There was a 20-year stretch in surfing history where the prevailing wisdom was ‘three-fins-is-best’. Any deviation from that particular zeitgeist collided with derision and the deepest skepticism. And ...

The Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo will take place this weekend at the San Diego Convention Center. Admission is $10. For more info go to sacredcraftexpo.com. MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I'm ...

Surfers have been experimenting with fins ever since Tom Blake commandeered a keel off an abandoned speedboat and screwed it into the bottom of a paddleboard in 1935. In the century that followed, ...

When Easter is late, Bells gets big. That’s local lore in Torquay, Australia, home of the annual Bells Beach Easter Classic, the world’s longest running pro surfing contest. And it sure was true in ...

Eric “Bird” Huffman keeps the entire history of modern surfing in a 4,000-square-foot corrugated tin prefab structure in San Diego. Around 1,200 surfboards cover the walls and ceiling of Bird’s Surf ...

A new underwater robot can swim through the water with fins, and walk or crawl along the bottom when necessary. These capabilities could really give it a leg up – pun fully intended – at outperforming ...

Just off Hollister Avenue in Goleta, down a dead-end road, in a building that Google Maps has a difficult time finding, one of the surf industry’s most important yet most unsung players goes about his ...

In surfing, as in all other areas of endeavor, expertise can be its own reward. More efficient technique and expenditure of energy, broader meteorological acumen, greater understanding of surfboard ...

Italy is a region marine electronics and equipment manufacturer WESMAR has served with its roll fin stabilizers and its stainless steel counter rotating bow and stern thrusters for many years. Today, ...