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A heroic surfer rescued a Northern Virginia man from a rip current off the coast of North Carolina last week.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a hero surfer who saved a local man caught in a riptide off the coast of Corolla, North Carolina.

Kolohe Andino was introduced to surfing by his father, a champion surfer. Now, Andino is heading to Tokyo to compete in surfing’s Olympic debut.

A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan’s worst in six decades made landfall southwest of Tokyo, with streets, beaches and train stations deserted. Store shelves were bare after people stocked up on water and food ahead of Typhoon Hagibis. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of dangerously...

A surfer suffered leg bites but survived a shark attack on California’s Central Coast after kicking the massive fish away.

American surfer Kelly Slater, whose resume includes 55 career wins and 11 world championships, will retire after the 2019 season, according to surfing website The Inertia. Slater emerged as the youngest champion in the men’s sport’s history, according to his World Surf League profile. The Cocoa Beach, Florida, native first won a championship in 1992 at age 20. He is...

A monster wave off Portugal has produced a world record for a Brazilian surfer. The World Surf League says Rodrigo Koxa has ridden the biggest wave ever surfed. At the group’s Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, it said its judges determined that a wave Koxa surfed at Naraze, Portugal, on Nov. 8 was 80 feet (24.38...

A San Diego family caught in the deluge in Kauai this weekend found safety with the help of legendary big wave surfer Laird Hamilton.

A surfer was lucky to escape with a superficial scratch on his back, a torn wetsuit and teeth marks in his board when he was attacked by a shark on Tuesday off an Australian beach. Marcel Brundler, 37, estimated the shark that grabbed his board was a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark. He was surfing near Lorne, 140 kilometers (90...

Two surfers from Brooklyn narrowly missed a shark attack in Cape Cod Monday.  A shark appeared and killed a seal not far from the shore in front of terrified beachgoers at Nauset Beach near Chatham, about two hours south of Boston.  The two surfers happened to be just feet away from the jaws of the shark. For a few...

A teenage boy was bitten on the foot and ankle while surfing at First Coast beach in Jacksonville, Florida, in the second incident of its kind on the beach. Witnesses say the boy was swimming back to shore when he was attacked.

A Great White shark swimming just past surfers at Ocean Beach in California breached the water on Sept. 15. Surfline caught it on camera.

Sharks breach. That’s what they do. But few people actually get to see it, let alone, capture the magical moment on camera.

Surfing team tryouts in Dana Point were interrupted by a deer who apparently wanted to get in on the fun on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016.

Surfing team tryouts in California were interrupted by a four-legged friend who apparently wanted to get in on the fun.

It’s a feat that few have the bravery or physical ability to attempt: taking on one of the world’s most dangerous waves while competing against the best surfers in the sport. But Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm to a shark at age 13, charges the waves. Now 26, she knocked the top-ranked female surfer out of the competition...

The huge events surrounding the Super Bowl, as well as the resources needed to accommodate the big game, will leave the Titans of Mavericks Surf contest on the sidelines this week. The Pillar Point Harbor patrol continues to monitor the El Niño-powered waves pounding the Mavericks surf area in Half Moon Bay. Deputy Harbormaster Cary Smith says the 20-foot waves...

The National Weather Service said waves between 27 and 40 feet were recorded at Mavericks, just north of Half Moon Bay, on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. The swell comes amid a week of forecasted storms being influenced by a particularly strong El Niño in the Pacific.

Surfing is difficult for many people to master, but for Mitchell Solomon-Coombs, the sport poses an especially unique challenge because the 22-year-old is unable to walk.

Scott Fippinger was camping cliff-side with three friends at Chuie’s Surf Camp in Mexico just south of El Campito.