The orca uprising: whales are ramming boats – but are they inspired by revenge, grief or memory?

New Zealand becomes first country to ban thin plastic bags for fresh produce from supermarkets

Go the Kiwis - as reported by the ABC: New Zealand has become the first country to ban the thin plastic ...

BARZ OPTICS – THE LATEST WINNERS: UK, HAWAII, CA, & TEXAS

Every issue of the mag we pull four random international subscribers out of the hat for pairs of Barz sunglasses ...

The British Longboard Union - Saunton Sands Longboard Classic 2023, wrap, results & photos

News from BLU: The adrenaline levels always rise as you whisk past the Saunton Sands Hotel and approach the famous ...

They do everything in style in West Oz! The Whalebone Classic – wrap, results & photos

News from Surfing West Australia on the 24th Whalebone Classic from Isolators Reef in Cottesloe, Perth, WA: (TRIGG BEACH, WA/AUS - Monday 10th July ...

Check this out for a smile – the 1 Foot Warrior and coffin ride barrel – video & chat

This is Mark Hill, and if this doesn’t bring you a smile maybe it's time to check your pulse. Over to ...

A global surge of heat

The Taylor Swift ticketing debacle has received more coverage, but here’s some other news as reported by The New York ...

“Finding The Fall Line” – surfing a century of surfboards

Check out this article and 11-minute video from Patagonia’s excellent Roaring Journals – link at bottom. From Rasta to Rusty, ...

HOT READ! PLB magazine catches fire on the Nullarbor Plain while heading to West Australia

“Please be advised that due to a fire on one of our linehaul trucks to Western Australia, your magazine stock ...

RIP Gordon Woods – original Australian board great gone at 98. This was an extraordinary life – read about it here, in his own words

A pivotal member of the original Brookvale Six, Gordon made his first board when he was a grommet at Bondi ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 115 - 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 GENTLEMAN JOHN PENNINGS ...

BEN FROM CAMDEN HEAD WINS THE CARABINE

When we rang Ben Thompson on a Saturday arvo to tell him he’d won the Carabine Shakey he was at ...

Rare 150 mint-condition vinyl surf album collection at Noosa Longboards

Noosa Longboards has a most extraordinary collection of surf and pop culture ephemera, and it keeps on growing. For some ...

Beautiful and Chaotic Malibu Surf – June 2023

Think your local is busy? Nine minutes from mid summer Malibu. Vid by Brad Jacobson, who also adds a voiceover. “I charged ...

How sand pumping helped shape Gold Coast's Superbank, one of world's most famous surf breaks

Australia’s national broadcaster tackles a major breakdown of man’s meddling with longshore drift and the monster that’s Southern Queensland’s Superbank ...

A 15-minute film – kinda mesmerizing – soft empty peaks and beautifully smooth styling

Kookapinto Shapes – by Flying Chicken Visuals. Cruisy music too: Homemade tunes by Mike Murphy, Corey Colapinto, Gus Day, Brian Anderson, Tommy ...

Surf artist calling Scottsdale home

In an unassuming shed off a lane in central Scottsdale lives a world-famous black velvet artist and surf memorabilia collector. Baron ...