“Upwelling” – while there’s a heatwave in the US, the ocean is strangely chilly in Southern California

The oceans give us life. We give them plastic.

From Parley South Africa & Sentinel Ocean Alliance: From the rivers and warm Indian Ocean of Durban, to the icy South ...

This newly discovered “playful” seahorse is the size of a grain of rice - and it's flourishing

From the Wonders of the Sea file: Meet the Japan pig, a newfound species of pygmy seahorse discovered in Japan. Only ...

Rare first edition of Tom Blake’s book at Noosa Longboards store

"Athlete, inventor, and writer, Tom Blake is renowned as one of the most influential surfers in history." Noosa Longboards has a most ...

Maverick the Surfing Cat with a cause

The felines in the PLB shipping department are working way too hard to go surfing, but no doubt there’s a grudging ...

A Poem for Dad

Hmm . . . we’ve posted daily on our website for 20-odd years and sent the weekly PLB NewsWire out every ...

The great Brian “Jacko” Jackson gone at 85 - Cronulla and Australian surfer, shaper, boardbuilding pioneer and legend

Renowned as an absolute gentleman, Jacko built his first surfboards in 1956 and went on to steer Jackson Surfboards from ...

“Legend of Angourie – The First Man Standing”

Ray Moran turns 80, and to mark the occasion Dianne Ellis has lovingly put together this 25-minute tribute film. Says Di ...

Legendary California boardmaker Rich Harbour gone at 77

Seal Beach’s Rich Harbour opened his Harbour Surf Shop on Main Street in 1962 and it still exists there in ...

What are the odd sea creatures that look like fingers on Orange County beaches?

Another strange sea creature has been washing up on Orange County’s shoreline recently, the latest ones called free-floating colonial tunicates, which ...

Escaped Russian spy whale plays rugby – the news and the vid

Seriously, if this was in an Austin Powers movie you’d think it was over-the top - a repost of our most-viewed story ...

The new Rib Cloud by PaddleAir – designed by Jessica Boynton

Lifetime Californian surfer David Hilts has been perfecting his PaddleAir inflatable vests since 2004, and many a punter around the ...

RIP Greg Noll – Da Bull gone at 84

He may not have ridden a wave since 1969 but Greg Noll remained a towering figure in surfing and it’s ...

Vans’ Dylan Graves explores how the surf community can be better allies to LGBTQ+ surfers

Costa Mesa, CALIF. (June 2021) – Vans, the action sports brand, is proud to present Breaking Waves: Queer Surf, the latest project by ...

Paul McCartney’s new music vid SLIDIN’ to celebrate International Surfing Day

Paul McCartney and Jack McCoy collaborate again to send a gift to our oceans and the surfing world to celebrate ...

Obstacles aside, surfing is riding a quiet revolution in India

Murthy Meghavan is a former fisherman who is now a surfing instructor at Covelong Beach in Kovalam, a coastal village ...

Duke Kahanamoku’s Boots & Tom Blake’s Book! The originals at Noosa Longboards store

Noosa Longboards has a most extraordinary collection of surf and pop culture ephemera, and how about these two unique new ...