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Inflation rips into Hawaii’s surfboard market

Inflation rips into Hawaii’s surfboard market

From Hawaii and the Salty Zen Newsletter: Real world economic problems have finally found their way into our idyllic surfing lifestyle.  Hawaii’s ABC News affiliate KITV4, is reporting that hardgood prices have shot up so dramatically that surf shop owners are having trouble maintaining any ...


Nixon didn’t surf, but he golfed with a couple of surfer stoners

Nixon didn’t surf, but he golfed with a couple of surfer stoners

From SHACC (a repost of one of our most-read pieces from this week last year): A while back my friend Tom ...

Surf Lakes Yeppoon rebuilding and to open to the public

Surf Lakes Yeppoon rebuilding and to open to the public

From WavePoolMag: Wave pool development and operations company, Global Surf Ops Pty Ltd T/A Global Surf Parks (GSP), has signed an ...

Bali, a glimpse of the Island Paradise in 1932

Bali, a glimpse of the Island Paradise in 1932

Eight minutes for The Island of the Gods between the wars . . . and while there aren’t any glimpses ...

Sydney’s missing 70km stretch of seaweed forest – and how to get it back (you can help)

Sydney’s missing 70km stretch of seaweed forest – and how to get it back (you can help)

From Operation Crayweed: Crayweed’ forms dense forests on shallow reefs all the way from Port Macquarie to Tasmania. Crayweed (scientific ...

Tiger shark swims under oblivious longboarder at Ewa Beach, Honolulu

Tiger shark swims under oblivious longboarder at Ewa Beach, Honolulu

And it’s bigger than his board. Here's the vid and the description from Independent TV:  "A tiger shark swam directly under ...

Great white attacks surf ski with a bloke in it - Seacliff, Adelaide

Great white attacks surf ski with a bloke in it - Seacliff, Adelaide

From 9 News: A young surf ski paddler competing off a South Australian beach had a lucky escape after a Great White shark tore off ...

“Smoke clean, breath easy, style that wave” – TV ad from 1960

“Smoke clean, breath easy, style that wave” – TV ad from 1960

As the crooner serenades, suck on that durry, rock that hammock, ride that wave . . . “a clean breath ...

“Many Wonders” – Chris Burkard’s 12-minute short film for Billabong

“Many Wonders” – Chris Burkard’s 12-minute short film for Billabong

Eithan Osborne, Josh Moniz, Becca Speak and Luana Silva set their sights north and head to the land of bitter ...

Surf Lakes to build “the biggest surf park development on the planet” – in Texas

Surf Lakes to build “the biggest surf park development on the planet” – in Texas

The Yeppoon plunger technology is heading to Austin – and everything really is bigger in Texas apparently. Here’s the news as ...

Dylan Greaves and Weird Waves is back – this time with a unique, entertaining view of Yeppoon’s steam packet

Dylan Greaves and Weird Waves is back – this time with a unique, entertaining view of Yeppoon’s steam packet

The big plunger and the lake it plunges into were only every designed to be prototypes, and construction was, well, ...

Going in to bat for Bondi

Going in to bat for Bondi

Former two-time world champ Tom Carroll and professional surfer Laura Enever have joined up with Operation Crayweed, scientists, the Boardriders Foundation ...

Heavy locals - incredible session when a couple of whales surf Lennox Head - video

Heavy locals - incredible session when a couple of whales surf Lennox Head - video

 Surfers on Australia’s NSW North Coast found themselves with some majestic company when a pair of whales sliced the waves alongside ...

Octupuses given MDMA “become more social”

Octupuses given MDMA “become more social”

You have to wonder who funded this study, but anyway, here it is as reported by the BBC. *This is a ...

Interviews with Albe Falzon and Justin Misch on the remastered Morning of the Earth

Interviews with Albe Falzon and Justin Misch on the remastered Morning of the Earth

In lssue 110 of Pacific Longboarder magazine we took a look at the newly-released video of Morning of the Earth, Albe ...

Every excellent wave from the WSL World Championship decider at Malibu

Every excellent wave from the WSL World Championship decider at Malibu

This is 26 minutes long, so tackle it when you have some time to kick back and enjoy. The early ...

WSL 4-event Longboard Tour for 2023 – new format, dates, locations

WSL 4-event Longboard Tour for 2023 – new format, dates, locations

Well the 2022 three-stop series was the best year in a while, especially after that epic at Malibu, and it’s ...

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