Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beneath every perfect wave is a formula of wind, swell, and seafloor. But for those who chase them, the ideal ride is part science ...

Alaska’s long been rumored to have more than a few perfect waves. But it took more than two decades before its world-class potential was realized. Josh Mulcoy made his first surf trip to Alaska in the ...

Experienced surfers are great intuitive physicists, able to spot the best waves and manipulate the various forces at play because they’ve spent years actively developing those skills. French ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While wave pools may be the manmade surfing development du jour, there’s other synthetic wave-making avenues out there that are ...

And what does it mean for surfing? As his technological feat is revealed, the surf world contemplates a game changer. A perfect, head-high, barreling wave has just been discovered. It doesn’t depend ...

The World Surf League’s championship circuit reads like a bucket list: Bali, Tahiti, Australia’s Gold Coast, Oahu, the South African Cape. To be an elite competitor is to jet from one iconic coastline ...

Croman has been photographing ocean waves since 2008, sometimes risking his life to get that perfect shot at the surf break. Despite the risks and inevitable injuries that come with wave photography, ...