One of surfing’s most famous tube-riding icons makes his home not in a balmy, palm-lined paradise but in central Oregon. But Gerry Lopez, 60, still answers the siren call of the ocean.

Now, Gerry Lopez may not have been the first surfer to fix his gaze upon Uluwatu, but he was among those who forged the initial rush and, by and large, probably had it to himself.

And so, when Gerry claims that a wave is “perfect,” his word carries weight. However, the wave in question might not be the one most surfers would conjure: Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch.

Over the weekend, eleven-time world champ Kelly Slater, Pipe master and yoga guru Gerry Lopez, and Teahupo'o legend Raimana van Bastolaer went to the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, where ...

Gerry: And you put yourself at Jaws on a standup board and you don’t have the ‘ski to run away when the set comes. You gotta be paying attention. Laird: And then when you finally catch one ...

Lopez also seems to enjoy speaking his mind, a rarity in exhibition where leaders tend to be private and circumspect. He has a good story to tell: AMC’s owner, China’s Wanda Group, offered a ...

The fight between the nation's largest theater chains and Walt Disney Studios over the upcoming release of "Iron Man 3" escalated on Thursday, when AMC Chief Executive Gerry Lopez took the studio ...