Tim Bonython is no stranger to chasing consequential swells and navigating the challenges that come with them. But he keeps his camera ready. In the week before Christmas last month, Tim grabbed his ...

The Pacific Ocean, supercharged by a strong El Niño system, went into hyperdrive in terms of high surf at the end of 2023. Both Mavericks in Northern California and Jaws on Maui saw some of the ...

The tricky thing about surfing, especially in big waves, is that there’s a finite number of opportunities. At some spots, surfers might get one shot a year at a sizable swell. Some years, maybe even ...

Early last March I texted a dozen of the best under 18 surfers in the US to randomly ask who’s their favorite surfer. The response came back like you’d expect. Lot’s of John John’s, and a couple ...

“You can tell when it’s a big one when the lines march in from the outer ledge,” Benjamin “Sancho” Sanchis told SURFER after his heroic, albeit cataclysmic, ride at Jaws on December 22, 2024. Fate ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Maui teen competing in the Haleiwa Pro is going viral for a memorable surf session last week — in which he caught a giant wave at Maui’s Peahi surf break. “Baby Steve” ...

There's a thin line between awesome and being a dickhead, and this guy Mark Visser is excited to tread it. Check out this video of him surfing the big wave spot Jaws, at night.

The Pe'ahi Challenge is slated to start Friday afternoon (Hawaii time) and run through Saturday. Here's hoping it looks like this. Photo: Jeremiah Klein Kemper has won the contest two years in a row.

In an effort to protect the natural splendor of Pe'ahi on Maui's north coast, county officials have purchased the land surrounding the wave for $9.5 million. The 267-acre plot of land will remain free ...

A surfer navigates high surf on Maui at Pe’ahi Jaws Surf Break. A high surf advisory has been issued for the north-facing shores of most islands, effective until 6 p.m. Friday due to a large, ...