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Rails are one of the key elements of surfboard shaping.
Nestled on the border between Ventura and Santa Barbara counties in Southern California, Rincon Point, or "Queen of the Coast," is heralded as one of America's prime surfing destinations.
Donkey Bay in Namibia was the location of an impromptu surf event that brought together surfers from across the world to battle it out in the ocean for $1,500.
Scripps Oceanography scientists developed an instrument to measure the inside of an overturning wave and other deep and shallow water processes.
For every perfect wave breaking on an idyllic surf destination, there's a bad wave haunting our home break. Here's what determines a mediocre wave for surfing.
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The small fishing town of Bathsheba in Barbados is home to one of the most surprising right-hand reef breaks on the planet. Here's what makes Soup Bowl such an incredible wave.
Kelly Slater and Kalani Miller announced they are expecting a baby. It's a boy.
Surfing is all about working the unbroken wave face and maximizing riding time. But how can you optimize and balance these two goals that cancel each other out?
Big waves don't just appear out of nowhere. The formation of abnormally large swells is a sum of layers, normally invisible to the human eye.