LONG BRANCH - From Mary Todd Lincoln observing surfmen drills in the 1860s to the Kiernan Beach gang breaking barriers in the 1960s, the city's lifeguarding and surfing history runs rich and deep. The ...

This spring quarter, UC Santa Cruz Humanities students immersed themselves in the story of three Hawaiian princes who introduced surfing to the United States in the late 19th century, using Santa Cruz ...

Last week, I discovered something that completely changed my understanding of surfing history. That’s certainly a bold assertion, so let me explain. Way back in 2006, a feature that ran in the August ...

Surfing history has been carved onto surfboards more so than any track ever carved into a transitory wave face. The boards are our record, more than all the photos and footage, because they were there ...

"The Windsurfing Movie" has been hailed by festivals, magazines, fans and professionals alike as the defining film about windsurfing. Directed by award-winning cinematographer Johnny DeCesare and ...

TOKYO – The rainbow appeared suddenly, parting dark gray skies that loomed over a surfing venue as a tropical storm descended, as if the rainbow wanted to peek in. Down below, Carissa Moore was ...

LeRoy Grannis fell in love with the ocean and surfing at a young age — and at a time when the sport was also young. He was born at home, blocks from the ocean in Hermosa Beach, on Aug. 12th, 1917. The ...