Santa Cruz County has some of the most consistent, diverse and varied surf in the country, if not the world. Perfect points, slabby reefs, wedgy beachbreak, slow peelers — plus a wide-open exposure to ...

In the early days of professional surfing, there was no demarcation line between surfers and shapers. Legends like Gerry Lopez, Reno Abelleria, Mark Richards, Pete Townend and Terry Fitzgerald, some ...

Young people all over the world are stepping up to confront the greatest challenges of our time. People all over the world are stepping up to confront the greatest challenges of our time, from climate ...

To say 2021 was a challenging year is the mother of all understatements. Like 2020 before it and 2022 to come, the economic and political environment both in the U.S. and across the globe will be ...

The Shapers Shack, on the promenade above North Steyne Beach at Manly, NSW Australia is a one-off as far as I’m aware. Something like it occurs at the Del Mar Boardroom Show every year, when ...

Terry Martin carved his first surfboard at age 14, and tens of thousands more during the next 60 years. That put him in the elite ranks of the board artisans known as shapers (Surfing Magazine ...