The first surfboards were a far cry from the advanced structures we see today. Made out of wood from Hawaiian trees, they were frequently so long they could carry up to ten people and weighed as much ...

The birth of the modern surfboard can be traced back to space age of the last century, a time when the post-war boom gave way to new lightweight materials. This radically changed the way surfboards ...

Josh Kerr has never been afraid to stray outside conventional surfing. From his club sandwich against Mick Fanning to his air comp victories to growing his fledgling board brand, Kerrzy is primed to ...

Richard Millhouse Nixon is not the first name that comes to mind when thinking of surfing. How then did it come to be that a Hobie surfboard with a Presidential Seal became part of surfing lore? Nixon ...

The oldest known surfboard made in Texas doesn’t float. Unlike modern boards, this one is hollow and finless. At nearly twelve feet long, constructed of vertical strips of magnolia and pine, it looks ...

SANTA CRUZ — Doug Haut has done a lot to shape the surfing culture of Santa Cruz, in more ways than one. In the literal sense, he has constructed, or “shaped,” an estimated 30,000-plus surfboards ...

A surfboard company called Newave is attempting to solve a problem that plagues most traveling surfers: how many surfboards to bring on your surf trip. Traveling with boards, no matter who you are, ...

NEW BUFFALO, MICHIGAN - Ken Cole prepared to seal what he called the aesthetic part of his project — a surfboard made primarily of Colectivo coffee bags and palm leaves. He called it the sealing of a ...