"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." THE SURFER IS typically depicted as a solitary figure. One person flowing with the force of nature, ...

Bianca Valenti shares her journey as a professional big wave surfer in San Francisco, conquering icy waters, Mavericks, and ...

Big waves are making waves on the big stage. The HBO hit series “100 Foot Wave” earned two Creative Arts Emmy awards this week – nabbing the nod for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award ...

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 ...

Cody Purcell is more like you and me than his fellow finalists in the Thriller at Killers, a big-wave invitational held at Todos Santos last weekend. He just wants to spend as much time in the water ...

From Hollywood to the workplace and beyond, the call for gender equality has reached a resounding roar. And although the fringe subculture of surfing oft feels immune from such sociopolitical ...

Earning a spot on the prestigious list of big-wave surfers invited to compete at “The Eddie” is considered among the greatest honors in surfing. For two decades, San Clemente surfer Greg Long’s name ...

Few people in Cape Town are keeping as close an eye on the weather this winter as Tim Coles. But while most of us are wishing for the blue-sky days between the cold fronts, Coles ...

For decades, big-wave surfers have searched the globe for the next behemoth. But what if the biggest wave on Earth hasn't been discovered yet? That's the intriguing question posed by big-wave surfer ...

After surfer Greg Long caught the biggest wave of his life, an undocumented 70-to 80-foot monster that formed at Cortes Bank in 2008, he shook, vomited, and cried. Enjoy coverage of racing, history, ...