The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout isn’t your typical surf contest. It’s a team event, as opposed to the usual every-surfer-for-themselves format; it’s put on by Hawaiians for Hawaiians; and it only runs ...

For centuries, Hawaii has been the spiritual home of surfing. On these volcanic islands, surfing isn't just a sport—it's embedded in the culture. That's likely because some of the greatest waves in ...

I just refocused on that little bit of time off, and I was just stoked to come surf Pipeline. I surfed it on the CT, and I ...

Pipeline returned Tuesday, with “the best day of 2024 so far,” as Mason Ho said. “It was an all-you-can-eat.” (Many others agreed.) Solid west swell, light tradewinds, sunshine, all-day barrel-fest.

Excerpt adapted from On a Rising Swell by Dan Reiter. Published by University Press of Florida in April 2025. Used by permission On February 5, 2022, the world’s most recognizable wave––the Banzai ...

I was recently watching an old surf movie about the Pipe Masters surf contest held at Pipeline on the North Shore of O‘ahu and got a kick out of the prio surfers talking about the reef at Pipeline.

ORLANDO, Fla., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The moment that SeaWorld Orlando guests have been waiting for is finally here as one of the most anticipated coasters of 2023 officially opens to the public ...

The world’s best competitive surfers are gearing up for the World Surf League’s Lexus Pipe Pro, kicking off at the end of the month. Well, most of them. A few won’t be competing in the famed event at ...

Incoming swells on the North Shore of Oahu come quickly. One minute it can be fun and manageable, and within an hour, black walls of water are stacking on the horizon. Such was the case, recently, at ...