Amelia Martin was on a missionary trip to Haiti in 2019 when she noticed something that upset her: an avid surfer, she was struck by the pollution in the ocean and on a local beach. She said it ...

Surfboards have undergone radical development and improvement since ancient Hawaiians who created the sport fashioned ridable 16-foot planks from local wiliwili and koa trees. Today’s high-performance ...

Five years ago, Patricio Guerrero was surfing the rolling waves of Santa Cruz when the leash on his board broke, sending it flying into a nearby cave and shattering its nose. As Guerrero worked on ...

A Sarasota craftsman creates surfboards ideal for riding waves on Florida's Gulf Coast. Brett Tellinger of Gum Surfboards has been hand-shaping boards for over 15 years, blending old-school techniques ...

Let's face it: Surfboards are not environmentally friendly. Neither Polyurethane or EPS foam breaks down, and snapped and old surfboards typically end up in the landfills. Not to mention the piles of ...

When it comes to commitment, Ryan Harris has been all in on the pursuit of building a more sustainable surfboard for a long time. Whittling away his days in his Los Angeles shaping bay, from the ...

Think 'surfing' and that might not prompt vision of people riding waves in the Great Lakes. Imagining surfboards being produced in the fresh water basin may be even harder. But a Milwaukee, Wisconsin ...

It’s about time for a new surfboard. My old one is fine, but like most great pastimes surfing marries physical enjoyment with the collector’s impulse. Good surfboards are objets d’art and a pleasure ...