William Finnegan discusses his reporting on the best surfer in the world, Kelly Slater, and how his revolutionary wave machine both advanced and disrupted the surfing industry. for a long long time.

Kelly Slater has long been considered the greatest surfer alive. He teamed up with USC engineers to design a machine that could create not just any wave, but a perfect wave. His perfect wave pool is ...

Twenty-five of the world's best professional surfers are converging on an unusual surf spot this weekend for a competition called the Founders' Cup. It's not happening in Hawaii or Tahiti, but in the ...

Some things never change, and in the case of Kelly Slater nothing could be truer than that statement. After winning his first world title in 1992, Slater has just wrapped up his ninth world title and ...