It has been said that surfers are selfish. Having grown up a second-generation Windansea local in La Jolla, and having both married a surfer and raised one, I can say that the oft-whispered slight isn ...

PARIS — Invented in Hawaii, surfing gained popularity in the United States and Australia in the 1950s before becoming a global phenomenon. Now practiced in more than 150 countries, its spread has been ...

Many new surfers today may not have a clue as to what localism is or, at least, what it used to be. It may be something they've heard about and view as a relic of the not so distant past, like an iPod ...