Declines in infant mortality and longer life expectancy are contributing to an increase both in the overall population and, more important, in the share of the population that is of working age. This ...

Way back in 1988, Baron Lynch won a world championship. Lynch is a surfer through and through. And there's no place like ...

In those years, Slater became surfing's biggest megastar. He notched six world titles by the age of 26 and saw his ... create new types of surfboards and wave pools. "I'm getting busy," he laughs.

Surfing has also wandered, far from the sense of adventure that inspired Troy and every kid who has ever ridden a wave. Boards are shaped not by a bloke in a shed but by multinational companies.

Unlike traditional sports, surfing exists entirely at the mercy of nature. No two waves are ever the same, conditions can ...

Surfing, still a new entity in the age-old history of the Olympics ... there was a strong push to hold the surfing portion of the event in a wave pool. But alas, it was held in the ocean ...

The Nazaré Coast in Portugal is globally renowned as a prime surfing destination, attracting big wave surfers from around the world due to its colossal waves. This past Sunday, unf ...