Surfing is not only a fun hobby. For many, it’s a way of life. If you want to surf regularly and improve your surfing skills, possessing your own board is a must. It can, however, be tough to know ...

I won’t sugarcoat it: most surfers don’t want you to pick up their sport. Surfers can be territorial, aggressive jerks—especially to newbies. Though I’m not excusing that behavior, the instinct is ...

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The Mercury News’ Elliott Almond grew up in the surf culture. His new book “Surfing: Mastering Waves from Basic to Intermediate” offers good lessons for anyone who wants to do the same, whether in or ...

A step-by-step instructional tutorial on transitioning from traditional surfing to SUP surfing. It’s not as easy as you think, but this will help! Contrary to popular belief, SUP surfing is not easy.

It wasn’t long ago that the soft-top surfboard was scoffed at, used only by novices. A surfer on a soft top was either a beginner just learning to navigate the whitewash or they were a “kook,” a ...