If you’re a surfer of any caliber, you know Shane Dorian. The Hawaii-based world champion and head coach of the 2024 U.S. Olympic surf team is one of the world’s best big-wave riders—that’s a swell ...

Photography by Ryan Miller, Leah Hahn, Ed Sloane, and Matt Dunbar. It’s oddly flown a little under the radar, but Shane Dorian is the coach of the 2024 US Olympic Surf Team — as chosen by its surfers.

Big waves or small, Shane Dorian’s style has always been impeccable. When placed at the running righthander known as "Sultan’s" in the Maldives, good things were bound to happen. Beating out an ...