Hawaii has deep-ranging ties to surfing. Referred to many times as the birthplace of modern surfing, these islands are steeped in history and culture associated with wave riding. From ancient ...

Brazil is going all in for Olympic success. The country's Olympic committee recently sent five young surfers to Hawaii to ...

The mouth of the San Lorenzo river in Santa Cruz, Calif., isn't a great place to surf. Rocks, pollution and swift currents make it precarious almost year-round. But before the construction of a harbor ...

“Clyde Aikau lived a life that deserves to be celebrated for its own merits, beyond the tireless stewardship of his older ...

Learning to surf often includes a teacher gently pushing a rider’s board with the swell of a forming wave, which is kind of what Hawaii’s Legislature did this year to help expand surfing as a public ...

Hawaii high schools are still working on forming their own surf teams for spring competition, but all five athletic leagues will be represented at America’s first statewide surfing championships on ...

In 1885, royal Hawaiian siblings David Kawānanakoa, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole and Edward Keliʻiahonui introduced surfing — then called "surfboard swimming" — to mainland U.S. when they took to the ...