From hurricane-born swells to underwater canyons that act like magnifying lenses, this is the science behind the world’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tim Bonython is no stranger to chasing consequential swells and navigating the challenges that come with them. But he keeps his ...

The tricky thing about surfing, especially in big waves, is that there’s a finite number of opportunities. At some spots, surfers might get one shot a year at a sizable swell. Some years, maybe even ...

If you happen to be a fan of big-wave surfing, we recently launched Twenty Foot Plus — a new series, chronicling the world’s best big-wave surfers in the heaviest waves on Earth. In between giant ...

Back in 2021, "Baby" Steve Roberson became the youngest person to surf Jaws. And now, a couple years later, the 14-year-old Maui surfer is looking pretty comfortable at what many consider the world's ...

Brazilian surfing star Marcio Freire was killed Thursday while riding giant waves on the central coast of Portugal, according to the local maritime authority. Freire, 47, was best-known to surfing ...

The Golden State Warriors’ Gui Santos is coming off the best season and offseason of his life. Santos, a 6-foot-7 forward from Minas, Brazil, averaged 9.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists — all ...

A 28-year-old surfer called Ridge Lenny has shared the extraordinary story of getting caught in the most dangerous wave he's ever tried to surf. In a series of videos posted to TikTok in late January, ...

On Friday afternoon, Keala Kennelly watched on the tiny screen of a borrowed cellphone as her friend and competitor Paige Alms won the Pe'ahi Women's Challenge at Jaws, Maui's famed big-wave break, ...

Fishermen on the hunt for season's final doormat fluke, porgies now in With less than 12 days left in the season, fishermen are the hunt for the final fluke. Corey Day and William Sawalich have spent ...