Santa Cruz, California, is on the map when it comes to both surfing and mountain biking, and Warren Kniss is from California, but he doesn’t surf, at least not in the conventional way, on water.

When autumn cools the air but the ocean still hums with energy, surfers know exactly where to go. Across the U.S., fall marks the season of clean swells, fewer crowds, and water that’s still ...

In September 2023, my commitment to surfing intensified. Trying to fast-track my surfing skills, I’d received the same simple advice over and over: surf every day. It motivated me to sign up for ...

Few people have the surf skills, or the guts, needed to paddle out into the world’s biggest, heaviest waves. But for people who have always dreamed of getting up close to the bombing barrels in Tahiti ...

CREATIVITY: A surfer's line choice through the various sections a wave offers. Drawing unique lines to complete maneuvers on critical sections of a wave will be factored into a surfer’s creativity ...

A surfer has conquered the biggest waves in the world – despite only having one leg. Pegleg Bennett was born with a birth defect that led to the amputation of his foot at 13 months old. But his ...

It was a muggy July day in Santa Cruz and life could not have been more mundane for Alessandro “Alo” Slebir. The 24-year-old was pounding wooden concrete forms into a missing section of sidewalk. Cars ...