Woolgoolga Longboard Surfing Classic – dates, news

Big Picture Stuff: The Earth is humming. Caused by ocean waves - here's what it means.

From Nat Geo: Our blue planet spins suspended in outer space - and it hums, too. The ceaseless rumble has fascinated scientists ...

“Taka & his Sisters - Kaede and Sakura” WATCH the full 16-minute film from Bells

Flashback to Bells 2023 - with the WSL World Tour leg starting next week.  Such a great mini movie by Ted ...

The Midget Farrelly footage from the 1963 film Strictly Hot

He was young in this one. This segment is lifted from the Dale Davis movie Strictly Hot. It's only a ...

1964 Malibu Invitational – and how flash is the surfing?!

What a crew! A video of the MSA/Windansea contest from ’64 – featuring: Barry Kanaiaupuni, Joey Cabell, Butch Van Artsdalen, Mike Hynson, LJ ...

Hawaiian leis and aloha at Martin Luther King Jr. march on "Bloody Sunday" in the Deep South, 1965

From the "I Didn’t Know That" file: In Alabama on March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and other ...

The Long, Strange Tale of California’s Surf Nazis – some reading from The NY Times

Author: Daniel Duane - as run in The New York Times, first posted in September 2019. The first time I saw a ...

Time Capsule: The Nat, Bob and George at Noosa section from "High On a Cool Wave"

Bob Evans’ classic fifth film. This short is from Australia’s National Film & Sound Archive: January 1968 - the clip and the curator’s ...

Kevin “The Head” Brennan. Check out this bootleg vid!

From a time when loose and expressive styles came natural.  When just 15, “The Head” famously won both the juniors and seniors ...

Man who survived bear attack gets bitten by a shark - in case you missed it, our most-read PLB news piece from four years ago this week

"I don't blame the shark, I don't blame the bear, and I don't blame the rattlesnake," the victim said. For some ...

THE NEW ISSUE 123 – Mighty Mick the Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it!

Magic Mick the Hyphen brings us his run-down on what lies between the covers of the newie: >> FEATURES THE OUTER BANKS Having ...

Surf Tourism forecast through to 2030 – hold onto your hat!

Once a lovely little niche, surfing has now become a global cultural and economic phenomenon – and no way that ...

“To make King Neptune jealous!” Blimp tows surfboard rider, 1931

From the British Pathé website - “USA: Pulled along from above, daring 'Surfer' gives thrilling display of balance. Playing 'tag' ...

Rare footage of Victoria's first surfers in 1920 - “Surfing Hawaiian Redwood Boards at Lorne”

From Craig Baird at the Australian National Surfing Museum: “This is footage from Lorne in the early 1920s showing the ...

GREG SCORES THE CARABINE

For 107 issues of this magazine in a row I’ve had the pleasure of phoning a subscriber to tell them ...

Struck by a train: Help Elieah Boyd heal and come back stronger

The following words and photos are by Amber Jenks - @ajenksimagery THE LINEUP HOLDS HER NOW: ELIEAH’S STORY Just days before everything ...

The Yanks Down Under - original footage from the 1956 visit that changed Australian surfing forever.

We post this here once a year - just because it was so momentous: The US and Hawaiians lifeguard teams bring ...