RIP Dick Brewer, 1936 – 2022. The shaping & design wizard – tribute and video interview

Richard “Dick” Brewer died peacefully at home on Sunday, surrounded by his wife Sherry, family, and friends. From any angle his was a full and colourful life, he was 85. Tributes are everywhere on social media, including many from great surfers who’s paths ...

Finals Day with the WSL at Manly

Here’s the press release wrap-up from the WSL. We’ve edited out most of the shortboard news figuring you’ve seen it ...

From Guiness: Sebastian Steudtner biggest wave record – news & vid ( in slo-mo & flat-chat)

Sebastian Steudtner (Germany) is always, 100% committed to his plan A. No plan Bs. This inspiring mentality — as well as a ...

The Aussie Rak for shapers and repairers – plus all the other stuff

Out of Southside Sydney and shipping worldwide, the guys at Surf n’ Rak have been manufacturing all-Australian made surf storage systems ...

A 13-foot long 400 pound stingray!

The 260-foot depths of the upper Mekong River are home to some of the rarest fish in the world. Last week, ...

1975 – a 14-minute short film of surf culture from Japan – pre legropes, pre multi-fins

Complete with vintage music and cameos from Gerry and Rory and the visiting Hawaiians. Head off to the All Japan Surfing ...

Magic! Wednesday with the WSL Longboarders at Manly – photos, wrap, full results

The surf was a touch bigger than yesterday and it was another absolutely perfect May day in Sydney with clear ...

Day 2 – WSL Longboard at Manly – our take, their take, photos

Finally we get to watch some WSL longboarding live – did you catch it? Tuesday was the beginning of the ...

WSL World Longboard Titles – the wrap from Manly, Day 1

News release from the WSL: MANLY BEACH, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Monday, May 16) - Fantastic conditions graced Manly Beach today as the world's ...

The fight to take back Hawaii

Author: Matt Davis, for Foreign Correspondent via ABC Australia: Under swaying palm trees in the quiet streets behind Sunset Beach ...

Josette Lagardere, Redondo’s Australian champion, for Surfer Walk of Fame

After a successful competitive career in California, Josette Lagardere won Australia’s National Championship by Kevin Cody When Josette Lagardere visited Tweed Heads in northern ...

Very strange fish washes up on Peregian Beach

Locals of a Sunshine Coast town have been left startled by the arrival of a peculiar creature on the beach. The strange-looking ...

OUR 95th BOARD! WIN A CLAYTON SURFBOARDS DEDICATED NOSERIDER

Born and bred in Gerringong (Mick Cronin country) on the NSW South Coast, Clayton Bell says he grew up a ...

The one-and-only local world-famous Manly Longboard Co

Mark and Julie Preece came up with the Manly Longboard Co. concept and shop in 1995, and at cottage-level it’s gone ...

John Cunningham RIP

With the passing of John Cunningham Queensland has lost one of its larger-than-life surfing pioneers and personalities. As well as ...

Plush surf charter boat Blue Star sinks in the Maldives

Said French surfer Boris Romann: “We’d been hitting the reef with our boat [sic] around 6am Monday 18 April 2022, ...

Where it all started - Okanui Classics now made back in Oz

Dick Ash sowed up the first pairs of Okanui boardshorts on his mum’s Singer from canvas Australia Post bags he’d ...

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