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Take the furthest route west in British Columbia and you’ll eventually come to the end of the road and be rewarded with a stay in Tofino. Tofino is a place to relax, be still and enjoy all the Pacific ...

When it comes to learning how to surf, one area beach town is getting high praise. In a list of the best beginner surf spots in the U.S. from The Inertia, a website covering surfing and the outdoors, ...

Surfing has one of the longest progression paths of any hobby. It is hyper-nuanced, and it's very common for beginners to ...

There are two main types of beach vacations: The kind where you lie on the beach and wade in and out of the water when you need to cool off, and the kind where you take the opportunity to become one ...

Alexander Fleming was eager to go on vacation. So antsy, in fact, that he didn’t clean his workspace – a pile of dirty petri dishes, festering. And when he returned, he found a curious mold, which ...

In the lobby of the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort, a wooden koa canoe—more than 100 years old and named Kaukahi—reflects the lights of the room in its highly polished surface. It looks brand new, and ...

This guide to surfing for beginners gets you one step closer to diving into your adventures with confidence. The sound and sights of crashing waves. The warm sun beating down on your skin. It only ...

The Atlantic coast is Florida's surf capital thanks to jetty, pier, and reef breaks at places like Sebastian Inlet, Ponce Inlet, and Juno Pier. When narrow inlets pull in ocean swells they intensify, ...

Surfing has given me many unforgettable years of fun, health and recreation. After teaching beginning surfers for more than 20 years, I’ve seen the long list of obstacles that they have to overcome in ...