Two days before they were slated to make history as the first women to compete in today’s Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay, the six female contestants — Makani Adric, Paige Alms, ...
Elizabeth Sneed launched Curvy Surfer Girl to showcase plus-size women like her who surf. "It was very hard to divorce the idea that the body that I had and being an athlete could exist in the same ...
Editor’s note: In honor of International Women’s Day, we’ll be rolling out a week’s worth of stories — one each day from March 8-14 — that celebrate and showcase contributions women have made to the ...
“If you can’t see it, you can’t be it.” Textured Waves — the collective made up of co-founders Chelsea Woody, Danielle Black Lyons, Gigi Lucas, and Martina Duran — believe there should be no barriers ...
Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth. “From ...
The world’s oldest surfboard artifact belonged to a Hawaiian princess in the 1600s, during a time when a man could be beaten to near death if he dared surf the waters reserved for female royalty. In ...
"Sons of the Surf" is a 1920s silent educational film that captures the early spirit of surfing at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii. The film features striking footage of the legendary Kahanamoku brothers as ...