Fearing that extreme weather threatened its epic breaks, Oriente Salvaje is piloting the first surf insurance policy to protect livelihoods and ecosystems ...

Cortes Bank, a shallow seamount 100 miles into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, is a mystical place; a legendary, yet fabled spot in the world of big-wave surfing. But Cortes Bank is also ...

Big wave surfing – the phrase comes with a heavy reputation of intense training regimes, sheer dedication and just plain guts. And then there’s the actual situation, being in the presence of ...

A fierce and persistent storm 800 miles off the California coast is continuing to churn water to dangerous levels across the Pacific Ocean – generating surf that will ease on Christmas Day but return ...

To capture images of surfers taking on the dangerous swells in Teahupo’o, Ben Thouard must suit up himself. By John Otis Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes ...

Big waves are making waves on the big stage. The HBO hit series “100 Foot Wave” earned two Creative Arts Emmy awards this week – nabbing the nod for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award ...

The calendar says October, but it’s about to feel more like August across a stretch of central states. From areas around Omaha and Minneapolis to Chicago and Detroit, temperatures will soar well into ...

If you follow big wave surfing, the name Maya Gabeira should ring a bell. A barrier-shattering pioneer, in 2013, the Brazilian surfer took the beating of a lifetime at Nazare, nearly losing her life ...

Luke Bennetts receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Callum Shakespeare receives funding from the Australian Research Council Catherine Vreugdenhil receives funding from the Australian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. animation of a grid representing a giant rogue wave In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome ...