
The WSL elevates Cloud 9 in the Philippines to full CT status as both a historic new stop and a crucial backup if Surf Abu Dhabi falls to ongoing conflict. Read more in the comments.
We dug into 50-years of El Niño and ENSO data to see which coasts really fire when the storm tracks tilt. California, Hawaii, Peru, Mexico and more within. Read more in the comments.
A tiny floating bungalow anchored off the Florida Keys offers off-grid privacy, endless ocean views, and a castaway fantasy for ocean lovers. Read more in the comments.
Riss Lasair, a schoolteacher and mother of two, survived a shark encounter in New South Wales, which was very similar to Mick Fanning’s 2015 incident in South Africa. Read more in the comments.
On the biggest day of the year, Axel Medina survived a wipeout that pushed him to the sand and paddled right back out. Meet Mexico's "most passionate young big-wave surfer". Read more in the comments.
Thousands remain missing after Venezuela's devastating earthquake as La Guaira's tight-knit surf communities struggle to recover. Read more in the comments.
The world’s largest active storm has islanders racing to brace for punishing winds, 20-foot surf, and severe coastal flooding across Guam and the Pacific. Read more in the comments.
The “Kissing Elephants” natural rock formation on Comino Island crumbled onto a jet ski driver following an American tourist's cliff jump. Read more in the comments.
Footage from Kenai Fjords National Park shows a glacier unleashing a spectacular cascade of snow and ice. Can it be surfed? Read more in the comments.