In 2011, the American surfer Garrett McNamara broke the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed – officially judged to be 78ft (23.8m).

Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2011 at Nazaré Read more ...

Shot by photographer Steven Lippman at a private residence in Malibu, California, in January 2005, the photo shoot called for ...

Britt Merrick, a lifelong Rincon surfer, was reminded of a universal truth about great surfers—you can’t teach instinct. With ...

Architect Luis Tena hopes to shepherd Malibu into the 21st century By Benjamin Marcus Kevin Keegan name-checked Luis Tena in ...

Aside from Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch, Chicama, and a select few other transcendent pointbreaks, waves are hopelessly ...

The Nazaré Coast in Portugal is globally renowned as a prime surfing destination, attracting big wave surfers from around the world due to its colossal waves. This past Sunday, unfortunately ...

Connor Trimble tells PEOPLE of his mesmerizing, yet death-defying experiences as a sought-after surf photographer known for his photos shot around the world ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...