Even though some purists would say you could possibly paddle into a wave this size, the skis allowed competitors to maximize their wave counts. Heck, this is a Tow-in contest after all. The surf ...

Our writer spoke with some of the best waterwomen in the world to better understand how this generation is changing the face ...

At one point, Ghost Tree on 17-mile Drive in Pebble Beach was one of the premier big wave tow-in surfing spots in the world.

A one-day, specialty tow-in surfing event built around a team format. There will be a total of nine two-person teams. The teams will alternate between surfing and driving the team's jet ski.

Clarke-Jones also pioneered tow-in surfing at Nazaré, pushing the sport to furhter heights. After taking a medical hiatus due to a reality show accident, Ross Clark got back into big wave surfing ...

Surfing, unlike a lot of sports, is doable at both ends of the age continuum. Young and old, surfers can ride waves in some capacity throughout their lives. Look at Kelly Slater – he is both the ...

Herbie Fletcher has had a career as an innovator, a filmmaker, an artist and a boundary-pushing, big-wave charger who revolutionized tow-in surfing – and now his lifetime of achievements are on ...

Tow surfing, in theory, makes surfing big waves easier. With a PWC assist, surfers can ride waves moving too fast for human arms to catch. There’s also the safety element; someone wipes out, a ...

“Fletcher was also a tow-in surfing forerunner: in 1985 he rode 25-foot waves at Waimea Bay on his Kawasaki 550 Jet Ski, and in 1987—four years before Laird Hamilton helped popularize the ...

Thanks to a chopper, photog Sean Davey was able to get the bird's eye view of all the action. The surf may not have been huge for tow-in standards, but competitors, event directors, and APT ...