Liberian fishing town gets global surfing acclaim

Emotional scenes at Snapper Rocks as Owen Wright wins his first elite tour event since a serious brain injury in 2015. Stephanie Gilmore wins the women's event.

Jack O'Neill, the surfing icon credited with creating the modern wetsuit, died on Friday at his California home at the age of 94.

Two killer whales near the shore during a surfing contest - The Lofoten masters 2017 - in Norway. Surfers heading to shore after seeing killer whales.

Catching waves in California: US military veterans and wounded active-duty service members experience the healing power of the ocean. Operation Surf, a nonprofit organization, specializing in courses for US veterans, holds a week of training and competition on Huntington Beach.

Competitive surfing was barely known in Myanmar until recently, but now one beach town is riding a wave of enthusiasm to the Southeast Asia Games for the first time ever.

Surfboard tucked under his arm, Dery Setyawan sprints into the crashing waves. It is not just a physical challenge but an emotional one -- most of his family and friends were swept to their deaths when a tsunami hit these shores 15 years ago. His hometown of Lampuuk was almost destroyed entirely, but despite his devastating loss, the father-of-two sees the water as a way to heal. On December 26, 2004, a monstrous 9.3 magnitude quake struck undersea off the coast of Sumatra. It sparked a tsunami nearly 100 feet (30 meters) high that killed more than 220,000 across a string of Indian Ocean countries, including Thailand, Sri Lanka and India.

A woman who went surfing when she should have been self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 is arrested on a beach in San Sebastian in northern Spain, according to police and as seen in Twitter footage of her arrest.

Para Surfing World Champion Malu Mendes was born with cerebral palsy. Miguel Almeida, visually impaired, is training to be a professional surfer. At the School of Adapted Surfing in Santos, southeast Brazil, dozens of people with disabilities are using a surfboard and waves as therapy.

Scientists have issued a stark warning: chemical pollution has officially exceeded the limits safe for humans and the planet. The ocean, which has become a dumping ground for a cocktail of toxic pollutants, is bearing the brunt of this pollution. We take a closer look in this edition of Down to Earth.