Big names, big wave pools, big luxury – makes sense for a place like Texas, where everything is, well, you know. The Kelly Slater Wave Co.’s latest manmade surf park, the Austin Surf Club, has ...

Since 2015, when the first images of the Surf Ranch were released into the wild, a lot has changed. For one, the rise of machines has exploded, kicking of a worldwide wave pool arms race. And because ...

Last September, I got lucky. I found myself in the Maldives, covering a specialty surf contest, and my rudimentary understanding of geography sparked a scheme. “I’m not too far from the Middle East,” ...

For some time now, news and excitement has been bubbling around the Austin Surf Club, the latest Kelly Slater Wave Company joint, coming sometime soon to Texas. In fact, two months ago, a video was ...

Kelly Slater is the undisputed GOAT of surfing. The 53-year-old has won 11 world titles—including being both the youngest and oldest champ ever at 20 and 39, respectively—and has competed regularly on ...

Do you remember where you were, what you were doing, when you first glimpsed what would later be christened, the Surf Ranch? I do. I was sitting on an ex-girlfriend’s couch in Hollywood, sipping ...

World champion surfer Kelly Slater has a storied history at the famed surf spot just south of San Clemente. In 1990, the Florida surfer would win his first big career title at Lower Trestles, the surf ...