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Even those who've never stepped onto beach sand likely identify surfing's rawness - untamed nature, waves, currents - with a sort of eco-purity.

Peter Hanlon: Fine Art Surfboards. Made From Trash. Peter Hanlon 2011

It's pretty tough to spend a lot of time in the surf zone, salt water in your mouth and god-knows-what underneath your board, without succumbing to surfing's inherent sense of environmental activism.

Peter Hanlon: Fine Art Surfboards. Made From Trash. Peter Hanlon 2011

Mr. Irons was surfing's three time consecutive world champion from 2002 to 2004, and was inducted into the Surfing Hall of Fame in 2003.

Andy Irons dies: pro surfer was 32 T. Rees Shapiro 2010

In the 1920s and '30s, the Waikiki beach boys—a gang of handsome wave-riders that included surfing's founding father Duke "The Big Kahuna" Kahanamoku—were throwing wild shore-side parties with visiting Hollywood stars like Bing Crosby.

Endless Summer 2012

While many elaborate X Games events have found New York a strong but cost prohibitive market, maybe surfing's controlled costs for execution can play in their favor as well.

Joe Favorito: In the Midst of a Cold Winter, Quiksilver Yells "Surf's Up" Joe Favorito 2011

Now kite-surfing equipment packs smaller and costs less than wind surfing's, the skills are easier to learn, the speed is as great — greater in light winds — and it can be done on land in the form of kite-karting.

There's Nothing So Old as the Recently New Matt Ridley 2011

As surfing's popularity has grown, Kamehameha Highway — a two-lane stretch with rolling farmland and defunct plantations on one side and the swelling Pacific Ocean on the other — today feels like the set of a surfing film.

Chilling Out in Oahu 2010

Anticipating a biography of surfing's dark prince, Miki "da Cat" Dora, Sheila Weller resurrects the rebellious ride of America's first wave-catchers, whose passion sent some to celebrity, some to jail, and a few to their graves.

August 2006 Table of Contents 2009

Always remember this, Larry: surfing's a dedication.

CNN Transcript May 11, 2009 2009

"He embodied surfing's rebel heart," says Mr. Rensin.

Surfer Catches Second Wave of Attention 2008