Brief History. By the time Kevin Naughton and Craig Peterson stumbled upon El Salvador’s points in 1971, the friendly righthander at El Sunzal was a known — but seldom spoken of — wave that ...

A 13-mile stretch of Salvadoran shoreline the government has named Surf City is one of the world’s newest surfing meccas. At the center of those 13 miles are La Bocana and El Sunzal, two top ...

EL SUNZAL, El Salvador — The scene outside Laola Surf Camp was Instagram-perfect. A towering palm tree leaned over the black-sand beach. Surfers paddled out to catch breaking waves.

W ith the WSL's Longboard World Tour finals set to run at El Sunzal down in El Salvador this week, the World Title race is still wide open. With reigning women’s champion Soleil Errico claiming ...

According to the international surfers, El Salvador is considered a "paradise of the right waves" since most of the waves are right except for very few beaches, like the mouth of Rio Grande. If you ...

It was the biggest swell El Salvador has seen this season, perhaps in years, with waves of 15 feet and larger, said Edward Smith, an employee at Roca Sunzal hotel, which sits directly in front of ...

Mourners honor Olympic hopeful Katherine Diaz, who was killed by lightning 00:49. Katherine Diaz, one of El Salvador's top surfers, was killed while she was training for a qualifying tournament ...