“This is where it all started,” says Rizal Tandjung, gazing out over a sandy shoreline lapped by dying breakers. Almost 40 years old, Tandjung is one of Bali’s surfing pioneers. Picking up his first ...

"Indonesians believe that the ocean is very, very dangerous and the sea god is going to take you away," says Bali surfing pioneer Rizal Tandjung (pictured here) of why the locals were slow to join the ...

It’d been pissing rain the whole week. Howling November winds whipped through the air, as 10-foot waves swelled under the dark grey skies of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. While most people had vacated the stormy ...

Finland may not be the first (nor thirtieth) country you think of when it comes to surfing but for the last decade the local surf scene has been flourishing. The dedicated Nordic surfers surf mediocre ...

The Texas Surf Museum in Galveston documents a niche sport along the Texas coast that captured the imagination of local beach boys and girls. American teenagers were introduced to surfing culture ...