LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador — Bob Levy grew up in El Salvador but discovered surfing in California, and he vividly remembers the day he returned to his homeland and hit the beach with a stiff, 10-foot ...

FARGO — You know the stereotype of the surfer dude — tan, blonde and lean. Of course, the “tan” and “blonde” parts are the result of days spent under the sun’s rays, but the “lean” part has a lot more ...

I have lived a relatively long life, zeroing in on my 76th birthday on Sept. 29. In terms of being a surfer, I am an old dude, almost always the oldest person in the lineup when I paddle out. I feel ...

Jeff Spicoli is alive and well, playing quarterback for Agoura High. Wearing his baseball cap backward atop his long hair and possessing a vocabulary that includes saying “dude” multiple times, ...

SeaWorld Orlando has rolled out a stage show called “Surf Holiday,” which has some ties to the theme park’s new Pipeline roller coaster and contains conservation messages. The production is part of ...

I was born and raised in a Southern California beach town well before, if you can imagine that far back in prehistory, surfing got to be a big thing. So I have always thought of it as being just ...

Years ago, when a thunderstorm rolled into Ochlockonee Bay at night, locals used to wake up, think of Surf Dog and hope he was OK. "He's such a survivor, and we love his spirit," said Surf Dog's owner ...

Some darned good surfers boat out to Santa Rosa Island to surf point breaks and certain reef breaks, but they are not the best surfer dudes out there. Imagine a towering 25-foot, perfectly formed, ...

I must have been about 10 or 11 years old when I started to become interested in skateboarding. However, the idea's inception could have occurred in my mind earlier. Some of the first movies I saw on ...