Bonnie Tsui

At the new Surf Simply resort in Costa Rica, guests are videotaped as they catch a wave, and that’s only the beginning of the tech-based coaching.

We need to rest, to read, to reconnect. It is the invisible labor that makes creative life possible.

Immersion, even just thinking about it, is the balm we need right now.

To be a swimmer is to be acquainted with fear, but not to give in to it. And it can be about survival of a different kind.

The underwater filmmaker Ron Elliott describes what he’s learned from his encounters with sharks near the Farallon Islands.

Sachi Cunningham is one of the few photographers who shoots surfers at Mavericks while swimming. “You don’t want to get the same shots as everyone else on the boat,” she said.

A weekend at a family hostel in a light station on the California coast is filled with tide-pooling, stargazing and marking time by the beacon’s flash.

In this locker room, the arc of fitness is long.

A life lived between generations keeps us looking forward and back — caring for those who came before us, anticipating the care of those to come.

For some travelers, the big draw in a destination is not a hot new restaurant or high-end hotel. It’s the grocery store, swimming pool or kitchenware shop, where they can dip into the stream of local life.