Surf’s waaay up, dude! Surfers flocked to Rockaway Beach in Queens Thursday to ride a swell of giant waves kicked up by Hurricane Erin — as the storm threatened to flood some nearby coastal areas.

Surfing the world's biggest waves takes a certain kind of commitment. Whether it's paddling undeterred into an over-sized XL bomb, or letting go of the rope on an 80-to-90 foot monster, there's a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The “king of storms,” some have called Typhoon Ragasa. After wreaking havoc in the Philippines, the storm – which at one point had ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- It was a wild day for surfers in Half Moon Bay. Some say the waves at Pillar Point were as big as they'd ever seen. RELATED: Mavericks has been challenging top surfers ...

“Maybe, like the third quote above, what really makes winter waves heavier is the effect the cold water has on the human body. This is logical. Even with a good wetsuit you can still feel the ...

As Hurricane Erin moves up the east coast, the storm is bringing huge waves and strong rip currents to Horseneck Beach in Westport, Massachusetts. "Seeing very rough waves and seeing that, we're not ...

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