Why do you need a wave pool when you have the ocean? That’s one of the primary questions, or opposing opinions, when it comes to the rise of manmade surf parks. And perhaps none are facing such a ...

Letters to the editor from readers of the Daily Pilot and TimesOC, this week from residents of Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and ...

Surfing legend Laird Hamilton makes daring rescue in 25-foot "Wedge" waves. — -- Thousands of spectators lined the beach as surfers, bodyboarders, and other brave athletes went headlong into ...

Tensions are rising in ritzy Newport Beach, California. The conflict? A proposed wave pool, which would take over a portion of an existing golf course. As expected, the golf community is not happy, ...

Logan “Chucky” Dulien needed to clear his head and went to the place that always made him feel better when life is at a low – the ocean. The Newport Beach surfer’s mother had just died, and Dulien ...