Conner Coffin, the stylish former Championship Tour surfer from Santa Barbara, recently wandered into a random restaurant outside of Seoul, South Korea. He was alone; he was there to sample Wavegarden ...

Surfing probably isn’t among the first things you’d associate with South Korea. Let’s be real, the first thing that comes to mind is a cultural behemoth like BTS, Parasite, or K-BBQ. Despite being ...

Surfers love to travel. Always have, always will. Just like other folks with wanderlust, surfers seek out new adventures, experiences, cultures and, specifically, waves. Santa Barbara’s Conner Coffin ...

Hitting a meaty closeout section at the end of a ride can feel pretty good, but it comes with a risk. Korean surfer, Viju’s board ended up in two pieces after going down on that last turn, but at ...

38TH PARALLEL BEACH, SOUTH KOREA (CNN) — If you want to surf near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), you might have to pass through barbed wire to reach the waves. Much of the eastern coastline of ...

North Korea, completely in touch with the world's travel demands, is launching surf tours at three of its coastal resorts. You had a nice run, Maui. Here is what writer Kim Rye Yong had to say about ...

Three hours east of Seoul, in a coastal town called Yang Yang, considered the unofficial surf capital of South Korea, 15-year-old Kanoa Hee-Jae Palmiano is dreaming big. Like any super-stoked grommet ...