From Chicama to Padang Padang, a look at the first people to ride waves at some of the world's most coveted surf spots.

Mechanically hollow, palm-fringed and sapphire-hued, Lagundi * Bay on the island of Nias emerged as one of surfing’s ultimate fantasy wave in the 80s. Natural footers were particularly enamoured. They ...

It was labeled as ‘the best seven seconds in surfing’. The ’80s and ’90s brought more crowds and further development, even if the wave itself waxed and waned in terms of popularity. There was always a ...

The Lagundri Bay Magic keeps delivering, as the swells keep rolling through Nias during January. Few days after the first big swell of the year, Nias got another decent pulse with clean, sunny ...

Fifty years ago, two Australian surfers stumbled across the “perfect” wave on the remote Indonesian island of Nias, located just off the western coast of Sumatra. For centuries, it was ...

Ahipara surfer Jade Nias Phillips says surfing will stay her main sport after she won the Year 7 girls' title as surfing made its AIMS Games debut. Shipwreck Bay’s notorious surf breaks are ...

Their discovery, along with that of surf explorer Peter Troy and his girlfriend Wendy Adcock, marked the beginning of Nias’ undoing. What started as a surf paradise soon turned into a cautionary ...

The WSL’s Qualifying Series often bears the brunt of surf lingo ... Such is the case at the ongoing Nias Pro in Lagundri Bay. On June 10, the fourth day of competition, four 10s dropped ...

a true surf trip meant venturing for days by boat to remote, perfect, barrelling waves in places far, far away. Nias was one of those places. And it still is, but today it's a "thriving little ...

her multi-award-winning film tells the story of Nias, an Indonesian island which changed forever in the 1970s after the discovery of the “perfect wave”, with good surf conditions attracting ...