By Kaea Latronic – HawaiÊ»i has long been a cradle for surfing prodigies—youthful talents who announce themselves early, rewrite expectations,...
The Quiet Storm
Jacob Turner’s Rise from Unknown to Unshakable
By Mike Latronic – In nearly four decades of documenting surfing in Hawai’i, I’ve seen generations of talent bloom. Some...
WAIMEA VALLEY, O’ahu, Hawai’i. (October 1, 2025) – The Eddie Aikau Foundation announced the 32 Invitees and 28 Alternates to the 2025-2026 Rip Curl Eddie Big Wave Invitational in Memory of Eddie Aikau today. The competition, watched by millions worldwide, will be held on one day between December 7, 2025...
Honolulu, HI (October 1, 2025) —  The 5th Annual Turtle Bay Halloween Surf Off, presented by Jamie O’Brien Surf Experience, hits...
Photos Brent Bielmann, Keole Lemos, John Weaver and Linda Kea U-SURF CUP 2025 went down September 19-21 at Kuhio Beach...
Mike Ito is a self‑taught surf and lifestyle photographer and art director based on Oʻahu, Hawaii. After leaving a high‑paced corporate design career, he embraced creativity full‑time to focus on what moves him—family, surfing, punk rock, and photography. His work, infused with a keen eye for light and shadow, has...
Australia was crowned Team World Champion at the 2025 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games (WSG). The ninth...
Today, nearly 300 of the best surfers in the world, representing 61 nations, gathered in Surf City El Salvador to...
CLOUDBREAK, Fiji (Tuesday, September 2, 2025) – Today, Molly Picklum (AUS) and Yago Dora (BRA) claimed victory at the Lexus WSL Finals Fiji Presented by Corona Cero, the Final stop on the World Surf League (WSL) 2025 Championship Tour (CT), to be crowned the 2025 World Champions. Both Picklum and...
An exceptional day of golf for a great cause unfolded at the HIC Surf Golf Scramble. The event successfully raised...
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti, French Polynesia (Wednesday, August 13, 2025) —Australians Molly Picklum (AUS) and Jack Robinson (AUS) have claimed victory at...
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti, French Polynesia (Thursday, August 7, 2025) – Competition has kicked off at the 2025 Lexus Tahiti Pro Presented by I-SEA, Stop No. 11 of 12 on the World Surf League (WSL) 2025 Championship Tour (CT), with one of the world’s heaviest waves delivering thrilling opening action in heaving...