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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LIMA, Peru >> Every dawn, on every day, surfers in wetsuits paddle out to take on the famed Peruvian waves. Back on rocky beaches bearing Hawaiian names like Makaha and Waikiki, instructors can be ...

LIMA (Reuters Life!) - Even by many of its own inhabitants, Lima is not known to be the most charming city in Peru, with its heavy smog and traffic, but just a stone's throw away is a surfer's ...

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LIMA, Peru (AP) - Every dawn, on every day, surfers in wetsuits paddle out to take on the famed Peruvian waves. Back on rocky beaches bearing Hawaiian names like Makaha and Waikiki, instructors can be ...