That was the 2022 Billabong Pipeline Masters, and Slater won the competition just one week shy of his 50th birthday, beating ...

The World Surf League Championship Tour is in full swing and heading into the second half of its season. With stops in Hawaii, Portugal, Australia, and more, the tour looks to return stateside with a ...

The year was 1990. In theaters, Home Alone was topping the box office. Sinéad O’Connor and her haunting rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” was inching up the Billboard charts, ripping apart ...

The world’s most recognizable surfer slipped through the beach crowd incognito, his hooded sweater draped over his clean-shaved head, hiding his tanned face. A few heads turned as he passed, their ...

World champion surfer Kelly Slater has a storied history at the famed surf spot just south of San Clemente. In 1990, the Florida surfer would win his first big career title at Lower Trestles, the surf ...

Kelly Slater is widely considered the best surfer to ever live, a pioneer of the sport who has dominated competitive surfing en route to 11 world titles throughout his career. The 46-year-old added to ...

Since 2015, when the first images of the Surf Ranch were released into the wild, a lot has changed. For one, the rise of machines has exploded, kicking of a worldwide wave pool arms race. And because ...

Do you remember where you were, what you were doing, when you first glimpsed what would later be christened, the Surf Ranch? I do. I was sitting on an ex-girlfriend’s couch in Hollywood, sipping ...

If you’re a celebrity who surfs – even marginally; an adult learner; weekend warrior; etc. – a pilgrimage to Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch, nestled about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco in ...

Kelly Slater has a new team. Not a surf brand, nor a team from one of his many business side hustles. The greatest surfer of all time has joined the team at William Morris Endeavor, a talent agency ...