It’s been a rainy, blustery, victory-at-sea couple days (weeks?) on the North Shore of Oahu. Conditions were so stormy, that ...

Jamie O’Brien, Italo Ferreira, and Koa Smith go on a nocturnal novelty wave mission during a flash flood on Oahu.

As the surf increases further, waves will starting breaking on the shallower regions of the true Waimea takeoff area -- a relatively flat lava rock ledge another 50 yards or so outside the boil ...

Discover Turtle Bay’s secret beach, Kawela Bay, one of the most secluded beaches on Oahu. The waters are calm year-round, and ...

As the most prestigious event in surfing, which only runs with highly selective conditions (read “huge”) at Waimea Bay, seeing it run in back to back years has only happened two other times in ...

The North Shore became the obvious frontier for big-wave surfing thanks to breaks like Pipeline, Sunset Beach and Waimea. Meanwhile, the outer islands offered a bounty of other opportunities.

Grab a surfboard and get ready to hit the road to explore some of the best places to surf in California. The world’s best big wave surfers chase a cool new swell from Waimea to Jaws, Cortes Bank ...

If you’re feeling adventurous, I suggest starting your day at 8:00am—traffic can get bad in the winter months, especially during the big surf contests. You’ll want to visit Waimea Bay early ...

few are so iconic as the Waimea Bay river. It’s the site of countless sessions, going down every year, and featuring some of the biggest names in both regular surfing and novelty surfing ...