It was a freezing, windy, drizzly day sometime in the 1990s when I first went whale-watching. Or at least, as freezing as Southern California can get in the winter. I was on a boat with my schoolmates, many of whom ...
Our 88th subscriber board winner Lesa now loving her new Fine Surfcraft by Andrew Warhurst
“Love it! Love it! Love it! So beautifully made and finished, and it goes amazing. I loved it from the first ...
The Summer of ’69 Board Project – vid from Randy Rarick
Sunset Beach, Oahu, and the Summer of 69 Board Project – with Leah Dawson, Willie Asprey and Randy Rarick. “Hey ...
From the “Scary Ocean File”: The Australian box jellyfish is considered the most toxic animal on earth. They may not look dangerous, but the ...
An innovative shaper, great surfer, and a son of Kauai, Ben Aipa died on Friday from heart complications, aged 78. ...
“The culture was terrible”: new film Girls Can’t Surf charts how trailblazing women forced change
The Sydney Morning Herald’s view on the new doco “Girl’s Can’t Surf”: Former world champion Pam Burridge is delighted by how ...
'New' whale species seen off Mexican coast
From the Strange Sea Stories File, this was posted by the BBC on Friday: Three whales spotted off the coast ...
The latest in the Rare Surf Tees
They’re produced in short runs only, and there are around 100 designs covering surfing’s 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s. They’re all absolute ...
Ummm . . . Teahupo'o confirmed as the surf venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics
This should be more exciting than the Badminton. As reported by the ISA: The International Surfing Association has announced confirmation from the International Olympic ...
THE NEW PLB ISSUE – Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it
So each issue we ask our proofreader Mighty Mick the Hyphen to give us his run-down on what lies between the ...
New vid: Pasta Point at night with Bethany & Lakey - Maldives
Atoll Adventures, Atoll Travel and Cinnamon Dhonveli Maldives (Pasta Point) hosted surfers Bethany Hamilton & Lakey Peterson for the filming ...
RIP Marty Tullemans – legendary surf photographer, larger-than-life character
News is everywhere today in surf circles that we’ve lost Marty after a battle with dementia over the past couple ...
Subscribe & WIN a Carabine “Shakey” Modern Log – our 90th giveaway board
After 51 years straight of building surfboards of all sorts in Wollongong, the Carabine label runs deep in the DNA ...
JESSE JAGS THE BLACK SQUARE PRO – PLB BOARD GIVEAWAY
20-year-old IT guy Jesse Gerlach was heading for a paddle at Queenscliff when we stopped him in his tracks with ...
500,000 spiny superheros released to devour Hawaii’s coral-smothering algae
From the Strange Sea Stories File: Half a million sea urchins have now been deployed through NOAA and the Hawaii ...
Three women from New Jersey – shaking the ’70s
From SHACC: Back in the late ’60s and throughout most of the ’70s, three young women helped shape the future ...
Lucy Small, “Salwater Pilgrim” - Oz Longboarding Podcast Episode 26
Kirra Molnar introduces her good friend and fellow world longboard tour competitor Lucy Small. A renowned wordsmith (and regular PLB feature ...
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