"Great Expectations" might have been the theme this past week for legendary surfer Kelly Slater, who was making a widely anticipated wild-card return to the World Surf League, and on a familiar wave ...

Oh Kelly Slater, where art thou? After just one wildcard appearance in 2025, a quarterfinal at Pipeline, it felt like we were due for an appearance from the 11-time world champion. Today, the WSL ...

Along a sliver of sandy beach between the cobblestone-lined ocean and a dense shrub habitat, a mini beach festival appeared, built in just a few days to welcome the world’s best surfers. Scaffolding ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — The world’s best surfers are back in Southern California, ready to take on the iconic waves of Lower Trestles, wedged between San Diego and Orange County. The World Surf League ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lower Trestles is known, among other things, for having a crowd that resembles rush hour on Interstate 5. But what transpired on ...

The athletes of the World Surf League Championship Tour have now reached the midway point of the 2025 season. Following a stint in Australia and surviving the mid-season cut, all remaining surfers ...

This form is protected by reCAPTCHA. Lower Trestles has for the past four years hosted the World Surf League’s one-day winner-takes-all Final’s day for the top five surfers at the end of the regular ...

53-year-old Kelly Slater competed in the World Surf League competition at Lower Trestles, California, but lost in the early rounds. Caroline Marks, the defending Olympic surfing champion, threw the ...