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,” ...

“Last week was one of the most rewarding times of my life,” Slater wrote via Insta. “Sitting back and seeing some of the happiest and most fulfilled expressions on the faces of friends who've surfed ...

Abu Dhabi has many of the things that surfers hunt for in their quest for perfect waves: warm weather, year-round sun and clear water. The only thing it did not have was waves. That changed in October ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Kelly Slater first unveiled his Frankenstein monster of a wave pool to the world back in 2015, the Surf Ranch, as it’s come ...