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.

You gotta start somewhere, so the saying goes. Even Kelly Slater, the reigning GOAT of professional surfing, didn’t come hurtling out of the womb and straight onto the podium. And unfortunately, ...

Surfing is hard enough without adding in the stress of feeling like a nuisance just for being a beginner in the water among seasoned vets in the art of hanging ten. There’s so much to remember, like ...

The ethos and history of surfing, connected to early royals in Hawaii, is tightly sewn to the Polynesian culture. Surfing was galvanized on Waikīkī Beach in O‘ahu in the early 1900s with olympic ...

I never thought I would learn how to surf, especially in my 30s. I’ve always loved the ocean and boogie boarding, but I was terrified of surfing after a bad experience I had as a kid. In January, my ...

You gotta start somewhere, so the saying goes. Even Kelly Slater, the reigning GOAT of professional surfing, didn’t come hurtling out of the womb and straight onto the podium. And unfortunately, ...