Some of the most famous surfers in the world preach that yoga drastically enhances their surfing abilities. Gerry Lopez. Taylor Knox. Surfing demands a lot from our bodies, primarily creating tight ...

“If it’s not the right time, it’s just not going to happen,” says timeless Hawaiian style icon Gerry Lopez, who shaped surfing even more than he shaped surfboards (and that was a lot). Lopez ...

"You want to do something that's going to replenish your energy. And in my experience nothing does that better than yoga," says Peggy Hall. Peggy Hall not only trains yoga instructors, she created a ...

TheInertia.com and Rochelle Ballard are proud to present a new online series of health and yoga tips for surfers. "We strive to be a source of useful and thought-provoking information for surfers ...

Ray Call, a lifelong surfer, rides wave after wave, achieving effortless balance on his short board. Not so easy on a yoga mat. Standing heel to toe, eyes closed, spine straight, Call's legs wobble.

When legendary big wave surfer Gerry Lopez was a student at the University of Hawaii in 1968, he stumbled upon an outdoor yoga class. “I thought, if you could move like that on a surfboard, you could ...

Like surfing, until pretty recently yoga had a distinctly counterculture feel to it, as if it were restricted to those who loved sandalwood and talked a lot about auras. And, also like surfing, it has ...

The benefits of yoga for surfers are vast. Keeping limber, stretching out those hips and just general body maintenance are important for longevity in surfing. And like most training, the more you do ...

Ultra-fit Taylor Knox, a fixture on the WCT from his heydays as a member of the "New School" alongside Rob Machado and Kelly Slater, is still going strong in his late 30's. Probably one of the most ...