T here’s a problem with Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch. In fact, it’s a double-edged sword scenario: the 11x world champ set out ...

Give Blair Conklin a board – literally any board, including those that very narrowly resemble anything close to a traditional surf craft – and let him go. From soft-tops to skimboards to ...

It’s a beautiful fall morning in Laguna Beach. The tide is low. The smell of the ocean rides the airwaves. With the Montage ...

Blair Conklin has made no secret of his love of wave pools. He’s ridden a lot of them, too, whether testing out the PerfectSwell-powered O2 Surftown MUC in Germany, or a tearing across a 60-foot ...

Blair Conklin. The dude has this place dialed. It’s all good fun. However, the Aliso Creek river wave has been embroiled in a controversial battle between the surfers and skimmer, versus city ...

The county’s public comment policy allows comments of up to three minutes, and Conklin was permitted to finish her statement. Blair County isn’t alone in attempting to deal with staff ...