PUERTO ESCONDIDO, MEXICO — Surfers refer to Zicatela Beach as the “Mexican Pipeline” for good reason. Like its Hawaiian counterpart, it delivers waves that are large, cavernous, thunderous, dangerous ...

Despite being a firm favorite with surfers and backpackers, Puerto Escondido, on the Oaxacan coast of southern Mexico, has remained under the mainstream tourism radar for years. The lack of big resort ...

Puerto Escondido may be one of the most challenging, demanding and punishing waves on the planet. Most who know the name will never get whalloped on the hot sand. And yet, for those who spend time ...

During a six-day visit to Puerto Escondido, a scruffy, though charming beach town in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, my family and I joined Mexican families, European vagabonds and surf bums for ...

Puerto Escondido is famous for its waves for expert surfers and has places for beginners. (Photo Credit: Ministry of Tourism of Mexico, Sectur) Oaxaca, Mexico offers the best for tourism, from ...

New York tubehound Kurt Rist spends a whole lot of time at Puerto Escondido during the spring and summer months. Which is to say: Kurt Rist spends a whole lot of time in the tube — and he continues to ...

This browser does not support the video element. Mexico has mighty swells for surfing and placid bays with barely a ripple, beaches backed by ancient ruins and shores packed with modern resort towers.

MEXICO HAS mighty swells for surfing and placid bays with barely a ripple, beaches backed by ancient ruins and shores packed with modern resort towers. There are mangroves, cliffs and stretches of ...

Jhony Corzo was not supposed to win an ISA gold medal at the recent World Surfing Championships in Biarritz, France. Facing seasoned, CT-experienced surfers on their home turf, the 18-year-old upstart ...

Above, surf vlogger Dan Harmon breaks down surfing’s deadliest waves by the numbers. These are the waves that have documented fatalities. And they’re also some of the most celebrated, yet notoriously ...