As an instructor from Corky Carroll’s Surf School gave 9-year-old Maya Madden a gentle push into the whitewash at Bolsa Chica State Beach, her mother snapped photos. It was Maya’s first surf lesson.

From the beach or your TV tuned into the Olympics, you’ve no doubt watched surfers riding waves and thought, “Now that would be fun.” But actually doing it—getting to the best surf destinations and up ...

There's no reason to laze on a Hawaiian beach like a sunning monk seal, watching wild, bronzed athletic types surf up a storm. Wouldn't it be great to come back from Hawaii and brag that you, too, ...

Students participate in a surfing lesson with the Broward County-based homeschool co-op Surf Skate Science on Deerfield Beach in March 2023. This story was updated on Nov. 9. To Luna Ojeda, flipping ...