High surf triggered by distant swell and rip currents prompted over 500 rescues in Southern California over July 4.

Best Surfboards for Beginners 1. Softech Roller Longboard. For first-timers, this Softech Roller longboard is probably the best surfboard you can get.

Catch Surf’s Odysea LOG surfboard. (Catch Surf) “We kept it fun and bright, but we want these things to perform the best they can,” said Chris Monroe, Catch Surf’s vice president of marketing.

Eric “Bird” Huffman keeps the entire history of modern surfing in a 4,000-square-foot corrugated tin prefab structure in San Diego. Around 1,200 surfboards cover the walls and ceiling of Bird’s Surf ...

Michael Takayama of Michael Surfboards specializes in shaping longboards. By Alexandra Cheney OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Inside the 128-square-foot shaping bay at Michael Surfboards, family history and ...