The woman in the Austin airport gave us a perplexed look. “What ya’ll got in those big bags?” she asked in her thick Southern accent. Surfboards, of course. Texas isn’t known as a surfing hotspot, ...

The surfing competition for the Paris 2024 Olympics will not be staged at any of France’s famous mainland surf spots. Not at Biarritz or Anglet or even the thumping sand-bottom beach break at Hossegor ...

The coastal city of El Segundo is an unlikely location for a massive, new artificial surf park. Other California surf parks with machine-powered wave pools are inland, far from natural waves in places ...

To the editor: A front-page article describes a project potentially beginning within a few months to build a “surf park” (“Big wave machine — by the sea — rolling into El Segundo,” Oct. 25). This will ...

It’ll be offshore in a sou-easter. Sadly, this was the first thought SL had upon viewing the excavated remnants of P5 — the ex-Sydney Olympic Games carpark and future home of URBNSRF’s massive Sydney ...

At first, I thought this old stripped-down Toyota Tacoma with an enormous wooden plow was some improvised war machine, but its mission is far more wholesome and happy. The truck was modded for a job I ...

Abu Dhabi has many of the things that surfers hunt for in their quest for perfect waves: warm weather, year-round sun and clear water. The only thing it did not have was waves. That changed in October ...

With consistent conditions, affordable prices and a friendly vibe, a wave pool in Waco, Texas, proved to be an ideal place for a beginner to find her footing. By Nora Walsh I paddled hard to stay in ...