In testing more than 100 boats each year, Boating’s Tech Team gets to assess more boats—and more different kinds of boats­—than just about anyone else on the planet. Each editor brings their own Boat ...

After 12 hours of travel, you’ve finally reached the desert moonscape of Puerto Malabrigo, home to Chicama aka “the world’s longest left”. It’s a beautiful sunny afternoon, a light offshore breeze ...

The Montara Surf Boss 2.0 is one the most innovative boats we have ever tested, seamlessly blending the very best of a V-drive towboat with the attributes of a pontoon boat. Let’s be clear: this is ...

While a surfing contest was being held at Mavericks—a world-renown surfing locale in Northern California where surfers challenge waves as tall as 60 feet—a cigarette boat owner decided foolishly to ...

Since the early days of surfing – or heʻe nalu, as the ancient Hawaiians called it, which translates to “wave sliding” – boats were used commonly alongside boards. And that tradition of boat surfing ...

The history of surfing is filled with accounts of boats, not surfboards, being some of the early crafts preferred by the pioneering practitioners of riding waves. While surfing’s official origins are ...

If you were to sit back and ponder what would be the best job that could score you the most surf, owning a surf charter boat would rank pretty damn high on the list. Hell, next to being a pro surfer ...

Outside's December 2009 issue was all about adventure altruism, featuring icons who are changing the world. Surfer Kahana Kalama and his buddy Russell Brownley, a very talented young filmmaker and ...

Surfing doesn’t always involve surfboards. There's heaps of different ways to ride waves – some conventional, some not so much. From inflatable rafts, to hydrofoils, to literal trays swiped from the ...