Surfing legend Laird Hamilton makes daring rescue in 25-foot "Wedge" waves. — -- Thousands of spectators lined the beach as surfers, bodyboarders, and other brave athletes went headlong into ...

A long running battle over the right to surf "the Wedge" goes before Newport Beach city officials Monday night. They'll hear from the public about controversial rules banning surfboards at specific ...

With the lifeguard tower boarded up, the sand mostly empty and the waves fizzling into foam, another bodysurfing season at the Wedge has drawn to a close. The daredevils who brave the wild waves at ...

The Wedge can be a crazy place, with surfers, skimboarders, bodyboarders and bodysurfers all trying to get a piece of the wild wave. Last Friday, they had to make way for the massive, inflated air ...

Whether you're an avid surfer, or you simply want to relax on the beach and watch the daring wave runners and body surfers, The Wedge is the perfect place to spend your afternoon. It was created in ...

Should surfers be allowed in the lineup all day throughout the summer? Or does blackball work to protect bodysurfers and others from dangerous objects in the surf? For years, Newport Beach surfers and ...

Sometimes, the Wedge at the tip of Balboa Peninsula roars, sending columns of water 18, 20, 25 feet in the air. Swarms of body surfers, boogie boarders and the rare surfer risk injury and sometimes ...

WITH A SINGLE POWERFUL STROKE, 33-year-old Matt Larson launches himself into one of the most violent waves on earth. Lying prone in the water, his right arm at his side, the unofficial reigning master ...

The Wedge can be a crazy place, with surfers, skimboarders, bodyboarders and bodysurfers all trying to get a piece of the wild wave. Last Friday, they had to make way for the massive, inflated air ...