Surfing

The 12th annual Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Holiday Surfboard Auction is on now. The beneficiary? Surf camps created for kids with autism.

Some surfers on Tuesday took on towering waves at popular Bay Area surfing spots, including world-renowned Mavericks near Half Moon Bay and Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz.

Astronomical high tides known as “King Tides” are hitting the California coast on Sunday and Monday mornings — and in some places, into Tuesday — with tides expected to reach nearly 7 feet (2.13 meters).

Polystyrene is the lightweight toxic plastic that is used in surfboards, packing materials and food containers. It’s also toxic and doesn’t biodegrade. That’s where worms come in. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories talked with Ryan Harris of Earth Technologies to learn how he is using mealworms to digest polystyrene as part of his zero waste surfboard manufacturing process....

“Surfer” magazine, which helped legitimize wave-riding as a global sport through its lush photography and California-cool stories, printed its final edition this month and suspended its Carlsbad-based operations.

We’re going to bet that you haven’t seen this before. Meet Pismo, a goat that rides waves, and hear how this surfing goat became one man’s best friend and is now inspiring members of the beach and surf communities to hit the waves. Turns out, goats have quite the balance.

Surfing became the first major U.S.-based pro sport to require equal pay for women in 2019 – setting a standard that other sports have yet to follow. Sophie Goldschmidt, the former CEO of the World Surf League, helps explain how the sport got to this point and how they plan to make it sustainable for generations to come.

Surfing has long been a male-dominated sport, but for decades women have been also dropping into the waves. There’s a growing number of female surfers in the past few years. Many of them have been surfing since they were young, but say the culture was very different.

Ross takes us surfing in one of his favorite spots in Santa Cruz, and give us a bit of a history lesson with a tour of the Santa Cruz Surf Museum.

With the Tokyo Olympics being postponed to 2021, The New York Times caught up with Olympic hopefuls, like surfer Jordy Smith, skateboarder Jagger Eaton and Paralympic swimmer Mallory Weggemann, to see how they are keeping busy during their unexpected downtime.

We are one year away from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and a California girl is ready to shred the competition! Jessica Vilchis talks to surfer Caroline Marks about training for Tokyo next summer.

Derek Ho, the first Hawaiian man to win professional surfing’s world championship, has died at 55, authorities said. The cause of death was not disclosed by the Honolulu medical examiner’s office. He was reported dead Friday, NBC News reports. Surf forecaster and news site Surfline reported Ho had a heart attack and slipped into a coma before his death. The Surfing...

Challenged athlete and world champion Liv Stone got a chance to give back to a grom on Tuesday.

Before the pandemic, a surfer organization gave children with special needs a much-needed beach day

For Ray Booth, surfing is more than just a sport. It’s a passion, a way of life, a therapy. Maybe even an obsession.

Starting Friday, Newport Beach will close the Wedge during the day to shoo away surfers and their fans, who have gravitated to the popular surfing destination this week as the beach enjoyed a robust swell.

When Jeremy Labreau saw a discarded surfboard on the street, he was inspired to take it home and transform it into something new. That was the start of his business, Labreau Surfboards.

With the summer on the horizon, the Southern California waves are starting to call the names of many, including a French bulldog who has made surfing her charitable hobby.

Dogs and humans alike took to the water Saturday for the World Dog Surfing Championship in Pacifica, California.

Turning trash into treasure as one super star surfer is cleaning up the ocean with one super star surfer, Kelly Slater. Ross sat down and talked to the people behind the clothing line Outerknown about their organic and coastal inspired apparel. As seen on California Live on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020.