Old Woman Island - calls for “no boats” – anchors damaging recently discovered thriving coral

Noosa Fest: the WSL Longboard Qualifier – wrap, results & photos

It’s been some week at Noosa with the competition across umpteen divisions keeping the organisers crazy busy as it switched ...

Jock Sutherland & Pearl Jam – “Low Light”

Waves roll by. Jock Sutherland together with "Low Light".  This was sent to us by John Wade, a great mate of Jock’s (and ...

Day One of Round One - Vicco Longboard & Logger Titles

It kicked off on a golden morning at Cat Bay, Phillip Island with clean 1-2 foot A-frames wrapping around the ...

FULL FILM NOW FREE ON LINE – “THE PHYSICS OF NOSERIDING”

Off the back of popular screenings along Australia’s East Coast and across the United States, new Patagonia film ‘The Physics ...

Morgan Maassem’s new 15-minute film “Malia”

Famed for his lush and dreamy photography and films, Morgan Massem’s clients include National Geographic, New York Times, Marie Claire, ...

How New York’s Rockaway Beach became a harbor for Black surfers

The surf spot is a subway ride from Manhattan, and it welcomes a diverse community connecting to nature and each ...

The fight for Chickens became the catalyst for surf break protection in the Maldives

From Save The Waves: It’s been two years since we launched the Save Our Waves Maldives campaign with local partners. ...

Couch Judge

We're all professional judges from the comfort of our own couch . . . keyboard warriors too maybe . . ...

RIP Phil Roxburgh

Such sad news last week, and anyone who knew Phil will tell you he was a wonderful person, warm and ...

‘Man or machine?’: Is this Australia’s most controversial photo?

This winning photo in an Australian photography competition is literally unreal – and seriously “scary”. A Sydney-based artificial intelligence art studio ...

“All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front” – cinema newsreel from 1963

Dug from deep in the bowels of the dark web by PLB’s archive detective Ian Lording via the government’s own ...

History of Gold Coast Beaches

There’s a lot of sand bagging and pumping and groyne building going on in this 18-minute film, produced by Griffith University. “This ...

Vanimo Surf Lodge PNG – fully revamped, and the waves have been firing

From manager Dave: Well coming back into an operational state after Covid lockdowns proved to be an onerous task in more ...

LISTEN: "Painting in reverse" with velvet painter Baron von Miller

When Baron von Miller decided to paint on black velvet, he had big shoes to fill. His father Percy Miller ...

The Groove Girls club, Gold Coast – as reported on The ABC

As reported by The ABC: It was a passing insult while she was out surfing in 2019 that inspired Stephanie Teixeira ...

Watch the 16-minute film “Victorian Pioneer Manufacturers - Klemm Bell & Pat Morgan”. Directed by Glen Hunwick, narrated by Bob Smith, and great surfing on vintage boards

Following the previous short films celebrating significant surfboard manufacturing pioneers of the '60s and '70s, (George Rice ‘Then and Now’ and ...