The judging breakdown for Malibu – from head judge Tory Gilkerson

New book: "SURF LIFE - Women Who Live to Surf and Create"

This book unexpectedly landed on our desk recently, and what an exceptional publication. With fine profiles and great photos of 27 ...

Hawaiian leis and aloha at Martin Luther King Jr. march on "Bloody Sunday" in the Deep South, 1965

From the I Didn’t Know That file: In Alabama on March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and other ...

For this royal public holiday: Flashback to Edward, Prince of Wales, surfing Hawaii in 1920

This is the bounder who abdicated the crown, which was soon to lead to Elizabeth II inheriting the big gig. Anyway, here's ...

Beware the Blob

From Nat Geo: Marine heat waves are on the rise. What are these blobs of hot water? The water began warming in ...

Billionaire no more: Patagonia founder gives away the company

There have been baggings and doubters on Twitter, FB, and Instagram (of course) since this news came out yesterday, but ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 112 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

Mighty Mick the Hyphen brings us his run-down on what lies between the covers of the newie: >> FEATURES Mr METICULOUS It’s over ...

Rare Surf Tees – new range, new website - vintage art logos

Nine years this summer and still digging up rare logo designs from surfing’s wild and colourful eras of the 1950s, ...

China’s first wave pool bites the dust

From WavePoolMag: China’s first wave pool experiment sent shock waves around the world in 2019. The world’s biggest manufacturing power had entered ...

Buying a surfboard – helpful insights from the Raglan Surf Report

An oldie but a goody - a repost from this week last year: Depending on how many decibels of volume you’re ...

OUR 97th BOARD - WIN A CARABINE “SHAKEY” MODERN LOG

After 52 years of building surfboards of all sorts in Wollongong, the Carabine label runs deep in the DNA of ...

DANNY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA SCORES THE SUGAR MOUNTAIN

“Fair dinkum!” was the fine Aussie expression that first popped out of Daniel Slater after a stunned silence when told ...

Yes it’s that time of year again! So Russel Crowe’s the biggest South Sydney Rabbitohs fan?

Happy Rugby League! We’re guessing this post won’t mean a lot to most of our international readers, but to many ...

Finals Day at J-Bay - non-stop action – wrap and photos

Spectacular glassy conditions and sunshine welcomed competitors and spectators alike on the Finals Day of the 2022 SA Longboard Championships ...

Good news on the Great Barrier Reef . . . well yeah it’s pretty good

The actually-positive climate news we needed – from Futurism: Rejoice! Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef recorded the greatest amount ...

Surfer, journalist, author, and gentleman, Tim Baker - an excerpt from his book "Patting the Shark"

From The Conversation on ABC: My oncologist has one of those little motivational prints hanging on his waiting room wall, with ...

Compass: Molokai Island. This national park in paradise was once an isolated quarantine zone

In Hawaii, a unique historical site sheds light on a story of prejudice, resilience – and aloha. From Nat Geo: While many ...