I’ve been surfing here for more than 20 years now, and it’s something that’s very scary. It’s changed the wave a little bit, not so much, but I’m just worried that something could happen.

USA Surfing has struck multiyear deals for financial backing from Kamaka Responsible Development, which builds housing communities, and with Orange County-based surf company Resin Services.

By GREG BEACHAM LOS ANGELES (AP) — USA Surfing says it has secured a multimillion-dollar endowment as part of its push to be recertified as the nascent Olympic sport’s national governin… ...

By GREG BEACHAM LOS ANGELES (AP) — USA Surfing says it has secured a multimillion-dollar endowment as part of its push to be recertified as the nascent Olympic sport’s national governin… ...

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.

Some of the nation’s most well-known beaches are managed by the National Park Service, which saw about 1,000 employees laid off in February by the quasi-agency Department of Government Efficiency, ...

The threat of those waves is not baseless: big-wave waterman Mark Foo drowned at California’s Mavericks in 1994, while Hawaii local Todd Chesser died surfing a huge swell on an outer reef off ...

Crane said that since she first entered surfing, and then big wave surfing, the industry has changed for the better. “I think there is a lot of respect, definitely within the industry.

Surfing’s roots can be traced back to as early as the 12th century in premodern Hawaii and Polynesia, and big wave surfing has steadily made its way into the mainstream, with competitions at world ...

USA Surfing says it has secured a multimillion-dollar endowment as part of its push to be recertified as the nascent Olympic sport's national governing body after losing its status four years ago ...