How can El Salvador, a country rich with epic waves but trapped in the shadows of a war-torn past, shine a light on its world-class surfing and establish itself as a tourist destination — especially ...

Surfing is the gateway to the tourist offer of El Salvador. In the Pacific, Surf City is a Central American destination where visitors enjoy recreational surfing, international championships, regional ...

PHOTO: Surfing Punta Roca, El Salvador. (courtesy El Salvador Ministry of Tourism) El Salvador is fast becoming a surfing hotspot. It's already known as a top destination among professionals, having ...

A surfer rides a wave in front of a volcanic rock resembling a pig, which gave the beach at El Tunco its name. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) A 13-mile stretch of Salvadoran shoreline the ...

PUERTO LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador — Robert “Roberto” Rotherham stepped onto the black-sand beach before 6 a.m., cradling his well-worn surfboard. Gone are the times when he would tackle El Salvador’s ...

It’s been a pretty dire summer surf-wise for the UK, right? It gets like this and cabin fever can quickly settle in. Sure, it’s easy enough to hop to France or Portugal but given the state of the ...

Surfers are sent packing as the sixth day of the Surf City El Salvador Pro serves up no shortage of surprises.

Third times a charm. After two lackluster events at Punta Roca, the Surf City El Salvador finally shined, serving up the highest of high performance canvases to keep the mojo flowing for the WSL on ...

Way back in the 1970s, two gringos rolled into El Salvador in a beat-up VW bus. Kevin Naughton and Craig Peterson were in the midst of their globetrotting, decades-spanning surf saga and the lure of ...