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A California surfer who survived a shark attack says he punched the beast in the head until it finally released him.

Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base along California's central coast is closed after the death of a 39-year-old man who was attacked by a shark Tuesday while surfing.

California beachgoers, who have no doubt seen it all, have something new to add to the list: two goats named Goatee and Pismo surfing on Onofre State Beach.

Guinness World Records says Hawaii's Garrett McNamara, 44, rode the biggest wave ever with a 78-footer off the coast of Portugal.

Actor Gerard Butler got into a sea of trouble Monday after he was pulled underwater and had to be rescued during production of a new movie about surfing in California. The San Jose Mercury News reported that the 42-year-old Scottish actor was paddling out with three professional surfers when waves taller than 15-feet broke in front of them, sending the “300″ actor and the surfboard he was tethered to under the water.

A shark bit the legs off a bodyboarder at a popular surfing spot in western Australia on Sunday, killing the man, police said.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's 13-year-old son Christopher is in the hospital after suffering serious injuries in a surfing accident last weekend. According to TMZ, Christopher has been in the ICU in a Los Angeles-area hospital; he suffered broken bones and a collapsed lung after having the accident in Malibu.

A huge wave swept away spectators watching a Northern California surfing contest Saturday morning, causing broken bones and other injuries to people standing on a seawall....

A South Carolina man who faked his own death 20 years ago while visiting Florida says he never looked back after he plunged into the surf.