From a 15-year-old boy drowning in 1926, to the accidental creation of California’s manmade freak-of-nature wave.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said the search for the missing man has shifted to a recovery mission after a Coast Guard helicopter briefly spotted a body in the water before losing sight in ...

Surf's up in California, where it's now the official state sport. Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that he has signed a bill making it so. The new law declares surfing to be "an iconic California ...

(KTLA) – A California surfing instructor whose arm was severed in a collision with an Amtrak train earlier this month is recovering after a grueling surgery to reattach the limb. The horrific July 7 ...

For those who are looking for a nice spot for surfing and other outdoor activities, this popular beach in Southern California ...

If you’d have crossed paths with Ron Stoner along the California coast in the mid-1960s, you might’ve spotted a handsome early-twenty-something crouched behind a Century 1000-millimeter lens, tracking ...

Sensing a niche to be filled, Rob Lissner and Allen Sanford will open the California Surf Club in Redondo Beach. Founders: Rob Lissner and Allen Sanford at the California Surf Club. (Photo c/o JP ...

One of California’s most treasured pastimes isn’t just fun. It also generates big money for coastal communities. For Central California’s Santa Cruz, surfing the region’s waves can add up to nearly ...

In the 1963 hit “Surfin’ USA,” the Beach Boys sang, “If everybody had an ocean/ Across the U.S.A./ Then everybody’d be surfin’/ Like Californ-i-a.” Brian Wilson didn’t know it, but he summed up ...