If you’re looking to find moments of escape or simply want to absorb the joys of being outside and in the water, taking up surfing might just be the solitary activity to consider. Take it from Ann Kim ...

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Jack O’Neill, the founder of the first and most successful surfing wet-suit company in the world, has long had the financial means to live anywhere he wants. Yet the well-traveled inventor, ...

Shane Jones is a couturier of sorts for surfers who want more from the typical wet suit. By Molly Young “A good cheetah print is hard to find.” Shane Jones delivered the pronouncement ruefully. So ...

Patagonia has always been a company with one foot in the mountains and one in the sea — climbing and skiing one day, surfing and paddling the next. When they introduced wetsuits to their lineup a few ...

Yakutat, a village along the Gulf of Alaska, is considered one of the best surf scenes in the country. It's remote, expensive to get to and the waters are very cold. KTOO's Anne Sutton has this ...