Beatles, Jimi, Stones, Endless Summer – who’s the link? John Van Hamersveld!

A cranking day at “The Left” – World Longboard Champs in Taiwan – wrap, results, photos

Florida’s Justin Quintal has claimed his maiden WSL World Title in pumping three-to-four foot surf at ‘The Left’ in Taitiung. With a ...

Big with bluster – first Women’s eliminations at the World Longboard Championships Taiwan – results & photos

Continuing in more solid and windy conditions at Jinzun Harbour, all eight heats of Women’s Round 2 were completed in ...

Lessons from the world's biggest brands. The power of print. Part two from Reuters.

You’d be forgiven for thinking we cooked this up ourselves, but we’re not that savvy. Over to Reuters:  Last Christmas, Amazon ...

Escaped Russian spy whale plays rugby – get the news, watch the vid

We know the amazing Hvaldimir the Beluga has broken the internet already – but seriously, if this was in and ...

Wild and wooly for Day 2 World Longboard Championships Taiwan – results and photos

A short day of competition saw just the final four heats of Men’s Round 2 completed, as increasing swell and ...

Surf Collective’s Shark Tank

Surf Collective is a platform for 70 independent producers of Australian surf gear of all sorts, and in keeping with their ...

Some big ones for Day One World Longboard Championships Taiwan – results, wrap & photos

The 2019 final event is underway at Jinzun Harbour with the opening day of the event window seeing a massive ...

Gen Z spends more time reading print than they do on digital platforms

From a three-part series on print by Reuters: Gen Z grew up with social media and tech and have never known a world ...

Stand up for the Big River – the Clarence and the copper mine

The Clarence River meets the ocean at the Iluka rivermouth, an iconic region of incredible surf on Australia's east coast. Any ...

World’s longest-running single fin event turns 40

In 1980 longboards had only just started to make a comeback in Australia after disappearing for a decade following the ...

More than 10,000 join 50 paddle-out protests around Australia opposing Norwegian giant Equinor’s Bight drilling plans

From Perth to Townsville, people protested all around Australia on Saturday as part of a National Day of Action against Norwegian oil ...

Waves of change put women in the Cronulla surf picture

Feminism was hard to find at Cronulla beach when Kathy Lette, the co-author of Puberty Blues, was a teenager growing up ...

A Swell Century: surfing Sydney’s beaches from 1915 to 2019 – in pictures

Surfing mythology often places the birth of the sport in Australia at the feet of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, who was ...

The Fight for the Bight just got real. National Day of Action this Saturday – from Exmouth WA to Townsville Qld

Equinor has once again been forced to resubmit their plan to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. They ...

The Green Slime is ba-aack! Eco friendly and all

Back when all fins were glassed on and boards only had one anyway, there was Green Slime, and it was ...

Finals Day, Domes Beach, Rincon, Puerto Rico – Wrap and Photo

The Rincon Surf Fest WSL North America Longboard Championships crowned Steven McLean (USA) and Maria Fernanda Reyes (PER) its 2019 event champions at Puerto ...