When the forecast for Lagundri Bay started to look promising earlier this week with two big back-to-back swells heading straight towards Nias–SURFER staff photographer Ryan “Chachi” Craig hopped on a flight to Indo, r[...]

For photographer Ben Thouard, shooting photos from below Tahiti's clear waters quickly turned addictive. “The water clarity here is insane,” says Thouard. “The wave breaking on the reef barrier far offshore keeps the [...]

Early last week it seemed like the whole Pacific Ocean had waves, and  Teahupo’o was not left out. In a largely local affair, a crew of chargers traded thick-lipped grinders while Tahiti-based photographer Tim McKenna was there [...]

Why does summer surf get such a bad rap? Southern California is only a couple weeks into the sultry season and it already feels like there has been better surf than all of last winter combined. The famished were finally able to feast&#[...]

Between the shark attacks and overall drama surrounding the Margaret River Pro this year, some the world’s best were able put the worst-case scenarios out of their minds and just go surfing-which is something the Western Australi[...]

Last summer, filmmaker Thomas Campbell invited a group of surfers to join him on an Indonesian boat trip to gather footage for his upcoming film. Campbell has always documented surfers who draw idiosyncratic lines and who have an openn[...]