Beneath every perfect wave is a formula of wind, swell, and seafloor. But for those who chase them, the ideal ride is part science, part soul. Carson’s words reflect something surfers have long ...

Alaska’s long been rumored to have more than a few perfect waves. But it took more than two decades before its world-class potential was realized. Finding “the perfect wave” is every surfer’s fantasy, ...

It was a celebration worthy of the ages — or at least viral fame.Surfer Gabriel Medina was taking on Kanoa Igarashi, the man who beat him at the Tokyo Olympics and eventually won silver, and he was ...

While wave pools may be the manmade surfing development du jour, there’s other synthetic wave-making avenues out there that are gaining some steam. For instance, an artificial reef in Western ...

When Nick Hounsfield was five years old, his father, Brian, bought a surfboard. It was the mid-1970s, and surfing, thanks to the nascent commercialisation of the sport in California and Australia, was ...

On the heart-stopping edge of the Cliffs of Moher in south-western Ireland, John McCarthy's enthusiasm is infectious as elfin-like he skips over a dry-stone wall and points down into the surf 800 feet ...

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