As an instructor from Corky Carroll’s Surf School gave 9-year-old Maya Madden a gentle push into the whitewash at Bolsa Chica State Beach, her mother snapped photos. It was Maya’s first surf lesson.

Let’s face it. Most surfers are hot. And they don’t get that way from being in a stuffy gym mid-summer. They’re out there riding waves, cutting through water, and enjoying every minute of being ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allison Olmsted covers lifestyle for active women as The Gear Diva. With the first huge storm of the season paralyzing the East ...

Now into its second decade, a San Francisco nonprofit has been giving inner city kids free surfing lessons. For many, it's their first time in the ocean. Xavier Ochoa is zipping up in a wetsuit for a ...

Maui Surfer Girls owner Dustin Tester, right, starts a lesson on the beach before heading into the waves. Photo Credit: HTA/Brooke Dombroski Dating back to 1779, when Lt. James King, who served under ...

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