Corky Carroll is a five-time U.S. and three-time international surfing champion who has written a regular column for publications of the Orange County Register for decades. A Register reporter once ...

A legend amongst legends. A storyteller of the highest order. Neighbor to one of my favorite humans. Corky Carroll's one of a kind. Born September 29, 1947, he's also widely considered to be the first ...

I was recently asked to write an advice piece to younger, up-and-coming surf stars on how to avoid the disasters of the big financial fall off when the glory and limelight years of their surfing ...

These days there are many surfing schools strewn up and down the coast of California and just about everyplace else that has any sort of wave to ride. I always say that if there is a wave and a beach, ...

If you grew up a Steve or a Bill, probably even a Tom, Dick, or Larry for that matter, it probably never really phased you to meet other people with the same first name. This would be the same for a ...

As summer fades into fall here in the beautiful O.C., the water temps are dropping along with the air temps. The fact is, the water is very rarely all that warm here anyway. It will, on occasion, get ...

Today I thought it would be a good time to deal with an issue that plagues many older surfers, and some not that old as well. When you have surfed for a reasonable amount of time, and have reached a ...

People always ask me how I am able to keep surfing pretty much every day at the ripe young age of 72. I have touched upon this subject here before, but mostly in terms of eating and exercise and all ...