THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 118 – Mighty Mick the Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it!

10 Things to Know About the 2024 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Longboard Championship

It’s starting Friday 19 – so here’s the latest news release from the ISA - and they’re still pushing to ...

Crescent Swells “Glide On” – surf radio - track list, tune in

“Here is this week’s show #92, edging closer and closer to the 100th. There are some new artist to Crescent Swells ...

A colossal 16-foot great white decapitates and eats a stranded pygmy sperm whale in front of rescuers in NZ

The picturesque shores of northern Hawke’s Bay on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula recently became the stage for a thrilling, albeit ...

Sunshine Coast’s newly rebranded The Surf Farm pool names tech provider

Yeppoon’s magnificent plunger and Melbourne’s URBNSURF aside, wave pools have been a little slow getting rolling in Australia so far. ...

Ride Natty Ride – surfing & Bob Marley

“You can meet me where the music meets the ocean. Read Genesis 1 and you’ll understand why I love surfing. ...

Scientists race to save Florida's spinning, dying fish

FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: As the mysterious event that causes sawfish to spin and die continues, experts are taking an unprecedented ...

Inside the dolphin sex scandal that outraged a nation

While we are primarily print magazine and a surf site, we figure any old thing to do with the ocean is ...

RIP Max Pendergast - paddle out, April 27

Byron Bay lost a treasure when Max Pendergast died recently, aged 80. To know Max was to like and admire ...

WIN A CARABINE 9’4” PIGLET – OUR 103 BOARD GIVEAWAY!

Carabine Surfboards have just completed the gargantuan and no doubt bittersweet task of moving factory after more than 50 years ...

Thief knocks off surfer’s car in a crazy scene at packed Duranbah – news vid

Dbah on the southern end of the Gold Coast can be a pretty heavy spot at times, but this is next ...

Stealing Paradise: Sand Mafias, Beach Thefts

Did you know there is a global shortage of sand? And there are organised groups that exploit this? Like, sand mafias! ...

The 2024 LOGJAM! Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz

The Contest. Big Stick Surfing Association’s Logjam! is going off on April 27-28. The contest is the longest running vintage longboard event ...

Why aren’t there more saltwater wave pools?

From WavePool Mag: With Kelly Slater’s unveiling of Surf Abu Dhabi last week and the stacks of comments that followed, one ...

One trillion reasons why your daily surf is good for your health, and the economy

Universities in Australia and Chile have gotten together and worked out that surfing is good for your mental and physical ...

Nine-minutes of raw drone footage from Skeleton Bay

Namibia’s freakish racetrack, the best it’s been in two years. Filmed by Mendo Dornelas: “Crazy few days in Namibia to see one ...

DAVE WINS THE OCEANSIDE 9’3” BLUNT

Dave Maxwell is a didge-playing, old mal-frothing, cat loving, hard working father of two and granddad of three out of ...