Surfing, a new book out by Taschen, by Jim Heimann, documents the evolution of the sport from its early days.Advances in surfboard design feature prominently. This shot from 1960, of the Jersey ...

The success of wake surfing had to wait for innovation to emerge. In the late 1990s and 2000s, manufacturers such as Nautique and Malibu introduced boats with ballast systems, enabling drivers to ...

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 ...

F or Big Wave rider Garrett McNamara and his wife and manager, Nicole, the HBO adventure series, 100 Foot Wave, began as a way to introduce big wave surfing to the world.What followed was just ...

Surfing is always evolving. From surfboards to accessories, to man-made waves, to the performance art of the sport itself, this thing just doesn’t sit still.

When I was first learning how to surf as a small boy in front my house in Surfside Colony there were only a few surfers on our beach. It was the mid-1950s and there were only a few surfers on all ...

Jason Childs, a surf photographer based in Bali, has seen the evolution of surfing culture here. “Life’s too good and they know it,” he says. “They surf with the best surfers on the best ...

Wake surfing is a watersport where a rider rides the wake produced by a boat, rather than the surf, without the use of a tow rope. The sport traces its roots back to the 1960s.

Jason Childs, a surf photographer based in Bali, has seen the evolution of surfing culture here. “Life’s too good and they know it,” he says. “They surf with the best surfers on the best ...

Jason Childs, a surf photographer based in Bali, has seen the evolution of surfing culture here. “Life’s too good and they know it,” he says. “They surf with the best surfers on the best ...