The Backside Air Reverse is an exhilarating maneuver that demands skill, precision, and commitment. It's one of the more challenging moves in surfing, but with the right technique and practice, you ...

Lie flat on your board and reach long in front of the nose. As you start paddling, pull your biceps close to your rails.

One of the best ways to appreciate the culture of Hawaii is to grab a surfboard and get out in the water. The Hawaiians invented surfing, evangelized it around the globe and are still among the top ...

Certain articles of clothing are meant to be borrowed. A boyfriend's cotton T-shirt. A best friend's patent-leather peep-toes. Mom's cashmere shawl. Skin-tight wet suits do not typically fall within ...

Five of the best places to learn how to surf all have some important characteristics in common. Surf’s up! If you think it’s too late to learn to surf, think again. A quick trip to any of these spots ...

For most of us, the New Year meant going back to work, sending the kids back to school, and trying to remember to write 2010 instead of 2009. However, the biggest challenge, it seems, is to act on ...

For the last 34 years Francisco Araña (Cisco) has been sharing the stoke of surfing with anyone that comes his way via his Escola Radical Surfe (Radical Surf School) in Santos, Brazil. Following his ...

The culture of surfing is awash in environmentalism. It has soul, it’s connected to the natural rhythms of the earth, it has icons like Jack Johnson singing about reducing and reusing. Beneath the ...

The two surfers bumped fists on the sands of Huntington Beach and spoke in their sport’s native tongue. “I’m stoked!” screeched Jett Schilling, a board tucked under his arm, his feet caked with sand ...

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