Big names, big wave pools, big luxury – makes sense for a place like Texas, where everything is, well, you know. The Kelly Slater Wave Co.’s latest manmade surf park, the Austin Surf Club, has ...

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 ...

Turns out, the video (and the first waves surfed by Kelly himself, of course) was actually filmed on December 5th, 2015. When ...

Last September, I got lucky. I found myself in the Maldives, covering a specialty surf contest, and my rudimentary understanding of geography sparked a scheme. “I’m not too far from the Middle East,” ...

Kelly Slater retired, somewhat unofficially, from full-time competitive surfing in 2024. He was axed by the Mid-Season Cut at Margaret River, Western Australia. But since then, although he hasn’t ...

Breaking news: waves (once again) are barreling in landlocked Texas. In a new clip from the Austin Surf Club – a private surf community and luxury condominium development, bolstered by a Kelly Slater ...

Kelly Slater’s three-year hiatus wasn’t a retreat – it was a recalibration. Burnout pushed him away from competition, but reflection brought him back stronger than ever. His story is a reminder that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...