The smell of sage filled the salt-water air, the white smoke wafting in the wind. Surfers were blessed for safety, as tribal chants echoed over the sand and sea at Lower Trestles. The Lexus Trestles ...

Along a sliver of sandy beach between the cobblestone-lined ocean and a dense shrub habitat, a mini beach festival appeared, built in just a few days to welcome the world’s best surfers. Scaffolding ...

Jessi Miley-Dyer remembers winning her first professional surfing event in 2006, earning one of those big oversized checks made out for $10,000. She can’t remember what the men’s prize was at the time ...