Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When third reef is showing, you’re in for a ride. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot When the North Shore gets really big, third reef Pipe ...

It wasn’t your desktop wallpaper Teahupo’o, but how many people can say they’ve surfed one of the most coveted barrels in the world with just one good friend by their side? It seems impossible in this ...

When it gets big on the North Shore of Oahu, you can feel it in the air. The breeze feels electric. A low hum of excitement vibrates from the water and past the bike path, crossing the Kam Highway ...

If you are an avid follower of all things surf, you’re likely aware that Koa Rothman recently scrapped a California trip in favor of heading home to Hawaii to greet the first Pipe swell of the season.

The last Da Hui Backdoor Shootout was a surreal moment for Koa Rothman. Not just because he won the whole event, pocketed $55,000 and celebrated with his family and friends, but because of what he’d ...

I have an embarrassing admission to make: although I grew up surfing in a 5mm wetsuit, I absolutely hate surfing in a 5mm wetsuit. So much, in fact, that I rarely surf at home. If the forecast is ...

If you’re a surfer who lives on the North Shore, Pipeline is your favorite wave. Sure, that’s a bit of a blanket statement, but I’d wager that if you were to ask 100 of the best North Shore surfers ...

Koa Rothman and Billy Kemper score Cloudbreak at near perfection before Tropical Cyclone Vaianu forces evacuations on Tavarua.

If you ever find yourself walking down to Pipeline and you see Koa Rothman, Nate Florence, Jamie O’Brien, and Eli Olson sitting in the sand instead of surfing, you might consider taking the hint. They ...

The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout out is one of the most exciting events in surfing. It’s not like any other event. Steeped in history, it’s for surfers even more so than spectators. But this year, Mother ...

“I don’t think I could’ve done anything else,” Rothman says. “There was a lot of mist right there — and it came out of nowhere. I’m really just lucky I didn’t die." Video: Forrest Jaqua "It could’ve ...

Before reading any of this, watch the video below. Try watching it without groaning. Impossible. Having a nine-foot gun stuck in a two-foot thick lip on an eight-foot wave and landing directly on ...