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 ...

Happy New Year! January is one of those months when everything in the Northern Hemisphere is just dazzling. We are well into ...

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 ...

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 ...

5 best Hawaii surf spots — A surfer rides a perfect wave at Honolua Bay, on Maui. Locals may respond to requests for directions with "go back home," but this is a world-class ride with the added bonus ...

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 ...