TEAHUPO'O, FRENCH POLYNESIA - JULY 23: Caroline Marks of Team United States looks on during day three of training prior to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 23, 2024 in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia.

Still, their numbers at surfing competitions lag behind men. And although more women in recent years have taken up the sport, Novak said, unless she goes out with female friends she is often the only ...

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. “From ...