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 ...

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 to be known, has been at the upper echelon of synthetic surfing – both ...