The dream is as old as sports. Golfers seek clubs which might whack balls 10 more yards down a freeway. Hikers hope for boots that can leave them happily wiggling toes after an 18-mile day. Sailors ...

The kayak surfing currents are beginning to shift as big air maneuvers generate new excitement and point to a kayak surf renaissance in the works. While kayak surfing is alive and well in core pockets ...

Bobbing up and down in waves that sparkle in the morning sun, the Boys of Late Summer — as they don’t mind being called — look like mechanical toys, as if an unseen hand wound them up on the beach and ...

More than the mild surf kicked up foam at the 2004 Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival last weekend. The art of designing surf boats has reached a boil. Paddlers hunting a competitive edge launched new ...

A wooden sign at a remote beach in Central California is carved with the words "dangerous surf." That is why, on the first weekend in December each year, surf kayakers descend on Jalama Beach. In ...

Sometimes a simple situation can remind one of basic values. At 5:55 a.m. one recent day, this column began writing itself. My love of beach life near the ocean was once again made quite clear. The ...

1. Up and at it – what is your morning routine? During the week, when I am at work, I get up at 05:45 to be in the gym at 6:15 every morning. I’ll have a banana in the car on the way to training and I ...

Located in Empire, Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak is celebrating winter in Northern Michigan with a new challenge that requires you to head outdoors and play in the water AND on the snow in the same day.

Surf's up, dudes. But that's a bad thing if you're a kayak angler. Jason Morton is going kayak fishing at Leo Carrillo State Beach near Malibu, Calif. Beyond the surf line are the kelp beds home to ...

Head for any of the most popular surfing beaches in Britain and chances are you'll notice that not all the craft in the water are surfboards. Dotted among the long, short and boogie boards waiting to ...

I filmed this quick clip while surfing the standing wave in Limerick, right in the heart of the city. The river was pumping, so I jumped in my blue kayak and played on the rapid with the colourful ...