A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Bertlemann, Larry

Beschen, Shane

Dry, hilly, cactus-filled region located at the tip of Baja California, Mexico; packed on one end with hotels, resorts, and restaurants; fringed throughout with a generous assortment of warm-water surf breaks. As it appears on a map, the overdeveloped resort town of Cabo San Lucas is found on Baja's southwest corner; as defined in the surf world, "Cabo" refers to a roughly 50-mile, 20-surf-break stretch of coastline beginning at Cabo San Lucas and extending northeast, past the town of San Jose del Cabo and into the mouth of the Gulf of California. 

Cabo receives its best waves—generally ranging from three to six feet—during the June-to-October North Pacific hurricane season; long-distance swells also roll in occasionally from South Pacific storms. With the notable exception of the Estuary, a tubing San Jose del Cabo beachbreak, Cabo surf spots are for almost all rippable point- and reefbreaks. 

Zippers and Shipwrecks are the area's best-known surf spots (Zippers, located just off the highway in San Jose del Cabo, is also by far the most crowded, with territorial locals sometimes harassing visiting Americans); while Boca del Tule and Punta Perfecto, to the northeast, on rare occasion produce exquisite high-performance waves. The daytime summer air temperature is often in the upper 90s or low 100s; the water temperature can reach 80.

California surfer Steve Bigler flew into San Jose del Cabo to shoot footage for 

, a 1968 surf film, but it was years before the area became popular with surfers. In "The Tip," a 1980 

 magazine photo feature, Cabo is presented as a near-virgin surf destination. By the mid-'80s, however, it had earned a reputation among American surfers for consistently fun waves and for the consistently raucous Cabo San Lucas tourista nightlife. 

Representatives from the California-based Surf Industry Manufacturers Association have traveled to Cabo since 1998 for an annual weekend-long seminar and booze-up. Regional and American-sponsored surf contests have been held here as well, most notably the 1991 Fletcher Los Cabos Classic, won by six-time world champion Kelly Slater, and the 2002 World Longboard Championships, won by Colin McPhillips. 

Cabo is featured in a small number of surf films, including 

 (2011). A few notable American surfers have retired in Cabo, including big-wave pioneer Pat Curren and 1968 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational winner Mike Doyle.

Cabo San Lucas

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