The cutback is one of the most important maneuvers in surfing. This tutorial shows how it actually feels in motion through ...

With summer days upon us so is the desire to encompass all that the season offers from long sunny days at the beach, to ice ...

Though Lucas Owston hails from Oceanside, California, he’s spent many summers up I-5 in the Lower Trestles lineup. And there, like a sponge in water, the 20-year-old has absorbed high-level surfing at ...

“Getting on top of a subway car isn’t ‘surfing’ — it’s suicide,” Demetrius Crichlow, the president of NYC Transit, said after two girls were found dead on top of a New York City subway train. The ...

Master the frontside snap with this ultimate surfing tutorial. From foot placement and weight transfer to timing and board control, we break down each step so you can add power and style to your turns ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Whether you want to polish up your surfing skills for an ocean trip, or you’re curious to try a new-to-you sport, there are plenty of places to river surf in ...

There’s a longstanding belief in professional sports that the elite of the elite make for the absolute worst coaches. The simple theory is an easy one to digest. Michael Jordan, for example, was so ...

Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth. “From ...