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DAVE TAKES DELIVERY OF THE RILEY BALSA 100!

DAVE TAKES DELIVERY OF THE RILEY BALSA 100!

Our 100th subscriber board winner Dave Mercer has now picked up the fully handmade Riley Hawaiian Balsa Gun from Sydney and for now it has pride of place on the wall at its new home on the NSW South Coast. Mark Riley worked on this board ...


THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 116 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 116 - Mick the Mighty 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 CORNWALL – POINTS ...

OUR 100th BOARD WINNER! – THE RILEY BALSA 9’6”!

OUR 100th BOARD WINNER! – THE RILEY BALSA 9’6”!

David Mercer from Bulli sure scored when we phoned to say he’d won our 100th subscriber board – the unique, fully ...

Update on “Some Like It Classic” movie - shot on 16mm colour film over 7 years - tailer, synopsis & news

Update on “Some Like It Classic” movie - shot on 16mm colour film over 7 years - tailer, synopsis & news

A tribute to the 1965 film “Some Like it Wet" and the great, but largely unknown, “Some like It Smooth".  "Some Like ...

OUR 100th BOARD – WIN A RILEY BALSA FOAM-CORE 9’6” GUN!*

OUR 100th BOARD – WIN A RILEY BALSA FOAM-CORE 9’6” GUN!*

YES 100! And to be drawn before next issue! Every issue for 20 years we’ve given a magazine subscriber* a top-end longboard, and ...

History of Coolangatta – a 12-minute vid from “The doorway to Queensland”

History of Coolangatta – a 12-minute vid from “The doorway to Queensland”

Produced in 2011 & covering the history of the southern end of the Gold Coast back to James Cook. “The history ...

100 FREE SURFBOARDS!

100 FREE SURFBOARDS!

It’s taken a while but we’ve hit the ton! Seriously, where are those Guinness people? It was somewhere back around the ...

HOT READ! PLB magazine catches fire on the Nullarbor Plain while heading to West Australia

HOT READ! PLB magazine catches fire on the Nullarbor Plain while heading to West Australia

“Please be advised that due to a fire on one of our linehaul trucks to Western Australia, your magazine stock ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 115 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 115 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

Mighty Mick the Hyphen brings us his run-down on what lies between the covers of the newie: >> FEATURES GENTLEMAN JOHN PENNINGS ...

BEN FROM CAMDEN HEAD WINS THE CARABINE

BEN FROM CAMDEN HEAD WINS THE CARABINE

When we rang Ben Thompson on a Saturday arvo to tell him he’d won the Carabine Shakey he was at ...

Surf artist calling Scottsdale home

Surf artist calling Scottsdale home

In an unassuming shed off a lane in central Scottsdale lives a world-famous black velvet artist and surf memorabilia collector. Baron ...

Our 98th board winner Andrew gets delivery of his Chelman Volan Double Ender 9’1”

Our 98th board winner Andrew gets delivery of his Chelman Volan Double Ender 9’1”

“Tried the board a few times already and it’s amazing! Thanks so much PLB and especially Ryan Chelman for making ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 114 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 114 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

Mighty Mick the Hyphen brings us his run-down on what lies between the covers of the newie: >> FEATURES TALKING YI-WO In The Seedling, Sprout and The ...

What’s next? Started by a self-taught blacksmith - Patagonia celebrates 50 years of BUSINESS UNUSUAL

What’s next? Started by a self-taught blacksmith - Patagonia celebrates 50 years of BUSINESS UNUSUAL

VENTURA, Calif. — Patagonia turns 50 this year and the outdoor apparel company that was started by a self-taught blacksmith is focused ...

OUR 99th BOARD – WIN A CARABINE SHAKEY MODERN LOG

OUR 99th BOARD – WIN A CARABINE SHAKEY MODERN LOG

Shane Hornby was a hot ’Gong local who’d grown up hanging around Mick Carabine’s factory and was so gone on ...

“All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front” – cinema newsreel from 1963

“All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front” – cinema newsreel from 1963

Dug from deep in the bowels of the dark web by PLB’s archive detective Ian Lording via the government’s own ...

Vanimo Surf Lodge PNG – fully revamped, and the waves have been firing

Vanimo Surf Lodge PNG – fully revamped, and the waves have been firing

From manager Dave: Well coming back into an operational state after Covid lockdowns proved to be an onerous task in more ...

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