Nat Young, Gold Coast Pro. Photo: WSL/Cait Miers At the kickoff to the World Surf League’s Challenger Series, the Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro, Santa Cruz’s Nat Young was sent packing in the Round of 32. His loss, however,...

Coxos, in Portugal, has many moods. On small days, it's a roping right pointbreak with the odd tube section. But, unlike most points that max out at a certain size, Coxos can handle big swell. Rather than closeout, the takeoff simply moves up the reef to an outer ledge, and the whole thing morphs into one of Portugal's premiere slabs. In the edit above,...

Brent Flaaten The 2023/2024 West Coast Board Riders South Central region and North region seasons concluded in recent weeks and the final tally is in.Turtlebox and Salty Crew Creek event featured the South Central region’s finest...

The Cut, the dreaded Cut, is the best thing to happen to Championship Tour-level pro surfing and possibly the worst thing to happen as well.The worst: dream-crushing, soul-destroying, family-breaking heats, controversial decisions, and every single decision by every judge highlighted with a klaxon siren worldwide as surfers suffer their fates and are...

“You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.”That’s the Big Man, as quoted in the King James edition, speaking to Adam and Eve about the Garden of Eden and its Forbidden Fruit. It’s a parable oft called upon to describe other, more everyday occasions than a magical apple supplying divine knowledge – from forbidden love, to forbidden...

Most surfers travel to Sumbawa's Lakey Peak for its A-frame tubes and clean rippable walls. Not Kael Walsh and Rolo Montes. While most surfers cracked it at dawn, these two slept in during their trip. They just cruised, ate breakfast, and waited for the wind to turn onshore. As soon as the morning crowd paddled in, they headed out. Onshore > offshore...