The surfing competition for the Paris 2024 Olympics will not be staged at any of France’s famous mainland surf spots. Not at Biarritz or Anglet or even the thumping sand-bottom beach break at Hossegor ...

TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Gabriel Medina is a competitive surfing machine. A jewellery-clad, helicopter-riding superstar, the Brazilian is a tattooed terminator who paddles faster, pulls ...

A technology that’s existed since the 1970s, recreational manmade waves first appeared in the form of the FlowRider — a mechanism which allowed riders to surf in place on special boards while water ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Surfing is one of the five new sports introduced at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Unlike most other Olympic events, surfing requires a hand from Mother Nature. Instead of riding a massive ...

Scientists have found a new way to control the movement of individual electrons -- they are making them ride the crests of energy waves like surfers. Scientists have found a new way to control the ...

Amidst the chaos of sand storms, onshore winds and collisions with photographers on crucial end section maneuvres, the Surf Abu Dhabi Pro was a tale of two ends of the judging scale, with competitors ...

Pro sports in these Covid times are crazy businesses, and pro surfing more so than most. It’s like the old analogy of a sausage factory. Everyone loves a BBQ sausage on the weekend, but nobody really ...

I was lucky enough to score tickets to Game 7 of the World Series back on Nov. 1, and after watching Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish get knocked around for the first two innings, it got me thinking. Since ...

Pro sports in these Covid times are crazy businesses, and pro surfing more so than most. It’s like the old analogy of a sausage factory. Everyone loves a BBQ sausage on the weekend, but nobody really ...