Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth.

A surge of women from 5 to 75 have taken up the sport in the past five years. As long as a woman can swim, she can learn to surf. So where does a girl go to fulfill her Gidget fantasies?

While surfing has historically been viewed as a male sport, women surfed in the South Seas in the 1600s. Fast-forward to the Roaring Twenties. Who would have thought that stodgy English mystery ...

We aim to prevent drownings, connect women to the ocean through swimming and surfing, and foster a community with a deep sense of ocean stewardship.

Women and men competing at the highest level of surfing will now win equal prize money after a change in the rules of the World Surf League.

Eaton took her first surfing lesson at last year’s Wild Woman Waterday and later signed up for additional lessons at Setterholm’s Surf Academy.

It's no secret that the surf industry has long been a boys' club. But this Northern California surf shop is flipping the script.

The women surfing 50-foot waves: ‘I’ve almost died so many times’ Christa Funk/Red Bull Content Pool/AP via CNN Newsource Ralda surfs at Red Bull Magnitude at Jaws in Maui in January 2022.

“There’s obviously interest in big wave surfing, and there still isn’t really anything about the women in big wave surfing,” Cunningham added.