There is no one person responsible for the birth of surfing, but there is lots of historical evidence about the origin point.

Every summer, many Southern Californians grab a board and ride the ocean waves. But surfing has a deep history that few people know. Surfing was created by ancient Polynesians in the South Pacific who ...

When many people think about images of vintage California surfing, they primarily picture ads or album covers from the 1950s through the 1980s of life on the coast. They might recall comedic films ...

This spring quarter, UC Santa Cruz Humanities students immersed themselves in the story of three Hawaiian princes who introduced surfing to the United States in the late 19th century, using Santa Cruz ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Saturday, July 19, marks the 140th anniversary of an event that made Santa Cruz a top surfing destination. It's a bit of surfing history not too many people know about, but ...

SAN DIEGO — When people think about surfing, they think of Hawaii, but a new film that is out titled "Wade in the Water" takes a different look at Black aquatic and surfing history. David Mesfin is ...

Did Christian missionaries really try to stop Hawaiians from surfing? A new book provides at some interesting facts and dispels some myths about the history of that ancient sport. The jacket of this ...

Before wavepools and luxury surf resorts, a true surf trip meant venturing for days by boat to remote, perfect, barrelling waves in places far, far away. Nias was one of those places. And it still is, ...

A red-white-and-blue surfboard designed like the Texas flag hanging outside the Texas Surf Museum in Galveston welcomes visitors to the city's newest museum. It also sets the tone for what to expect ...