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Kolohe Andino was introduced to surfing by his father, a champion surfer. Now, Andino is heading to Tokyo to compete in surfing’s Olympic debut.

Ross takes us surfing in one of his favorite spots in Santa Cruz, and give us a bit of a history lesson with a tour of the Santa Cruz Surf Museum.

A San Pedro man was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in state prison for the 1980 murder of a pregnant 20-year-old Wilmington woman whose body was discovered on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates.

A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan’s worst in six decades made landfall southwest of Tokyo, with streets, beaches and train stations deserted. Store shelves were bare after people stocked up on water and food ahead of Typhoon Hagibis. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of dangerously...

A surfer from Australia has come up with a brilliant new plan for helping clean up our precious oceans — the Seabin, a device that works like a pool skimmer to clean up the muck and trash found along our coasts.

Crews rescued a surfer stranded Saturday morning on Seal Rocks, along the coast near the Cliff House, fire officials said.

Crews rescued a surfer stranded Saturday morning on Seal Rocks, along the coast near the Cliff House, fire officials said.

Who needs the ocean when you can surf in Lake Tahoe? The Placer County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday shared video footage of a surfer riding some small waves crashing in Kings Beach, which is located on the northern edge of the popular lake.

A surfer rides some waves in Lake Tahoe. (Video Credit: Placer County Sheriff’s Office)

A surfer suffered leg bites but survived a shark attack on California’s Central Coast after kicking the massive fish away.

A surfer has died after being pulled from the surf at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Friday afternoon, fire officials said.

A surfer died after being rescued from Ocean Beach in San Francisco Friday afternoon.

The waves of change are rolling in high and fast in the world of professional big wave surfing.

American surfer Kelly Slater, whose resume includes 55 career wins and 11 world championships, will retire after the 2019 season, according to surfing website The Inertia. Slater emerged as the youngest champion in the men’s sport’s history, according to his World Surf League profile. The Cocoa Beach, Florida, native first won a championship in 1992 at age 20. He is...

A kite surfer was rescued from bay waters Sunday after collapsing near Crissy Field in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.

A countless amount of jellyfish washed ashore at Pacifica State Beach in San Francisco over the weekend, worrying some locals who were enjoying the long Memorial Day weekend on the sand. “It freaks you out at first. I mean, your hands are hitting them when you’re paddling in the water. And you think, ‘oh man this is going to sting,’...

A countless amount of jellyfish washed ashore at Pacifica State Beach in San Francisco over the weekend, worrying some locals who were enjoying the long Memorial Day weekend on the sand. Sam Brock reports.

A monster wave off Portugal has produced a world record for a Brazilian surfer. The World Surf League says Rodrigo Koxa has ridden the biggest wave ever surfed. At the group’s Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, it said its judges determined that a wave Koxa surfed at Naraze, Portugal, on Nov. 8 was 80 feet (24.38...

Bay Area sailor Randall Reeves’ electronics were destroyed in a storm in the Indian Ocean after a window broke and filled the boat with water. That was just one of two troubling encounters he’s experienced but don’t Reeves out entirely.

A San Diego family caught in the deluge in Kauai this weekend found safety with the help of legendary big wave surfer Laird Hamilton.