The surfers laid on their boards, waited for the perfect moment, paddled with their hands, looked ahead, and stood up—some kept their balance, some didn’t—as the waves brought them closer to shore.

In Newport Beach, surfing instructor Jason Murchison is being treated like “this Jesse-James-style criminal,” as he puts it. The city has been in a legal dispute with Jason — a 41-year-old former Navy ...

Now into its second decade, a San Francisco nonprofit has been giving inner city kids free surfing lessons. For many, it's their first time in the ocean. Xavier Ochoa is zipping up in a wetsuit for a ...

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