Did you know that at least since the 17 th century, humans have studied how to turn ocean waves into energy? But like with many other renewable energies, it was only after the oil price crisis of 1973 ...

"It was something that I had never seen before out there," Alo Slebir, a veteran of large swells, tells PEOPLE Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human interest, crime and sports ...

It’s no surprise that so many Central Coast piers are failing. The data tells the story: The red trendline on my chart shows a 78% increase in wave energy — measured in foot-pounds — from the earliest ...

According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, the global wave energy market size was valued at $43.8 million in 2019, and is projected to reach $141.1 million by 2027, growing at a ...

What if skyscraper-high waves rose in empty oceans and nobody saw them until satellites did? That is exactly what happened, ...

A fierce and persistent storm 800 miles off the California coast is continuing to churn water to dangerous levels across the Pacific Ocean – generating surf that will ease on Christmas Day but return ...

On the Durban beachfront, where waves curl into shore and surfboards slice through turquoise water, a group of young surfers ...

Alo Slebir had just arrived on Maui’s north shore late last year and was looking forward to tackling the monstrous waves on the Hawaiian island’s celebrated surf break known as Jaws when friends back ...

“It’s the fastest I’ve ever traveled on a surfboard,” Slebir tells PEOPLE. “I’ve never experienced a sensation like that before” The wave — which thundered into Northern California’s Mavericks surf ...