Carissa Moore (left) became the first American female to qualify for surfing's Olympic debut. Caroline Marks, 19 (right), a member of Team USA Women's Olympic Surf Team, is the youngest female to ...

Surfing is often portrayed as a carefree, sun-drenched pastime. But behind hanging ten in the waves is a sport historically shaped by exclusion. In the United States, surf culture has long centered ...

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 ...