Mo Freitas gives SUP Magazine the big-wave SUP surfing lowdown on what it’s like charging as hard as he does. Words by Mo Freitas. A few weeks ago we had a big northwest groundswell come in on the ...

From helping invent removable surfboard fins to shaping standup paddleboards, diehard surfer-turned-standup paddler Tyler Callaway has done it all. Standup paddling has been very good to me over the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm based in Chicago and have written for ESPN and Rolling Stone. American professional big wave surfer and stand-up paddle (SUP) ...

On August 27, 2014—a day surfers would later call Big Wednesday—Laird Hamilton was recorded carving sweeping lines across the face of a perfect 12-foot wave near Malibu Pier. His style, as always, was ...

On Saturday, June 23, elite athletes and spectator crowds gathered at the Santa Monica Pier for the first day of Pier 360. The two-day ocean sports and beach festival delivered over 12 hours of events ...

Stand-up paddle surfing may sound like a scene from a screwball comedy, but no one’s laughing in a sports and fitness industry that has hit the recession skids as hard as any other business. SUP, as ...

It's like an angry monster, Kai Lenny says of Peahi, arguably the most iconic big wave surf spot in the world. Located off the North coast of Maui, the surf at Peahi resembles avalanches of water. On ...

Some surfers would do anything to ride waves at perfect Malibu – an iconic spot usually packed with people – with no one else out. Even risk a run-in with the law. A stand-up paddle surfer who paddled ...