Jessi Miley-Dyer remembers winning her first professional surfing event in 2006, earning one of those big oversized checks made out for $10,000. She can’t remember what the men’s prize was at the time ...

Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth. “From ...

Laughter, surf boards and stoke filled the air as the sun rose over the Cayucos Pier on Saturday morning in November — surefire signs of a surfing competition — but the contest was different from any ...