CHICAMA, Peru — The cold Pacific waters massage my dusty feet as I survey the perfectly peeling break just 60 feet in front of me. After walking nearly a mile barefoot over a baking, rocky desert, the ...

I can’t get enough of Peru and though I’ve never been, I’m fascinated by it. I’ve fact-checked our May/June feature on taking the “High Road” to Machu Picchu, and our editor-in-chief wrote about ...

Chicama, in the north of Peru is known as the longest left-hand wave in the world. Peruvian surf star Cristobal de Col recently pushed through fatigue, mental pressure and a jellyfish plague to set a ...

Arguably the longest lefthander in the entire world, Chicama gains additional prestige by becoming the first wave to be protected by a Peruvian National Law. For example, from now on it is forbidden ...

A small crew of surfers spent a week surfing and hanging out with Peter Mendia in Peru as part of the Billabong Surf With a Pro Camp program. Photo: Tim McCaig Peru's not all pointbreaks. There were ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. "Surfing in Sindbad's shadow" was how shipwrecked Australian surfer the late Tony Hinde described discovering perfect waves in the ...