The eyes of the bodysurfing community will zero in on Oceanside this weekend for the 48th annual World Bodysurfing Championship. Saturday and Sunday, hundreds of competitors will vie for the top spot ...

Bodysurfing and hand-planing are making a huge resurgence. Especially when the surf conditions are kinda funky. Here in the UK, there’s always someone in the line-up with a hand-plane, and from that ...

In case anyone missed the symbolism of May 1 at The Wedge, Mel Thoman brought the real symbol, just in case. “I got it at a swap meet years ago,” Thoman said, proudly unrolling a lifeguard’s Black ...

The first time Clare Peabody was allowed to go to Seacliff State Beach with her friends without adult supervision at 12 years old, she was instructed to bring a pair of fins and a cell phone just in ...

With over 20 years of experience as a lifeguard at Pipeline, Mark Cunningham has spent more time in the water at the “world’s deadliest wave” than most living souls. And that puts him on the long list ...

When filmmaker Ian Moore first spotted Mark Drewelow in the lineup at Blacks Beach, the sight was unforgettable. “It was a pretty sizable day,” Moore recalls in a news release. “Mark was taking off on ...