Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laird Hamilton on the Millennium wave at Teahupoo. (Tim McKenna / SURFER) If surfing is a "tribe," as we sometimes like to say ...

Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy has made films about Vietnam, Abu Ghraib, AIDS, and other topics. Now she’s made something completely different: a documentary about a surfer. But not just any ...

Laird Hamilton is considered by many to be the greatest surfer of all time and one of the greatest athletes in the world. Source: Laird Hamilton, used with permission He's known for “big wave riding,” ...

MALIBU, Calif. -- On a sunny weekday afternoon, a lone surfer skims across the water at one of America's most famous coastlines. But this is no normal surfer, nor is he riding a typical board. Armed ...

Any top athlete needs a certain routine to succeed. From early-morning workouts to hopping in a post-game ice bath, every stretch of the day has to be suited for peak performance. Though well-known ...

Laird Hamilton on the Millennium wave at Teahupoo. If surfing is a "tribe," as we sometimes like to say, then the tradition of storytelling is paramount in preserving its culture and passing along ...

But this surprise would belie a fundamental misunderstanding about Hamilton because, for him, surfing has always been much more of an art, a creative process for which the motivation is intrinsic, ...