Longboarding has had to struggle for its moment in the sun since its richer cousin of shortboarding was incepted back in the late ‘60s. The first men’s Longboard World Champion was crowned in 1987 and ...

Two Southern California surfers have claimed the 2024 World Surf League’s World Longboard Championship – a second win for Dana Point native Rachael Tilly and a fourth for San Diego’s Taylor Jensen.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided that longboard surfing will not appear at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. This is a significant setback for the sport, which is quickly regaining ...

Dana Point’s Rachael Tilly has twice taken the runner-up, silver medal spot – but this time, the surfer rode her way to gold. The longboard surfer clinched a gold medal win at the 2025 International ...

Despite a bid from the International Surfing Association, longboarding will not be featured in the upcoming Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Ever since surfing’s induction into the Games – with its ...

Longboarding, when compared to its shorter-sledded surfing counterpart, can often be seen as gentler, softer, less high-performance, more stylish pursuit. Generally speaking, that’s on account of the ...

Different eras. Different backgrounds. Different journeys. But the hundreds of surfers competing in 28 divisions at the ...

To talk about the history of longboarding is to talk about the origins of surfing as a whole. Ancient Polynesian cultures rode boards that were thin, heavy and made from solid wood like koa. (Good ...