Hawaii, through the lens of photographer Olaf HeineOlaf Heine Anyone can take a pretty picture in Hawaii. Just point your camera at the sea, the palms, the impossibly green mountains, the bright orange lava and click away. But it...

A novelty wave, for some surfers, is like a mythical creature. They hunt for them, just like those eccentric cryptid enthusiasts on late-night National Geographic shows, searching for bigfoot, aliens, and the chupacabra. But novelty wave surfers actually find ‘em. Few members in this niche realm of surfing are as successful as Ben Gravy. The New Jersey...

For the second year in a row the WSL is getting unlucky with swell for its event windows. Pumping waves just before and after the comps have been commonplace, and at Margaret River, it's the same story, different event. In fact, yesterday the WSL was forced to run heats at Southside (just around the corner from Main Break), because they're running out...

Come late July, and into early August, surfing will return to the Olympic stage. After its debut appearance at Tokyo 2020, the sport got a sequel: Paris 2024. But being that surfing is a relatively recent arrival to the Olympic party, and it’s not a sport easily understood by the average viewer in, say, Nebraska, it will need a little explaining. That’s...

A young Kelly Slater, age 19, with surfing's greatest career ahead of him.Photo by Paul Jones/Fairfax Media via Getty Images Kelly Slater, surfing’s proverbial GOAT, has had a long, storied career – spanning decades, different...

The Coronado, ready for action.Isle Surfboards Despite the modern explosion of soft top surfboards, just look at any lineup worldwide and you’re bound to see more than a few foam crafts floating around – the squishy, beginner-friendly...