Long before "Blue Crush" gave surfer girls their 15 minutes of fame, I stood in my local library with a book called "Girl in the Curl: 100 Years of Women in Surfing." The librarian, a gray-haired, ...

Scared of big waves? Check. Terrified of sharks? Absolutely. Afraid of being wiped out and looking foolish? Yes! These seem like perfect reasons not to take a surfing lesson, still I ignored all of ...

Surf instructor Ru Hill opened the Innocent Surf School in Nosara, Costa Rica, in 2007, with three longboards that he drove to Guiones Beach every day in a car that served as his office and storefront ...

Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be surfers. Because surfers, like cowboys, come with the same baggage described in Ed Bruce’s 1975 country song. ‘Cause they’re never at home (off hunting ...

Surfing is in, at least for travelers. More people are signing up for surf camps, and resorts are starting to give guests a chance to catch a wave. Here’s a sampling of four: • Witch’s Rock Surf Camp ...

GUIONES, Costa Rica (AP) – A vacation to escape the cold led us to Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, where we went surfing, horseback riding, deep-sea fishing and even visited a dry tropical forest. Our ...

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Catch a wave off the California coast, pedal a mountain bike in Utah’s red rock canyons or try your gloved hand at falconry in Vermont. The kids may be out of school, but the summer season presents a ...

Because sand and surf aren’t always enough, here are a ton of beach resorts that offer no-fail, keep-everyone-happy activities for a perfect beach vacation—and then some. The black sand beach is great ...