Making a surfboard from foam is of course very cool, but it does not have the tradition of “whiskey planks," which means it will forever be inferior to the process of building a wooden surfboard.

Amelia Martin was on a missionary trip to Haiti in 2019 when she noticed something that upset her: an avid surfer, she was struck by the pollution in the ocean and on a local beach. She said it ...

Think 'surfing' and that might not prompt vision of people riding waves in the Great Lakes. Imagining surfboards being produced in the fresh water basin may be even harder. But a Milwaukee, Wisconsin ...

Fixing dings is something every surfer should know how to do. Sure, getting someone to do it who does it very well is probably better, but part of surfing is surfing in places a little off the beaten ...

Originally published: 10/5/2000 The urethane cord used to attach a surfer to a surfboard or bodyboard. Also called a leg rope. Surf leashes are de rigueur these days. It’s hard to imagine someone ...

Surfers spend a lot of time in the water, so they have many reasons to want to keep the water pristine. But surfboards are often made of environmentally unfriendly materials. A Wisconsin-based surfer ...

The Great Lakes don't readily evoke images of surfing and surfboard-making, but a surfer in Wisconsin is on an eco-friendly mission to change that. Surfers spend a lot of time in the water, so they ...