If you want to be the world’s best longboard surfer, it seems San Clemente is a good place to grow up taking waves and fine-tuning your skills. Tory Gilkerson, a San Clemente High School product who ...

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 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 ...

The inaugural Surfing for Hope Longboard Classic kicked off Friday in Pismo Beach. The competition ends Saturday and provides a stepping stone toward the World Surf League Longboard Tour where the ...

The background music in surfing videos of Reilly Stone is understated and quietly rhythmic. Think Bossa Nova. Now think of smooth, Brazilian dancing to that Bossa Nova. To complete the picture, ...

Alice Lemoigne took the Gold Medal in the women’s, defeating compatriot Justine Dupont who took Silver. In the men’s the brothers Antoine and Edouard Delpero were denied a Tricolor clean sweep by Peru ...

Laguna Beach surfer Avalon Gall entered the US Open of Surfing longboard contest as a wildcard, never imagining she would make the podium with her first-ever big win. “It’s very surreal, I’m just ...

What’s expected to be the 33rd and final running of the China Uemura Longboard Surfing Classic came to a close Sunday at Kuhio Beach in Waikiki. A Summer staple in the islands, thousands of surfers of ...

The perfect longboard wave is a curious thing. While shorter surfboards perform best in large, fast waves, the ideal wave for longboards, which can reach 11 to 12 feet long, isn’t about power or size.

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 ...